this site is great, i have been lurking for a while now.
but i can’t get reinstated and have used some of the advice already given.. i was df’d many months ago and go to all the meetings and do all the preparation for the meetings, but the jc committee keep refusing me.
tomorrow at the clam meeting i am puting yet another letter in and will be called for another dreadful jc meeting.. 1. what can i say to the elders to show that i am truly repentant?.
Jesus Christ does not agree with your opinion
Jesus is a pile of dust somewhere in the middle east.
and neither do I.
I don't worry too much about opinions. I am very impressed by verifiable facts if you have any.
Religion should be at the very bottom of anybody's to-do list when they leave the cult.
this site is great, i have been lurking for a while now.
but i can’t get reinstated and have used some of the advice already given.. i was df’d many months ago and go to all the meetings and do all the preparation for the meetings, but the jc committee keep refusing me.
tomorrow at the clam meeting i am puting yet another letter in and will be called for another dreadful jc meeting.. 1. what can i say to the elders to show that i am truly repentant?.
What you need to do is find a Church with real people to talk to, who will introduce you to the love of Jesus Christ.
That is the worst advice anybody could ever give an exJW
If for social reasons you want to meet with a relaxed theologically liberal church who could not care less what you believe then fair enough.
Otherwise why would you swap one set of superstitions for another?
All churches are cults. It's only a matter of degree.
to save us all a lot of time and effort..... [some complex structure in living organisms described].
[i can't imagine how this could be the product of evolution].
[therefore god created it].
If you don't accept evolution you are either ignorant or ignorant.
At last!
to save us all a lot of time and effort..... [some complex structure in living organisms described].
[i can't imagine how this could be the product of evolution].
[therefore god created it].
{Insert name of NASA engineer/veterinary/gynecologist/dentist} PhD doesn't accept evolution. So there!
{Insert multiple names of 18th & 19th century scientists} believed in god. So there!
evolution paints human ancestors covered with fur.
fur has several benefits as stated by britannica "the pelts of fur-bearing animals are called true furs when they consist of two elements: a dense undercoat, called ground hair, and longer hairs, extending beyond that layer, called guard hair.
the principal function of ground hair is to maintain the animal’s body temperature; that of guard hair is to protect the underlying fur and skin and to shed rain or snow.".
Stop using typos as an escape goat. - SBF
What on earth is an escape goat?
They are not just typos they are utter unmitigated nonsense in the context. Once we correct the spelling it's still not even wrong.
evolution paints human ancestors covered with fur.
fur has several benefits as stated by britannica "the pelts of fur-bearing animals are called true furs when they consist of two elements: a dense undercoat, called ground hair, and longer hairs, extending beyond that layer, called guard hair.
the principal function of ground hair is to maintain the animal’s body temperature; that of guard hair is to protect the underlying fur and skin and to shed rain or snow.".
jacobm - Lots of people are trying to tell you how much you have misunderstood natural selection.
Please listen to them and read some basic textbooks.
The following two posts might help you get started and clear up some misunderstandings. Especially the second one.
Evolution is a Fact #27 Monkeys, Typewriters, Shakespeare, 747s etc...
Evolution is a Fact #28 Something Darwin Didn't Say...
evolution paints human ancestors covered with fur.
fur has several benefits as stated by britannica "the pelts of fur-bearing animals are called true furs when they consist of two elements: a dense undercoat, called ground hair, and longer hairs, extending beyond that layer, called guard hair.
the principal function of ground hair is to maintain the animal’s body temperature; that of guard hair is to protect the underlying fur and skin and to shed rain or snow.".
this is where natural selection starts to become a little strained and starts to resemble a deus di machina.
Made up word or phrase alert!
those snakes trying to copulate look suspiciously like genetic draft
Made up word or phrase alert!
that should read deus eks machina
Made up word or phrase alert!
but my point re genetic piggy backing stands
Made up word or phrase alert!
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
Do you, do you, do you, do you
Know what you're doing, doing, to me
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
evolution paints human ancestors covered with fur.
fur has several benefits as stated by britannica "the pelts of fur-bearing animals are called true furs when they consist of two elements: a dense undercoat, called ground hair, and longer hairs, extending beyond that layer, called guard hair.
the principal function of ground hair is to maintain the animal’s body temperature; that of guard hair is to protect the underlying fur and skin and to shed rain or snow.".
Jacob m - when I wrote that the snake that reproduces is by definition the "fittest" did you understand what that means?
Fit dies NOT equal Olympian.
evolution paints human ancestors covered with fur.
fur has several benefits as stated by britannica "the pelts of fur-bearing animals are called true furs when they consist of two elements: a dense undercoat, called ground hair, and longer hairs, extending beyond that layer, called guard hair.
the principal function of ground hair is to maintain the animal’s body temperature; that of guard hair is to protect the underlying fur and skin and to shed rain or snow.".
The answers may explain why humans lost their fur in hot places like Africa but doesn't explain why they didn't grow it back again once they reached the Arctic
Humans learned to make clothes by then so there was zero selective advantage in being hairy.
Most mammals have either thick fur of lots of blubber.
Animals don't make clothes
Without clothes they'd die of hypothermia
Yes. That's why we make clothes.
that article of Cofty's is full of.. 'our model' 'we suggest' 'maybe' 'we postulate' 'a good case can be made' 'our revised model' 'we believe' 'we assume' .... they are not actually saying that these are all facts, they are 'assuming', 'predicting', conducting an experiment.
It's not my article. The authors present lots of hard verifiable facts. Like all good scientists they are modest about the interpretation. That is the EXACT OPPOSITE of the watchtower.
Where is the mystery?
evolution paints human ancestors covered with fur.
fur has several benefits as stated by britannica "the pelts of fur-bearing animals are called true furs when they consist of two elements: a dense undercoat, called ground hair, and longer hairs, extending beyond that layer, called guard hair.
the principal function of ground hair is to maintain the animal’s body temperature; that of guard hair is to protect the underlying fur and skin and to shed rain or snow.".
Ruby - The paper is full of many facts.
The text of the paper describes the significance of the facts. The authors provide their results of a carefully constructed model.
They compare their conclusions with other possible explanations regarding the relationship between loss of fur and bipedal posture.
The paper was peer-reviewed by the National Academies of Science. They are not in the habit of publishing fact-free "just-so stories".
If you can see a flaw in the paper write to the NAS.
