Rather than any sort of jealousy on her part I think Michelle's expression has more to do with her husband and Helle Thorning-Schmidt larking about in front of the world's press at the worldwide live TV broadcast of the memmorial service for one of the most famous men of the 20th century.
As for a caption, oh I don't know, something Nelson's column maybe?
so im reading "why evokution is true" by coyne and the page im on is talking about darwin and natural selection:.
"but natural selection was also the part of evolutionary theory con- sidered most revolutionary in darwins time, and it is still unsettling to many.
selection is both revolutionary and disturbing for the same reason: it explains apparent design in nature by a purely materialistic process that doesnt require creation or guidance by supernatural forces.
@ Perry
That site you linked to is hilarious, if it were a book I'd buy it it for my "Kooks/Alternative World View/Real Stupid Shit" book shelf.
Safe to say I'm still an atheist after reading about how "on November 13th 3398 B.C. two billion people with astonishing technology (including nuclear weapons and computers) vanished from the Earth after a 6000 foot tidel wave" but thanks for the info anyway.
these two guys that ran over a man and then hacked him to death , shown on cctv where their is absolutely no doubt as to their involvement ?
they should be taken out and shot , no trial ,end of story.and they admit it , trying to use an excuse of warfare or whatever .kill the bastards.. smiddy.
Too execute these two men would be to play into their hands and to lower ourselves to their subhuman level. Rise above it folks and let these two idiots be forgotten by all but their most fundementalist fellow Islamists.
We can not give a government any mandate for a death penalty as this will lead not only to innocent people being executed but also to yet more erosion of our precious human rights.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/b00aramt0m.
my novel about jw's at the end of the world has been temporarily discounted by the publisher.
if you have a kindle (or kindle reader on another device) you can get a copy for only 99 cents.
Hi Anthony
Bought and enjoyed this book in paperback about a year ago soon after it came out. It was great and to be honest more than a little upsetting (in a good way, if that makes sense) You don't happen to have finished volumes 2 have you? I'm very much looking forward to reading it.
peace to you!.
this thread is about false things (some) atheists think theists believe.
this is not a thread about false things that atheists think about theists.
I agree with Gother. It is theists who claim "Faith = Moral, Lack of Faith Immoral" I have never heard an atheist say such a thing.
As for your point regarding hell, whether hell is literal or not why would God knowingly create people with full foreknowledge they will not believe in him or meet his moral standards and then punish them for this?
This God person sounds far from "just and mercilful" and it fills my heart with joy and peace to know he does not and can not exist.
manchester evening news (the paper who owns the arena used for assemblies).
"jonathan rose was branded a hypocrite as he was locked up for molesting two little girls he met through the church.. manchester crown court heard that rose, of new moston , won the trust of his victims families before targeting their daughters.
his youngest victim was just five-years-old when she was groped by him in her own home.
@ krejames
"A lot of local papers are owned by big nationals"
Actually as far as local papers go the Manchester Evening News is a biggy. Among many other business interests the Manchester Evening News Group actually owns the nationally distributed Guardian newspaper so there is a chance this story could go national.
your tax money being used by b.o.
(he stinks).
reminds me of saturday night live.. .
Reading this thread I am so glad I don't live in the USA.
The average American's view seems to be "By all means spend my tax money on an unwinnable war in revolting little Muslim theocracy that doesn't even want us there in the first place (Afghanistan in case you need telling) but don't you dare spend it on cancer drugs and kidney transplants for the poorest and most vulnerable people in our own country, especially if it means people can get contreceptive pills"
That's f***ed up, especially as despite having by far the world's most expensive healthcare (both per citizen and over all cost) you have the highest rates of infant mortality and deaths from preventable illness in the developed world.
now in no way am i trying to discredit anyones beliefs or make fun, but once you get to heaven what is the plan once you get there.. of course, we always overlay extremely physical things upon the experience of heaven... milk and honey... ruiling over the earth etc... truthful the whole idea sounds so boring / mundane /monotonous.
spending all of eternity serving god by carry messages here and there?.
watching humans... i guess spending time with family that are also there and reminiscing.
I always thought the idea of going to heaven was so boring and the idea of living forever on Earth was one thing I initially found appealing about "the truth". Twenty years later I find the idea of eternal life on Earth boring, I mean waking up every morning knowing you'll be doing the same thing an infinite number of times over an infinite number of years. I doubt even Jehovah could find enough to occupy everyone for ever. How depressing when you stop and think about it.
The Bible is indeed utter drivel, badly writen drivel at that full of utterly absurd stories. The majority of said drivel being writen long after the events it supposedly records and collected in some cases millenia after it was writen. Realizing this was one of the happiest days of my life.
i am wondering this:.
what surgeries/procedures/situations have been shown to be life-or-death decisions without blood?.
i only know, currently, of trauma (car accident, gunshot wound, etc).... what would be treatable exclusively with "no blood fractions" and with "no procedures using my blood"?.
Risk of dying from illnesses such as HIV, HepC, HepB, TRALI, acute immune hemolytic reaction, etc, all added up: possibly less than 1%
Probably closer to 0.05%
ever since i was a little boy i've been aware of this vague story about my older sister having some issues at birth, but never knew the details.. yesterday i was having a conversation with a much older cousin, who is a non-practicing jw about different watchtower issues.
while discussing the blood issue she totally came out with the story about my sister, which i never knew before.. when my sister was born some 40 years ago, my mother had the delivery at home with the help of a midwife.
i'm not entirely sure why this decision was made instead of going to a hospital.
Astonishing story that just goes to show how vile this cult is, good on your uncle.
Though non-JW related a similar thing happened with my younger sister and she doesn't know anything about the drama that unfolded when she was born. I wanted to tell her about it, however my couselor gently convinced me it wasn't for me to tell her.
