1. the creation story taken literally: god created all "kinds".
from jw.org: what is a kind?
: the biblical “kinds” seem to constitute divisions of life-forms wherein each division allows for cross-fertility within its limits.
Last week I found out you and I got it all wrong. A JW educated me on the topic.
You see, there are (a handful of) fertile hybrid species. These are evidence that *all* the different species within a kind can interbreed. It also makes it completely logical that Insight claims only 43 'kinds' of species in the ark led to today's variety. It's not evidence of relatively recently diverged lineages by evolution at all....
so we were talking about noah for our family worship tonight and it ended with a little debate between me and my parents about how the flood was possible.
you know, where did the water come from, how did all the animals fit, etc.
of course it led nowhere and my parents came up with some strange theories like that there was "an expanse of water in the sky" and that's where all the water came from.
@BlackWolf,
You don't have to be stupid or gullible to be seduced by a cult. Especially not when born into it.
See this excellent video by Theramintrees that explains how even smart people can be led to believe utter nonsense:
I highly recommend you watch his other videos as well
https://youtu.be/7v3c0ovz2em.
sounds familiar?.
interestingly, religion isn't mentioned in the video at all, so it could be a good, neutral conversation starter....
Sounds familiar?
Interestingly, religion isn't mentioned in the video at all, so it could be a good, neutral conversation starter...
since most people are not aware on how to get (free*) access to scientific papers and journals, so here's a short list of resources.. search http://scholar.google.com for the paper.
maybe you'll get lucky and find it somewhere for free.. if you can only find a paid for version of the paper, get the title, doi (sort of like an isbn number) and link to the download page of the paper on the paysite.. if you don't know the doi, find it by searching your paper's title on http://crossref.org.
go to the libgen site (links here: https://sites.google.com/site/themetalibrary/library-genesis ) and search for the paper.
@OrphanCrow,
I'm really interested in whatever result you come up with.
Comparing the timing of JW policy changes to scientific studies related to blood...great topic!
i've pushed an update to the image handling so they are now served using the webp format if the requesting browser supports it.
currently that is chrome, opera and android mobile but safari is adding support in the next version and there's hope that firefox and edge will get on board soon.. read more about webp.
webp is a newer image format that can replace jpeg, gif and png but with much better compression rates for the same quality.
Thanks Simon!
I'm almost always in my mobile here :-)
what was the most fun ride you've ever had?.
my personal favorite was my ducati paso 750. it may have been before a few of your times, but it was an italian rocket that totally blew away anything from japan.. .
jk.
Yamaha Diversion 900 that doesn't get the attention she needs :-/
And a man-powered bicycle for the daily 6.5 km/4 mile commute.
since most people are not aware on how to get (free*) access to scientific papers and journals, so here's a short list of resources.. search http://scholar.google.com for the paper.
maybe you'll get lucky and find it somewhere for free.. if you can only find a paid for version of the paper, get the title, doi (sort of like an isbn number) and link to the download page of the paper on the paysite.. if you don't know the doi, find it by searching your paper's title on http://crossref.org.
go to the libgen site (links here: https://sites.google.com/site/themetalibrary/library-genesis ) and search for the paper.
@LUHE, NY44M,
Thanks for the suggestions.
@Mandrake,
Yeah, that's how it works. Unis buy access to those sites, and the sites add the unis' IP address range to their 'these guys are allowed access' list. Saves everybody from having to login all the time. And the VPN connects you to your uni network, making all those sites see you visiting with the uni's IP address. Access granted :-)
i really, really want to read this article:.
http://muse.jhu.edu/article/627989.
if anyone has access and can send me a copy...much appreciated.
Lol, I found the paper as well but couldn't find this thread anymore. Now I did :-p
since most people are not aware on how to get (free*) access to scientific papers and journals, so here's a short list of resources.. search http://scholar.google.com for the paper.
maybe you'll get lucky and find it somewhere for free.. if you can only find a paid for version of the paper, get the title, doi (sort of like an isbn number) and link to the download page of the paper on the paysite.. if you don't know the doi, find it by searching your paper's title on http://crossref.org.
go to the libgen site (links here: https://sites.google.com/site/themetalibrary/library-genesis ) and search for the paper.
Since most people are not aware on how to get (free*) access to scientific papers and journals, so here's a short list of resources.
Steps 4-6 may be legally grey or black methods depending on your jurisdiction. Use at your own discretion to research evolutionary biology, bloodless medicine and wild Watchtower quotes ;-)
Any suggestions for other sources are very welcome!
someone requested access to this paper, but i can't find the original post.. here's the link to the paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b-m2b1q9zhibcfdfbjzyr25gotq/view.
if the link breaks, i have a local copy.. happy researching!.
Someone requested access to this paper, but I can't find the original post.
Here's the link to the paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-m2b1Q9ZhiBcFdFbjZYR25GOTQ/view
If the link breaks, I have a local copy.
Happy researching!
