TheOldHippie --- BAM, just learned something new! Evolution was not Darwin's theory, it had been posited long before - again, interesting! And was the earlier researcher, also a "Darwin", related?
Reading on Lamarckism now. Tks.
talesin
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Evolution is a Fact #7 - Human Egg Yolk Gene
by cofty inexploring the human genome is like roaming around an historic town.
some places are pristine and obviously still in everyday use.
others have been unused for a while and starting to show signs of decay and if you look carefully there are relics of buildings that were abandoned long ago.. in this post we are going to look at a gene that we still carry in every cell in our body but which fell into disuse 10s of millions of years ago.. humans are placental mammals.
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Evolution is a Fact #7 - Human Egg Yolk Gene
by cofty inexploring the human genome is like roaming around an historic town.
some places are pristine and obviously still in everyday use.
others have been unused for a while and starting to show signs of decay and if you look carefully there are relics of buildings that were abandoned long ago.. in this post we are going to look at a gene that we still carry in every cell in our body but which fell into disuse 10s of millions of years ago.. humans are placental mammals.
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talesin
Thanks, very interesting.
No, I did not, Cofty. Sadly, I know that men can get breast cancer, but wow, that's kinda incredible. You have the equipment, but it's like 'the switch is turned to off'. We all start out as female when we are zygotes (physical organs), so makes sense. (ha, now I'll have to read more about *that*). : )
Island Man, just read your comment. Thank you, great examples. I've noticed other things about foods and general health, differ between cultures (ie, Inuits eating mostly fat, no high cholesterol; my people, needing hard physical labour for optimum health).
Ah, the more I learn, the more I realize how little I know. That was the only thing about *forever* that I could wrap my head around as a child ---- imagining being a student, forever. : ) -
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What is truth?
by Heisenberg inwell, i have been lurking on this site for several months and i recently decided to join as a member.
i have made several observations and would like to make a few comments.. first, i am perplexed by the attitude of many on this site that are either former or active (but apostate) jws.
they seem to have a strong hatred for the wts and also for rank and file jws.
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talesin
I like what Don Henley said "In the Garden of Allah" :
"There is no truthThere are no facts
Only data we have manipulated"
It fits the WTS to a 'tee'.
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Swearing on the bible
by Lost and adrift inon the subject of truth.
..... i was always under the impression that one of the reasons jws couldn't do jury duty or go to court etc was that we were not allowed to swear on the bible.
..as in i swear to tell the truth the whole truth etc etc .
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talesin
In Canada, you don't have to swear on the Bible or anything. You just swear on your own good name. That is a fact - I've been a witness in criminal proceedings more than once. We are a secular country.
I'm shocked that anyone in the USA or Great Britain (even more shocking) would have been fined or jailed for such nonsense. The Searcher, in Canada, there's always been other options, your comment boggles my mind.Edit: I do remember that years ago, we were told it was wrong to swear on the Bible, but we could request a different 'swear'. Swear on the "Book"? Hell, no! I don't know if it is written down, but it was a rule.
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What shocking stories did you ever hear about?
by Truthexplorer inas a pre-awakened ms, i heard of 2 stories that i found very shocking at the time.
please keep in mind, i was following wt blindly at the time and was part of what i thought was the true religion.
the first shocking story was when i attended a large meeting for elders and ministerial servants covering our circuit.
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talesin
One of my best friend's fathers drove himself into the lake on his snowmobile one dark night - he headed directly for the weak spot in the ice. I am convinced it was because he was involved in ...
Pedo ring which is rumored to include murder.
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Witnesses killed my friend today.
by WasOnceBlind intoday has been a horrible day.
what began as a day of joy finding out that one of my lifelong friends had her baby, turned into a nightmare when her brother called me to let me know she had passed away after birth.
i was in shock and didn't ask how.
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talesin
This is utterly sad, and as zeb said ^^^. She will always be with you.
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How do you feel about the expression "The Truth"?
by stuckinarut2 init's amazing how the expression "the truth" has become such an ingrained term used by witnesses.. "we have 'the truth'".
"is he 'in the truth'?".
most here have found out so many facts about the organisation, and felt the effects of being "gut-punched" as we realised these facts.. so how do you feel about the expression "the truth" now?.
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talesin
I decided long ago to call it "The Lie" when talking to non-cult members. When I still saw my parents, i would call it 'the religion" or "your religion" when speaking to them.
The words "The Truth" just can't pass my lips, because I get queasy just thinking about it (makes me so ANGRY to call that misogynistic, child-abusing cult the TRUTH), and *puke*.
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Most Poorly Written JW Book
by JW_Rogue inso i was thinking the other day that the wt corp has produced thousands of books over the years.
although the writers have changed the style is almost always the same.
however, some books are just worse than others.
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Evolution is a Fact #7 - Human Egg Yolk Gene
by cofty inexploring the human genome is like roaming around an historic town.
some places are pristine and obviously still in everyday use.
others have been unused for a while and starting to show signs of decay and if you look carefully there are relics of buildings that were abandoned long ago.. in this post we are going to look at a gene that we still carry in every cell in our body but which fell into disuse 10s of millions of years ago.. humans are placental mammals.
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talesin
I find your lessons a bit hard to follow (ie, lots of information in a small package - well done), so have been supplementing by googling and rounding them out. I've never had much interest in the actual science of evolution before, so you have sparked that. Thanks. I do have a question about this lesson, just a small one.
My reading showed that 'joeys' are nursed for 350 days, and humans also breast-feed for at least a year (under normal conditions, ie, before industrialization and other factors gave women the option to refrain from breast feeding). This short term of breast feeding is a 20th century practice, and has little to do with women's ability to produce milk for years after birth.The practice made popular in the 1950s, of feeding infants Pablum (ie, cereal grains) beginning at 3 months is now known to be a bad nutritional start. Mother's milk is all that is required, and indeed, it is recommended that 12 months be the earliest cutoff (medically) for breast feeding, even when the child's diet is already inclusive of other foods.
Are we (modern technological culture) effecting an eventual biological change, by rejecting 'nature' and turning to substitution for mother's milk? In other words, will we 'lose' the ability to lactate, as more generations of babies are not fed from the breast? In effect, 'use it or lose it'?
And I don't expect a 'defining answer' ... it just made me think of all the messed-up, unnatural things we are doing to ourselves and the planet, and left me wondering what kind of genetic changes may take place down the road. Or perhaps I have just read too much sci-fi in my life (not a bad thing, considering Verne and others who 'imagined' the future). : )
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Im sick of my life
by BlackWolf insorry but i really feel like i need to rant right now.
recently my dad was made an elder so my family has been doing a lot more "theocratic" activities lately.
every morning i wake up and put on my itchy dress and stupid makeup and heels and then pretend that i love what i'm doing and that everybody is my friend when in reality i feel horrible and all the other teenage girls at my hall hate me for some reason.
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talesin
Giordano, that's an excellent one, 'mindful meditation'. That's actually a very ancient Buddhist type of meditation, eyes can be open or closed. You can repeat any word, actually (mine is 'thinking'), and it also helps to focus on the breath in 3 stages, lungs, diaphragm, belly, (slowly through nostrils) and breath out (mouth). Focus on what you hear, smell, feel, etc. and whenever thoughts / mind starts racing, repeat the word. xx