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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

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  #1 protein functional redundancy comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things..

  #2 dna functional redundancy comparison of the dna that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy..

  #3 ervs endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins..

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  I was once brought in by the Dean of the Department, many years ago, and he was a chemist. He was kind of concerned about some things. I said, “Let me ask you something. You’re a chemist. Do you understand this? How do you get DNA without a cell membrane? And how do you get a cell membrane without a DNA? And how does all this come together from this piece of jelly?” We have no idea, we have no idea. - Anon

  Notice this statement is attributed to an anonymous dean of an anonymous department of an unnamed university at an unstated date "many years ago".

  If the puzzled Dean is still interested I could point him at the latest developments in origins.

  Of course if your or your anonymous Dean knew anything at all about evolution you would address the evidence for evolution instead of changing the subject to abiogenesis.
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  Evolutionist on their deathbed.

  by Nimble duck in

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  i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

  their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

  their terrors.

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  Nimble Duck your thread title makes no sense. The vast majority of christians accept the fact of evolution.

  It is only Muslims, christian cults and fundamentalists who reject the evidence. In every case they are driven by ideology rather than evidence.
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  #1 protein functional redundancy comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things..

  #2 dna functional redundancy comparison of the dna that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy..

  #3 ervs endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins..

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  Tenacious - I watched the start of your first video. Within the first minute he misrepresents the meaning of the word "theory". This is a very ignorant mistake and destroys the credibility of the author. He also waffles about evolution not being a "law". Of course the theory of evolution is not a "law". That is just bizarre.

  Then he makes the bald assertion that "natural selection is not an evolutionary process". What do you imagine he means by that?

  Next comes the facile argument that you can't get a cat by selectively breeding dogs - The "crockoduck objection". Only somebody who knows literally nothing about evolution could attempt to make such a foolish argument.

  Then we are treated to - "if evolution was true eskimos would have fur to keep them warm". Surely you didn't actually listen to this foolishness before you posted it! If you didn't then shame on you. If you did, then even more so.
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  #1 protein functional redundancy comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things..

  #2 dna functional redundancy comparison of the dna that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy..

  #3 ervs endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins..

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  What the evolutionary "thinkers" believe is that if you find common traits between two things, one of those things came from the other spontaneously. That about sums up all the "links" above. - Nimble Duck

  It is very clear that you have read none of the posts I have written or in fact anything at all on the topic of evolution. "Common traits" is not a feature of any of the 40 threads in this series.

  The evidence for the common ancestry of all living things is overwhelming. That is why the series of threads is called "Evolution is a Fact".

  I challenge you to actually read the OPs of the 40 threads and refute them in your own words.

  Evolutionists offer no proof that spontaneous and beneficial mutations have ever taken place. They just have "faith" that it does.

  Of course that is factually incorrect. I have even described specific examples down to the level of individual letters of DNA in this series. Typically creationists just keep repeating these sort of lies to each other.

  I know there are plenty of evolutionists here, and I know how they behave towards those who will not accept their nonsense. They are rude and forceful, just like the rest of the evolutionary society who rams their ideas down the throats of society and steamroll over anyone who objects.

  Actually I only ever respond to objections calmly with facts, reason and evidence. On the other hand I have received countless insults, threats of damnation and personal attacks from Christians during this series of threads. Far from "steamrolling" over those who attempt to refute anything I have written I have taken many hours to respond to every single objection without exception.

  They adopt and angry, in your face denial of true science, in favor of pseudoscientific garble.

  Please tell me more about this "true science" of which you speak. Evolutionary biology is accepted as a fact by practically every scientist working in all relevant fields of research. Why do you call it pseudoscience?

  Please tell me which books that present the scientific evidence for biological evolution you have studied?

  I predict the answer is none and that you will evade this question - So far this prediction has a 100% success rate.
  
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  #1 protein functional redundancy comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things..

  #2 dna functional redundancy comparison of the dna that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy..

  #3 ervs endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins..

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  Tenacious If there is anything in the video that you find compelling and you are willing to have a conversation about I would like to do that.

  DNA is the source of the strongest proof of biological evolution. There are many examples I am the above index I would like to hear your thoughts on.
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  Subliminal images - why and who are the individuals behind it?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  i remember about 5 years ago reading on another site about subliminal images in wt literature.

  i honestly thought it a load of bs until i checked out one glaringly obvious image of a creepy skull in clouds within the knowledge book.

  i was shocked and even showed my wife at the time who thought it was creepy.. so my question is why?

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  The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is today still a sect of Roman Christendom - Old Navy

  That is a very strange statement. Surely the WT traces its roots to the 19th century Protestant Adventist movement.
  
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  #1 protein functional redundancy comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things..

  #2 dna functional redundancy comparison of the dna that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy..

  #3 ervs endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins..

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  #1 Protein Functional Redundancy
  Comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things.

  #2 DNA Functional Redundancy
  Comparison of the DNA that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy.

  #3 ERVs
  Endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins.

