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  Evolution is a Fact #34 - Hiccups and Tadpoles

  by cofty in

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  hiccups are a weird phenomena.

  they are a combination of two involuntary actions - firstly a rapid inhalation of breath followed 35 milliseconds later by the glottis at the back of the throat suddenly closing off our airway.. our normal breathing is controlled by a "central pattern generator" in a small region of the brain stem close to the boundary with the spinal cord.

  a signal is sent along the vagus and phrenic nerves resulting in a rhythmic contraction of muscles in chest, diaphragm and throat.. these nerves branch off right at the top of the spinal cord and follow a convoluted path through the chest cavity.

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  Never knew that, deeply fascinating.
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  Divisions among ex jw activists

  by Truthexplorer in

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  i just watched a youtube discussion between marc & cora and unwitness.

  it was regarding their unhappiness over a few prominent individuals in the ex jw community, one individual in particular.

  this individual who on the one hand produces excellent videos highlighting wt issues, yet has been known to peeve a lot of ex jw activists off.

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  "
  defender of truth5 minutes ago

  I agree with punk.
  Just appreciate/don't appreciate the articles or videos he does, and leave it at that. That's my view.
  One look at this page can tell you that he has serious emotional issues.. I will leave it there, as I am not going to waste time critiquing or mocking such...again, words fail me.
  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/my-response-to-the-haters-and-why-i-cant-always-shake-it-off
  Basically, just take anything to do with internet-based flame wars between anyone with a pinch of salt. (ex-Jehovah's witnesses or otherwise, it makes no difference).
  You'll likely never get the 100% facts of the matter from either side, so it is a waste of the one short and precious life that we have, to even attempt to do so.
  Mind your own business.
  Ignore any haters.
  Otherwise, you too might end up like Cedars...
  (My thought for the day )"

  Fair enough...I agree...like/dislike the content not the presenter...we don't know personally the presenter...

  BUT it is never as simple as that...

  When more than a few people post comments on his site, Redddit or here with the motive of helping his videos to reach a wider audience or to improve them somehow and get shot down by Cedars consistently because he cannot take any criticism and that he is always right then HE makes it personal. HE is creating divides, HE is creating those against him because of his nature and that becomes part of whether you like his content.

  I made a kind suggestion on Reddit that to improve his excellent Child Abuse video to reach a wider and more professional audience where in that he applies basic 101 Advertising in that presentation of the material simply makes a huge difference ie comb your hair and trim your beard.

  I'm scruffy looking...but I'm not putting myself in the public's view with activism but HE is...yet when you try and help his goal by suggesting things he views it as a personal attack and has a go back.

  I've had repeated examples of this with Cedars and other people have too...what this does is, even though you like the content you know based on past experience what kind of man he is and that sours your view of his content and therefore creates "camps".

  Some of us are mature enough to keep the "person" and "content" separate but as I say it is not easy or simple for us all....

  I still maintain Cedars site was at its optimum, for those who are still in and are nearing to coming out, when he was in covert mode before his DA.

  Since then his content has changed dramatically to the point where a JW will say "bitterly mentally diseased apostate" and walk away from his site.

  I get he is not producing content for that audience and he seems to want to target the audience who are already out and like to have it affirmed that the WT are not "the truth" but with that, adding the atheist point of view, is creating himself problems.

  With a young family and depression that is never a good mix...

  Cedars has been unfairly attacked by a few individuals but a lot of his "haters" are coming from how the man is himself...something he himself can control...

  My two cents...I love his videos...do not like his attitude sometimes...keep them separate and all is well.
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  Excellent Conversation At Literature Trolley

  by cofty in

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  2. experiences

  yesterday my wife and i enjoyed one of our regular days out at edinburgh - movie, lunch, walk, meal etc.. in the late afternoon while mrs cofty went shopping i had an hour at the excellent museum of scotland and arranged to meet up outside the national gallery on princes street.

  on my way back i saw the jw trolley was at the usual spot on the royal mile.

  there was an older man and a young woman standing well back trying hard to look inconspicuous.

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  "t's important to be realistic. Nobody is ever going to declare right there on the spot that they have been wrong all along. My objective is to present something clear and memorable and then perhaps in the future when other things happen in their life they will give themselves permission to face up to doubts."

  I applaud this objective...you have planted a seed...as I said in my previous comment you will never get them to think you are right there and then but that was not your objective.

