Posts by Saintbertholdt

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Mind Body Dualism

by Coded Logic in

i've never found dualism - the idea that the mind and the brain are two different substances with the mind being "immaterial" or "non-material" - a valid manner in which to address consciousness or any mysteries relating to it.

to show the reasons why i think it's bad metaphysics i'll use analogous reasoning to make a case for my newly made up "mystic essence".. for hundreds of years scientists have studied plants and animals all across the world.

but they still can't explain where ecosystems come from.

Saintbertholdt

So since thoughts control matter just as much as matter controls thoughts, why call thoughts the "emergent property". Why not rather call our material world the emergent property of our thoughts?

Because there is no indication that you can have thought without first having matter.

Show an example of thought (algorithm) without having a computational device doing it. It has not yet been observed and in a tangible universe it probably never can be observed.

So your world view of mind over matter helps you how? What does this way of thinking do for you? What can it do for me? Help me here. Help me to see what you're getting at because up until this point it just sounds like a glorious waste of time.

By the way I do believe in mind over matter: If one doesn't mind it doesn't matter.

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Evolution is a Fact #23 - Faunal Succession

by cofty in

born in 1769, william "strata" smith was the eldest of five children of a oxfordshire blacksmith.

he had only a basic education but became fascinated by local fossils when he began work on his uncle's farm.

his flair for geometry inspired him to learn surveying which led to his career.. by 1794 he was supervising the building of the somerset coal canal, and was travelling around the country to visit other canal sites.

Saintbertholdt

The Permian was when the earth was literally the planet of the Trilobites.

Until the Great Dying...

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JWLEAKS

by ttdtt in

does anyone have any information on jwleaks.org?

it is still down.

does anyone have any contact with them?.

Saintbertholdt

This is what I get:

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X-Men Apocalypse & Yahweh

by smiddy in

i have watched the trailer for this movie , and the bad guy in this makes the statement something like this, when asked who are you ?

his reply , i have been called many names over time , and yahweh was one of them .. will jw.org ban the jdubs from seeing it ?

being not suitable for a christian ?

Saintbertholdt

Getting back to the X-Men, pretty much all super-heroes are banned by the. Someone told my mom once when I was a kid buying them that the "uncanny" that's in the title, The Uncanny X-Men is a demon word. One of my favorites was Daredevil and they used the logic, "There's the word devil right there in the title!"

Ah the eternal struggle between the comic loving offspring and the JW parental unit. It takes me back. Those battles were epic struggles between the oppressed and the oppressor, good vs. evil and chocolate versus strawberry.

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X-Men Apocalypse & Yahweh

by smiddy in

i have watched the trailer for this movie , and the bad guy in this makes the statement something like this, when asked who are you ?

his reply , i have been called many names over time , and yahweh was one of them .. will jw.org ban the jdubs from seeing it ?

being not suitable for a christian ?

Saintbertholdt

...being not suitable for a Christian ?

Yep its going to spoil a lot of JW Marvel geeks love for capeshit, that's for sure.

Why haven`t Marvel Comics or whoever made a movie about Captain Marvel ?

Oh the character is on its way. And its going to be she. Seems she's going to be the key to defeating Thanos.

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Hey Everyone! Recently "DA'd!"

by jacobm in

jw
friends

i just "da'd" friday.

i've been posting on here for years but do to anonymity, i had to start with a new account.

would love to connect with anyone that i may know.

Saintbertholdt

Happy Disassociation Day!

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Hello everyone. New here looking for info and friends

by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

i sometimes was redirected to this page from reddit or another ex-jw site but never bothered to sign up.

i wanted to stay off the radar but since i'm getting dis-fellowshipped anyways and have no plans to come back what the hell.

been 22 years in the truth........... ahhhh i hate to use that expression...... bad habit but you know what i mean.

Saintbertholdt

Hello there little missy,

Glad you could break away from them Millerite folk, they can be mighty curious sometime. The Sheriff here is a fella by the name of Simon, but he only come out on account of disturbance ya see, Otherwise he much keep to himself unless he got somethin on his mind. Then thar's the other good folk in the town. They generally kind folk but you gotta be careful of twelve noon sometime. I seen some bad gunfights too, ugly gutshots but usually reserved for em cow rustlers passing through. Usual disagreements sorted out in the saloon, and just with a bust up and a good ol brawl. Tabakee is cheap and so is the whiskey. Sometime I seen some prospectors bring gold nuggets from them thar hills, so you keep an eye out. So ya'll keep well now and welcome to town.

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Another one bites the dust...

by StarTrekAngel in

so despite glimpses of hope here and there, the wife is just not seeing this cult for what it is.. so who is the one the bit the dust?

i've not been feeling so well lately.

a bit of lightheadedness.

Saintbertholdt

Sorry to hear about your health problems StarTrekAngel.

All I can say is get your blood pressure under control!

Do you have an activity that can get your mind off of your worries? Some men prefer golf because if you don't concentrate fully you'll be known as the king of the hook or the slice.

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Richard Dawkins has had a Stroke

by cofty in

he is back home and making god progress.. he has issued an audio statement here....

Saintbertholdt

I once had a kidney stone.

I cried for weeks (and not because of the pain).

If I had a stroke I'd probably want to off myself, never mind just being emotional.

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WATCHTOWER SCAM? WTWR NYSE

by biblexaminer in

in 2009, a new company, traded on the new york stock exchange was initiated.. watchtower inc. wtwr.

corporate headquarters.

100 henry streetbrooklyn, new york 11201united states.

Saintbertholdt

I've been convinced for some time that the Bible Students that went through the Nazi war camp's experience alongside Jews made some friends. And this resulted in an alliance of sorts, where old Jew's money helped Watchtower along.

No. The Jewish conference would not pay compensation to a Jewish person who was a Jehovah's Witness in the concentration camps during the second world war (in 1999 if I recollect). The Watchtower made bones about this fact. The fact is Jews are condescending towards Jehovah's Witnesses as they presume to take the place of the Jewish nation.

Did you read the document I posted earlier. The entire Watchtower inc. is laid out for your inspection. There is not whiff of Jehovah's Witness involvement.

If I reasoned like you do I could say the ENTIRE New York Stock Exchange was under the Watchtowers control. How could I claim that? Well stock brokers used to look at Watchtower NY HQ display board to see which scripture was being used that week and based upon that they would buy or sell. This is well documented (Apocalypse Delayed - Penton).

But, I believe that a new generation of Jews is asking back their investment. I believe that the NY buildings are being sold to satisfy a debt to Jewish families. (children) If that's the case, then the $1b forthcoming from the NY sales will disappear down the rabbit hole as fast as it appears.

Do you have any concrete facts to back this up?