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  New Holy Writings

  by HintOfLime in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  have the complete "holy writings of god" been discovered?.

  is it possible that there are still "legit" holy writings - possibly with completely contradictory information - yet to be discovered?.

  how does one determine what is 'holy' vs. 'the writings of man'?

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  HintOfLime

  Did you use a magic crystal to melt them using solar power?

  You are FORBIDDEN to talk about the holy quartz crystal.

  FORBIDDEN!!

  - Lime
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  New Holy Writings

  by HintOfLime in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  have the complete "holy writings of god" been discovered?.

  is it possible that there are still "legit" holy writings - possibly with completely contradictory information - yet to be discovered?.

  how does one determine what is 'holy' vs. 'the writings of man'?

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  HintOfLime

  Well, the Book of Mormon would be a candidate - provided you can stomach the sheer lunacy of the story of its "discovery".

  Yeah.. I found some magical gold plates in my back yard too.... like a fool though, I smelted them and sold them at the nearest pawn shop for per ounce value.

  There was something on them about how the 'discoverer shall be HIS inspector of the undergarments' - but like a fool all I could see was the current market value. Woe is me.

  - Lime
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  New Holy Writings

  by HintOfLime in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  have the complete "holy writings of god" been discovered?.

  is it possible that there are still "legit" holy writings - possibly with completely contradictory information - yet to be discovered?.

  how does one determine what is 'holy' vs. 'the writings of man'?

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  HintOfLime

  Have the complete "holy writings of god" been discovered?

  Is it possible that there are still "legit" holy writings - possibly with completely contradictory information - yet to be discovered?

  How does one determine what is 'holy' vs. 'the writings of man'? Is it a matter of 'agreeing with what is already believed' - or is there a measurable unit of holy merit?

  Could a new "holy book" of god ever say "uh no, that crap was not from me", or was the First Council of Nicaea infallible?

  - Lime
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  What's This Thing Called Consciousness?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/consciousness.

  vedanta.

  according to vedanta, awareness is not a product of physical processes and can be considered under four aspects.

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  HintOfLime

  The part I've been pondering is this:

  What exactly is the 'cursor' in concious thought? In a neural network, what maintains linear thought? Beyond 'reflex' response, how is it that we are able to associate cause with effect? How is it that we are able to string multiple discreet concepts together within the rules of english grammer? How do neurons learn a long sequence of discreet events - such as the notes in a musical composition - while maintaining a correct sense of timing with the 'gaps' between events?

  To me, there must be a 'cursor' in the human neural system - a yet unidentified system that establishes the order of consideration and construction in the left brain.

  - Lime
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  Face Recognition in a Crowd. Scary Stuff.

  by finallysomepride in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this is the crowd before the riot in canada.

  put your cursor anywhere in the crowd and double-click a couple of times and then use the roll button in the centre of your mouse.

  this is pretty amazing.

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  HintOfLime

  Find this one:

  

  I like this game... It's like waldo on steroids.

  Took about 3-4 minutes, I suspect a computer might actually do better.

  Next try:

  - Lime
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  Face Recognition in a Crowd. Scary Stuff.

  by finallysomepride in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this is the crowd before the riot in canada.

  put your cursor anywhere in the crowd and double-click a couple of times and then use the roll button in the centre of your mouse.

  this is pretty amazing.

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  HintOfLime

  Great job!

  Now try to find this guy:

  (Oddly, he's pretty easy to spot even in a picture like that.)

  - Lime
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  Does Jesus discredit himself?

  by MrFreeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  most people on this forum believe that the global flood never really occurred.

  that being said, jesus references the flood of noah's day.

  wasn't jesus around during that time period?

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  HintOfLime

  To me a an interesting story is that of Satan leading Jesus up to a 'high place' where 'all the kingdoms of the world' could be seen (and asking for worship). As Jesus was supposed to be a literal, physical being - this cannot be a 'spirtual' or 'figurative' place - as Jesus would have no physical way of 'getting there'.

  Of course, there is nor was any literal place on earth where all kingdoms could be seen. Clearly the author did not understand the shape of the earth nor the principle of line-of-sight (if such a place existed, we could see it from all 'kingdoms' as well. China? What is China the ancient bible-author asks....).

  By adding that bit about leading Jesus up to a 'high place', the author sabotages the credibility of his story. If it isn't meant to be taken literally... if it didn't really happen - then why bother put it there in the first place? Certainly Jesus had seen all the kingdoms before from heaven, right?

  Clearly, the events described in this passage did not happen as they are presented, as there is no physical way they could have happened. Of course, when you look at it as being 'just a story', rather than 'events that actually happened here on Earth' - then it makes sense.

  - Lime
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  Face Recognition in a Crowd. Scary Stuff.

  by finallysomepride in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this is the crowd before the riot in canada.

  put your cursor anywhere in the crowd and double-click a couple of times and then use the roll button in the centre of your mouse.

  this is pretty amazing.

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  HintOfLime

  Found waldo.

  I have a feeling this technology will only increase the sales of the Guy Fawkes masks.

  - Lime
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  We recognize when posters are drinking....but I have a delicate query...

  by Glander in

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  2. physical

  it is pretty obvious when some posters get most....animated?

  it is always later in the day, cocktail hour, especially weekends.

  but my question is this:.

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  HintOfLime

  Fortunately, men are consistent.

  Well... there is that "while in the presence of boobs" thing.

  - Lime
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  Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity (JW Speak)

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the sokal affair.

  the paper, transgressing the boundaries: towards a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity, was published in science wars in 1996. on the day of publication, sokal announced (in a different paper,) that the article was a hoax.

  he said that social text was a pastiche of left-wing cant, fawning references, grandiose quotations, and outright nonsense.

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  HintOfLime

  Yes.

  Oh. That's so sad.

  On a completely unrealated note - I own a very nice bridge in a major metropolitan area that I would like to sell. While the toll income is good and steady, I'd like to free up the equity in order to fund a larger project. Would you be interested in buying it?

  - Lime