  I live not far away from Edinburgh, I'm up in the Highlands...next time I'm down your way I'll offer to buy you a coffee/pint...
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  Excellent Conversation At Literature Trolley

  by cofty in

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  yesterday my wife and i enjoyed one of our regular days out at edinburgh - movie, lunch, walk, meal etc.. in the late afternoon while mrs cofty went shopping i had an hour at the excellent museum of scotland and arranged to meet up outside the national gallery on princes street.

  on my way back i saw the jw trolley was at the usual spot on the royal mile.

  there was an older man and a young woman standing well back trying hard to look inconspicuous.

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  I am quite surprised at Cofty's experience...hitting dubs with facts about evolution rarely works...heck any facts doesn't matter...as they are trained to accept what the GB says "as fact".
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  UFO's might be real.and what does it mean if they are?

  by atomant in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for some reason this subject has not received much attention over the years which surprises me.theres many conspiracy theories floating around on the internet and lve done my fair share of due diligence on the matter.the school is still out on this one.l find it very hard to believe humans are the only intelligent beings out there.has anyone on this forum ever seen a ufo or experienced a close encounter?

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  Any intelligent life out there will be too far away if we go by the bounds of physics that we currently know...

  Travelling above the speed of light or even near it is too strange...thus you enter wormholes etc....

  Or there are intelligent life all over the universe but we will never meet....

  Either way, there has been no proof yet of any aliens...here's hoping we find some organisms on Mars or Titan...
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  "508 Million Year Old" Exceptionally Preserved Embryos Found

  by Perry in

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  2. beliefs

  actually, they we found over 100 years ago.

  but because so many dinosaur bones have yielded soft tissue, blood cells, dna fragments etc.

  , many have predicted (including myself) when all this really broke loose in 2005, that many more similar discoveries would be made simply by going back and cracking open old fossils and having a look inside.

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  Is Perry ok? He hasn't responded yet...I hope he is ok...
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  "508 Million Year Old" Exceptionally Preserved Embryos Found

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  actually, they we found over 100 years ago.

  but because so many dinosaur bones have yielded soft tissue, blood cells, dna fragments etc.

  , many have predicted (including myself) when all this really broke loose in 2005, that many more similar discoveries would be made simply by going back and cracking open old fossils and having a look inside.

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  Perry...stop getting your info from creationist sites...look at both sides and then, if you can, make the educated call as to which is right.

  If you do that process you will either have to accept evolution as fact or continue to ignore facts that clash with your beliefs.
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  Just because the JW'S are wrong doesnt mean theres no god.

  by atomant in

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  2. beliefs

  l;ve been giving this some serious consideration lately.l dont have all the answers no one does.we are all entitled to our opinions.l certainly dont believe in evolution as lve researched that subject extensively.lt's important to believe in something even if its for mental health.l believe everything happens for a reason.l also believe if we all live as close to the 10 commandments as possible this world would be a far better place to live and no one can argue with that.

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  I suggest you need to spend way more time studying evolution...it is a fact...abiogenesis is an interesting field too...
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  Circuit Overseer Guidelines (tg-E) October 2015

  by wifibandit in

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  2. beliefs

  circuit overseer guidelines (tg-e) october 2015. http://bit.ly/1utgizt.

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  @slimboyfat...

  When I was an elder I used to do this with our PO...we would rate all elders out of 5 in terms of convention speaking then this form would get passed to CO then Branch...
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  Circuit Overseer Guidelines (tg-E) October 2015

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  circuit overseer guidelines (tg-e) october 2015. http://bit.ly/1utgizt.

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  Diogenesister6 hours agoNote that John Cedars is ( surreptitiously) taking the glory for this leak.😂

  I'm no suckup fan of Cedars...I like some of his work....some I don't...but the above is a bit harsh...he says on Reddit clearly that he did not get the info in the first place...
  He says:
  

  Thanks, it wasn't really me though. It was the brave individual who leaked the document in the first place. I'm just passing it along, and if I didn't do it, someone else would. It's exciting though, isn't it! :)

  He also says at the start of his article:

  
  Previously only circulated online in Spanish, the strictly-confidentialCircuit Overseers Guidelinesdocument is now freely available online.

  I don't see him taking credit for it.
  These forums are getting distracted with activist v activist...forget Cedars the man...just concentrate on what he produces...if you do not like it fair enough but nitpicking on things is just annoying.
  Your post has no point to it and serves no purpose.