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  Calling Cofty and others regarding evolution

  by dubstepped in

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  so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.

  i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.

  i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.

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  how can someone really know the gradual evolutionary proces from bottom-up? - redpilltwice

  The very genes - in fact the very letters of DNA - that trigger the building of an eye and all of the individual processes are described in astonishing detail on the scientific press

  Every possible stage of complexity from a simple patch of light-sensitive cells all the way to our own complex eyes can be observed in the living world. How colour arose - and was lost - and was developed again is known, how the lens evolved from existing proteins is old news, how the eye came to focus light on the retina is understood.

  What exactly do you think still needs to be done before you give your assent?

  How much work have you done to research the current state of knowledge?
  
  
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  You might surprised how many JWs are homosexuals

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

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  contrary to common belief, neither the bible nor the watchtower condemns homosexuality; however, they do condemn the practice of fornication.

  homosexuality is same sex attraction whether such attraction is acted upon or not.

  leviticus 20:13 describes a man having sexual relations with a man, or the act of fornication.

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  Around 5% of the population is estimated to be gay - SBF

  Most surveys show that figure is somewhere between 1% and 2% with an additional similar percentage identifying as bisexual.

  Williams Institute...

  I hasten to add that this is one of very few Watchtower teachings with which I remain in agreement - RogerK

  Are you saying that you think all gay people ought to remain celibate?
  
  
  
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  Calling Cofty and others regarding evolution

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.

  i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.

  i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.

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  Do you see the problem here?

  No I don't. All the details have been researched. I have explained some of them in my Evolution is a Fact Series here and here for example.

  Every stage of complexity of the eye can be found in the natural world. If the eye had been designed by a human engineer it would be better than it is.

  strong evidence of cognizant design is in evidence

  It only seems that way to you because you don't understand evolution.

  But what is it about non-creationism which many find so appealing? What is their heart-of-hearts motivation?

  A desire to know the truth about reality.
  
  

  xJws are turned off by the thought that there may really be a Creator and a Heavenly Family

  That's not true. Ex-JWs that reject the supernatural usually do so because they have followed the evidence.

  I have faith that one day we shall indeed have the answers to all of our questions.

  I have no confidence that you will ever learn anything new.
  
  
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  new and confused

  by michaelcabral in

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  i am stuck on amos 4:11, jehovah said he will destroy the way god destroyed sodom and gamorah, is this a misprint?.

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  Hello Michael, welcome to the forum.

  Why do you care what the bible says about homosexuality?

  The bible says slavery is a okay. We know that it isn't. The moral opinions of Iron Age goat-herders is not really relevant is it?
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  Oprah For President!

  by minimus in

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  i hope hollywood helps make her the democratic nominee.

  she sounds like she’s testing out the waters.

  good luck ms. winfrey.

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  At least Palestinians owned their own property

  Do you know anything at all about the Middle East under Ottoman rule?

  I'm not defending Israel. I'm pointing out that it is far more historically and morally complex.

  
  
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  Oprah For President!

  by minimus in

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  i hope hollywood helps make her the democratic nominee.

  she sounds like she’s testing out the waters.

  good luck ms. winfrey.

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  Better than the status quo

  So you're okay with Turkish Muslims invading Palestine but not other empires.

  You should read some history.
  
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  Oprah For President!

  by minimus in

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  i hope hollywood helps make her the democratic nominee.

  she sounds like she’s testing out the waters.

  good luck ms. winfrey.

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  Before 1947, all of this area was relatively peaceful.

  Did you mean to say before 1918?

  Shall we reinstate the Ottoman Empire?
  
  
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  Oprah For President!

  by minimus in

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  i hope hollywood helps make her the democratic nominee.

  she sounds like she’s testing out the waters.

  good luck ms. winfrey.

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  Last year I committed to reading about the history of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict from both perspectives. I studied the history of the Middle East from ancient to modern times via the Caliphate, the Ottoman Empire, The Sykes-Picot agreement, the Balfour Declaration and the establishment of modern Israel.

  Anybody who thinks it's morally simple doesn't understand it.

  By the way while British troops were dying to liberate France from the Nazis the French were selling arms to Zionist terrorists to kill British soldiers in Palestine. Treacherous bastards.
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  Oprah For President!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i hope hollywood helps make her the democratic nominee.

  she sounds like she’s testing out the waters.

  good luck ms. winfrey.

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  Calling Cofty and others regarding evolution

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.

  i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.

  i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.

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  How is it that our eyes are able to convert images into electrical impulses and apply them to the proper areas of the brain to enable us to "see?" - ON

  The answer to that question is easily available to you if you care to make the effort.

  Every creationist objection can be reduced to 'complexity therefore Jesus'.