Interesting video.
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5Interesting series on YouTube by AnonDude2
by Listener ini came across a series of youtube videos presented by an ex jw and thought the story he has to tell and the videos he presents are amazing.. the young man is only 19 years old, he was baptized at the age of 14. he has made over 150 videos.
many of his initial videos takes the viewer step by step through his judicial committees.
there is over 4 hours of taped video of the proceedings and he provides his own commentary after each 15 minute taping.. ethan was eventually disfellowhipped for three reasons.
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About Anonymous they are working on things as we speak!
by life is to short insoldier 77 just posted this about two hours ago but i think his post got lost is the great debate and straw mans that another posters was throwing around.. anyway i hope soldier 77 does not mind if i make a thread from his insight.
soldier 77 "this seems to have missed in the tangent argument going on: http://pastebin.com/3nitctlf.
anonymous are needing some more people on the inside to help.
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DT
Here are the comments for the Anonymous Press release. The discussion is ongoing.
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Order Conditionally Granting Motion For New Trial As To Punitive Damages Filed in Candace Conti Case
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DT
Bump. Any more news about this?
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Science rules
by EntirelyPossible inhttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/johns_hopkins_researchers_return_blood_cells_to_stem_cell_state.
johns hopkins scientists have developed a reliable method to turn the clock back on blood cells, restoring them to a primitive stem cell state from which they can then develop into any other type of cell in the body.. the work, described in the aug. 8 issue of the journal public library of science (plos), is chapter two in an ongoing effort to efficiently and consistently convert adult blood cells into stem cells that are highly qualified for clinical and research use in place of human embryonic stem cells, says elias zambidis, m.d., ph.d., assistant professor of oncology and pediatrics at the johns hopkins institute for cell engineering and the kimmel cancer center.. taking a cell from an adult and converting it all the way back to the way it was when that person was a 6-day-old embryo creates a completely new biology toward our understanding of how cells age and what happens when things go wrong, as in cancer development, zambidis says.. chapter one, zambidis says, was work described last spring in plos one in which zambidis and colleagues recounted the use of this successful method of safely transforming adult blood cells into heart cells.
in the latest experiments, he and his colleagues now describe methods for coaxing adult blood cells to become so-called induced-pluripotent stem cells (ips) --- adult cells reprogrammed to an embryonic like state, and with unprecedented efficiencies.. zambidis says his team has managed to develop a super efficient, virus-free way to make ips cells, overcoming a persistent difficulty for scientists working with these cells in the laboratory.
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DT
Very interesting. This raises all sorts of questions about the JW blood policy. How will they respond to medical treatments that use blood in completely new ways?
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Sparlockgate - the YouTube copyright clampdown continues!
by cedars inyou may remember some time ago i released a song entitled "sparlock we love you" on youtube.. the song was a parody of the "become jehovah's friend" dvd, and became very popular - with well over 10,000 views last time i checked.. i did consider the possibility that the society would complain on grounds of copyright infringement, because i used some specially-altered versions of images on the dvd, such as the one below.... .
however, i shrugged this off, because i thought even the society wouldn't be as petty as to publically complain about the way the images were used.. nevertheless, they did.
today i got the following email.... dear john cedars,we have disabled the following material as a result of a third-party notification from watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvanias, claiming that this material is infringing:.
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DT
It's a shame that a corporation like the Watchtower Society can use DMCA complaints to infringe on the free speech rights of its critics. If someone objects, they will get their name and address and can persecute them even more. Abusing this process could expose them to legal liability if they ever pick on the wrong person. In the meantime, there is the court of public opinion. At least they are being exposed for the hypocritical bullies that they are.
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Watchtower and Anonymous Links, Updates, News, etc.
by DT ini wanted to consolidate a lot of the information about the attack of anonymous against the watchtower society.
if you disagree with the tactics of anonymous, that's fine.
this information may still be useful as the public is made more aware of the the dangerous policies of the watchtower society.
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DT
I thought I would update this by posting a link to the discussion about videos that are critical of the Watchtower Society being removed from YouTube.
I know that Internet censorship is something that Anonymous is very concerned about, so this issue might capture their attention.
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About Anonymous they are working on things as we speak!
by life is to short insoldier 77 just posted this about two hours ago but i think his post got lost is the great debate and straw mans that another posters was throwing around.. anyway i hope soldier 77 does not mind if i make a thread from his insight.
soldier 77 "this seems to have missed in the tangent argument going on: http://pastebin.com/3nitctlf.
anonymous are needing some more people on the inside to help.
