Posts by Anders Andersen

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Need to vent: My loathing for the JW cult increases more and more, while my wife clings more and more to it

by goingthruthemotions in

just as i think my loathing for the jw cult has peaked, it goes higher and higher.

i wish this cult would just go away.

i wish my wife would just wake up.

Anders Andersen

I'm with you man...same situation and feelings here :-(

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We may have interbred with Neanderthals earlier than previously thought.

by cappytan in

jw
friends

it is now thought that we have been interbreeding with neanderthals as early as 100,000 years ago.. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35595661.

craziest thing i just realized: some women still breed with neanderthals up to this day.

rihanna and chris brown anyone?.

We may have interbred with Neanderthals earlier than previously thought.

by cappytan in

jw
friends

it is now thought that we have been interbreeding with neanderthals as early as 100,000 years ago.. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35595661.

craziest thing i just realized: some women still breed with neanderthals up to this day.

rihanna and chris brown anyone?.

Anders Andersen

Hmmm just wondering now.

Apparently we share 50% of our DNA with banana's, and only 1%-10% with Neanderthalers.

What have women been doing???

@half banana

Lol, indeed. Know I know why I was never invited on the propaganda committee.

But this 'true science corresponds with our prehistoric storybook' makes me puke every time....

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We may have interbred with Neanderthals earlier than previously thought.

by cappytan in

jw
friends

it is now thought that we have been interbreeding with neanderthals as early as 100,000 years ago.. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35595661.

craziest thing i just realized: some women still breed with neanderthals up to this day.

rihanna and chris brown anyone?.

Anders Andersen

Science article Watchtower style:

Where were Adam and Eve created?

The Bible is the best evidence that the first humans were created in the Middle East.

But many evolutionists want to believe that humans originated in Africa.

Do the facts show their beliefs are correct?

Dr Sergi Castellano, from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Germany, said about the importance of this issue: "It is significant for understanding the history of [...] humans [...]."

What do the facts show about the location of first humans?

Previously some have "suggested that humans [...] migrated out of Africa and began to spread around the world.

As they left the continent, they [...] lived across Europe and Asia."

However, speaking about human presence in continents other than Africa, a scientist comments:

"The latest finding suggests otherwise. [This] was happening thousands of years earlier."

In fact, humans were nowhere to be found in Africa in the earliest human history.

Speaking about giving birth to children, the same scientist comments that the evidence shows that "early humans were [...] doing so outside of Africa because our close relatives were not found there."

"And this means that [raising families in Africa] took place at least [many] years later."

Since humans were in Africa 'later', they must have been on other continents 'earlier'.

Clearly this proves that human migration started in the Garden of Eden, not in Africa

"The functional significance of this is unclear at the moment," said Dr Castellano. "However, the findings do shed more light on the history of human migration."

If scientists are unclear about how to interpret the available evidence, how can they pretend to be able to reject God's all-knowing wisdom?

Commenting on the study Prof Chris Stringer, research leader in human origins, from the Natural History Museum in London, said: "[...]we really don't know how widespread [...] early [...] humans might have been in the regions between Arabia and China at this time."

He added: "At the moment we simply don't know [...] the possibilities [...]. [We] will need a lot more data before that becomes possible."

Yes, those who are blinded by Satan want to believe lies about human origins that are contradicted by the evidence.

But True Christians accept the abundantly available evidence that shows Adam and Eve were created in the Middle East, and reject the satanic propaganda of those opposing biblical truth.

And again science shows the Bible to be correct!

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Help to build a "Guide to Your New Faith"

by Defianttruth in

i have seen many people ask the question, "if its not the truth what else is there?

" i imagine that most people want to remain in a christian faith so i want to build a matrix for one to use as a guide in finding a new church if he or she feels a need to worship.

i personally don't attend any church and i will keep my personal beliefs to myself.

Anders Andersen

If the church wants you to reject important parts of accepted science, you've found a bad church.

Man how I recall walking through a museum about prehistoric humans, tools and settlements and thinking 'yeah right, as if these scientists know what they are talking about' whenever a date older than 4000BCE was mentioned... Silly me.

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What does OP. Mean

by Lostandfound in

sorry for asking about this but it an unfamiliar term ((school guidebook quote)) to me.

could do with some kind person position such terms and the meaning.

thanks.

Anders Andersen

@Simon,

Probably it's Schrodinger's cat...but I always wondered why it jumped out of Pandora's box :-p

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Should this Body of elders be considered blood guilty?

by dbq407 in

over the weekend a very nice, caring individual was killed in a car accident after meeting.

she was 32 y/o and has a 3 year old daughter.

her husband was driving home from meeting when his car slid off the road, came back on the road, and was broad sided by a truck.

Anders Andersen

Cult mind control aside, everyone should still use their own brain.

Don't travel when it's too dangerous. That includes the victims and the truck driver (who is also a victim here).

Still it's a sad story.

Of course it doesn't help that yearbooks and JW bullcast tell experiences about how faithful JW were saved during disasters because they were in the kh.

