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  Endosymbiosis --- A challenge to Dawkins' Universal Darwinism

  by hamilcarr in

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  inspired by dawkins' notion of universal darwinism, biologists have been trying to prove that all sorts of evolution can be explained by a simple paradigm of random mutation and natural selection.

  because of dawkins' ardor to spread the word, many have no idea there's far more to discover about evolutionary mechanisms beyond natural selection.. one of these challenges to dawkins' universal darwinism is called the endosymbiotic theory, popularized by lynn margulis in the 90s.

  she's known for her bold rejection of some neo-darwinian interpretations.

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  Dawkins on Jehovah's Witnesses' "Creation" book

  by slimboyfat in

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  has anyone read dawkins new book the god delusion yet?

  he discusses the creation book on pages 119-121. he says that he discusses this particular tract only because it has had such a wide circulation - no fewer than 6 of which have been sent to him personally.

  well i think he has at least 7 copies by now because i personally know one witness who sent him one following his recent the roof of all evil?

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  Any Queensryche fans?

  by exwitless in

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  i planned a little overnight getaway trip for little drummer boy and i for next week.

  we're going to see queensryche in concert.

  i myself am not too familiar with most of their music, but ldb has been a fan for many years.

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  Is manned space exploration a waste of money?

  by free2beme in

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  i was watching a program the other day, and it mentioned some interesting things about exploring space.

  1. nothing has been found on other planets that we need or would benefit from.

  rather the opposite, we have found hostile environments that would kill us.. 2. the cost to get a man to these places is astronomical, and not something that would reap benefit to our planet.. 3. so far, nothing within reasonable traveling distance has shown itself worth an effort that would require man, and would not be done easier with machine.. so with this in mind, other then the travel we see with the space shuttle in our own orbit, that has shown some medical breakthroughs and so on.

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  Issuing a Challenge to Atheists and Unbelievers, part II (get your popcorn)

  by The wanderer in

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  <!-- .style1 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #6969d8; } .style2 {font-family: font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;} --> question for atheists and unbelievers alike part ii in our last discussion, the focus of attention was whether or not.

  there existed a possibility that god existed based on the fact.

  that there are a number of claims and reports of individuals .

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  Dream ticket for next presidential election

  by JWdaughter in

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  mine would be lieberman/edwards or edwards/lieberman.

  i have never voted dem.

  before(for a major office), but for them, i would.

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  Which biblical names do you find cool?

  by JH in

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  which biblical names do you like, and maybe you'd name your child that way?.

  i like this one: bathsheba.

  oh, here are a few to choose from .

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  Name Things JWs Try To "Demonize"

  by minimus in

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  the witnesses are always trying to scare the faithful by telling them that if they don't adhere to the teachings and lifestyle of the brotherhood-----that bad things are going to happen to them.

  for example, they might tell you of brother regret who left the "truth", had "fun" in the "world" and then got aids.

  now he's back in the "truth" but he only has months to live................can you think of other examples of how the witnesses try to spook the rank and file?

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  How Accurate is Your Bull$h!t Detector?

  by Scully in

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  i think everyone has a bs detector, but not everyone utilizes theirs, or ignores its warnings.. i find that mine seems very sensitive and unless i "feel" sincerity from the person i am sizing up, my bs detector has various levels of "alert" mode.. in "yellow alert" mode, i tend to be very guarded with personal information until the individual's behaviour identifies whether i should maintain that status quo or not.

  this seems to be my default setting, i think, because i tend to use it with all new people i encounter.. in "orange alert" mode, there's something about the person that just is not meshing with me.

  they may be trying to cross a boundary that i do not want them to cross, like bestowing a nickname on me without asking me if i'm ok with it first.

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  Who else loves walking?

  by JH in

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  gee, i walked about 15 km or 10 miles yesterday, and about 10 km today or 6 miles.. next time i go for a walk, i'll walk 7 times around the kingdom hall.

  maybe it will crumble.......

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