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Capsule of Evolution
by patio34 inthis section from 'the blind watchmaker' by richard dawkins has really answered questions for me:.
the language appears to be arbitrary n the same sense as a human language is arbitrary (there is nothing intrinsic in the sound of the word "house", for instance, which suggests to the listerner any attribute of a dwelling).
'given this, it is a fact of great significance that every living thing, no matter how diefferent from others in external appearance it may be, 'speaks' almost exactly the same language at the level of the genes.
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Alan F: Dateline TV Show?
by patio34 inalanf,.
in the thread on greenlees, you mentioned an upcoming dateline tv show on jws handling of molesters.
could you please post the time, etc.?.
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Billie Elliott
by patio34 inbe sure to see this movie!
i was so moved by it.
it was so well done and the ending is nothing short of fantastic!
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Jesus Born of a Virgin?
by patio34 inhere is an excerpt from 'middle eastern mythology' by s. h. hooke regarding the viriginity and reasons thereof for mary:.
"the third tendency at work in the matthaean birth narrative raises the larger question of the borrowing of mythological material from pagan sources.
we have already seen that, in describing the divine activity in creation the hebrew writers made use of sumerian and babylonian creation myths .
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Whimsy
by patio34 ini didn't know where to post this--it's just a funny experience i had today.. i planted two new rose bushes and went out to put the hose on them this morning before work.
a medium-sized bird swooped down and hit me lightly in the back.
later at noon i went out to change the hose and the bird swooped at me twice--i didn't think i'd make it out of the yard!
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Atheists/Agnostics/Prayer
by patio34 inon the subject of prayer: this is addressed to the more atheistic or agnostic ones amongst us.. now, all those years i prayed really hard when times were tough, and then things worked out.
i now believe it was my own hard work that gave the solutions.
prayer was helpful in that i felt i had help.
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Origin of Baptisms
by patio34 inquestion to throw out on the table:.
where did baptisms originate?
it doesn't seem to be part of the hebrew scriptures (the ot), so why did john the baptist start baptising folks?.
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Mark Twain "Letters from the Earth"
by patio34 ina few excerpts from twain's book:.
on angels observing the animals on earth: .
"busy, all busy--mainly in persecuting each other...here are countless multitudes of creatures, and they all kill, kill, kill, they are all murderers...(says the) divine one: they are not to blame.
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Demons & Possession--New Teaching?
by patio34 inwhilst reading the bible straight thru this last time (& probably is the last time) i noticed an odd thing.
i'll just throw it out on the table and see what it brings.. starting in the gospels, demons and demon-possession seem to be very common and no one seems shocked.
in fact, casting out demons is a definite part of the disciples'and jesus' work.. but, in the ot, there is nary a mention of demon possession, nor rarely a word about demons at all.
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Dinasours & the Bible
by patio34 inwhat has precipitated my pulling back from the org is the understanding of dinasours.
now gen. 1:30 says all vegetation was given to man and beast.
isa.