but i find it equally hard to believe in the evolution theory .
so for now, i chose not to believe in anything but myself and love.
that was all.
cofty said
Be careful you don't get your image of the natural world from Walt Disney. Symbiosis is wonderful but its at one end of the spectrum of parasitical behaviour that is the norm in nature. Nature is "red in tooth and claw" - Tennyson |
you are warning me about getting my image of the natural world from Walt Disney and you are quoting a poet - now this is ironic
eedit: okay as I want to be helpful - here is a good book - - it is entitled Demons in Eden and is by Jonathan Silvertown
but i find it equally hard to believe in the evolution theory .
so for now, i chose not to believe in anything but myself and love.
that was all.
newborn I'm going to return to your opening post to suggest another means of understanding evolution. You said
but I find it equally hard to believe in the evolution theory so for now, I chose not to believe in anything but myself and love That was all /Newborn |
Your second sentence "so for now, I chose not to believe in anything but myself and love" suggests you understand more than you know. To explain I'm going to add another word/concept to symbiosis - involution which refers to a taking to oneself or a rolling inwards. And this is what often happens in evolution. An organism forms an alliance (which to me is like love, reciprocity etc) which it takes into itself (involution) and both members of the alliance are changed in unexpected ways. This to me is evolution in a nutshell. I find it so fascinating that often we understand things subconsciously long before we can entertain then consciously.
I invite challenges to this hypotheisis as I learn best when being proved wrong.
there are four different links on sendspace.com .
each link is one of the pages of the letter here are the links.
page 1 http://www.sendspace.com/file/03vk19.
thanks Idrnomo
but i find it equally hard to believe in the evolution theory .
so for now, i chose not to believe in anything but myself and love.
that was all.
newborn, my way of understanding evolution is to think of symbiosis - I find I can relate to evolution much better like this. We see symbiosis all around us particularly in the plant world and it is an important catapult of evolution. For example the chloroplasts that enable plants to synthesize sugars were once free living bacteria. Nowadays they cannot live apart from their hosts, the plants that cannot survive without them.
Wiki has some interesting detail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiosis
In a symbiotic commensalism, the clownfish feeds on small invertebrates which otherwise potentially could harm the sea anemone, and the fecal matter from the clownfish provides nutrients to the sea anemone
my eldest son (40) and his jw mom (in here 60,s) can not have a. decent conversation before he storm off in anger.
all famlies have their problems, we are no different.
but for years.
babayaga, please read my post again and tell me where I said NPD is not a real recognized, diagnosable abnormality or that it is simply cultural difference/generational difference. I would like very much for you to at least acknowledge what I am saying, even if you don't agree with me, instead of jumping to conclusions.
what I did say is that on this thread all I see is...
i'm a former ministerial servant and bethelite that left about six months ago.
my stay at bethel ended one year ago.
for those interested, this is my story:.
jameswoods thats exactly what I was thinking re former's use of the word church. I often find myself saying church when talking to people who are not witnesses. Former could easily have developed the same habit.
this is a repost an anonymous user calling themselves theplutonian posted yesterday on reddit.
its long, but i think it will resonate with most here.. original link.
i guess ive been waiting for an opportunity to tell my story, and this is as good a place as any.
rightyO - lol - put my specs on now. thanks for sharing theplutonian's story and please invite him over, he'll get a lot of support here
i'm a former ministerial servant and bethelite that left about six months ago.
my stay at bethel ended one year ago.
for those interested, this is my story:.
issac
there is nothing suspicious about Former's language. He sounds a whole lot more intelligent than the average JW.
this is a repost an anonymous user calling themselves theplutonian posted yesterday on reddit.
its long, but i think it will resonate with most here.. original link.
i guess ive been waiting for an opportunity to tell my story, and this is as good a place as any.
hi galactical, welcome to jwn. thanks for sharing your story.
i'm a former ministerial servant and bethelite that left about six months ago.
my stay at bethel ended one year ago.
for those interested, this is my story:.
I think he means he is not known as a good debater there (in his household) when he says he is not a good debater here. His writing style is completly different from debator's. WTF - give him a break.
Former, welcome to JWN and please continue posting.
