Macroevolution is a process that takes place over millions of years. I do not know of anyone who has observed it, but the fossil records have plenty of examples of macroevolution.
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Professors and Students Defend Evolution
by Sea Breeze inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_w9vtzj0a&ab_channel=livingwaters.
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GENDER PRONOUNS
by JohnTron72 injust to put it out there, the whole gender pronouns idea being pushed by the lgbtq+ minorities is just a way to try to hide the sin of homosexuality.
if you can void people talking about your true sexual identity then it seems there is no sin anymore if two they or them of the same sex are together.
example of the coverup: ("i don't identify as either gender"), so the kids i'm raising in a lesbian relationship need not speak of me as a mom or any other female term and we all don't have to feel any stigma attached to the true terms so, any shame we might feel is hidden anyway.
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There is no way to know what imaginary pronoun to use. In the store i will say thank you ma'am or sir. The constructs of language require rules if we are to understand each other
It sounds ignorant to say how is them, they, orcother made up pronoun
How about it?I agree with that fact that in English the word "they" is plural. Referring to a single person in the plural is grammatically incorrect. I suppose if a person makes it know they are non-binary in gender I could just always refer to them by their proper name.
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GENDER PRONOUNS
by JohnTron72 injust to put it out there, the whole gender pronouns idea being pushed by the lgbtq+ minorities is just a way to try to hide the sin of homosexuality.
if you can void people talking about your true sexual identity then it seems there is no sin anymore if two they or them of the same sex are together.
example of the coverup: ("i don't identify as either gender"), so the kids i'm raising in a lesbian relationship need not speak of me as a mom or any other female term and we all don't have to feel any stigma attached to the true terms so, any shame we might feel is hidden anyway.
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If you look like a man, I will call you dude. If you look like a woman, I will call you dude. If I can't tell what you are, I will call you dude. I seriously don't care what you identify as. But if you are definitely a man, or definitely a woman, and ask me to call you the opposite, I will say, "Dude! Whatever!"
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I visited this website the day after the Memorial of 2010. My father called me up and said I should attend that Memorial because it would be special. I did.
It was the same outline I had heard for nearly 2 decades. The songbook changed and one of my favorite songs was used. That song was shortened.
I just knew at that point that it was all pointless, but I wanted to see behind the curtain for myself. I did.
The Watchtower United Nations scandal and the child sex abuse cover up were brought to my attention. I was finished at that point.
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Ex JW Flag or a Bumper Sticker?
by Iamallcool ini was wondering would you like to have ex jw flag or a bumper sticker?
if you know how to do some graphics, i would like to see your designs.
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No. I just did a Google-Fu for "Religion is a Snare and a Racket". Apparently there is some knowledge of this phrase by persons outside the Watchtower who know it is a Watchtower catch phrase. The irony...
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Professors and Students Defend Evolution
by Sea Breeze inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_w9vtzj0a&ab_channel=livingwaters.
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Ex JW Flag or a Bumper Sticker?
by Iamallcool ini was wondering would you like to have ex jw flag or a bumper sticker?
if you know how to do some graphics, i would like to see your designs.
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The God of The Bible a Divisive God
by smiddy3 insurely god could have had a better plan for directing humans than what is outlined in the bible couldn`t he ?.
right from the start he picks favorites ,not giving cain or abel any clues or directions in how he wanted to be worshiped .. maybe its just me but i would have thought cain`s sacrifice would have been much better than abel`s simply because cains offering was from the" fruits from the ground" but abel`s offering was to sacrifice" some firstling`s of his flock" oh, and lets not forge" their fatty pieces".
cain offered up the product of the land ,being a cultivator of the land ,while abel was a herder of the sheep and slaughtered one of gods creations.
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Most of the Old Testament, especially Genesis, is a completely fabricated story. Even stories have benefit. Stories also teach.
A Canaanite tribe captured by the Persians decided they did not want to lose their cultural identity. The way they accomplished their goal was to make up a story. A story in which their people were a special people chosen by the one true god.
The back story of the ancient Israelites is that the one true god YHWH told Abram (who changed his name to Abraham) that his descendants would grow into a mighty nation that would rule over the whole world. This tall tale is what kept the Persian captives dedicated to keeping their ethnic and cultural identity alive. The story obviously served its purpose.
We literally have a religion based on ethnic/cultural supremacy and it's defended by true believers because "it's God's will." It shouldn't be surprising that it is a divisive religion.
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The Cross in Pompeii & Herculaneum in 79 AD
by Sea Breeze incan someone please tell the wt janitor to turn the lights off when the last jw leaves the watchtower after learning that early christians used the cross as a christian logo of sorts?
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The Tau (T) cross was the first crucifix symbol used in Christianity. It is still popular in Christian jewelry today.
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Professors and Students Defend Evolution
by Sea Breeze inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_w9vtzj0a&ab_channel=livingwaters.
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I think an important exercise to have with anyone prior to entering into a conversation such as this would be -
If you believe in the Biblical creation account as having taken place in the literal sense and do not believe in evolution, what evidence (if any) would you accept that would change your mind?
If the answer is "none" I would recommend you exit the conversation with some pleasantry and be about your business. You are dealing with an individual who is closed minded.
What is evolution? In this context it is only a slow change to an organism to adapt to its environment. Evolution is not life from lifelessness. That is abiogenesis. Amino acids form a single, one-celled life form. Abiogenesis. That one-celled life form turns into a complex lifeform over millions of years - macroevolution.
Just because evolution is real doesn't preclude a creator. The evidence of evolution exists in DNA.
The "Problem of Evil" is no problem at all. What is "evil"? That depends on your cultural upbringing. However, it is generally accepted as a lack of empathy and being self-centered. So, if there is an all-powerful, benevolent creator, why is there evil? The thought process on this is either A) The creator is not all-powerful, B) the creator is not benevolent, or C) there is no creator. Even atheists are coming around to the fact that this philosophy given to us by Epicurus is flawed thinking.
I like the way philosopher Alan Watts puts it -
The next problem where they differ so sharply is, Why have things gone wrong? Why is there evil; why is there pain; why is there tragedy? In the Christian tradition you have to attribute evil to something besides God. God is defined as good, and He originally created the scheme of things without any evil in it. But there was a mysterious accident, in which one of the angels, called Lucifer, did not do what he was told. And there was the Fall of Man. Man disobeyed, he went against the law of God, and from that point on evil was introduced into the scheme of things and things began to go wrong, that is to say, against the will of the will of the perfectly good creator.
The Hindu thinks in a different way. He feels that the creator or the actor is the author of both – good and evil for the reasons, as I explained it to you, you have to have the evil for there to be a story. In any case, it is not as if the creator had made evil and made someone else its victim. It isn’t like saying “God creates the evil as well as the good, and poor little us are his puppets and he inflicts evil upon us.” The Hindu says, “Nobody experiences pain except the Godhead.” You are not some separate little puppet who is being kicked around by omnipotence. You are omnipotence in disguise. So there is no victim of this, no helpless, defenseless, poor little thing. Even the baby with syphilis is the dreaming Godhead.