BTW, there appears to be a new v4.0 version of the XP DEUS detector with a new coil that will be 12cm x 24cm or approximately 4.7" x 9.5" which is very close to the standard established for VLF gold prospecting detectors. This new coil via the V4 software will enable operation at 10 kHz, 20 kHz, 30 kHz, or 40 kHz. That sounds like a detector that can do double duty as coin/relics as well as gold detection. However it costs almost double the price of the Minelab. Is it worth the price difference? i can't find it for sale yet, btw ...
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Found Another Medieval Coin This Evening
by cofty ini got in an hour metal detecting this evening and found this almost immediately.. it is a silver penny of henry ii minted in london by "davi" between 1180 and 1189. this adds a king i didn't have in my collection.
i now have the series of henry ii - john - henry iii - edward i - edward ii - edward iii.. i now need richard the lionheart to fill in the gap.
he was the brother of john and reigned after the death of henry ii.
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Found Another Medieval Coin This Evening
by cofty ini got in an hour metal detecting this evening and found this almost immediately.. it is a silver penny of henry ii minted in london by "davi" between 1180 and 1189. this adds a king i didn't have in my collection.
i now have the series of henry ii - john - henry iii - edward i - edward ii - edward iii.. i now need richard the lionheart to fill in the gap.
he was the brother of john and reigned after the death of henry ii.
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Cofty, I'm seriously considering purchasing a Minelab X-Terra 705 Dual Pack. I want to look for coins and relics but there are also promising areas with ancient gold mines so I would like to try my luck with gold nuggets as well. As I understand this is a reasonable compromise between the two. Do you have any experience with this?
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Directed panspermia - a plausible theory of intelligent design?
by EdenOne ini have just read an interesting article by astrobiologist jacob haq-misra.. in this article he describes a process called "directed panspermia" as a plausible way that one form of intelligent design - one not related with religious driven agendas involving theism - could be involved in the process by which life developed on earth and possibly in other planets as well.. sounds like a speculation that's worth entertaining.
your thoughts?.
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Sure, it's only speculative thinking. But a lot of great scientific discoveries started out as speculations too. It could be a viable path of future investigation. Also I agree that it doesn't quite answer the question of how and where and when life originated in the universe - it just pushes the horizon line further into the past. But as I said, it would settle once and for all the question whether life appeared on Earth by special creation acts of a deity or deities - thus rendering false all accounts of creation described on religious 'holy books'.
I don't like the implications of the word 'directed' either. Because it could have been a random event.
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My Favouite Inappropriate Watchtower Pictures
by pale.emperor ini'd love to see you're favorite wt illustrations/photo's that they think are fine to print - but are actually kind of creepy/wierd.. .
here's my three fave from my book of bible stories (yes, a book for children!)..
man gets his head nailed into the floor with a tent pin by a good jehovah worshipper:.
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Directed panspermia - a plausible theory of intelligent design?
by EdenOne ini have just read an interesting article by astrobiologist jacob haq-misra.. in this article he describes a process called "directed panspermia" as a plausible way that one form of intelligent design - one not related with religious driven agendas involving theism - could be involved in the process by which life developed on earth and possibly in other planets as well.. sounds like a speculation that's worth entertaining.
your thoughts?.
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But besides the fact that extraterrestrial life is highly speculative (as there is no evidence) you are still left with the problem of where did the extraterrestrial designers come from in the first place? Wouldn't they have had to evolve themselves? It doesn't really answer the question of where intelligent life came from.
True, it doesn't answer that question. But it might answer where OUR earthly life came from. And it would close the case for theism - at least on OUR planet with OUR religions and OUR 'holy books' :)
And since you mention Space Odyssey, it's more or less what's behind the plot of Carl Sagan's "Contact".
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Directed panspermia - a plausible theory of intelligent design?
by EdenOne ini have just read an interesting article by astrobiologist jacob haq-misra.. in this article he describes a process called "directed panspermia" as a plausible way that one form of intelligent design - one not related with religious driven agendas involving theism - could be involved in the process by which life developed on earth and possibly in other planets as well.. sounds like a speculation that's worth entertaining.
your thoughts?.
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Only problem is that the entire Intelligent Design exercise is already - and always was - intended to be a "religious-driven agenda".
Not in this case. Have you read the article? The very assumption in which it rests is obviously at odds with the biblical account of creation.
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Directed panspermia - a plausible theory of intelligent design?
by EdenOne ini have just read an interesting article by astrobiologist jacob haq-misra.. in this article he describes a process called "directed panspermia" as a plausible way that one form of intelligent design - one not related with religious driven agendas involving theism - could be involved in the process by which life developed on earth and possibly in other planets as well.. sounds like a speculation that's worth entertaining.
your thoughts?.
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I have just read an interesting article by astrobiologist Jacob Haq-Misra.
In this article he describes a process called "Directed Panspermia" as a plausible way that one form of intelligent design - one NOT related with religious driven agendas involving theism - could be involved in the process by which life developed on Earth and possibly in other planets as well.
Sounds like a speculation that's worth entertaining. Your thoughts?
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Mouthy has Passed Away
by Simon inupdate on mouthy (grace gough)this is graces granddaughter.
i wanted to send an update that today my beautiful grandmother passed away - surrounded by friends and family.
- may 22 1927 - sept 2nd 2016. mouthys_granddaughter.
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I'm saddened to hear the news.
Mouthy was a real grandmother figure to this forum and deeply respected.
On a positive note, I'm happy she passed away surrounded by people who loved her.
Rest in peace!
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WTS investment in Ford-Werke - 1943
by OrphanCrow in*thanks to reddit poster ahilexxx for this information*.
the watchtower society was invested in the german branch of ford motor.
in 1943, their investment was worth $597,595 ($8,363,677.95 in today's value - over 8 million!)..
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How could the WT had made an "investment" in their German branch in 1943 (in the middle of WW2) and that not being considered high treason? Plus, wasn't the Bethel in Magdeburg seized by the Nazis even way before 1939? How could money be send to Germany in 1943? Or is it a compounded figure? Something doesn't check.
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The problem of sex (or why I'm not an atheist)
by EdenOne inas i write this under the shadow of the walls of saint jorge's castle in lisbon, two very bored jws are standing just five metres away from me with a literature cart .... in my journey away from jwism i accepted evolution as a fact.
i also became anti-religion, agnostic and apatheist.
and, while i lean towards the persuasion of the atheist arguments, there are a few reasons that make it difficult for me to completely discard the notion of an intelligent origin of life.
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So Eden what say you now?
I'm inclined to say that there is substantial circumstantial evidence supporting the transition to sex differentiation and sexual reproduction in the early stages of life than I previously knew of. The fact that there are examples in observable nature NOW that may give us clues as to how the process might have evolved THEN, in a very remote past, offers powerful clues on how simple organisms might have adopted sexual reproduction. Still, it doesn't quite explain how very complex organisms developed fully distinct yet necessarily complementary reproductive apparel.
Mind you, this won't tip the scale towards Intelligent Design. It's infinitely more complicated the assumption of an intelligent creator behind the process than the process driving itself.
