i am mapping out part 3 of my critiques on the watchtower's (jws) brochure, "the origin of life".
i drafted a sketch to help me visualise the task and thus develop the structure and reasoning.
the sketch is available at:.
In other words rejection of evolution starts from a fear of contravening "sacred scripture" and therefore displeasing God.
Well said. in fact i've never hard a JW using the complexity of DNA to support creationism. Dare I say that most JWs don't even know how complex DNA is.
The main reason are always the fact that Bible says God created everything, and the disbelief that human could actually have come from "monkeys" ( as they put it).
some democrats are zealously pushing the impeachment route to get rid of trump.
even if you don’t like him, do you support impeachment proceedings?.
The Republican establishment, in all of its disgustingness (other side of Dem establishment coin) handed Trump John Bolton. Even with his mental limitations, Trump was able to figure out that Bolton is a corrupt war hawking POS.
Well said. Probably the most enlightened comment of the entire thread. Bolton was put in place because the Republican establishment wants a war. Being engaged in a war around election time would pretty much seal the election as it did for Bush.
However the Buffoon King is not cooperating. Inviting the Taliban to the US for talks around the 9/11 anniversary . Even Bolton must have had a facepalm moment at that move. No wonder he had to jump ship.
Trump is the new Teflon Don. No matter what he does, whether it is talking about sexually assaulting women, defending dictators, inviting active terrorists for meetings, etc, nothing sticks to him. All of the brainless drones still praise him. Even the Governing Body wishes they had such a good spell on their masses.
do you support free choice to wear a political hat or article of clothing?
if someone wants to put a bumper sticker on their car in support of a political candidate or party, should they be able to do it without fear of being maligned or abused?
?.
Ohh, and by the way, i'm watching the Democratic debate and it's becoming clear the Orange Drumpt will win again in 2020. The core of the Left is completely lost in a sea of extreme left platforms, which will cause the moderate electorate to at best stay home on election day.
All I've heard is: Free 13,000 drug offenders from prison, abolish deportations, protect illegals, ban AR-15 (yes they actually specify the brand)
Even Biden got attacked for deporting illegals with Obama. Evidently even he is too much to the right at this point.
The Left is self imploding. Sad
do you support free choice to wear a political hat or article of clothing?
if someone wants to put a bumper sticker on their car in support of a political candidate or party, should they be able to do it without fear of being maligned or abused?
?.
Perhaps one day people will start voting with their heads instead of with their team Jerseys. What i see on both the Left and Right (thought perhaps more salient on the Right), is the blind adherence to whatever the team puts forward.
To me it seems if the Republican party puts forth a scare crow as their next candidate, all the conservatives drones will go dancing on the streets praising it. We know this is true, because if Drumpft had run as a Democrat and won, the same people that are here defending Trump would be now having a field day feasting on the copious amounts of stupidity emanating from him.
Now, to my mind, a scare crow would actually be a better President, because Mitch McConnel and special interests groups would continue running the country as they are now, but at the very minimum the scare crown would not embarrass us at every turn.
i was on facebook and a person i have known for a long time posted how trump is mentally ill and is truly a psychopath.
a couple of her friends chimed in when i suggested that perhaps the fb friend was really the psychopath.
a couple of her friends began to defend her but i was surprised by how many people defended the president!
None have been great men or even good men. But in just a few short years it is very apparent that the current POTUS is mentally unbalanced and is a dangerous human to occupy such an important position on the world stage!
Agreed! And that's basically the issue. We don't even expect a US president to be perfect anymore. We know whatever US president is office there will be some stumbles and valid criticisms.
But the avalanche of inadequacies coming from this president is just embarrassing. And this has nothing to do with right vs left -- many of us don't give a shit about aligning with any political cults.
Even the people around him can't stand the situation. It's no wonder that Bolton jumped ship and we are on to the 4th national security advisor in 3 years.
What was that? What's that sound of laughter we hear? Oh it's just the rest of the world chuckling about this banana republic.
i like a nice steak but cooking one can be a little intimidating and the results hit and miss especially when it comes to getting the right temperature so getting it wrong can be an expensive mistake.
can anyone do that "finger and thumb together to check the doneness" thing?
i can't .... so i came across this cooking technique called "sous vide" which cooks food (in a sealed vacuum bag) in a warm water bath, even steak.
Hmm, never tried it, but makes sense. An added benefit also is that when you grill things, you end up burning little bits of the meat, which is not great for your health. This method seems to cook similar to boiling.
My only doubt is about heating food while it's in contact with plastic (bags) or vice versa. I understand there is bleed from plastic onto food, this is why it's not recommended to heat things for too long in plastic inside a microwave or let you plastic water bottle in a locked car under the sun.
Aside from this, sounds like I would try it.
a police campaign to get the public to prepare a "grab-and-go" bag in case of emergencies has been both criticised and mocked by social media users.. a police scotland tweet urged people to pack essentials such as a first aid kit, radio, torch, and food and water.. its recommendations were part of an annual preparedness month, which is being promoted by local authorities and emergency services across the uk.. however, the police force has been accused of scaremongering.. the tweet read: "september is preparedness month.
emergencies can happen at any time and it's recommended to have a #grabbag ready containing essential items including medication, copies of important documents, food/water, torch, radio and other personal items.".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49631455.
You might also prepare for things that inevitably are coming. You see immigrants coming to your area, out of control?
lol..wow. it has come to this. Would that be an immigrant tornado?
i was on facebook and a person i have known for a long time posted how trump is mentally ill and is truly a psychopath.
a couple of her friends chimed in when i suggested that perhaps the fb friend was really the psychopath.
a couple of her friends began to defend her but i was surprised by how many people defended the president!
why is it that (almost) every pro Trump advocate sounds angry, and frankly unhinged even on message boards, truly sad.
But wait, didn't other horrible US presidents like Nixon, John Tyler, Andrew Johnson, also have advocates in their time?
Well yes, they sure did, and that's also nothing to be proud of.
do you support free choice to wear a political hat or article of clothing?
if someone wants to put a bumper sticker on their car in support of a political candidate or party, should they be able to do it without fear of being maligned or abused?
?.
People should be free to wear a MAGA hat if they want to.
And the rest of the people should also be free to point at the hat and laugh at you for believing that Drumpft actually gives a rat's ass about you or anything other than him or his elite swampy cadre.
one of jws oldest beliefs, going back to the bible students, was quietly turned to old light in the latest wt.
in questions from readers, it explains that when satan told eve 'you certainly will not die', he wasn't starting the doctrine of the immortal soul, but that rather came later, after the flood..
Poor snakes. Even the fact that a snake was chosen as the scape goat on this fairy tale is a sign that this was made up by ancient nomads. They probably were used to seeing snakes and fearing them, so they thought this was the most logical choice.
And by the way, why would God punish snakes by cursing them and telling them they would "eat dust" yadda yadda. What an idiot. It's not the snake's fault.
