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  99.9% Of a People Who Believe In Evolution Don't Understand It.

  by Space Madness in

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  i never believed in evolution as i thought it didn't make sense and that what was proposed was simply impossible.

  how could an environment alter an organism's dna?

  as we can see however, bacteria cannot become resistance to antibiotics.

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  "The only way that antibiotic resistance arises is if some bacteria happen to have a mutation that confers antibiotic resistance before exposure to the drug."

  This is the quote from your textbook which clearly states that antibiotic resistance is a real phenomenon.

  Its merely stating that the antibiotics only allow for survival of the bacteria that are immune to its effect. This is clearly differentiating this from the misunderstanding that bacteria mutate in response to antibiotics. They don't.

  This is natural selection. If they have the right mutation, they outlive the antibiotics and then can only reproduce other bacteria like themselves. The old strains of bacteria are gradually replaced in the population by the new antibiotic resistant ones.

  The text passages are mainly describing how antibiotic resistance occurs which is not reactive to anything in the environment, like antibiotics, but passive in that only the bacteria that can survive the antibiotic will survive the antibiotic. It is not questioning the existence of antibiotic resistance.
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  Harry Pothead

  by Strangelove in

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  my apologies, but there actually is no refference to marijuana in this post.

  i just needed an attention grabbing title to get at least one person to answer the question i am to...ask.

  i left the orginization only a few months ago.

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  Don't read the books, just go to the theme park.

  The new Harry Potter world at Universal Studios in Florida opens July 8th.
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  Osprey chicks in Scotland

  by The Searcher in

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  these young birds are growing rapidly now, and it shouldn't be too long before they begin to fly!.

  http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/lochgarten/abernethyvideo.aspx.

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  Thanks for the video. They are beautiful birds. Two sleepyheads and one insomniac - just like at my house! LOL

  There are osprey, herons and bald eagles on the Chesapeake Bay where I live. All beautiful birds, but the bald eagles are huge! To see them fly with their 6 ft. wingspan is truly awesome.
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  I've got a Problem - exam tomorrow, and I can't get interested

  by fulltimestudent in

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  by 09:20 tomorrow morning i've got to front up for an exam ( in my study unit, the new testament in its times).

  and, even though two of the questions are known to me (and all the students sitting for the exam) - i'm finding it hard to concentrate.

  the problem is not helped by having a dose of the flu - but i'm just finding it so hard to focus..

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  Sudafed. (pseudoephedrine)

  It's a cold remedy for clearing head congestion and it's also a stimulant so it will help with concentration.

  Good luck with your exam.

  GT
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  latest pictures

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  I am sure that heron is looking right at me.
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  Books that changed your life-

  by new hope and happiness in

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  i am not much of a reader as i have two many distractions, but i fancy a challenging read, so please list any book that has changed your entire world view on everything.

  i remember as a teenager buying at a yard sale, norman vincent peales " the power of positive thinking" and at the time that had a big impact on me.

  but i am a little bit more in to " realistic positive thinking" now..

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  On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kubler Ross

  I had never before thought about the idea of a good death vs. a bad death.
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  I Need Help Getting My Head Straight.......

  by TTATTelder in

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  one of the things i have been wresting with mentally is unraveling the "us vs. them" mentality that has been driven into my skull in the organization.. i am starting this thread seeking advice on how others have come to grip with this.. this is what i struggle with:.

  i like the feeling/thought of being among people that live, or try to live, or at least know they ought to live by higher standards of conduct (maybe it is just what i'm used to...).

  when you walk out of a convention of people dressed up, clean-cut, shaven, non-smoking, less-profanity-speaking, fairly orderly etc and see what greets you in the streets outside, it is a big contrast.. i am also still trying to understand how a religion that has conned people (so is morally wrong) could also be so well organized and have a lot of truly decent folks among their ranks.

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  They are like whitewashed graves...on the inside they are full of dead men's bones.
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  I saw a trolley (cart to you cousins in the U.S.A.)

  by punkofnice in

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  yes.. peterborough city center u.k. ''what does the bible really teach'' displayed on it.. a family of 3 i know were sitting on the bench just behind it.

  i'm not going to say anything derogatory about them as they are nice folks even if they have to shun me now i bear no malice.. as predicted not a single person was paying any attention as they walked by.

  i noticed some other canvassers (non religious), were actively approaching people and handing out leaflets.. on the market i saw the jw charity stall and again not a single soul was interested or even near it.. i'm glad this 'urgent never to be repeated work(tm)' is being vigorously carried out by god's chosen people.

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  How about Couldn't Care Less Cart for the USA?
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  I saw a trolley (cart to you cousins in the U.S.A.)

  by punkofnice in

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  yes.. peterborough city center u.k. ''what does the bible really teach'' displayed on it.. a family of 3 i know were sitting on the bench just behind it.

  i'm not going to say anything derogatory about them as they are nice folks even if they have to shun me now i bear no malice.. as predicted not a single person was paying any attention as they walked by.

  i noticed some other canvassers (non religious), were actively approaching people and handing out leaflets.. on the market i saw the jw charity stall and again not a single soul was interested or even near it.. i'm glad this 'urgent never to be repeated work(tm)' is being vigorously carried out by god's chosen people.

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  LOL at Apathy Trolley

  New official JWN name?
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  This week's WT study...made me so sick.....

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  this week's study april 15th 2014 was called "do you see the one who is invisible?".

  it was perhaps one of the most depressing, controlling, fear-mongering, stress inducing, doctrinally incorrect, hate-inspiring, judgemental, cult-like, irrational, hyped-up, critical, crazy, stretched out, fanciful, illogical, burdensome, inflated, coersive, manipulative, and brain-snappingly weird stuff i have read for some time.... (but i'm sure it was just a rehash and repeat of previous stuff...for the new masses....).

  i had to keep up a sane appearance while in the hall, and even answer some garbage while this was being 'studied'... my cognitive disonance must be so strong now, because i found this one of the hardest ones to endure....now that i am home, i have poured a stiff drink and am trying to clear my head...... one paragraph was classic:.

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  If you foretell persecution long enough you eventually get impatient. And, then you start to create it by your ever more crazy actions.

  So, you must do whatever the GB say no matter how foolish it looks from a human standpoint.

  Maybe create a compound like the GB did in upstate New York?

  Isn't this a known precursor to violence? Think Manson, Ruby Ridge, Waco.