Interesting. I appreciate hypotheses that seek to explain or model how it is that the JW leadership do what they do and get away with it, since it defies all reasoning and present (2013) models or examples of self-generated thoughts or self-directed action. Being as they are one of the most self-referential systems, Ptolemaic in the extreme, asserting that all events of the world center on them like celestial spheres, it is consistent to add a time dimension to their sense of entitlement, and model things as you say - "Their past errors is the energy, the food, that powers the wt." So to that extent (who knows what fractional component) they don't even require any present adversaries. They are 'their own worst enemy'.
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9Scientific method approach to false prophecies
by DS211 inscientific method.
the process of proposing a hypothesis, and then testing its accuracy by collecting data on events the hypothesis predicts.
if the predictions match the new data the hypothesis is supported.
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Scientific method approach to false prophecies
by DS211 inscientific method.
the process of proposing a hypothesis, and then testing its accuracy by collecting data on events the hypothesis predicts.
if the predictions match the new data the hypothesis is supported.
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They have applied the scientific method to the best way to lie, the most optimal lies, the most efficient method of diseminating lies, the best way to prevent the discovery of lies. They are absolutely scientific in how they harness, leverage, exploit human weakness. They crack the human soul to produce a dollar the way a nuclear engineer cracks an atom to produce a joule.
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Boeing 747s and Other Misunderstandings about Evolution
by cofty inperhaps the most common misunderstanding that prevents people from grasping evolution is complexity.. we see it almost daily on the forum where people mention dna or the eye or any of a multititude of examples and ask how it could have arose "by blind chance"?.
whenever you see a reference to chance and complexity it is obvious the person hasn't yet grasped the basics of the theory.
chance is only one part of the process.
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Prebiotic significance of extraterrestrial ice photochemistry: detection of hydantoin in organic residues.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22059641Formation of Amino Acids and Nucleotide Bases in a Titan Atmosphere Simulation Experiment
http://www.sarahhorst.com/Publications_files/Horst_2012_amino.pdfCold chemistry like on comets and Titan has less chemical equilibrium that would quickly destroy newly-created complex molecules.
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" the universe made itself " but---
by prologos inwatching the fertilization of an ovum and subsequent cell division it appears that the new being is making itself.
parents were involved, unskilled labor, time, energy.
no thing has ever been observed to make itself, to my knowledge.
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Caltech cosmologist Sean Carroll says that energy is not conserved in universal relativistic acceleration, because energy is already not conserved in General Relativity:
http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2010/02/22/energy-is-not-conserved/
Sean Carroll prescribes sticking with the first Friedman equation which runs off total energy density:
http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/11/16/why-does-dark-energy-make-the-universe-accelerate/
Drexel cosmologist Dave Goldberg allows the anthropic principle to answer why our dark energy is so much smaller than the analogous/comparable vacuum energy:
http://io9.com/5607692/are-physicists-just-making-up-dark-energy
Dave Goldberg applies photon loss of energy by redshift to conservation:
http://usersguidetotheuniverse.com/?p=3124
An io9 contributor, Alasdair Wilkins, explores consequences of different dark energy ratios:
http://io9.com/5817957/what-does-dark-energy-mean-for-the-end-of-the-universe
U Florida cosmologist Ethan Siegel's rushed effort to explain conservation of energy:
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/12/02/dark-energy-accelerated-expans/
Some random physics prof asserts conservation of energy since Big Bang, because QM:
http://www.physicscentral.com/experiment/askaphysicist/physics-answer.cfm?uid=20120221015143
UC mathematician John Baez provides a hack equation for conservation of energy in GR, but does not say it is universal:
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/energy_gr.html
Young Czech string theorist's attempt to explain why energy is not conserved in a cosmology with GR:
http://motls.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-and-how-energy-is-not-conserved-in.html
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" the universe made itself " but---
by prologos inwatching the fertilization of an ovum and subsequent cell division it appears that the new being is making itself.
parents were involved, unskilled labor, time, energy.
no thing has ever been observed to make itself, to my knowledge.
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This Fractal Zoom Reminds Me Of The Time I Took A Heavy Dose Of Blue Flying Saucer LSD Back In The Day
by frankiespeakin inenjoy the experience:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foxd6zqlnlu.
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Have you tried Mandelbulb?
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" the universe made itself " but---
by prologos inwatching the fertilization of an ovum and subsequent cell division it appears that the new being is making itself.
parents were involved, unskilled labor, time, energy.
no thing has ever been observed to make itself, to my knowledge.
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I think that the conception of a reality or a physical universe without a deified first cause is a fourth spatial dimension unto itself, and, depending, sometimes, it literally, figuratively, and mathematically, cannot be conceived.
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"What exactly is his world view? from Cofty I see nothing but, anti-life, anti-love, anti-hope"
by cofty invillagegirl's question on another thread was probably supposed to be rhetorical but i want to respond to it.. many times people of faith express similar misapprehensions about those who don't share their views on eternity.. i want this to be a positive thread.
an opportunity for atheists to share what moves and inspires them.
what do you live for, what gives your life meaning and purpose?
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Anthemic. In general, my impression of those who must believe is that they are prone to self-satisfaction, and those who cannot believe are prone to the inability to be satisfied. Different brain chemistries for different folks: Some habits reward in the sense of belonging to a group that is subordinate to a broader context. Some habits reward in the sense of defying, breaking, expanding or complicating those broader context(s).
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Ok, now I know why you atheists get so spittin' mad at some believers.
by Julia Orwell incuz they feel like they're banging their heads against a wall.. i don't really fall into the category of atheist or believer, but i'll go where the facts lead me.
that generally leads to atheism, and is why atheists end up getting mad and therefore rude at believers: they will lay out facts, raise questions, play devil's advocate, and reason in an evidence-based, structured way.
i've seen it many times before on this forum.
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I looked up the defintion of an apostate and found a possible tactic in talking to a JW.
by 5go inassuming they converted to being a jw that is.
because simply converting reigions or changing one's beliefs makes one an apostate by defintion.. just though i would bring that up..
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Good. This reception answers and quenches an anxiety I had over using JWN too much as a crutch during this period of working on grad level astronomy computer codes. The amount of room in the universe under the JW umbrella is very limited, and you do really have to fit to stay inside that umbrella. During these three or four months I have downloaded a lot of news about what JWs are doing in JW world, which includes the resort/retreat, the simplification of literature, and juicy details of how the real estate empire works. The single thing I hope to have uploaded to the visitors is that getting out after, or long after, the prime of your human youth does not eliminate you in what you aspire to. I can only hope that during these months I have bled pain much less than 8 years ago when I first came here. Putting pain in context so you can communicate some lesson comes only with time. Enough from me, for now. Thank you for the lols.