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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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  cofty

  To finally develop Faith in a Benevolent Creator

  'Nature red in tooth and claw' proves that there is no benevolent creator.

  Creationism isn't a leap of faith, it's a drunken tumble down Mount Dumbass.

  You will change by your own volition. As you learn more

  I have learned more in the past 20 years than I did in the previous 30. That is why I reject creationism. The men and women who know most about the complexity of the natural world are the strongest advocates for evolution. These are the thousands of scientists - many of them christians - who know more about life than you or I ever will.

  There is a very important difference between you and I Old Navy. I thoroughly understand both creationism and evolution. You have never learned even the most basic information about evolution. You are wilfully ignorant of the evidence. For that reason you have nothing to say about it.

  Why are you still refusing to acknowledge that the vast majority of intelligent christians accept the fact of evolution. You never engage in conversation, you just keep repeating the same old platitudes. When are you going to pay anybody the respect of actually engaging with the subject?
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  And now for something you might be able to hear without repulsion

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  i won't give a long preamble other than to say this.

  listen and see how you respond.

  and now i'm passing it along to get your feedback.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28i3lwxw5xs.

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  cofty

  Jordan seems to use the word 'truth' in a way that stretches the definition of the word to extremes.

  He rightly sees the value in many of the biblical myths and the way they describe the human condition.

  I'm not sure how that makes him a christian by any reasonable definition.
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  What I Learned in the Peace Corps in Africa: Trump Is Right

  by pseudoxristos in

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  my first thought when seeing this headline was; "how could trump be right?

  " even though i am registered as a republican, i don't really care for trump.

  after reading the article, i still don't care for trump, but i had never considered many of the points brought out by the article.. january 17, 2018. what i learned in the peace corps in africa: trump is right.

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  It is foolish to assert that we should not judge other cultures. We don't even have to judge them by our 'western' standards just judge them by their own self-declared aspirations.

  Do people want good health and a reasonable level of prosperity? Do they want their children to have a decent education and the chance of rewarding employment? Do they want freedom from corrupt governments and an end to endless cycles of internecine conflict?

  What other things would the people of any state like to enjoy? Add those to the list.

  Okay, how well is Senegal or Congo or Somalia or Eritrea doing in achieving those goals that are the wishes of their own people - not the wishes that we 'westerners' might want for them.

  Now how do those objectively measurable criteria compare with Western European countries and Scandanavia and North America and Australia and New Zealand?

  Of course we can judge without any need to force our culture on anybody. By any sensible measure Africa is a total disaster, as is every Muslim majority country on earth.

  'Western' post-enlightenment culture is BETTER.
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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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  cofty

  Evolution presumes that all life traces back to a "Common Ancestor." - Old Navy

  No it doesn't presume anything.

  Multiple related fields of science have proven beyond all doubt that all life evolved from a common ancestor. The vast majority of intelligent christians have no problem with this.

  SBF - Your sophistry has no relevance to the topic.
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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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  They talk about consciousness in relation to the earth, brains, tables, chairs, and all matter, from about 48 minutes in. "Rocks have persoanlities" is a particular synecdoche you are fond of using to mock pansychism in total - SBF

  So a conscious table is a serious topic for conversation but rocks with personality is just mocking? Okay thanks I find it hard to keep up with what passes for philosophy and what is just buillshit. It's so hard to tell the difference.
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  "Go and tell someone who cares...I dont care!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i don't usually like the confrontational approach to those on the carts, however this video is a great example of how jws do not really care about child abuse issues!.

  the arrogance of this brother is disturbing..... bear with the video.

  it gets really interesting around the 6 min mark, where the brother loses his cool.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5chulnnyqs.

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  I don't think the guy was out of order at all.

  I have had exactly the same experience of a JW at a cart telling me he didn't care about child abuse in the organisation. Arseholes with that attitude desreve public shaming.

  Edited to add - He should have made his point and moved on. You got to know when it's over.
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  Which is better minimum wage or minimum income?

  by hoser in

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  we were having this discussion in the office the other day and we came to the conclusion minimum wage is better because it still adds to the economy vs minimum income which someone could potentially stay at home and do nothing and still get paid without producing a thing for the greater economy.. thoughts?.

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  Minimum wage - as in minimum hourly rate - has been a positive thing in the UK. It has been supported by politicians of both sides and gradually increased over recent years.

  Anything that rewards idleness is foolish.
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  Sister may have had a slight heart attack, do I text her?

  by Xanthippe in

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  so my cousin phoned and told me my jw sister was taken to hospital with chest pains and it may have been a slight heart attack or possibly she's starting with angina.

  now as some of you know my sisters and brother have had little to do with me for 29 years.

  we've met at funerals, or arranged them, but i just thought today what if she did die?

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  Don't over-think it. Of course express your best wishes that she recovers. Maybe one day you will get your sister back maybe not. Either way you win.
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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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  cofty

  Old Navy - This is just another example of equivocation.

  Evolution simply explains how the millions of species alive today, and the tens of millions that have gone extinct, all descended from a common ancestor through natural processes, including but not limited to, natural selection.

  Evolution does not attempt to explain ultimate causes, cosmic origins or the dawn of life.

  On the other hand there are many things that are part of biological evolution that are yet to be discovered. In almost every case a great deal has already been uncovered if you care to do the research.

  Your answer to every mystery is 'god-did-it'. That is the antithesis of scientific enquiry. It's lazy and pathetically boring and dull. It is a non-answer, an intellectual dead-end.

  You have stated the same thing dozens of times on the forum in the past few weeks. Please try to engage with the facts.

  Here are forty separate pieces of evidence for evolution. You are welcome to refute any of them but please stop repeating the same hackneyed canards about the motives of those who accept the evidence.
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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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  cofty

  The best that can be said for panpsychism is that it is impossible to prove that it is bollocks. The same can be said for the hypothesis that invisible trolls live inside washing machines and survive by eating fluff and occasionally feasting on left socks.

  In other words it is 'not even wrong'.

  Harris is far more polite than I am.