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  Crows and Those on Patios

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  terry: i write.

  among the things i write are analyses debunking religious fundamentalism.. lou: sure.

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  TerryWalstrom

  As a follow-up to the the text, here is the latest.
  
  I wrote the following e-mail to Lou.
  
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  ubject: ATTENTION: Lou Comunale

  
  

  Hey Lou--

  
  

  I'm probably wasting my time and yours sending this to you--but, on the outside chance you'd like a visual and audio

  explanation of why I said the things I said at Starbucks the other day--here it is.
  A quick 9-minute explanation of misconceptions.

  
  

  Misconceptions of Evolution
  

  
  

  Misconceptions of Evolution Debunking some of the common misconceptions of evolution

  
  
  Religious people get their "Evolution" information from the wrong sources (other religious people.)
  
  Do a quick Google search on "Did man evolve from Apes?" you'll quickly see how scientists do NOT say or teach this--only religious people who misunderstand and misrepresent the facts.
  
  Anyway, like I said to you--I've never met a Creationist interested in the facts direct from Scientists, but you might well be the intellectually honest guy who does.
  
  This short video (above) explains those charts, too.

  
  

  Cheers!

  
  

  Terry
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  Today I received this reply:

  
  

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  Hi Terry,
  
  Thanks for the video, which I watched entirely. I would say that the video simply points out the changing positions of evolutionists and is not at all a reflection of a creationist's viewpoint of evolution.
  
  Creationists never came up with the evolutionary chart, but proponents of evolution have.
  
  And if evolutionists decide to change their viewpoints, they are debating among themselves. It has nothing to do with Creationists.
  
  I enjoyed our little chat the other day. Be blessed.
  
  Lou
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  ... The Teacher Appears

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s2nu2bw_em6i9kp7wugj4yjqmhps2yio-ytehl4jbmy/edit?usp=sharingthe teacher appears.

  he was paul miyoshi.. i passed by him; he raised his head with flashing white hair and set his gaze serenely upon me that first time.

  the pupils of his eyes were black, mysterious, as from another world.“konichiwa” he spoke with a smile wrapped in mischief.. there had been a slight bow which triggered a mirrored response.. over the next year and a half, i’d get to know this man much in the way a box within a box reveals more boxes.

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  Are the beautiful lyric verses about art in your story all from Paul Miyoshi or from you?

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  At one time in my life (before my 1st wife died) I had an eidetic memory. Then, I went on a year-long drinking binge.

  The mechanism of memory isn't as reliable and has real gaps now.

  I reach into that brain file and the words I've written are what comes out. I wouldn't swear in a court of law as to the exactitude of them--but the general intention is probably good.

  History itself, if not in documentary form, is a fragile simulacrum of somebody's memory. Kinda scary.

  
  
  
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  Jesus walked into a bar...

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. social
  2. humour

  he asks the barkeep for 13 glasses of water.

  he turns to his 12 companions and winks....

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  TerryWalstrom

  I like religious jokes but Jewish jokes are the funniest.
  
  
  

  The people questioned him: "Are you really a Martian?" "Of course." "Do all Martians look like you?" "Of course." "Are you all green?" "Yes, we are." "Do you all have those antennae coming out of your heads?" "Certainly." "And do you all wear those funny things on your heads?" "Well, no. Not the Goyim!"
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  ... The Teacher Appears

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s2nu2bw_em6i9kp7wugj4yjqmhps2yio-ytehl4jbmy/edit?usp=sharingthe teacher appears.

  he was paul miyoshi.. i passed by him; he raised his head with flashing white hair and set his gaze serenely upon me that first time.

  the pupils of his eyes were black, mysterious, as from another world.“konichiwa” he spoke with a smile wrapped in mischief.. there had been a slight bow which triggered a mirrored response.. over the next year and a half, i’d get to know this man much in the way a box within a box reveals more boxes.

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  TerryWalstrom

  Sigh . . .
  
  
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  Crows and Those on Patios

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  terry: i write.

  among the things i write are analyses debunking religious fundamentalism.. lou: sure.

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  On the way out: You are focused on one-upping so fast that he can't keep up. It is more important to you to show him up than to actually help him see your point of view.
  
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  I omitted most of the chat we had about Evolution.
  When I told him Humans didn't evolve from apes he insisted I was being dishonest. He was sure he knew exactly what Evolution is and I tried to tell him he had been misinformed because he only read Creation apologists.It was at the point in the conversation when he said he felt sorry for me. (Meaning he "knew" I was lying about what Evolution really teaches but didn't want to admit it.) Right then and there, I decided I'd not waste my time reasoning with him patiently.
  
  I got progressively dismissive as we went along. I wish I could say I'm sorry I did--but he was not interested in a neutral examination of ideas.
  
  I've watched some "interviews" with him. He thinks (or says) God spoke to him when he was young and has been "informing" him sort of like Pastor Russell, as a "mouthpiece."
  I guess I'm not cut out for a meek, mild-tempered discussion with him any more than he is able to talk to the sort of person I am.
  
  I e-mailed him a short video on Misconceptions about Evolution earlier today.
  I'll bet he doesn't watch it. I also bet I'll get a long, long set of links giving me the lowdown on his "revealed" truth.
  
  Such is life at Starbucks :)
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  The Biggest Mistake The GB Have Made In The Last 10 Years

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think the single biggest mistake the governing body have made in the last 10 years has to be creating jw broadcasting and putting their gb members on there... on a weekly basis too.. when i was a kid, i had no idea who the governing body were, what their names were or what they looked like.

  there was one or two long term pioneers that knew the names of two of them but that was about it.. when i was about 10yo i imagined they looked something like this:.

  ahh.... those learned men with a lifetime of bible knowledge just oozing out of their very hearts.

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  TerryWalstrom

  Old sayings: Distance lends enchantment.

  Familiarity breeds contempt.
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  Crows and Those on Patios

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  terry: i write.

  among the things i write are analyses debunking religious fundamentalism.. lou: sure.

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  Lou is his own worst enemy. Being uninformed is killing his intellectual capacity to live in the real world. From the time he was in grade school he's been fighting against science.
  On the dark side of things, he's actively engaged in disseminating religious bullshit using media effectively.

  That idea--Lucifer created the dinosaurs--Wow!
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  Strange Goings On at a Biker Bar (A True Memoir)

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. experiences

  strange goings on at a biker bar (a true memoir).

  you’re going to disagree with me, but when you do, you’ll be wrong.

  i was raised to be a sissy.

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  TerryWalstrom

  Go for the hat trick, start a third Biker bar thread.

  JK

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  I wish there was a way to delete duplicates.
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  Expoding Clown

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  exploding clown inmate hertzler scurried toward his cell lugging another packet of art supplies sent by his faithful old mom back in oklahoma.

  once inside, his filthy fingers ripped off the brown paper around the cigar box.

  a glut of tubes of winsor oil paint gorged the roi-tan cigar box.

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  The story is based on real people I knew in Seagoville Federal Correctional prison. The character of Hertzler wasn't a killer, of course.
  But his clown pictures were the worst things I'd ever seen.
  The warden and the Lt. are pretty real. The story is purely fiction.
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  Crows and Those on Patios

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  terry: i write.

  among the things i write are analyses debunking religious fundamentalism.. lou: sure.

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  This guy Lou gave me his business card and I've been watching his videos.
  There is something so naive and smug about people in his capacity who are ignorant of so many facts and yet so certain the KNOW.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RJTBjIzgto