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Evolution and Atheism - please help

by Fernando in

not being familiar with either, my question is:.

what is the relationship between evolution and atheism?.

i'd love to hear from anyone and everyone, and also from any perspective.. without limiting the conversation in any way, i would of course also appreciate comments that are simple, clear, direct and correct (as i don't have the capacity to do a phd in evolution or atheism)..

Anders Andersen

@David_Jay,

Good points, as always :-)

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Evolution and Atheism - please help

by Fernando in

not being familiar with either, my question is:.

what is the relationship between evolution and atheism?.

i'd love to hear from anyone and everyone, and also from any perspective.. without limiting the conversation in any way, i would of course also appreciate comments that are simple, clear, direct and correct (as i don't have the capacity to do a phd in evolution or atheism)..

Anders Andersen

My stepping stones:

My reason to believe in God: Rom 1:20, Rev.4:11: creation exists, is complex, thus God diddit.
Then I read something quite logic:
If you argue humans/earth/universe must have been created because they are so complex, then the Creator, who is also complex, must have been created too.
If you make an exception for God, you should also accept the possibility of other complex thing/beings coming into existence without being created.
So, my main reasons to believe in God were not so logical.
I set out to prove to myself:
* God exists.
* Bible is true.
* JW are true religion.
Started with investigating age of humans on earth (there should be no evidence of humans existing before 4026BCE, right?).
Found that JW explanation/beliefs don't make sense, and JW literature is very dishonest in quoting sources.
Continued to prove to myself evolution is false, creation is true by investigating claims and evidence for both sides.
I started with the 5-question brochure.
My conclusion after really studying that rag:
* JW are very dishonest liars, taking almost any quote out of context to support their beliefs.
* Apparently no decent scholars can be found that really argue against evolution.
* Reading the source materials mentioned in the brochure I actually found evolution makes sense.
* No evidence for creation presented at all.
Prayed many times to Jehovah for a (specific) sign: somewhere in next 4 weeks, let any random bro in the kh make an random remark to me about the beauty of creation.
No answer.
Guess he was to busy making experiences for the yearbook.
Or he doesn't care about me.
Or he doesn't exist?
So by now I found no evidence for (or against) God's existence, Genesis should not be taken literally, JWorg are liars, and evidence for evolution is overwhelming (as opposed to evidence for creation, which doesn't exist).
Continued investigating Noah's flood myth....also very funny.
If Adam & Eve, Eden, the Flood didn't really happen like described, why did Jesus act as if it did?
What's left of any theology without those stories? No original sin? No need for salvation?
Now without my JW or Bible glasses on, I read about history of the Bible, history of religion, etc.
Basically that lead my to conclude that Jehovah is not a bit different from all the Baals the Bible condemns.
The Israelites believed they were all real gods; nobody would worship a god unless they think it exists.
Any argument that anyone present that Jehovah must exist, can just as well be used to support Wodan, Zeus or FSM. How would I even know which God(s) really exist?
And the Bible is a nice collection of myths, stories and folk wisdom, like many other religious (and sometimes older) texts.
My conclusion: if any God or gods exist, they are hiding quite well.
They are not revealed through the Bible or any other human sacred text.
I see no evidence whatsoever to believe in any God(s).
Yes, I would like for any God to solve all our problems. Yes, I would like to live forever in health and happiness. Yes, I would like to be a millionaire.
But wanting something doesn't make it true...

And just as much as I do not believe in unicorns (while also an attractive concept) for lack of evidence, I do not believe in God(s) anymore, for lack of evidence.

So, try it for yourself. Pray!
Come one, ask God for a sign.
But be specific, ask for something easy yet quite unlikely, and set a time limit.
'God, please give me a sign' will just make your confirmation bias kick in, and you'll consider any random event as a sign.
You'll get your anwer one way or the other (Mt 7:9-11; Jas 1:5, 17, 1 Joh 3:22)

This is very easy to do, no need for any PhD.

For those saying "that is not how God works"....just show me a way that your God does work....relying on random events and then saying "God answered my prayer", or "God knows what's best for me" or "It's not God's time"...
Have you seen my dog? He always listens to me. When I say "come here", sometimes he comes. Sometimes he doesn't, but that's because it was not his time to act. Sometimes he even runs away when I say "come here", but that's because he listens in mysterious way. But, he always listens!"

I have received my answer.
And until very clear evidence pops up that any God(s) exist, I do not believe they do.

Nobody wonders if New York City really exists. We know. We have evidence. No question about that.
Why should we wonder about Gods(s) if they really exist?

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QUICK! Questions to ask MARK SANDERSON!!!!!!!

by TeenageInsider in

quickly!!.

mark sanderson at a regional assembly.. i will find him and ask him questings.. please quickly leave questions you want me to ask.. i will record and post updates!!!!.

hurry..

Anders Andersen

What do you think of Jackson's testimony before ARC?
Does Jackson really know nothing about anything as he claimed there? What about you and the others?
Why are you begging for money while claiming we have no shortage?
How is the money spent, if not on literature, special pioneers, bethelites, or new KHs?
Why are all quotes in 5-questions brochure taken out of context?
Why are white blood cells a no no, but we can drink milk that contains them?

Just pick one or two....my guess? If you can reach him trough the bodyguards, he will probably 'mishear' your question and run off, or ask you your name and congo...