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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  You categorically cannot conclude creation, evolution by creation, evolution or otherwise without knowing what event enabled RNA to become DNA. - Hadriel

  This thread is not about the origin of life. It is about the homochirality of some organic molecules. Some creationists - for reasons best known to themselves - see this as evidence of a creator.

  Kenso Soai demonstrated that in fact there is nothing unlikely about homochirality at all.

  Having said that your question about the transition from RNA to DNA in the early stages of life on earth is a good one.

  You should investigate the work being done by biochemist Bill Martin of the University of Dusseldorf, Mike Russell of the Jet Propulsion Lab in Passendina, and Eugene Koonin of the NIH in the USA.

  There are just two tiny chemical differences between RNA and DNA. Both of them would easily have occurred spontaneously in the alkaline vents that were the nursery of life. I will explain more if you are interested.
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  After Jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not a fallen angel).

  by quincemyles in

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  after jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not an evil angel) to turn stones into bread, jump from the temple and bow.

  the tester was a pharisee of the ruling class.

  jehovah's witnesses believe the tester to have been an evil spirit or leader of fallen angels named satan the devil.

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  I happen to heartily disagree with Carrier - saname

  Have you read his 700 page book that lays out his evidence in detail?

  You claimed that there "is a freaking reason why there is not a single scholar who is employed at a university or college who teaches any relative field to Christianity and who doesn't believe that Jesus existed"

  If you now claim that you know Dr Carrier's evidence well enough to dismiss it, why did you assert serious scholars such as Dr Carrier didn't exist?

  I look down at certain people

  You are a child, you haven't earned the right to look down on anybody.

  If you are serious about going to uni - and I hope you are - you will learn more if you lose your know-it-all attitude.
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  Will Jehovah...

  by watson in

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  when jehovah brings armageddon, will he let me live long enough to witness the deaths of my children and grand children because they didn't believe in him?

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  since i've faded and i don't promote worshiping him anymore, i am just wondering.. at least i'd know for sure what kind of god he is?.

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  it would be a good idea to make peace with God

  "Love me or die" said every tyrant who ever lived.
  
  
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  Thankfully not many publishers remind " me" of Troy.

  by The Rebel in

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  i took my son to the watford football club family day,-and the highlight- troy deeney.

  he stayed until every last item was signed and every selfie was taken.

  we left way after the end of the event and he left after us.

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  How were you on the ministry, zelouse or lazy?

  I actually believed armageddon was coming and that non-JWs would die. I thought it was a life-saving work so I was a zealous pioneer. When I worked out that it wasn't true I left.

  I don't understand apathetic JWs. They of "all men are most to be pitied".
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  After Jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not a fallen angel).

  by quincemyles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not an evil angel) to turn stones into bread, jump from the temple and bow.

  the tester was a pharisee of the ruling class.

  jehovah's witnesses believe the tester to have been an evil spirit or leader of fallen angels named satan the devil.

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  there is clear evidence for the *historical* Jesus ... there is a freaking reason why there is not a single scholar who is employed at a university or college who teaches any relative field to Christianity and who doesn't believe that Jesus existed. .. read some books written by actual scholars - Saename

  
  The Christ Myth theory is a minority position among scholars but it is not absent. The most recent contribution to the field is Dr Richard Carrier's "On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason to Doubt".

  Perhaps you should read it for an appreciation of both sides of the debate.
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  Paranormal Warning

  by Cold Steel in

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  i've heard some weird stories coming from jws about the paranormal.

  i know about the warnings about items that come from unbelievers -- those don't interest me as much.

  what i am interested in are actual experiences in stories of the paranormal you've heard or experienced yourself.

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  JWs are the most superstitious people on earth.

  "Paranormal" is the least likely explanation of an unexplained event.
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  One does not need to throw 99 heads in a throw but one needs to have tried all the throws that lead to gaining a 6

  Which still demonstrates you don't begin to understand the question.
  
  
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  "Belief" and "Faith" are Simply Emotional Terms for Ideas and Opinions (long post)

  by xjwsrock in

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  this is my current bottom-line conclusion after starting to see through the jw game 3 to 4 years ago and going through my own process of waking up.

  it helps to write it down and put it "out there".

  i hope it helps or resonates with you in your own personal process.. basically if i were given 10 seconds to say something to an active jehovah's witness that i cared about it would be the headline above.

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  You are one of the most tortured people I have ever met. I hope you find peace. - Perry

  What makes you think I am not at peace? I understand sensible readonable answers to life's biggest questions. I'm not the one who has to run away from facts and evidence in order to maintain an indefensible belief system.

  I don't have to look forward to an eternity of massaging the ego of a capricious deity, while listening to the agonising cries of my family and friends in hellfire. And every minute of every day having to lie to myself that this is perfect love.

  I don't have to defend slavery, rape and infanticide in order to go on worshipping a book written by Iron Age nomads who had the moral sense of an ISIS warlord. I have a rational, objective standard for morality and ethics as opposed to the capricious ravings of ethics by divine fiat. I'm not raising my children to be superstitious, self-righteous, anti-scientific and afraid of everything and everybody.
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  Creed - A Satirical Poem

  by Perry in

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  “creed” on the world.

  by steve turner.

  we believe in marxfreudanddarwin.

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  cofty

  Utter bollocks.

  Angst and the Jehovah's Witness Mindset...
  
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  whatever is allowed to happen will do so, sooner or later

  That makes it sound as if homochirality is an unlikely event - like throwing 99 heads in a row.

  This is the fundamental misunderstanding that you and Kate share. Soai showed that it is not unlikely at all. It is inevitable.