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  Evolution is a Fact #27 - Monkeys, Typewriters, Shakespeare, 747s etc.

  by cofty in

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  most creationist arguments can be summarised as "complexity, complexity, complexity - therefore god".

  we have all heard the illustrations about the odds of (insert favourite example) evolving, being less than 10,000 monkeys typing macbeth by pure chance.

  evolution is not like that.

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  Landy

  Is that an argument against evolution then?

  If so, well done on proving the point :)
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  Evolution is a Fact #27 - Monkeys, Typewriters, Shakespeare, 747s etc.

  by cofty in

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  most creationist arguments can be summarised as "complexity, complexity, complexity - therefore god".

  we have all heard the illustrations about the odds of (insert favourite example) evolving, being less than 10,000 monkeys typing macbeth by pure chance.

  evolution is not like that.

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  Good post Cofty - although I can't help thinking it should have been Evolution is a fact #1
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  Inviting disfellowshipped to the memorial

  by wannaexit in

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  i read in a european ex jw forum that this year they are making a special effort to invite not only the inactive but also a special effort is made to invite all disfellowshipped.

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  i don't know if this as always been a common practice, or something started anew so they can boast about the numbers of attendees..

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  Always been the case - at least at my old cong 20 years ago - the elders used to try to contact them if possible.
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  This thread is for proof that God exists

  by juandefiero in

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  however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?

  if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.

  (1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.

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  Faith is not thinking

  Corrected for you.
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  Government turning on religion - or - I how I learned to stop worrying and love Drumpf

  by undercover in

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  where, exactly, does the bible say that government(s) will turn on religion?

  i mean, other than interpreting some crazy visions/dreams from revelation as such?.

  with one megalomaniac leading the gop race for nomination to vie for president of the usa, i've noticed that paranoia has ratcheted up a notch or three.

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  Lol @ sir 82

  Having trump run for the presidency is an iq test for the american voter.

  So far it's not looking so good.

  I think it will take one of the next lot to get in to make everyone realise what a good and dignified president obama is.
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  Evolution is a Fact #21 - Footprints in the Sand

  by cofty in

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  back in the pliocene epoch a volcano called sadiman erupted depositing a layer of ash across the landscape.

  some time later it rained at laetoli in modern day tanzania turning the ash into wet cement.

  birds and animals walked across the cement, then sadiman erupted again sealing the footprints under a second layer of ash.. fast-forward to 1976. a team of paleontologists led by mary leakey are searching for human origins on the serengeti plain when andrew hill ducks out the way of elephant dung being thrown at him by a colleague.

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  You challenge is to explain who was walking upright 3.6 MYA. You also need to deal with the hundreds of fossils of hominids who were clearly adapted for bipedalism discovered in the same region of Africa from rocks of the same age.

  It's dead easy. You stick your fingers in your ears and go La La La La.
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  This thread is for proof that God exists

  by juandefiero in

  1. jw
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  however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?

  if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.

  (1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.

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  There was a survey done on the members of the royal institute a few years ago, and iirc, it came out that about 8% believed in some sort of god. (Not necessarily theistic). Interestingly there were no biologists among them.

  I'll see if i can google it when i get near a pc.

  I'm not sure why theists feel the need to grasp the coattails of the odd (normally fruitloop) scientist who states a belief in God.

  If you compare the number of scientists that were believers in the nineteenth century to the number of believers now you will see a very sharp drop.

  I would hazard a guess to say that the next generation of scientists will contain no theists at all.
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  Conversation with JW mom on this years memorial date and Nissan 14 discrepancy.

  by Question_Mans_interpretation in

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  i'm having an ongoing texting conversation with my mom right now on the march 23rd memorial date.

  she completely goes into cult mode.. me: why is the memorial on march 23rd this year and not april 22nd/23rd when the corresponding nissan 14 commences?

  since when did the organization stop following the jewish calendar for passover?.

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  Landy

  The JWs are right in this instance - it's a leap year in the jewish calendar but only the jewish observe the leap year.
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  Evolution is a Fact #21 - Footprints in the Sand

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in the pliocene epoch a volcano called sadiman erupted depositing a layer of ash across the landscape.

  some time later it rained at laetoli in modern day tanzania turning the ash into wet cement.

  birds and animals walked across the cement, then sadiman erupted again sealing the footprints under a second layer of ash.. fast-forward to 1976. a team of paleontologists led by mary leakey are searching for human origins on the serengeti plain when andrew hill ducks out the way of elephant dung being thrown at him by a colleague.

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  Landy

  Ignorance is not a bad thing - it's simply not knowing. To be content in one's ignorance however .......
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  Actively Fading and The Memorial

  by All for show in

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  those of you fading- with the memorial approaching are you going to appease family?

  not going and making up an excuse?

  acting like your going but not really?.

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  One question: When we were all "perfect witnesses", how did we feel about those "once a year" attenders? In my part of the world, they were always spoken of in a derisive and condemning way...so why become another source of negative gossip for them?

  We used to call them 'Submarines' as they surfaced once a year.

  That was my reason for not going to them in the early years of my stopping going.