genes only get copied to future generations if the bodies they help to build succeed in surviving and reproducing.
these sort of genes thrive in the gene pool and genes that build unsuccessful bodies don't.
this blindingly obvious fact is at the very core of understanding evolution by natural selection.. being born, finding food and shelter, escaping predators, fighting opponents, attracting a mate and raising the next generation - the challenges faced by living things are daunting.
Hi Cofty
I know about Christian theism but I am hoping for non-christian non-believer thought
which technically is still theism I guess. I am not asking about why might be called evil. I am asking
about evil. Red tooth and claw evil. Enjoy your posts btw.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?312542-1/words-sally-satel Leads to a good talk on neuroscience.
genes only get copied to future generations if the bodies they help to build succeed in surviving and reproducing.
these sort of genes thrive in the gene pool and genes that build unsuccessful bodies don't.
this blindingly obvious fact is at the very core of understanding evolution by natural selection.. being born, finding food and shelter, escaping predators, fighting opponents, attracting a mate and raising the next generation - the challenges faced by living things are daunting.
it is an uncomfortable thing to view but a perfect paradigm of evolution.
Half banana referring to "survival of the fittest"
there is no sentimentality in the real scientific world of nature.
I was never a JW and visit this board only to gain from others experience. I am a Christian, not much of one,
but that's another story. I see that many posters here have rejected the existence of God based on the
"problem of evil". This problem is not new of course and has its own name (theodicy) and is unlikely to
be settled in a forum post. I usually visit here for JW insight but in this thread I see an opportunity to ask
for another kind and I am genuinely asking. In the USA April 15 is evil but that also another story.
This man 
was J. Bruce Ismay. You can read about Bruce at Wikipedia. Was he evil on April 15 1912?
Can you identify with Bruce in any way? Any sentiment at all? Was Bruce only driven by a proven scientific
principle? Please don't hear this as questioning evolution. It takes more pesticides / antibiotics. Case closed.
Next case. Evolution exists and is a topic for consideration. Evil exists and is a topic for consideration. Was
J. Bruce Ismay, 
Leslie Van Houton, me and you altogether molecules? In my culture there are few
people openly unbelievers, hypocrites aplently but that still another story. I honestly am asking, how do
self professed unbelievers explain evil?
i'd like to brainstorm something with the rest of you.
this summer at the regional conventions we all know by now that a talk on shunning is going to be given.
we all know what that talk will likely point to.
Dubstepped, I am pretty new to this forum and was never a JW. I lurk here in the hope of gaining some insight that may be useful to me in relating to some family converts. I was never inside a kingdom hall but one time. I attended my grandson's wedding. I love 2 converts, daughter / son-in-law and (2 born ins?) granddaughter / grandson and the key word there is love.
Often when someone posts any thoughts that grab me I go and review their other posts to get a feel for their approach to things generally. In the last few minutes I read your story. Among other things I know your name is Mike, so hello Mike. One thing that comes through is that you are a man of love and still quoting scripture.
You are good with words also. Case in point "authentic person inside" "soft chocolate center"
"basic humanity" I encourage you to go forward with this project, it sounds good.
i heard that the memorial will stop after the last anointed have passed away ... is this information true/false?
just curious.
it's secondhand.
if god is omnipotent (all powerful) why did he take six days (or six thousand years jw.org) to.
crete everything.
why not speak everything into existence all at once?
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/escaping-the-amish-for-a-connected-world/463116/?platform=hootsuite
I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves. Harriet Tubman
l was wondering if others get the feeling that the world we live in seems not quite right.l can not pin point anything specific but since childhood days l often get the feeling something isn;t correct.you know the feeling of deja vu.
am l the only one to feel this way?ld love to hear from others and any storys they may have.having been raised in the jdubs maybe lm just suffering mild bouts of paranoia .
When you think of the good old days, think one word: dentistry.
P J O'Rourke
reason will never be a satisfying explanation of what you see .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55nxkenplg4 .
also a great blog http://blog.dilbert.com/ .
Reason will never be a satisfying explanation of what you see . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55NxKENplG4
Also a great blog http://blog.dilbert.com/
this forum offers the stories of folks with as many variations as there are folks and a “great crowd” of lurkers whose stories may never be offered.
i am an outsider with a broken heart for some insiders that i love more than they know.
after reading nearly every “apostate” book ever written, lurking, being worn out searching the wt cd, i have come to an idea that i present for your appraisal..
tornapart thanks again for your answer. Your answer is helpful. Seems you have been able to do something
the other people who responded have not, have your family and Jesus. I will resist the temptation to get more nosy
in your business. Probably most JW families and most elders would not let you slide.
Perry Great web site I downloaded the pdf for talking to a JW
