Got up today after my afternoon nap, started the coffeemaker, without pouring the water, waited;--then I poured the water, and after the cycle discovered the urn is full of clear water again, so I poured it into the reservoir again.--but then I discover I had forgotten to put coffee into the filter, that is why the pot re-filled itself miraculously, well after it finally perked, and a sip or two, ah, it was off to my daily skate boarding, There is no fool like an old fool, forgetful fall fool.
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What Are Your "Senior Moments" Like?
by compound complex indear friends:.
i imagine by now we old timers have adjusted to the fact that we are getting older and, one day, will make our exit.
are your "senior moments" ever a cause for worry to you?
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Is a piano inevitable?
by slimboyfat ini was at a concert last night and the presence and stature of the piano struck me.
and i thought: if the piano wasn't invented when it was, would it have been invented by someone else instead?
or if there was a world the same as our, except with a different history, would it have pianos now too or would it be modern world, similar in many respects, only without pianos?
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Both the pipe organ and piano were invented about at the same time, and are based on resonators, strings, pipes that double in length for every octave with the intermediate sounds proportionally, allowing via a keyboard to produce many sounds simultaneously. It was bound to happen with us, re-creating humans on Earth, after all, the planetary orbits with their rhythms are also doubling in size and span 5 octaves like a piano keyboard. -
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Things JW's and Atheists have in common
by juandefiero ini was just thinking about something someone said on another thread.
to paraphrase, 'jw beliefs like there being no hellfire, immortal soul, the condition at death...have the ring of truth.'.
i realized, atheists believe these things too!.
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Ander Anderson: No, scientists are looking for explanations that fit the evidence already found., true in part, often though, they develop a hypothesis, Theory, an equation, and then look for evidence to see the resulting predictions verified.
I did not imply, that WT theories ever produced useful results, except prolonging the shelflife of their promises, but in their "new light" methodology resembles a quasi-scientific process, similar to the the one we saw emerging from Kepler's, Newton's and the Einstein's velocity laws. This gives the illusion that wt too, like science, pursues a search for truth, understanding of an underlying great eternal truth, whereas wt's house of cards is solely based on the discredited bible and their shifting internal view of "old worthies"; "anointed" " other sheep" . and Yes, there are scientists, even Nasa personnel*, that are theists, even Deists. and it has never been demonstrated, that the Universe created itself or that life arose spontaneously. Efforts to replicate he latter have failed so far, and examining the energy level of the former even on the smallest scale took great effort and ingenuity. * read Edgar Mitchell RIP.
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Things JW's and Atheists have in common
by juandefiero ini was just thinking about something someone said on another thread.
to paraphrase, 'jw beliefs like there being no hellfire, immortal soul, the condition at death...have the ring of truth.'.
i realized, atheists believe these things too!.
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This evidence- based conviction of both Atheists and wt-believers is a great idea that emerged from this thread. Are atheists not convinced that the Universe made itself, that life is self-started? and they look for, manufacture (not faking) evidence to bolster their conviction, --through scientific research. WT believers bolster their convictions by manufactured data too. Looking for bible passages to prove their doctrines, adjusting their beliefs to fit new circumstances, Too many anointed, invent the great crowd. Generation of 1914 expired, invent the overlap. If God,s existence, his approval through money is waning,-- dip into real estate sales. dip into kid's ice cream at circus money. -
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speaking in tongues? the anointed at Pentecost did!
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MY Bethel Experience Part 17
by new boy inmore "odds and ends".
i liked lyman swingle (governing body member)......he was from alabama, he knew how to curse at the right time.
i think, that’s why i went to him, when i was having so much trouble with my future wife’s parents.
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Preaching? For what purpose? All JW's need to ask this question.
by park ave boy inwhat is the purpose of preaching if not for converts?.
basically, preaching by the jw's is to make converts.
this in itself implies that jehovah's witnesses believe that they alone have the only acceptable way to god and that everyone else is just not worthy.
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the basic premise approaching the doors was: "we are right, and you are wrong!" and we can prove it with a four scripture "sermon" or the "make sure" book. Jws certainly can not recommend the "love"in the congregation. so what is left? -
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Overlapping "Kinds"...Coming soon to a Watchtower near you?
by juandefiero inputting on my carnac hat here.. let's say the evidence for evolution becomes so overwhelming that the society eventually has to accept it due to much turmoil in the congregations.
how do they do so without saying they've been wrong?.
why, redefine a word, of course!
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cofty: "Therefore there was no Adam, no perfection and no fall. Therefore their version of the Ransom falls apart. and with it the guilt tripping of having to work harder to be worthy of the ransom's application via obedience to the organisation. May be that is their major writing project to come up with a flawed existence via evolution that needs their ministration to bring about perfection. -
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Finding the value of God; Isn't it better to believe in a deity?
by Caupon inthe question as to what believing in this entity called god entails is a fairly important question that needs to be answered first.
to me, the key difference between a universe in which god exists versus one where god doesn't lies in the idea of teleology.
in my view, a universe with god entails some sort of process towards an end, an end which can be characterized with words such as bliss and unity and others.
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inventing universes just for the heck of it to see what happens . certainly we are surprised every time we look a little closer, deeper, further, so the future is open ended, like in the evolution process, and we are part of it, enjoy it! -
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It's not "new light" anymore it's "new lies" .
by truth doubter inthis is my first post.
i never dreamed i'd be on a site like this.
i was baptized 43 years ago and pretty much have done and seen it all.
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Glad you joined.and you never have to doubt the truth, the truth about the truth, truth dobter.
