Posts by cofty

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Need blood? Save your life, here's why.
by LevelThePlayingField in
1. watchtower
2. medical
so here's the point regarding blood transfusions.

notice jesus asks the pharisees if it was lawful on the sabbath to save a life.

so, can you break god's law to save your life if it came to that?
cofty

Notice Jesus asks the Pharisees if it was lawful on the Sabbath to save a life. So, can you break God's law to save your life if it came to that?
Playing Devil's Advocate I disagree. Jesus objected to the way the Pharisees interpreted the law regarding the sabbath but he never argued that it was okay to break the law. He observed the Law meticulously and taught this followers to be even more observant than the Pharisees.
His argument was not that it was okay to break the sabbath by healing or saving a life but that doing these things was not breaking the Law.
Similarly the key point about blood transfusions is not that it is okay to break god's law to save your life but that blood transfusions are not against any law...
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What is CT Russell's motive?
by sinboi in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what is russell's motive when he started examining the bible with a group of bible students?

did he intend to form a cult and to mislead others?

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cofty

To put it concisely, sell literature and draw attention to himself - Fink
All of the available evidence suggests otherwise.
Russell was turned off from religion until he was later attracted by the Adventist movement and became convinced that the problem was not the bible but the way it was preached by mainstream christianity. His motive was to be part of a restoration of 'true doctrine' and to promote an apocalyptic message.
At this stage he rejected all attempts to put a date on the parousia. He invested heavily using his own money and resisted appeals by his readers to form a new church or organisation. He taught that Christ's 'sheep' were to be found in every church.
I agree with redpilltwice that he died a very different person from the one that began his religious quest.
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Humans brought to Earth, not native to it.
by Bad_Wolf in
1. social
2. current
below i link the article.

i thought some points on the claim were interesting.

such as how prolonged direct exposure to sunlight hurts us vs other animals, sicknesses, etc.
cofty

You are correct; Cofty saying it is true doesn't make it true. It's all the evidence that makes it true.
Yep. Like the evidence contained in these forty threads...
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Humans brought to Earth, not native to it.
by Bad_Wolf in
1. social
2. current
below i link the article.

i thought some points on the claim were interesting.

such as how prolonged direct exposure to sunlight hurts us vs other animals, sicknesses, etc.
cofty

I have a question Cofty, what does this statement from Dr. Paula Kover who studies genetics and evolution mean to you, "It is important to make it clear that evolution is not a theory about the origin of life. It is a theory to explain how species change over time."? - Bad Wolf
This statement by Dr Kover is exactly correct.
The article in your OP has nothing to do with abiogenesis. It asserts that humans are fundamentally different from other species on planet earth and therefore must have evolved elsewhere and been brought here by aliens.
Please try to at least understand bullshit before you post it.
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Humans brought to Earth, not native to it.
by Bad_Wolf in
1. social
2. current
below i link the article.

i thought some points on the claim were interesting.

such as how prolonged direct exposure to sunlight hurts us vs other animals, sicknesses, etc.
cofty

according to this video we start out as fish, then a crocodile, then a rat, then a spider monkey, then a chimpanzee, then a human.
Then the video was either compiled by an imbecile or - more likely - you are talking crap again.
no evidence exists to prove any of the possibilities beyond a shadow of a doubt
You can keep saying that but it doesn't make it true. Humans evolved on earth from non-human ancestors over millions of years. This much we know beyond a shadow of doubt. Try reading some actual science books instead of wallowing in some of the dumbest cesspools in the internet.
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Humans brought to Earth, not native to it.
by Bad_Wolf in
1. social
2. current
below i link the article.

i thought some points on the claim were interesting.

such as how prolonged direct exposure to sunlight hurts us vs other animals, sicknesses, etc.
cofty

I don't have a firm belief on what or where we came from - Bad Wolf
Neither do I. Beliefs have no place in science. Humans evolved from non-human (not the same thing as ET) ancestors on planet earth over millions of years. We have the fossils and the DNA evidence to prove it.
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Humans brought to Earth, not native to it.
by Bad_Wolf in
1. social
2. current
below i link the article.

i thought some points on the claim were interesting.

such as how prolonged direct exposure to sunlight hurts us vs other animals, sicknesses, etc.
cofty

Oh for fuck's sake!
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Warwick is an ASS
by lastmanstanding in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
google earth warwick and turn the map upside down.

it’s as clear as a bell.. i have been looking at satellite images of assembly halls because of the one in denmark being a pagan design of an all seeing eye like on the us dollar etc.. so i said, what the hell does warwick look like from space?.

question answered.
cofty

Haha. Well spotted.
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London murder rate overtakes New York for first time ever after spate of fatal stabbings and shootings
by freemindfade in
1. social
2. current
april fools?

while london remains substantially the safer city overall, with less than half the homicides of new york last year, according to a new report a recent spike in knife crime meant february was the first month the uk capital was home to more murders than the us city.london has endured a significant increase in knife crime, with 15 dying in february, nine of whom were aged 30 or younger.

meanwhile 14 were killed in the big apple..
cofty

Black boys with absent fathers killing other black boys with absent fathers.
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It's a boring Easter Sunday afternoon....
by cantleave in
1. jw
2. friends
....i've pigged out on chocolate and thought i'd drop by and say "hi" to the forum.

it's been 9 years since i found this place and boy, life keeps getting better and better.

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cofty

Hey Angus!