I'm probably out of my league here, since brotherdan left before I arrived, but I went back and read some of his topics, just out of curiosity. Certainly not all of it. What I read seems to indicate that he was, um, a bit of a woos? Dunno. He did an awful lot of crying on people's shoulders and garnered a great deal of sympathy from them. Maybe he was legitimately messed up, but maybe he was just playing games. Regardless, what I read (including Zid's post) shows that people on this board are sympathetic, empathetic and trusting (perhaps to a fault).
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Brotherdan seems like he really DID leave
by sabastious inhe was an interesting presence on this board.
he had integral knowledge about bethel and the like.
i am an emotional guy too so i can kind of relate to why he left.. but, you gotta get thick skin on the forum.
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Was It a Fig Tree From Which Eve and Adam Ate?
by snowbird inbook of jasher .
14 and it was in the fifty-sixth year of the life of lamech when adam died; nine hundred and thirty years old was he at his death, and his two sons, with enoch and methuselah his son, buried him with great pomp, as at the burial of kings, in the cave which god had told him.
15 and in that place all the sons of men made a great mourning and weeping on account of adam; it has therefore become a custom among the sons of men to this day.
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Lion Cask
Close. It was a figment-of-the-imagination tree.
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Moral Dilemma
by Mattieu inexcuse me so called holy spirit directed governing body; what do you do when you discover that a long term hospital liaison committee elder who gives talks at all1 day assemblies, 2 day assemblies & district assemblies and is quite prominent n the victorian/nsw circuit, is addicted to pornography, particularly under age and bestiality porno?
and oh, if you have print outs of his internet log ins and internet history fully detailing his log ins from his work computer???
and im not talking breach of privacy, im talking his breach of work usage of computers, of which im in charge of the it.
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I would fire my IT guy if anything within my server or office was ever transmitted to someone not authorized to receive the information.
Goes to what trumps what, treadnh2o. Confidentiality within law has limits. Some things kept confidential by your IT guy when he knows it is illegal could land him in the courts. That said, if nothing illegal has happened, then the answer may be found in your IT guy's job description. With deference to Blondie's statement, if the IT guy is empowered to monitor internet activity within the firm, finds a problem and reports it to the boss, then he has done his job and that is all he is empowered to do. It is up to the boss to enforce the company rules, not the IT guy.
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Non-evidence reasons why people embrace Evolution.
by hooberus inevolutionists always claim that the reason why they believe in evolution and reject creation is due to "evidence".
they frequently use the opposite term "no evidence" in relation to any type of intelligent design, or creation, (and especially to genesis creation and flood history !).
their advocated beliefs always tend to include whatever is necessary to believe in to intellectually "explain" the existence of the universe, world, and its creatures without needing god).
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But we still have all the same bacteria as we did 100 years ago.
Um, no, actually. Ever hear of the nylon-eating bacteria, MD? Found in Japan. It has experienced what is called a frame shift mutation that allows it to consume and metabolize nylon (which didn't exist 100 years ago). Yes, yes, it is still a bacteria. What do you expect? Legs and arms?
Let's be real, there couldn't be evolution without abiogenisis. One flows into the other. If the thought that we evolved from rocks or air is too painful or silly to bear, perhaps it is time to reconsider your reality.
And a singularity became the big bang and the big bang became energy and matter and energy and matter differentiated into elements and elements into compounds and compounds into replicating compounds and replicating compounds into life. One flows into the other. Abiogenenis is a prerequisite of evolution, it is no more the same as evolution as evolution is the same as the big bang.
As for the video above, it is interesting that you have to go to a kid that is not well informed and talking off the top of his head to make your point instead of going to someone that actually understands what creationists teach.
Yeah, it was easy picking for sure, MD. But watch the other 29 videos.
The fact you say this suggests either you have not studied the fossil record in great detail or you are choosing to ignore a heck of a lot of it.
For example?
A counter-argument implies that an initial argument was made. That didn't happen here. Hooberus simply made a valid observation on the frailty of the human condition.
I read the OP differently, TD. You may be right.
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Moral Dilemma
by Mattieu inexcuse me so called holy spirit directed governing body; what do you do when you discover that a long term hospital liaison committee elder who gives talks at all1 day assemblies, 2 day assemblies & district assemblies and is quite prominent n the victorian/nsw circuit, is addicted to pornography, particularly under age and bestiality porno?
and oh, if you have print outs of his internet log ins and internet history fully detailing his log ins from his work computer???
and im not talking breach of privacy, im talking his breach of work usage of computers, of which im in charge of the it.
