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  My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK

  by Terry in

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  i had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.

  i posted my sad status on facebook.

  guess who saw it?

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  That's punishment for installing Windows 10.

  All that glitters..

  http://www.techbout.com/disadvantages-of-chromebooks-69/

  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2413771,00.asp
  
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  Can I pick up a New World Translation from the JW London head office?

  by Camperdown9 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm an anglican and not a jehovahs witness.

  what i dislike about lots of church congregations is their readiness to make unpleasant and unhelpful comments about other christian groups.

  recently someone in a church tried to tell me a little about the views of jehovahs witnesses.

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  GodZoo

  Positive way? How can you expect positive comments about a cult? Are there good sides?
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  Evolution is a Fact #28 - Something Darwin Didn't Say

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of my friends posted an inspirational picture on facebook this morning.

  even before i checked i knew that it was a fictional quote.

  it was written by somebody who has not grasped a basic fact about evolution.. darwin did not say this.... it is a common misunderstanding that evolution favours individuals who are able to adapt to their environment.

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  Something else Darwin failed to address..

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  Among the many problems with Darwinism that Bergson's theory tried to deal with was the fact that a multicellular organ is a "functional whole made up of coordinated parts" and if "just one or a few of the parts happened to vary . . . the functioning of the whole would be impaired" (Goudge 1967, 292). This concept, now known as irreducible complexity, is the basis of the modern Intelligent Design movement. Bergson also concluded that, due to irreducible complexity, at every stage of an animal's history and development

  all the parts of an animal and of its complex organs |must| have varied contemporaneously so that effective functioning was preserved. But it is utterly implausible to suppose, as Darwin did, that such coadapted variations could have been random. . . . Some agency other than natural selection must have been at work to maintain continuity of functioning through successive alterations of form (Goudge 1967, 292).

  Bergson also concluded that Darwinism had failed to explain why life

  evolved in the direction of greater and greater complexity. The earliest living things were simple in character and well adapted to their environments. Why did the evolutionary process not stop at this stage? Why did life continue to complicate itself "more and more dangerously"? (Goudge 1967, 292).
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  My Millions book got a bad review. I wonder if the guy is a JW?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not deserving of a half star, march 5, 2016bythomas carrthis review is from: millions now living (kindle edition)slander of others religions is worse than trump.

  instead of being ignorant read the bible and get the answers.

  you are not worshiping people you should weork towards woirshiping god.

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  This one?

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  not deserving of a half star 6 Mar. 2016

  By Thomas Carr - Published on Amazon.com

  Format: Kindle Edition

  slander of others religions is worse than Trump. instead of being ignorant read the bible and get the answers. you are not worshiping people you should weork towards woirshiping God. you learn about God by reading the bible not destroying freedom of religion. people that are afraid oif what they dont know becomes example of Hitler. be wise research and read the bible. have love for everyone.

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  Is that it? Is this what the drama is all about?

  Of course the subject matter of the book alone guarantees one will attract all sorts of people including your nut job extremist JW's. But I hardly see his little rant and anything to get upset

  As regards the guys grammar and spelling it sounds like English might not even be his first language. I see people in this forum apologising for their formatting/spelling/grammar all the the time especially when posting using mobile devices. People posy in here when totally drunk!. Again not a big deal.
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  My Millions book got a bad review. I wonder if the guy is a JW?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not deserving of a half star, march 5, 2016bythomas carrthis review is from: millions now living (kindle edition)slander of others religions is worse than trump.

  instead of being ignorant read the bible and get the answers.

  you are not worshiping people you should weork towards woirshiping god.

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  Fair points Steve but I just don't see the point of getting so riled about it.
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  My Millions book got a bad review. I wonder if the guy is a JW?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not deserving of a half star, march 5, 2016bythomas carrthis review is from: millions now living (kindle edition)slander of others religions is worse than trump.

  instead of being ignorant read the bible and get the answers.

  you are not worshiping people you should weork towards woirshiping god.

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  Just curious.. does anyone who does not give a stella review any book written by an ex-jw have to get slated and insulted in here? Is it really that important? Have people not learned to manage rejection and non-acceptance still?

