Posts by alecholmesthedetective

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Evolution is a Fact #26 - Colour Vision

by cofty in

each little flower that opens,each little bird that sings,he made their glowing colours,he made their tiny wings.. all of us have been moved by the riot of colours in a spring meadow, the majesty of a sunset or the beauty of a bird in breeding plumage.

what greater evidence could there be of a loving creator than our colourful world and the human eye that is equipped to appreciate it?.

this is the sort of simplistic argument that convinces a lot of creationists about their beliefs.. it's time to "unweave the rainbow".. light is detected by a proteins called opsins.

alecholmesthedetective

And those who have no argument can only make ad hominem attacks. Congratulations GodZoo.

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Evolution is a Fact #26 - Colour Vision

by cofty in

each little flower that opens,each little bird that sings,he made their glowing colours,he made their tiny wings.. all of us have been moved by the riot of colours in a spring meadow, the majesty of a sunset or the beauty of a bird in breeding plumage.

what greater evidence could there be of a loving creator than our colourful world and the human eye that is equipped to appreciate it?.

this is the sort of simplistic argument that convinces a lot of creationists about their beliefs.. it's time to "unweave the rainbow".. light is detected by a proteins called opsins.

alecholmesthedetective

Thanks Cofty, for explaining it so clearly and simply. I'm not knowledgeable at all on these topics, but I remember a chapter on one of Dawkins's books on bats and echolocation which fascinated me as well. This thread subject reminded me of that and also of the fact that some birds of prey have amazing eyesight.

Evolution fits perfectly with a world in which some animals needed to hunt to survive and thus evolved traits that aided them in that and other animals which evolved in ways that helped them better escape their predators. This had always caused me cognitive dissonance when I was in the cult.

The natural world is full of many interesting animals and understanding how evolution moulds it all is very exciting indeed.

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I have a question.

by DATA-DOG in

according to jwism, god didn't cause suffering, he just allowed it.

wow, that's really, really, dumb.

to help humans out, jeehoobidoob provided the ransom.

alecholmesthedetective

Starting about noon, Elijah began to tease them: "Shout louder! "He's a god, so maybe he's busy. "Maybe he's relieving himself. "Maybe he's busy someplace. "Maybe he's taking a nap and somebody needs to wake him up."

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I have a question.

by DATA-DOG in

according to jwism, god didn't cause suffering, he just allowed it.

wow, that's really, really, dumb.

to help humans out, jeehoobidoob provided the ransom.

alecholmesthedetective

all you've got is your view

On the contrary, all humanity has got are objective facts, such as the problem of natural evil and the internal contradictions of books written before any knowledge of plate tectonics which cause tsunamis that drown a quarter of a million people.

Religion has had plenty of time, millenia, to come up with a satisfactory answer to theodicy, and it hasn't because it can't.

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Do you still believe in God?

by FormerlySandL in

i never thought i would admit it, but i don't.

i might superstitiously have some kind of doubt but digging a bit deeper in my heart i really don't believe in god.

as a human i could never just sit and watch people be tortured, live years of abuse, suffer from illness and disabilities and all the other awful things people have to endure day after day without doing something about it.

alecholmesthedetective

I wish someone had gotten in my face 35 years ago and given me something to think about . . .

Ditto. I remember the times my 'worldly' friends at work would ask questions about my beliefs back then and when I couldn't justify them. Simple questions, but once you get thinking and follow the evidence where it leads you then there is no going back.

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Does God judge people on their physical aspects?

by pseudoxristos in

years ago, i attempted to discuss this topic with jehovah's witnesses in another discussion group.

looking back on the discussion, i found that i was never able to really get to the bottom of the subject.

i've never really understood witnesses belief in the spiritual aspect of humans without some belief in a soul (or spirit).

alecholmesthedetective

For some reason this thread made me remember the quote 'do androids dream of electric sheep?' or something like it.

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What's the point?

by punkofnice in

jw
friends

i mean, i don't want to be miserable or anything, but what's the bloody point of it all?.

since i left the watchtower cult, i have come to realise that god cannot possibly exist...and if a god exists...god is indifferent to humankind as the least.. in 100 years time i'll be gone.

kaput.

alecholmesthedetective

What's the bloody point of it all?

To create, to achieve. To leave our mark in the world before we quickly leave as we will. To do good to others, as has been said, perhaps even helping them avoid the pitfalls we may have had experience of. To enjoy the good things in life, like food, sex, beer, and friendship, to name but a few. To laugh at the misfortunes of others. To find what our talents are and to work on them, to best ourselves. To have fun, to enjoy great literature, poetry, language, irony. Have I already said laugh at the misfortunes of others?

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Are JW Celebrities Getting paid to say they are JW?

by Luther bertrand in

i have always wondered why prince and michael jackson stayed in good standing for some of the stuff they released as jws?

or how the williams sisters could stay in sports without all the bs?

after all the revelations about the org that i have heard... i wonder if they are paid and the reason they get away with it is that they are pr strategies and really they could give a crap about the org?

alecholmesthedetective

They do have to exemplify JW lifestyle to promote.

Well, their latest music video seems to be promoting something completely contradictory to what they preached decades ago about staying single and giving god your best and serving where the need is great and all that.

It seems to be more a case of 'if you're rich you can do what you want' rather than a clever PR ploy of using celebrities to attract people to the religion. Scientology has beaten them to it.

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Donald Trump dubbed over

by alecholmesthedetective in

comedian peter serafinowicz gave trump different voices in the videos below.

ingenious.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96iyhbhie0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qugt30ggtiihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=728_lwz3nd0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ca0nm5ray0

alecholmesthedetective

Couldn't Serafinowicz do a slow-voiced, slow-minded Trump?

Drunk Trump

Mexican Trump

Elmo Trump

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Donald Trump dubbed over

by alecholmesthedetective in

comedian peter serafinowicz gave trump different voices in the videos below.

ingenious.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96iyhbhie0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qugt30ggtiihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=728_lwz3nd0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ca0nm5ray0

alecholmesthedetective

Have you seen TRUM VADER?

OMG, now I have. Brilliant. When he keeps rambling on and the officers just patiently pretending to be interested hahaha.

"One wittle wee-wee ... Waaah !!"

'I don't know to do this actually...'
'We can move on, you're not missing any playtime.'
'America.'