Posts by cofty

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What is going on in Wild West Britian?

by Iamallcool in

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Disfellowshiped- reinstated- damaged

by Damaged in

don’t know how i ended up here but no one who understands will listen, or any one who will listen doesn’t understand.

i grew up in the “truth”, i was baptised at 17 as it was encouraged by the elders.

i really didn’t understand what i was getting into.

First thing to say is that you messed up choosing a username because one day soon all the JW drama will be history, you will be building a new cult-free life with your girlfriend and hopefully still posting here helping other new ones and wishing you had called yourself something more positive.

Bottom line is there is no way to be happy in an oppressive religion - apart from the fact that everything it teaches just isn't true, but that's for later.

To get to the point you should start planning an escape with your girlfriend from the religion - and possibly from the village. How you do that is for you to figure out. Stop giving them power over your life. Think about important stuff like education, career and things that make you happy.

Good luck

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Human Evolutionary Process In 3 Minutes

by pale.emperor in

saw this great video today showing the evolutionary process of humans in 3 minutes.

the fossil record shows that 400 million years ago our ancestors were a type of fish.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsszn4biwzg.

also, check out the below chart.

cofty

Humans are relatively new to the earth.

If earth's history was 24 hours, Homo sapiens arrived at twenty-five to midnight.

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Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

by cofty in

i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

cofty

Such a ‘definition’ preemptively excludes creation as a possible scientific explanation.

Not at all. If science had failed to find a naturalistic answer then the possibility would remain that god-did-it.

But in the case of finding an explanation for the complexity and diversity of life the results are already in. Unguided evolution is a fact.

If you want to hang on to a personal belief that god used evolution to make the world then carry on but it adds nothing to our knowledge of reality.

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Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

by cofty in

i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

cofty

To both, ‘science’ is the search for “naturalistic” explanation

YES!

How could a scientist possibly seek a supernatural one?

'God-did-it, let's go to the pub'.

The most committed christians who work in every field of science seek naturalistic answers. It is this approach that dragged us out of the Dark Ages and transformed the world.

Feel free to join us.

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Watchtower UK's Robert Li asks: "Can you lend me £75 million?"

by Fay Dehr in

anyone got a spare £75 million, for a good cause?.

go to the uk charity commission accounts for watchtower bible and tract society of great britain: http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/showcharity/registerofcharities/documentlist.aspx?registeredcharitynumber=1077961&subsidiarynumber=0&doctype=accountlist

now download the accounts for 2017. see page.4 (signed by robert li on p.7, april 2018) .

cofty

The Charity Commission is a toothless organisation. It has little power and rarely uses it.

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Universal sovereignty on trial

by Factfulness in

i just had a thought of clarity regarding the jw explanation for this doctrine.

they explain that satan challenged god regarding his right to rule.

god failed to prove his right to rule.

cofty

Clearly, Jesus was in two places at the same time

It's difficult to tell the difference between a genuine xtian apologist and a spoof.

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Universal sovereignty on trial

by Factfulness in

i just had a thought of clarity regarding the jw explanation for this doctrine.

they explain that satan challenged god regarding his right to rule.

god failed to prove his right to rule.

cofty

Perry - What are you on about? I am working from the christian definition of god and judging him by his OWN standards: not my standards.

Christianity is not only objectively wrong, it is internally contradictory and it is there that I make my stand.

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Universal sovereignty on trial

by Factfulness in

i just had a thought of clarity regarding the jw explanation for this doctrine.

they explain that satan challenged god regarding his right to rule.

god failed to prove his right to rule.

cofty

SBF - I have no interest in going round this again.

Jesus revealed god to be love, defined as care for others.

The facts prove otherwise.

Find somebody else who will indulge your PoMo bullshit where words have no meaning.

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Universal sovereignty on trial

by Factfulness in

i just had a thought of clarity regarding the jw explanation for this doctrine.

they explain that satan challenged god regarding his right to rule.

god failed to prove his right to rule.

cofty

Genuine objective morality is only possible by first omitting gods from the discussion.

Theology has no moral or ethical system, only a collection of arbitrary and capricious diktats.