The WT's September 2022 study article (as shown in the JW website) called ' “Bringing the Many to Righteousness” ' shows the biblical Daniel wearing a beard in the New World paradise Earth and the caption to the illustration says the following. "How thrilling it will be to see Daniel, our loved ones, and many more “stand up” for their lot in the new world! (See paragraph 20)"
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Our J.W friends still have issues with beards 2022??Why?
by Witness 007 inour witness friend who during covid grew his beard has been hassled by elders who asked him "why" he chose to have facial growth.
he for real, had to give an answer why.
this is pharasees total rubbish.
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Replacing God?
by punkofnice inwe seem to be if a more secular society here in the west, these days.
i'm speaking from the uk.. with the lack of belief in god/s, i'm wondering if all the seeming (note: i said seeming!
), deification of people like greta thunberg, george floyd and celebs amongst others, if people who have no real belief system, are filling the gap left by god with people?.
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Correction: Where I said "... my physics teacher and my chemistry made..." I meant to say "... my physics teacher and my chemistry teacher made ...".
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Replacing God?
by punkofnice inwe seem to be if a more secular society here in the west, these days.
i'm speaking from the uk.. with the lack of belief in god/s, i'm wondering if all the seeming (note: i said seeming!
), deification of people like greta thunberg, george floyd and celebs amongst others, if people who have no real belief system, are filling the gap left by god with people?.
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Hello punkofnice, I noticed you said "10 renowned scientists say a thing is 'so'. Another 10 renowned scientists say it 'isn't so'. Who do you believe?" I believe that the climate scientists who say human caused climate change is real are correct in saying such. I believe that because of the following.
The information I read regarding the percentage of climate scientists who are convinced that human caused climate change is real is not anything like 50% pro and 50% con. It is 97% (or more) of them being convinced it is real. It is thus not at all a hard decision for me to make as to whether I should believe the view of the nay saying climate scientists instead of the scientists who say it is real. Furthermore, I am persuaded by the evidence and reasoning which I have read and listened to by scientists who are convinced that climate change is real and that is being caused by human activity.
For evidence of the very high percentage of climate scientists who are convinced that human caused climate is for real consider the following at https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change/ .
"Do scientists agree on climate change?
Yes, the vast majority of actively publishing climate scientists – 97 percent – agree that humans are causing global warming and climate change. Most of the leading science organizations around the world have issued public statements expressing this, including international and U.S. science academies, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and a whole host of reputable scientific bodies around the world."Consider also that https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/10/more-999-studies-agree-humans-caused-climate-change says the following regarding those who are experts about climate change.
"More than 99.9% of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is mainly caused by humans, according to a new survey of 88,125 climate-related studies.
The research updates a similar 2013 paper revealing that 97% of studies published between 1991 and 2012 supported the idea that human activities are altering Earth’s climate."Why should either of us disbelieve that the virtually unanimous view of climate scientists, ones who published peer-reviewed scientific papers on climate change? It is not anything like deciding between 10 renowned scientists on side of the issue versus 10 renowned scientists on the opposite of the issue. Yet sadly (from my point of view) the article says the following is the case among the general public, despite the now virtually unanimous view of climate scientists.
"In spite of such results, public opinion polls as well as opinions of politicians and public representatives point to false beliefs and claims that a significant debate still exists among scientists over the true cause of climate change. In 2016, the Pew Research Center found that only 27% of U.S. adults believe that “almost all” scientists agreed that climate change is due to human activity, according to the paper."
Perhaps since NASA and Cornell University are located in the USA, and since you are in the UK, you don't trust what they said in the words I quoted above. Very well, consider what ESA (European Space Agency) says at https://climate.esa.int/en/ . There it says "Scientific evidence for warming of the climate is unequivocal (IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, 2013)". Furthermore, at https://climate.esa.int/en/evidence/what-is-climate-and-climate-change/ it says the following.
'Over the last 800,000 years, concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have fluctuated in response to glacial and interglacial periods, but have not exceeded 300 ppm. In the last century, however, due to industrialisation and fossil fuel combustion, carbon dioxide concentrations have increased at an unprecedented rate, and now exceed 400 ppm.
The Earth's climate is warming due to increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes in its Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5°C, that “Human-induced warming reached approximately 1°C (above pre-industrial levels) in 2017, increasing at around 0.2°C per decade”. The amounts of snow and ice on the planet have diminished, and sea level rise is accelerating (WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate, 2019).'
See also the chart at the chart (at https://climate.esa.int/en/evidence/what-is-climate-and-climate-change/ ) which pertains to the above quoted two paragraphs.
Furthermore,it is not just NASA and ESA which are convinced that climate change is a problem. Numerous member nations of the United Nations also recognize it. Notice that the above article of ESA also says the following. "To tackle climate change, countries have agreed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that prevents dangerous interference with the climate system."
I notice you also said the following. "I was taught Evolution. Is that true? Should they have taught Creation? Islam?" My answer is that Evolution is true. I thought you also believe in evolution since I thought you are now an atheist (or agnostic), but perhaps I was mistaken by having that idea about you.
Both cosmological evolution and biological evolution (including human evolution) happened. Creation (in the since of Creationism) should not be taught in a science class in a secular school, except that it is appropriate that make a brief description of it in a science textbook so that the evolution can be compared to it. I have some secular science textbooks on biology and historical geology which do such. Islam, or any other religion, should not be taught in a science class in a secular school except as part of course in sociology (in which various religions are compared) and as part of a course of social anthropology (in a segment about comparative religion). I have secular college textbooks which do so. Religion can also be taught in passing in history courses as it relates the historical events.