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DT
"well, I guess this one fizzeld out...."
I'm not sure about that. There are reports of work being done secretly. Also this latest round of DMCA complaints by the Watchtower Society has been getting some attention on Twitter and the Anonymous press release.
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Sparlockgate - the YouTube copyright clampdown continues!
by cedars inyou may remember some time ago i released a song entitled "sparlock we love you" on youtube.. the song was a parody of the "become jehovah's friend" dvd, and became very popular - with well over 10,000 views last time i checked.. i did consider the possibility that the society would complain on grounds of copyright infringement, because i used some specially-altered versions of images on the dvd, such as the one below.... .
however, i shrugged this off, because i thought even the society wouldn't be as petty as to publically complain about the way the images were used.. nevertheless, they did.
today i got the following email.... dear john cedars,we have disabled the following material as a result of a third-party notification from watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvanias, claiming that this material is infringing:.
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DT
Thanks, I was trying to figure out how to post here.
I was hoping the Watchtower Society would do something dumb like this. Their earlier round of takedowns really backfired when it just brought more attention to Sparlock and resulted in even more videos being posted. Members of Anonymous may also find this interesting. I remember when their actions against Scientology were partly prompted by Scientology trying to take down that infamous Tom Cruise video.
Here is that video.
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YouTube and Fair Use exceptions
by King Solomon inthis is posted as information hopefully helpful for those who've posted sparlock videos, or other ip (intellectual property) which is owned by wtbts, and have received a dmca takedown notice from youtube (yt).. i host many vids on yt, and have much first-hand experience with the dreaded dmca takedown process, largely thanks to a video that was posted by me years ago that gets alot of traffic (currently 700k hits) and is subject to recurring take-downs notices from nbc universal (it is an snl skit that i use as a launching point for a discussion of the principles of sexual harrassment law.
nbc universal has a huge skyscraper in l.a./n.y., teeming with ip lawyers: this is what they do to earn their keep).
i've talked to ip lawyers, just to make sure i understood the process (which is easy to handle yourself).. disclaimer: i am not a lawyer: spend your own $$$ on legal advice, if you are in doubt.. the first thing to realize is that the takedown process largely is automated by yt, wherein content owners (networks, movie studios, corporations, etc) submit a dvd or video footage of their protected work(s), which is automatically screened against existing and uploaded yt user videos looking for a finger-print "match" of the footage.
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DT
I can't comment on the other thread for some reason.
I noticed that the video says it was taken down because of a copyright claim by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvanias. Although, that may be a misspelling, that entity as it's spelled doesn't appear to exist. I would ask YouTube about that. I don't see how they can remove something based on a claim by a nonexistent corporation. How would you even fight a claim from something that doesn't exist?
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Moshe received proof of a spiritual afterlife in 1999
by moshe ini have posted this experience of mine before- it's time to resurrect it again.. in 1999 i was in bed asleep and i had a dream- my father and i were shoping at a clothing store called fazios, that i hadn't been inside since i was a boy (closed for many years).
we were looking at some denim overhalls and in walks my mother and brother ( she died in 1991 and my brother had died five months previously).
they told my dad, it's time to go.
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DT
This is an interesting discussion. A number of natural explanations have been suggested and I think it only makes to examine those before supernatural explanations are even considered.
I have personally never encountered convincing evidence of supernatural activity, so my inclination (perhaps it's a bias) is to only consider natural explanations. Even if something like this happened to me, I would be inclined to accept that there is a natural explanation that may not be obvious.
If I ever did experience something that I thought could only be explained through the supernatural, I would try to at least consider which supernatural explanation is most likely. In the case of this dream, it hardly seems to be "proof of a spiritual afterlife". I personally think some kind of esp would be much more likely. If you accept that the dream was a result of some sort of supernatural communication or connection with another person, I would consider it to be more likely to be from the person who was living then from those who were already dead. I would consider this to be the more likely explanation for this incident, even if the the existence of an afterlife was proven.
There are other supernatural explanations such as demons (either with good or bad intentions) playing with your mind. These may not seem very likely, but they should at least be considered if you are trying to determine the chances of something being the result of a single supernatural explanation.
The human mind is good at developing compelling stories to explain things. The idea of an afterlife is certainly a very compelling story. However, if a person comes to the conclusion that a different supernatural explanation is more likely, even if it is less compelling or meaningful emotionally, it might not be that big a step to go further and consider more mundane natural causes as the best explanation.