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the new world translation of the holy scriptures
by jes30427 in
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what year was this bible translated?

it doesnt even say who translated it.

did this russel guy get bored and want to start his own religion or something.
skeptic2

You got the name wrong, it should be titled No Worse Translation.
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The Mayan Calander Ends 2012 December
by frankiespeakin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
have any on this board read into this subject?
skeptic2

Call me a crackpot, but I'm one of them.
You're a crackpot.
Elsewhere - you made me laugh out loud, hilarious.
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Kerry Louderback-Wood on today's BBC 'Sunday Programme'
by AnnOMaly in
1. watchtower
2. medical
somebody gave me the heads up on this.. if anyone can find a way of recording it before it disappears ...?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/sunday/ select 'listen to the current programme in full' option, and the excerpt begins approx 10.37 into the stream.. or.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/realmedia/sunday/sundayauto.ram.
skeptic2

Im not getting anywhere trying to download it from savefiles.com. Page timed out.
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A Case FOR Evolution?
by pmouse in
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and the official wts response?

new light, silence, imperfect man or imperfect bird?.
skeptic2

Here's a good short essay describing the basic notions of scientific evolutionary theory:
Why Are Scientists Confident that Complex Biological Systems Evolved Gradually?
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A Case FOR Evolution?
by pmouse in
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2. beliefs
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and the official wts response?

new light, silence, imperfect man or imperfect bird?.
skeptic2

Ha ha ha. That is micro-evolution which is not in debate. Speciation has not been proven nor has it been demonstratedm,
You can also see it in the fossil record: Penguins took about 50 million years to speciate into Penguins from an earlier species, Whales are another animal that speciated whilst also moving from land to sea, over about 20 million years.
which is one reason that evolution is a THEORY
The word THEORY as you use it developed as a slang term but has now become part of the general language. It is very different from the original scientific use of the word:
Theory: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"
What you mean when you say THEORY is what a scientist means when he says HYPOTHESIS:
Hypothesis: a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
I guess in your eyes God has been dropping down hundreds of thousands of new species onto the planet over the last 4 billion years, and their similarity to a species just preceding them must be pure coincidence (a lot of luck involved in your explanation).
To argue against evolution is to argue against God's creation. You make out God to be a simpleton not capable of conceiving the breathtaking simplicity of the evolutionary process. Creationists have set up evolution as an anti-God straw man, in my view for no good reason than their own ignorance and self-interest.
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A Case FOR Evolution?
by pmouse in
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2. beliefs
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and the official wts response?

new light, silence, imperfect man or imperfect bird?.
skeptic2

Here's another relevant page from the Talk Origins site: http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CB/CB910.html.
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A Case FOR Evolution?
by pmouse in
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2. beliefs
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and the official wts response?

new light, silence, imperfect man or imperfect bird?.
skeptic2

The statement that 'speciation is unproven' is a classic example of the Big Lie, that if you tell a lie with enough confidence people will (more often than not) assume that it must be true.
For examples of speciation, see section 5 of this page: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-speciation.html. If you want to find more on the subject, I suggest Google, or your local bookshop.
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What is the ONE word that describes you best?
by In Between in
1. jw
2. friends
was thinking about this today while heading' down the road and thought it might be a fun topic.

if you break it down to the simplest degree, and i'm not necessarily talking about 'qualities' here ... but what one word, noun, adverb or adjective would you say describes you best?

for me: passion
skeptic2

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A Case FOR Evolution?
by pmouse in
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2. beliefs
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and the official wts response?

new light, silence, imperfect man or imperfect bird?.
skeptic2

Isnt this classed as adaptation, not evolution.
Adaption is the major part of the process. Here are some definitions:
1) The change in life over time by adaptation, variation, over-reproduction, and differential survival/reproduction, a process referred to by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace as natural selection.
2) Descent with modification.
The long-term process through which a population of organisms accumulates genetic changes that enable its members to successfully adapt to environmental conditions and to better exploit food resources.
The bird id still a bird it didnt change into a fish !!!
Is that a serious comment? Do you seriously expect a bird to evolve into a fish in 20 years? Penguins took about 50 million years. Whales are another animal that moved from land to sea, over about 20 million years.
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IRAQ RAPIST RAISED JW +1,163 news articles
by DannyHaszard in
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2. scandals
kin defend texas soldiers accused of rape, killings

houston chronicle, united states - 3 hours ago .

... "he has very good morality," sanchez said, adding that he was raised a jehovah's witness.
skeptic2

Danny Haszard you are like a cross between a human, a Pitbull and a Bloodhound!