I notice you said the following. "Now. what are your thoughts on Evolution being taught at my school back in the 1970's?" I believe that was a good thing. Evolution was taught in the textbook of a required 1 quarter (one fourth of one school year) biology course in my high school in the US when I took the course in the early 1980s (but at the end of the course I got the impression that by biology teacher believed in creationism). I wish I had been permitted to take that textbook home to study it at home, because if I had I might would believed in evolution back then and thus might not would have got baptized. [I got baptized about 1 year after I took the course - my physics teacher and my chemistry made a joint statement to a science class of mine saying that they determined that evolution is false.]
I plan to discuss some of your other comments after Thursday, since I will have much more free time from Friday through Sunday (since I don't work on those days). Right now it is well past my bed time and I need to get some sleep before i go to work tomorrow.
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Replacing God?
by punkofnice inwe seem to be if a more secular society here in the west, these days.
i'm speaking from the uk.. with the lack of belief in god/s, i'm wondering if all the seeming (note: i said seeming!
), deification of people like greta thunberg, george floyd and celebs amongst others, if people who have no real belief system, are filling the gap left by god with people?.
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The USA station I mentioned is the Public Broadcasting Service (it is not for profit). It airs some of the same programing that is shown in the UK. It airs BBC news shows. I forgot you are not located in the USA.
punkofnice, do you disbelieve the science that was taught to you in your school courses? Do you disbelieve the history that was taught to you in school? How about the other subjects which were taught to you in school?
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Replacing God?
by punkofnice inwe seem to be if a more secular society here in the west, these days.
i'm speaking from the uk.. with the lack of belief in god/s, i'm wondering if all the seeming (note: i said seeming!
), deification of people like greta thunberg, george floyd and celebs amongst others, if people who have no real belief system, are filling the gap left by god with people?.
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The comment of "... the New World order, where you will have nothing" is silly nonsense. I don't believe it at all.
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Replacing God?
by punkofnice inwe seem to be if a more secular society here in the west, these days.
i'm speaking from the uk.. with the lack of belief in god/s, i'm wondering if all the seeming (note: i said seeming!
), deification of people like greta thunberg, george floyd and celebs amongst others, if people who have no real belief system, are filling the gap left by god with people?.
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Disillusioned JW
punkofnice, I guess you have not been watching the science documentary shows on PBS in which Greta is interviewing scientists about climate change and teaching the views that climate scientists are saying. But I have watched those science shows. See Climate Change - The Facts | PBS (see also Press Releases- PBS Reveals Surprising Truths About Climate Change in New Documentary CLIMATE CHANGE – THE FACTS (bbcstudiospressroom.com) ). There is also a three part show called Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World | PBS .
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If not the WT/JW relgion where else are 'we' to go? Why not atheistic/scientific philosophical naturalism?
by Disillusioned JW insometimes jws wonder if the wt/jw is not the truth, 'then where else are we to go?
' i say 'why not atheistic/scientific philosophical naturalism and why not a secular philosophy which teaches a way of life?
' what do you folks say?.
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Aloe Vera juice has some health benefits. See https://www.healthline.com/health/digestive-health/aloe-vera-juice-acid-reflux for more information.
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An Anti-Aging Pill ( Maybe)
by metatron invarious researchers a have been looking for an anti-aging pill based on the assumption that, if you can maintain a higher.
level of various endogenous anti-oxidants ( catalase, sod, etc), you could probably slow down the aging process.
even some skeptics.
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BettyHumpter there is recent scientific evidence that it is possible to slow biological ageing and to even reverse biological ageing. See the articles located at the following.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6755196/ ("Discovery of potent telomerase activators: Unfolding new therapeutic and anti-aging perspectives - PMC")
- https://novoslabs.com/reversing-aging-how-to-reverse-aging/
- https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-proven-benefits-of-cinnamon ("10 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Cinnamon")
- https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-proven-health-benefits-of-garlic ("11 Proven Health Benefits of Garlic: Current research shows that garlic may have some real health benefits, such as protection against the common cold and the ability to help lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels")
- https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-health-benefits-of-intermittent-fasting ("10 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Intermittent Fasting")
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315485-anti-ageing-technique-makes-skin-cells-act-30-years-younger/ ("Anti-ageing technique makes skin cells act 30 years younger: Skin cells have been exposed to molecules that reverse their development but still retain their function, creating a kind of stem cell that keeps its original function in the body"
- https://www.livescience.com/skin-cell-rejuvenation-30-years-younger ("Skin cells made 30 years younger with new 'rejuvenation' technique: ... Never before have cells been de-aged by so many years and still retained their specific type and function.")
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/06/health/step-dementia-risk-wellness/index.html ("Walk this number of steps each day to cut your risk of dementia")
- Gray hair cure? Scientists find root cause of discoloration
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An Anti-Aging Pill ( Maybe)
by metatron invarious researchers a have been looking for an anti-aging pill based on the assumption that, if you can maintain a higher.
level of various endogenous anti-oxidants ( catalase, sod, etc), you could probably slow down the aging process.
even some skeptics.
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metatron, I recently started taking a supplement containing 100 mg of Trans-Resveratrol per capsule.As you likely know, studies show that taking Trans-Resveratrol produces the same benefits as calorie restricted diet. I have high hopes regarding it. Months earlier I began taking other supplements with the hope of improving my health and reversing my ageing.
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An Anti-Aging Prediction
by metatron ini stumbled across an essay published in cornell science and technology magazine, vol 5 issue 2 summer 2000 about the.
future of aging.
some quotes:.
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Hey metatron, do you still visit this website? I notice that 21 years you began posting new topics on this site about the exciting subject of anti-ageing. I would like now if you research and application of anti-ageing information has produced observable in your own body. I also am taking supplements with the hope of slowing down my ageing and hopefully even reversing my ageing. Yesterday I found an anti-aging scientific study was published in 2019. It sounds very impressive. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6755196/ .