I think this is an excellent place to start. I learned a lot here. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/
DanaBug
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I'm Starting To Understand Atheist and Evolution
by Philadelphia Ponos infor many years i was sincerely perplexed when someone told me they believed in the evolution theory or were an atheist.
i never understood how someone could ignore all the evidence for intelligent design and overlook all the holes in the evolution theory.
for example, the human biology clock is synced with the rotation of the earth, the earth is the perfect distance away from the sun to sustain life, the earth has an ozone layer to protect us from the sun's radiation, the earth naturally produces fruits and vegetables to be used for food, our bodies produce enzymes to break down the fruits and vegetables so it can nourish us, the earth produces water and oxygen, etc.
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Delroy Grant
by James_Slash instarted his reign of terror in 1992...... .
baptised as a jw in 1994..... .
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DanaBug
You know, I can watch graphic horror and films about demons and serial killers with no problem, but this guy really really freaks me out. Guess a JW serial rapist hits way too close to home. And that photo of him, taken after his arrest...this guy is a living nightmare.
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DanaBug
Lol! That's a great quote by the way, jeckle.
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Then you've chosen to choose.
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Are You Going To the Memorial?
by headisspinning ini can't see myself not attending.
i would feel horrible not to go.
i don't know where i'm going to land and if i had to look back and think i didn't go... well, i would feel awful..
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DanaBug
I haven't been since I got df'd, 6 years ago. I'm considering going, as a final farewell. I didn't go to the meeting when they announced my df.
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False Christians chose the modern Bible books
by lifeisgood inone of the issues that i discovered when i took two years off from the jws to just study the bible is the contents of the modern bible do not even come close to matching the contents of the holy books that the first christians used.
not even close.
off by over 550 books.. now, the jws claim that the catholic church is false religion.
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DanaBug
I think they rationalize it by saying the Catholic Church was the Church Jesus established until an apostacy happened and it wasn't until JWs were selected as the FDS that they actually lost God's favor or spirit (or whatever you want to call it). I've don't remember ever seeing it in print, but I think they believe that God directed which books would be chosen for the canon; if he wanted those other books in there, he would have made it happen. (Otoh, if he wanted his name in the Greek Scriptures, he would have made sure it was in there.) But when you dig into what was going on back then and what the gnostic gospels that weren't included say, it's pretty clear the books were chosen for political reasons and for the survival of the Church.
Thanks for the list and the link, lifeisgood. That'll be some interesting reading.
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When parents give a kid a present (Nintendo Wii)
by possible-san inmany japanese watched this video and tears spilled their eyes.. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k4cf4cnr3l8b1gm9ea.
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DanaBug
Aww, come on y'all! Wiis are awesome! I want one too, lol! I think we find it strange because we never had the opportunity to act like that. I can't remember ever getting a toy I begged for, I can't even remembering begging for a toy. No wait . . . I got the fancy competition style jump rope I asked for in the second grade. But other than that . . .nope. I really, really, really wanted an easybake oven, asked for it once, was told no, and never asked again. My sister got it for me after we were df'd for my 19th birthday, lol! But I might have acted like those kids if I had got when I was eight years old. Of course, I would have probably been told to calm down and then got a talking to about materialism.
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Were you SPANKED?
by unshackled indon't get all excited...i don't mean lastnight.
spankings were a regular occurence in my family, and don't think that was uncommon for born-in jws.
my parents loved the line "we spank you because we love you.
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DanaBug
Yep, along with my brother and sister, after every meeting as I remember and for anything else that was deemed worthy of one, at least once a day. Where we live, DFCS family and children services will get called on you if you spank in public, so I assume it's done less or at least in private. One JW mom got them called on her after she smacked her baby on the face for biting her while breastfeeding. She wondered how else to teach her baby not to bite her. Well, I can think of a number of ways that don't involve hitting. Spanking is just lazy parenting, plain and simple. You're only teaching to obey, not why something is wrong to do. Okay, rant over.
My fiance, who was never involved with JWs at all, was spanked but rarely and only for major things.
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What in the world is wrong with public displays of affection?
by Mad Sweeney ina comment or two made on the "gay glee" thread prompts this question.
a couple posters said that gay people shouldn't show affection in public and went on to add that even heterosexual affection in public makes them uncomfortable, or it isn't appropriate, or whatever.. my question is simply, why?.
my wife and i are very affectionate in public and i know it has honked off some people but we frankly don't understand why..
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DanaBug
I feel bad for the girl.
Who me? Naw, I can deal with it when I have to. There's only one person in the world whose spit I'm okay with, lol! It's weird, I know.
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What in the world is wrong with public displays of affection?
by Mad Sweeney ina comment or two made on the "gay glee" thread prompts this question.
a couple posters said that gay people shouldn't show affection in public and went on to add that even heterosexual affection in public makes them uncomfortable, or it isn't appropriate, or whatever.. my question is simply, why?.
my wife and i are very affectionate in public and i know it has honked off some people but we frankly don't understand why..
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DanaBug
Saliva or spit seriously grosses me out. That's why I don't like to see people making out in public. I can hear it and see it and if I'm close enough I can smell it, spit that is, blech. But I'm not gonna go tell someone to stop, I get away from it.