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  Belgium does first doctor assisted suicide of child.

  by Chook in

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  they are 70 years behind wt assisted suicide by refusal of life saving blood..

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  Do you have a link please?
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  Latest Ancient Coin - 660 Year Old Fourpence

  by cofty in

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  after a very quiet couple of hours detecting this afternoon i was chuffed to find this silver coin.. it is a groat of edward iii of england.

  for a long time the only coin available was the silver penny.

  if you wanted to spend half a penny or a quarter you literally cut it up.

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  After a very quiet couple of hours detecting this afternoon I was chuffed to find this silver coin.

  It is a Groat of Edward III of England. For a long time the only coin available was the silver penny. If you wanted to spend half a penny or a quarter you literally cut it up. The value was linked to the intrinsic value of the silver.

  This is a Groat or "great penny" worth fourpence. It dates to between 1351 and 1361.

  You might be able to make our "CIVITAS LONDON" on the reverse which tells us it was minted in London. The legend outside that on the reverse reads "POSVI DEUM ADIVTOREM MEUM" which means "I have made God my helper"

  Nobody has seen this coin in 650 years.

  

  
  
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  Origin of Life

  by cofty in

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  in recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?

  as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.

  there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.

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  cofty

  Copy-paste is so boring.
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  Origin of Life

  by cofty in

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  in recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?

  as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.

  there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.

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  Well, my job is done in this topic. - John-Mann

  If by your "job" you mean, make some evidence-free assertions and call others evil for being rational, then good job!
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  Origin of Life

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  in recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?

  as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.

  there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.

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  Dawkins gene hypothesis for the origin of life has the most evidence at the moment - Ruby

  Dawkins has no such hypothesis. The origin of genetic material is part of the process that occurred in hydrothermal vents.

  The soul can't be a problem to science because science is the quest for material properties and the soul is immaterial. But we can find material interactions with the soul. - John_mann

  No you can't find material interactions with the soul. You just made that up. Whether or not the "soul" interacts with material objects is 100% a question for science.

  The soul is a problem of philosophy.

  You still have to show why the soul belongs to the world philosophy rather than the world of make-believe.

  The soul have functions without organs

  What would you evidence be for that?

  Are you conflating "soul" with consciousness? You still have all your work to do to show there are no naturalistic explanations for Beethoven's 9th symphony before you get to posit supernatural ones.

  Occam's Razor.
  
  
  
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  Origin of Life

  by cofty in

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  in recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?

  as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.

  there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.

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  Vidqun - I will do a thread in the near future to describe an interesting hypothesis for the origin of life that gets over all the objections you have raised and more.

  Briefly for now - it is likely that life emerged in hydrothermal alkaline vents under the ocean.
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  Origin of Life

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  in recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?

  as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.

  there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.

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  Rebel - Personally I also with my limited research believe direct evidence for the origin of life impossible.

  Cofty - Don't you think you should thoroughly investigate the evidence before you declare something impossible?

  Rebel - you sound like a bully who beats kids up at school

  That is pathetic. It's the sort of comment that makes conversation almost impossible.

  I will reply to other qs later.
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  Origin of Life

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?

  as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.

  there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.

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  John Mann. The idea that the first "real human" lived just 6000 years ago is risible.

  What is this thing you call a soul?

  Does the bible not say that animals are also souls? Anyway this thread is about origin of life.
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  Origin of Life

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?

  as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.

  there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.

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  cofty

  Dont you think you should thoroughly investigate the evidence before you declare something impossible?

  What do you mean by "direct evidence"?
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  What's Is The Goal Of This Religion?

  by pale.emperor in

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  what's is the goal of this religion?.

  i mean, if it's for money they could do a lot more like other religions do: tithing, paying for prayers from the gb, selling "miracles", selling "blessed" items, selling courses.. if its for power then what are they hoping to do with that power?

  they dont seem to do anything.

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  I think it began with genuine belief. Now the organisation has a momentum and life of its own that even the GB can hardly control.

  Individually they probably worry about loyalty to the "organisation" as much as the average loyal JW does.

  They have created a monster with a history and self-importance that nobody is in control of.