  #4 Smelly Genes
  Hundreds of broken genes that used to code for olfactory receptors in our ancestors are still found in our genome.

  #5 Vitamin C
  Why humans can no longer make their own vitamin C and what that tells us about our species' history.

  #6 Human Chromosome 2
  Our second biggest chromosome is made up of two of our ancestors' chromosomes stuck end-to-end.

  #7 Human Egg Yolk Gene
  Humans and our primate cousins have the genes for making vitellogenin and they are all broken in the same way.

  #8 Jumping Genes
  Bits of parasitic code called ALU elements prove our common ancestry with primates.

  #9 Less Chewing More Thinking
  A broken gene for a type of muscle fibre we no longer have tells a story about our evolutionary past.

  #10 Non-Coding DNA
  In common with many other species huge amounts of our genome originated as copying errors.

  #11 Tiktaalik
  An amazing fossil discovery illustrates the transition of life from sea to land.

  #12 Lenski's E.coli Experiment
  An experiment with E.Coli, now in it's third decade, demonstrates the power of natural selection.

  #13 Morris Minor Bonnets
  Evolution has to make do with building on existing designs as illustrated by the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

  #14 Joey Goes to Oz
  Fossil evidence for the origins of marsupials found in Antarctica exactly as predicted.

  #15 Robinson Crusoe
  The biogeography of oceanic islands presents an impossible dilemma for creationism.

  #16 Aquatic Mammals
  An excellent sequence of fossils illustrates the evolutionary journey of whales from land to sea.

  #17 Belyaev's Silver Foxes
  A 50 year breeding programme demonstrates the amazing power of selection and the interconnected nature of genes.

  #18 Fish Fingers
  The evolution of limbs is mapped out in an amazing sequence of ancient fish fossils.

  #19 Goosebumps
  A vestigial reflex bequeathed by our hairier ancestors.

  #20 Lucy in the Sky...
  An exceptional fossil of a 3 million year old hominid.

  #21 Footprints in the Sand...
  Footprints at Laetoli show our Australopithecus afarensis ancestors were bipedal 3.6 million years ago.

  #22 The Hillocks of Hiss...
  A vestigial feature if the human ear shared by 10% of the population demonstrates our evolutionary history.

  #23 Faunal Succession...
  The consistent sequence of fossils found in the rocks can only be explained by evolution.

  #24 The Origin of Your Inner Ear...
  How the bones that reptiles eat with became the bones that we hear with.

  #25 Deep Time...
  Scottish geologist Andrew Hutton discovered the proof of earth's great antiquity.

  #26 Colour Vision...
  How gene duplication - new "information" -and mutation equipped us with trichromatic vision.

  #27 Monkeys, Typewriters, Shakespeare, 747s etc...
  Evolution is a combination of random mutations and non-random selection.

  #28 Something Darwin Didn't Say...
  A long term study of pigeons demonstrates how natural selection acts on a local population.

  #29 Use it or Lose it...
  Fossil genes reveal the history of modern species.

  #30 Your Third Eyelid...
  The remnants of a nictitating membrane reveals our evolutionary history.

  #31 Ten Questions For Creationists ...
  The basic facts about reality covered so far pose an impossible challenge to creationism.

  #32 Sexual Selection
  How female mating preferences led to some of the most remarkable features of living things.

  #33 A Tale About Tails
  Human embryology reveals our primate history.

  #34 Hiccups and Tadpoles
  How hiccups are a relic of our amphibian ancestors.

  #35 Nature Red in Tooth and Claw
  Nature's ability to inflict pain and suffering in the battle for survival.

  #36 Mass Extinctions
  96% of life was wiped out in The Great Dying 250 million years ago.

  #37 Testicles
  The plumbing of the vas deferens gives evidence of our fish ancestry

  #38 The Origin of Complex Cells
  How a merger of simple cells made complexity possible

  #39 Homologous Structures
  Evidence for common ancestry in our shared anatomy.

  #40 What Use is Half an Eye?
  First steps in the evolution of complex eyes.
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  Looking for Scottish Ex-JW's to share their experiences (If out obviously)

  by jambon1 in

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  raised in edinburgh and glasgow congregations.

  lots of funny and interesting jw characters from the 90's & 2000's.

  ian shanks.

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  cofty

  No more cockles.
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  Looking for Scottish Ex-JW's to share their experiences (If out obviously)

  by jambon1 in

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  raised in edinburgh and glasgow congregations.

  lots of funny and interesting jw characters from the 90's & 2000's.

  ian shanks.

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  Maybe referring to Berwick about 20 years ago. Don't know of any others in the Borders.
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  Looking for Scottish Ex-JW's to share their experiences (If out obviously)

  by jambon1 in

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  raised in edinburgh and glasgow congregations.

  lots of funny and interesting jw characters from the 90's & 2000's.

  ian shanks.

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  cofty

  The Edinburgh cong that had a white shirt hung up for visiting elders that wore coloured shirts.

  Was that Corstorphine?

  I was Coatbridge and then Dalkeith