  One does not also need to have had to pay for something in order to be able to review it. I have reviewed a ton of books and products that I did not buy.. ie: was given, borrowed or found.

  What is it with this?:

  • You did not pay me so your opinion is invalid
  • You did not say nice things so your opinion is invalid.
  • My friends and I will now pick you to pieces and insult and deride you publicly on an ex-jw forum.

  Why not simply just ignore it? It's not like they boiled a baby in oil..

  A world with just one viewpoint would be such a boring place.
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  Hello, fairly new, studying for around 7 months, just thought I would introduce myself.

  by Conanthebeliever in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello everyone, i hope you are all ok. .

  my name is conan, i am 25, and from the uk.

  i have some brain damage, so i apologise in advance if my syntax is off or i go a long way around explaining things.

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  My advice is carry on your studying with them.. except tell them before you do any study of the Bible.. that before you can trust and put faith in them as teachers of truth that you want to do a study of the 'Jehovah's Witness Organisation' using it's own literature.

  Then come back here and we will provide you with links and printouts to practically their entire library of printed teachings going back to 1897..

  Let us know how the study goes..
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  Like Father, Like Son

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when faced with awkward questions about the morality of god many christians respond by distancing themselves from the old testament and focusing on "gentle jesus meek and mild" of the new testament.. for bible-believing christians this is intellectually dishonest.. according to christian dogma jesus was the god of abraham isaac and jacob.

  the logos, the alpha and omega who is "the same yesterday, today, and forever.".

  he claimed that "he that has seen me has seen the father" and that "i and the father are one".. in short, christians assert that jesus is almighty god from all eternity.. it therefore follows that jesus was the god who ordered the nation of israel to take slaves as inheritable possessions.

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  Slimboy stop grovelling it does not become you.. it's just a forum and not a Kingdom Hall. I see people get away with murder in here because they are the chiefs favourites.. hardly fair at all so don't worry about it.

  If he would kick you out after 11 years of contributing to this forum merely because you have strong feelings and simply don't agree with many of these caustic atheist bullies then maybe your talents and energies would in fact be better served elsewhere. you contribute an awful lot more than admin do that's for sure. Anyone can set up a site and 'moderate' (he get's paid too by the way).. it's the contributors that are the life blood and content of places like this. I have seen some of the greatest and most intelligent minds and contributors banned for similarly clashing, disagreeing with (or standing up to) the powers that be.
  But hey it's his toy so I guess he get's to dictate who get's to play with it.
  
  Slimboy you are valued and appreciated.. don't let anyone make you feel otherwise.
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  Leaving the JWs

  by Hurting in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am 32 years and have recently left the organisation.

  i got baptised in last feb. please excuse any typing errors i have dyslexia.

  it has been so hard this year i have gone through so many ups and downs.

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  Dear Hurting.. your story is not the slightest bit boring but actually very moving. I'm very saddened to hear stories like this of children not being accepted and loved for just being.

  Learning to love yourself properly after the organisation has basically taught you to feel and treated you like you are useless unworthy trash is not easy but very very doable and possible. The only hard part is getting their judgmental crap out of your mind and being which takes a fare bit of conscious work.

  This I know because I have had to do it myself. Just go day by day.. even hour by hour.. or even thought by thought. You are valuable and precious and amazing and worthy of love and don't ever let anyone try to show you otherwise

  The place you are leaving is not and never was real.. the friendships and relationships were all fake and conditional. As soon as you get that into your head it becomes so much easier to let it all go and realise you have actually lost nothing.
  
  You will find tremendous support and resources here. Be discerning and take what you need.. and leave the rest.
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  Evolution is a Fact #26 - Colour Vision

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  Here comes the gang..

  And by the way, I can remember my childhood way back to 12 months of age - its accuracy verified by my aunt, grandmother and mother's diary.

  12 months is not good enough. I even very much doubt that... you may think you can.. your memories are all selective and fragmented.

  Tit bits from your childhood does not equate with being accurate as to what humans were supposedly doing 65 million years ago for goodness sake. What massive acts of faith I'm seeing displayed here.. stated with the same sure rock solid arrogant and unshakable confidence you displayed when you were all full time pioneers..

  You are all still what you were.. simply wearing different clothes.
  
  "Life changes.. people do not."