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  Turing Test Has Been Passed

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.businessinsider.com/computer-passed-the-turing-test-2014-6.

  this could be the epitome of disruptive technology.

  when 'watson' pounded contestants on jeopardy, i was stunned.. .

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  self conscious?

  AI?
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  Obama Speaks as The Great Whore

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  obama speaks at us war cemetery on d-day landings anniversary.

  "united states of america is and will remain the greatest force for freedom the world has ever known.".

  on may 28, obama delivered a commencement address to the us armys newest officers at west point, where he argued america would remain an empire forever.. .

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  Name one world leader that hasn't made those sentiments.....

  You can make that verse, content fit any leader....
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  Was Hitler atheist?

  by zound in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've heard that hitler did what he did in the name of atheism from various theists - or at least that he was an atheist.

  i wasn't sure about it, but found this quote today.

  thoughts?.

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  We miss you Hitch....

  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CgoZGuM4Eew
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  New Tract for August 2014 - Scan

  by BluesBrother in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if someone has done this before , i apologise but this was new to me.....struck me as strange that nowadays, the answers to life's problems are found on the internet .

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  take away the JW element and imagine a dude with a leaflet outside a shoe shop telling you where to find the answers to all of life's big questions....

  a website....

  They have no external perspective, they have no idea how ridiculous they look...
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  How stupid were we??

  by Crazyguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  its unbelievable to me that one verse in the bible blows up the entire jw dogma and its amazing to me that with all this bible reading we jw's did we missed it.

  even faders and people who quit for many reasons missed it.

  what verse am i talking about it verse 9 of chapter 5 of revelations.

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  OP.....

  yeah we were pretty dumb.... temporarily
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  New Tract for August 2014 - Scan

  by BluesBrother in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if someone has done this before , i apologise but this was new to me.....struck me as strange that nowadays, the answers to life's problems are found on the internet .

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  [shudder...]

  errrrrr so embarassing
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  Atlanta Int Convention 2014:The Big Party. Does this look like WT believes Armageddon is coming "soon"?

  by AndDontCallMeShirley in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=potrr2qxhue.

  .. if armageddon is "imminent", why is wt focused on sight-seeing, entertainment, travel, etc.

  instead of preaching and saving people??.

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  i wonder if the mansion in Wales (Anglesey) is simply summer accomodation fir the GB member visiting......

  They don't even hide it any ire do they.
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  800 Infant Bodies Found in a Septic Tank at Roman Catholic Children's Home

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  796 infant skeletons have been found discarded in a septic tank at the former mother and baby home run by the catholic church in ireland between 1925 and 1961.. unwed mothers were sent these "magdelene asylums" to be treated like criminals.

  their babies - if they survived - were taken from them.

  if they did not survive their bodies were thrown into a septic tank and forgotton.

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  My goodness....

  These, the people that formed the bible and yet what a history! Systematic disregard for life and childhood.

  Will the suffering of children ever know limits in this church and the many churches formed from its history and doctrines?
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  Implications of the 80 year age limit for the COBE...

  by james_woods in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  aside from the obvious age discrimination and disrespect, what are other implications of this new rule?.

  (persons over 80 years of age cannot serve as a chairman of the body of elders any longer by watchtower fiat).

  1) - this means that no one can be a cobe if he was born before 1934. so much for persons alive and in adult understanding of the circumstances in 1914 surviving to the end.

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  intersting isn't it...

  FIRSTLY... It is totally illegal to be ageist, so I wonder how this will pan out legally.

  Secondly, they have now assumed the holy spirit is ageist in it's appointments, or that the holy spirit appts have a time limit.

  Thirdly, they clearly don't want the older 'generation' who have seen the religion change 180 deg and also become a business, have too much power.
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  What is spirit, exactly?

  by Viviane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've always wondered that.

  recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.

  cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?

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  someone mentioned memories...

  the latest research confirms theories about sleep and memory a few of us have mentioned here in the past. Interesting stuff.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27695144

  Sorry, now back on topic.....