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  Flat earth vs round earth

  by Jrjw in

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  my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

  what are people's thoughts on this?.

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  Funny.

  Someone "DISLIKED" my post, apparently because I introduced FACTS, HISTORY and SCIENCE into the discussion.

  My bad! ...
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  Flat earth vs round earth

  by Jrjw in

  1. watchtower
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  my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

  what are people's thoughts on this?.

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  MrRoboto: Why is there absolutely no way to measure any of the various motions of the earth from the surface

  Your ignorance is stunning.

  Smart people—and there have been a lot of them—have been trying to understand these things for as long as there have been people. Some of their ideas were later proven inaccurate of even completely wrong, but many were right … A LONG TIME AGO!

  For example, Eratosthenes was a Greek scientist who studied astronomy, geography, and math. He is famous for making the first good measurement of the size of the Earth and he did this sometime around 240 B.C. He was able to do this because he knew the earth is a sphere.

  Fast forward to the likes of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler and Newton and you'll find that, by using a scientific approach to learning about things, they were able to determine the nature of and take measurements about the very kinds of motion you claim no one understands. This is simply not true. Many of us understand it.

  And I won't even begin to touch your incoherent reference to Einstein. I suspect you have no understanding at all about his theories of relative motion. It's okay, most people don't. But be clear: He understood that the earth moves and its motion is measurable.

  Get a good, basic book on astronomy and educate yourself. You'll be glad you did.

  Here's a very simple introduction:

  • What is Astronomy? Definition & History

  When you're done with that, maybe you'll be ready to take Newtonian mechanics. After you THOROUGHLY understand that, then maybe—just maybe—you'll be ready for Einstein.
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  Merry Christmas to All!

  by ttdtt in

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  just wanted to wish all of you the best christmas / holiday / festivus, and a happy new year!only the second christmas i will be celebrating!.

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  jp1692

  Merry Christmas, y’all!
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  Flat earth vs round earth

  by Jrjw in

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  my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

  what are people's thoughts on this?.

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  That’s idiotic
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  New round of elders and MS schools going on, anyone have a inside scoop on any of the info being shared there?

  by optimisticskeptic in

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  confidential items are of most interest of course, just curious what they're talking about there in general and what are the newest things everyone is being warned about, etc.

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  What Made You Decide To Finally Leave The Organization?

  by minimus in

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  was there one certain event or was it more a cumulative thing?.

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  I was going to write something, but OTWO told my story too.

  There was a gradual accumulation of just too many things that weren’t quite right which culminated in learning about the UN/NGO scandal. That put it over the top for me.
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  Will Artificial Intellegence Make The Human Race Extinct?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i think it is inevitable.

  i don't worry about it but it just seems that the human race is going down a road that they can't make a turn off.. they are probing/discovering how the human mind works and produces intelligence down to the individual molecule.

  now with the invention of the super quantum computer soon we will be able to build even better artificial intelligence greater than our own, so it will be easily able to out smart us because will we be a bunch of dumb apes first discovering how to make fire in it's eyes.. it will have it's own different agendas than us humans.

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  BBW, Cofty writes “fiction” and you respond by posting links to two movies. That’s rather odd to say the least.

  Sam Harris gave a TED talk agreeing with your thesis.

  You may, or may not, enjoy his discussion on the subject:

  • Can we build AI without losing control over it?

  
  
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  I know this shouldn’t bother me...but

  by MTSman in

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  so i woke up this morning with nothing planned for the day.

  i rolled out of bed around 9am and went to local mcky ds to get some breakfast, and lord and behold there was a group of jdubs sitting around eating and sipping on coffee, probable counting time.

  anyway, i glanced over and recognized all of them and they glanced back at me.

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  That’s what you get for going to McDonald’s. It’s bad for your health!

  Seriously, it takes time to change our view of things and no longer be bothered by their judgmental stares.

  Have you ever read Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter?

  It’s an important read for all ex-cult members, particularly those if us that have had to deal with shunning and public shaming. No spoilers, but the way Hester Prynne, the protagonist, handles the situation with courage and dignity is really inspiring.
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  Encounter with a long time elder. (Jehovah's happy people)

  by freddo in

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  so i'm at work and go to my vehicle parked outside the empty property i'm working at and an elderly man comes out of next door and we recognise each other from when we were elders in the same circuit.

  he is early 80's in age, a jw since the 1960's and so the next generation in age up from me.. he's an outwardly jolly sort and asks how i am etc.

  (knows i'm not an elder but thinks i'm pimi) and asks if i want a cup of tea so i go in and sit in his kitchen for my lunchbreak and have a chat.. i have a little fish around and ask about how jw's in his hall are.

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  Wasaelder: Cant fault the old guy.

  Sure we can. We might understand him, but that doesn’t excuse the inexcusable. Everyone—EVERYONE—is ultimately responsible for the consequences of their decisions and their actions.
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  Do you have a place to get away from it all?

  by compound complex in

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  is your retreat .

  an actual location, or simply a quiet place in your mind?.

  i attended a concert on sunday, a featured piece having been commissioned by a composer who lives in the city but retreats to an island in the puget sound (usa) to write his music.

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  zeb: Chumash people? a little info please.

  The Chumash People ... once numbered in the tens of thousands and lived along the coast of California. At one time, their territory encompassed 7,000 square miles that spanned from the beaches of Malibu to Paso Robles.

  You know how Google works, right?