So, basically beer is the great leveler. It evens things up.
scotoma
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aspertame is mothers milk compared to beer..
by Glander inthis is alarming!.
beer contains female hormones!.
yes, that's right, female hormones!.
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Resigned being an elder
by subytrek ini am new here and this is my first post although i have lurked here for a couple years.
i started having doubts about the org back then and my curiosity overcame my fear of so-called apostate websites so here i am.
i just resigned being an elder 2 weeks ago.
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scotoma
Remember that all religions are lying!
JW's are just a high involvement group that ask for a lot more sacrifice. But time in any religion is wasted.
Don't do what so many do. They leave JW's and move on to the next love-bombing bunch of hypocrites.
Be glad that you are young enough to rebuild your life. Remember your life is short and you've already wasted enough on religion.
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Old Time Anointed?
by Bob_NC inwondering here and would like to get your thoughts.
how do the old-time anointed feel about the new light that they are no longer the fds and only the gb is the fds.
that's quite a change in concept, right?
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scotoma
old time annointed are all dead
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A bit of a rant... the selfishness of older generations
by cedars ini was talking to mrs cedars earlier about one of the things that really frustrates me about our situation as "faders" - namely the fact that we are looked down on by our respective parents, not to mention other older generations of our family.
it strikes me that the incessant attempts to drag us back into unquestioned loyalty to the organization is actually extremely selfish, even though (in their minds) they have only our best interests at heart.. i think of it this way.
they made a decision when they were younger to follow in the footsteps of their own parents' faith - without doing objective research into the beliefs or history of the organization.
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I have been plagued by old people my whole life and I'm 68. It's one thing to have problems with your old parents. It's another thing to have problems relating to your x-hippie/beatnik peers.
I told my kids if they feel they ever have to put me in a home I would prefer it to be an insane asylum or prison.
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I am beginning to wonder
by mouthy inwhy am i closing all the threads.
i am so sorry if i dont give the right answer.
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scotoma
You need to post more on the creation/evolution theist/atheist threads.
As far as I'm concerned they all need to be shut down.
Tired of opinion swaps.
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I'm new, please come and meet me!
by Julia Orwell inlong time lurker, first time poster.
i'm really glad i can join your community because i've been in the wts for the last 14 years and now i'm on my way out and it's great to meet like-minded people!.
about me: i started learning jw ways when i was in my teens.
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scotoma
It's like a huge fog clears and you're looking around thinking how on earth did you not see it!!!
Keep working at it. The next level is understanding that that Christian Church down the street is also in the fog.
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If there is a God why didn't he sign our DNA
by scotoma intodays scientists can and do insert their trademark into dna.. why couldn't jehovah anticipate scientists learning this technique and stumbling across a strand that says "human by yhwh"?.
that would have answered a lot of questions.. he could have even included a model number human2.0.
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Apog: The Bible doesn't say what it doesn't say. Here is the state of reproductive knowledge in the early 1800's
French chemist Jean-Louis Prévost and Swiss physician Jean-Baptiste Dumas show that sperm are the active agents of fertilization in sexual reproduction. The two researchers notice that spermatozoa are present in sexually mature males across all species, but absent in males that have not yet reached sexual maturity. They also notice that mules do not produce sperm, which explains their sterility. Prevost and Dumas correctly theorize that sperm enters the egg during sexual reproduction. This speculation would be confirmed by Martin Barry in 1843. Prior to Prevost and Dumas’ findings, it was widely believed that sperm were either preformed embryos or parasites that live in semen.
People don't realize the advances in knowledge in just the last 200 years. The Bible is based on all humans being inside Adam when he sinned and therefore they all sinned and have to die.
Every human bone found before 6000 bce is a witness against the bible idea of original sin. Ancient bones = Ancient deaths.
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If there is a God why didn't he sign our DNA
by scotoma intodays scientists can and do insert their trademark into dna.. why couldn't jehovah anticipate scientists learning this technique and stumbling across a strand that says "human by yhwh"?.
that would have answered a lot of questions.. he could have even included a model number human2.0.
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Apog: Signing our DNA would indicate that someone had access to our genetic code a long time ago. Of course 100% accurate detailed unambiguous fullfillment of prophecy would be significant.
But what can you say about a book that is based on ignorance of the reproductive process in animals. The Bible thought that males squirted a little person (male or female) into the womb and that the woman was merely soil in which the seed grew. Women were fertile or infertile and had no genetic influence on offspring. They had no knowledge of female "eggs".
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If there is a God why didn't he sign our DNA
by scotoma intodays scientists can and do insert their trademark into dna.. why couldn't jehovah anticipate scientists learning this technique and stumbling across a strand that says "human by yhwh"?.
that would have answered a lot of questions.. he could have even included a model number human2.0.
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APOG: Why do you assume that God, if he does exist, wants us to know he exists?
It is a natural question that emerges from institutional religion.
The Christian God (Islam and Jews also) supposedly wrote books or inspired men to proclaim revealed "truth".
The DNA idea is an example of the minimum a god might want to do and it would have been more convincing than so called pronouncements from human intermediaries.
Of course there is so much more that a loving god might do to make his "children" secure. Frequent open forums with regular visits by actual materialized angels might be one. You could list thousands of things an almighty being could do that would persuade humans to carry out justice.
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If there is a God why didn't he sign our DNA
by scotoma intodays scientists can and do insert their trademark into dna.. why couldn't jehovah anticipate scientists learning this technique and stumbling across a strand that says "human by yhwh"?.
that would have answered a lot of questions.. he could have even included a model number human2.0.
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scotoma
I never thought this pathetic post would get this much traction.
The fact is that no designer has inserted an unambiguous signature into human DNA (yet).
There is no God except by definition. And by definition evolution is god.
You've never met evolution. Evolution is still an unsolved mystery as is most of the universe. Evolution reveals some of it's information. It seems to be mirauclous in its effects. Evolution doesn't literally speak audible words but it has an active force that resonnates with anyone devoted to the scientific method. Evolution has a prophetic function. Evolution teaches us how to behave based on what works. Evolution helps people who help themselves. If you want to pray to evolution you can. You can beseech evolution. You can set up tests to discover its intentions. Evolution talks through petri dishes to those who have learned how to read them. The results it gives forth may puzzle you at times. But you can have faith to keep searching knowing the reward is often great. Evolution cures some of the sick but not all. Evolution is teaching us how to build organs from stem cells. Evolution tells us how to deal with evolving viruses. Our brains and thought processes are tiny worlds of evolution following a path of billions of little trial and error experiments.
But don't insult evolution by thinking it is a person. God of religion is by definition a person (personality). You ought to expect something a little more personal from "a person". Person's have a social environment held together with audible voice, visible smiles, angry glares, kisses and hugs on a continuing basis. This is what is called the "social fabric". God of religion does not participate in society. He doesn't even text us. And when I say "us" I mean our social milieu. Those who have conditioned themselves to think that god communicates telepathically are simply crazy. Such a god is defined by the egotism of the person who believes they are so "special".
I am convinced that the only thing that can settle this is for God to actually appear.
Or else aliens will finally arrive here through some as yet unknown physical law and announce to mankind that most advanced civilizations gave up a belief in God several million years ago.