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Lion Cask
Is there anything at all that gives you reason to beleve he has viewed under-age porn (ie sex or nudity involving persons below the age of consent, not 18, 19 year olds)
The laws in Oz might be different from elsewhere, but in order for an image of a naked child to be considered to be child pornography there generally needs to be a depiction of certain orifaces or sexual activity itself. Videos of nudists engaged in non-sexual activities, including children, are (again, generally) not considered to be pornography - even if it is clear the people who enjoy looking at naked children may have some agenda other than art appreciation. All of which to say, be careful about the legal aspect of things, because they can backfire on you. But the man's wife will not be swayed by legal hair-splitting, if you really want to take this guy out and you think you can successfully expose him with evidence.
In your place, I would go for the juglar, but that's just me.
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Do You Folks Wanna Hear My Story?
by Farkel ini've already written "my story".
i've been "out" for 35 years.
but that is not a story that contains the little stuff.
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Lion Cask
Yup. Maybe we can work on our mutual first impressions?
How old are you, anyway?
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Moral Dilemma
by Mattieu inexcuse me so called holy spirit directed governing body; what do you do when you discover that a long term hospital liaison committee elder who gives talks at all1 day assemblies, 2 day assemblies & district assemblies and is quite prominent n the victorian/nsw circuit, is addicted to pornography, particularly under age and bestiality porno?
and oh, if you have print outs of his internet log ins and internet history fully detailing his log ins from his work computer???
and im not talking breach of privacy, im talking his breach of work usage of computers, of which im in charge of the it.
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One thing to consider. People who access illegal porn and get caught by the police routinely claim it was not they who accessed it. Yes, it was on their computers, but it must have been someone else. A janitor or something. The argument is defeated by browsing time logs cross referenced against emails sent by the perpetrators, sometimes phone calls made around the same time the porn was accessed, but it is not always sufficient to bring the offender to justice. Most often for a charge of child porn to stick you need concrete evidence like actual downloaded content on hard drives, flash drives, CDs and DVDs in the possession of the perp. All of which to say, you need to be careful, legally, how you handle this. Get some proof, if you can, before you make your move.
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Moral Dilemma
by Mattieu inexcuse me so called holy spirit directed governing body; what do you do when you discover that a long term hospital liaison committee elder who gives talks at all1 day assemblies, 2 day assemblies & district assemblies and is quite prominent n the victorian/nsw circuit, is addicted to pornography, particularly under age and bestiality porno?
and oh, if you have print outs of his internet log ins and internet history fully detailing his log ins from his work computer???
and im not talking breach of privacy, im talking his breach of work usage of computers, of which im in charge of the it.
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Lion Cask
There is only one thing to do (given that it is not child porn, otherwise turn the bastard in).
Ask for a meeting with him. Be pleasant, chat up your usual goings on at the Kingdom Hall, the newest Watchtower or Awake! and then
"By the way, brother hospital liaison, are you aware that internet anonymity is an illusion? Did you know that internet usage in work computers is routinely and legally monitored? Does your wife and family know about your underage pornography habit? No? What about the Society? Ok, well, they're about to, unless you have some other suggestion?"
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Non-evidence reasons why people embrace Evolution.
by hooberus inevolutionists always claim that the reason why they believe in evolution and reject creation is due to "evidence".
they frequently use the opposite term "no evidence" in relation to any type of intelligent design, or creation, (and especially to genesis creation and flood history !).
their advocated beliefs always tend to include whatever is necessary to believe in to intellectually "explain" the existence of the universe, world, and its creatures without needing god).
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Oh, now this thread is just lame. Hooberus (or is it Hubris?), congratulations. You may be the next featured video in the series "Why do people laugh at Creationists?". There are 30 in the series so far. This one is the first. Watch. Listen. Enjoy. Learn. Pull your head out of the sand and open your eyes, ears and mind. (Yeah, I know. Ain't gonna happen. Well, consider this: most of us in here have been where you are. We understand why your perspective is flawed. You have never been where we are and until you are you will rely on belief over knowledge.)
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Lion Cask
He kinda resembles C. T. Russell without the chinfuzz, don't you think?