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Posts by cofty
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What is the purpose of life?
by slimboyfat inwhile reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.
because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".
i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.
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cofty
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JW women true value
by Chook inwhen they sent out internal letter to elders regarding the binding of elders book , worldly men could do the job but only under supervision of a elder.
but under no circumstance could a sister touch the book.
the idiots put it in print, any elders wives on this forum should take it up with their man.
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cofty
Revelation 14:4 describes the 144,000 as "those who did not defile themselves with women".
No wonder christianity has traditionally viewed women as evil temptresses.
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The Nurture of Nature, how to get from genes to behavior
by LisaRose inone thing i have enjoyed since leaving the jehovah's witnesses is learning about science and evolution.
it's so great to be able to look at things without the fog of religious belief clouding things.
of course i have learned a lot from cofty and his threads on evolution, but one thing i struggled with was what causes instinctual behavior in animals for example, what tells birds to fly south for the winter?
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cofty
That is an excellent article LisaRose thanks for posting that.
I think a lot of people struggle with the idea that behaviour is rooted in biology. There is a good example involving voles. In one species the males are good loyal attentive dads and in a closely related species the males are deadbeats who don't stay around after impregnating the female. Scientists identified a gene that they could manipulate to transform their behaviour.
It makes me wonder about free-will.
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Latest Ancient Coin - 660 Year Old Fourpence
by cofty inafter a very quiet couple of hours detecting this afternoon i was chuffed to find this silver coin.. it is a groat of edward iii of england.
for a long time the only coin available was the silver penny.
if you wanted to spend half a penny or a quarter you literally cut it up.
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cofty
What brand of detector
I use a Garrett AT Pro. Almost all my finds have been in the top 6 inches of plough soil.
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Latest Ancient Coin - 660 Year Old Fourpence
by cofty inafter a very quiet couple of hours detecting this afternoon i was chuffed to find this silver coin.. it is a groat of edward iii of england.
for a long time the only coin available was the silver penny.
if you wanted to spend half a penny or a quarter you literally cut it up.
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cofty
Awesome! Are you keeping? selling? donating?
By law everything belongs to the landowner. Like all my finds this coin was about 200 yards from my house. It was only about 3 inches below the surface. Eventually they will on display in the "Big House". At the moment I have over 20 ancient silver coins on display in my bookcase.
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Belgium does first doctor assisted suicide of child.
by Chook inthey are 70 years behind wt assisted suicide by refusal of life saving blood..
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cofty
Under the amendments to the country’s 2002 euthanasia law, a child of any age can be helped to die, but only under strict conditions. He or she must be terminally ill, close to death, and deemed to be suffering beyond any medical help. The child must be able to request euthanasia themselves and demonstrate they fully understand their choice. The request will then be assessed by teams of doctors, psychologists and other care-givers before a final decision is made with approval of the parents.
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Belgium does first doctor assisted suicide of child.
by Chook inthey are 70 years behind wt assisted suicide by refusal of life saving blood..
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cofty
Do you have a link please?
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Latest Ancient Coin - 660 Year Old Fourpence
by cofty inafter a very quiet couple of hours detecting this afternoon i was chuffed to find this silver coin.. it is a groat of edward iii of england.
for a long time the only coin available was the silver penny.
if you wanted to spend half a penny or a quarter you literally cut it up.
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cofty
After a very quiet couple of hours detecting this afternoon I was chuffed to find this silver coin.
It is a Groat of Edward III of England. For a long time the only coin available was the silver penny. If you wanted to spend half a penny or a quarter you literally cut it up. The value was linked to the intrinsic value of the silver.
This is a Groat or "great penny" worth fourpence. It dates to between 1351 and 1361.
You might be able to make our "CIVITAS LONDON" on the reverse which tells us it was minted in London. The legend outside that on the reverse reads "POSVI DEUM ADIVTOREM MEUM" which means "I have made God my helper"
Nobody has seen this coin in 650 years.
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Origin of Life
by cofty inin recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?
as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.
there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.
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cofty
Copy-paste is so boring.
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Origin of Life
by cofty inin recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?
as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.
there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.
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cofty
Well, my job is done in this topic. - John-Mann
If by your "job" you mean, make some evidence-free assertions and call others evil for being rational, then good job!