Posts by Saintbertholdt

many believe in the wonderful drama of evolution (life evolving from non-life through flower/fruit beautiful trees and variety of species, reaching homo sapiens and finally returning to non-life) through various processes such as mutation, adaptation, natural selection .... yet there is an evil spirit working against the very spirit of the evolution, producing ironical results in too large a scale.

to mention a few:.

1) the really superior beings are kept sidelined (http://thoughtcatalog.com/lorenzo-jensen-iii/2015/07/17-ways-that-science-proves-women-are-superior-to-men/).

Saintbertholdt

SecretSlaveClass,

Great posts, love em and couldn't agree more. Too bad they'll be lost on icon ...

Well at least we get to discuss evolution on Iconoclasts threads, something which I enjoy.

The only easy day was yesterday

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Where is this evil spirit from?

by iconoclastic in

many believe in the wonderful drama of evolution (life evolving from non-life through flower/fruit beautiful trees and variety of species, reaching homo sapiens and finally returning to non-life) through various processes such as mutation, adaptation, natural selection .... yet there is an evil spirit working against the very spirit of the evolution, producing ironical results in too large a scale.

to mention a few:.

1) the really superior beings are kept sidelined (http://thoughtcatalog.com/lorenzo-jensen-iii/2015/07/17-ways-that-science-proves-women-are-superior-to-men/).

Saintbertholdt

Iconoclastic, are you a Hillary supporter? :)

Human history has had exceptionally strong female leaders: Margaret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth 1, Angela Merkel (although she's been battered of late) and Paris Hilton.

There are fundamental differences between the sexes regarding power though:

Here's a very crude proverb: Men rise to power to have sex, women have sex to rise to power.

This saying is politically incorrect but demonstrates how the 2 sexes fundamentally differ regarding their objectives and inherent value. Men have no inherent value and have to earn their power and therefore the right to reproduce. The reason for this is simple: a single male can fertilize many females, therefore only one is actually needed.

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Where is this evil spirit from?

by iconoclastic in

many believe in the wonderful drama of evolution (life evolving from non-life through flower/fruit beautiful trees and variety of species, reaching homo sapiens and finally returning to non-life) through various processes such as mutation, adaptation, natural selection .... yet there is an evil spirit working against the very spirit of the evolution, producing ironical results in too large a scale.

to mention a few:.

1) the really superior beings are kept sidelined (http://thoughtcatalog.com/lorenzo-jensen-iii/2015/07/17-ways-that-science-proves-women-are-superior-to-men/).

Saintbertholdt

Social equality is great. It has doubled the human work force.

However males are physically dominant and females are genetically dominant.

See my quote from the Royal society and my added footnote.

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Where is this evil spirit from?

by iconoclastic in

many believe in the wonderful drama of evolution (life evolving from non-life through flower/fruit beautiful trees and variety of species, reaching homo sapiens and finally returning to non-life) through various processes such as mutation, adaptation, natural selection .... yet there is an evil spirit working against the very spirit of the evolution, producing ironical results in too large a scale.

to mention a few:.

1) the really superior beings are kept sidelined (http://thoughtcatalog.com/lorenzo-jensen-iii/2015/07/17-ways-that-science-proves-women-are-superior-to-men/).

Saintbertholdt

1) The really superior beings are kept sidelined (http://thoughtcatalog.com/lorenzo-jensen-iii/2015/07/17-ways-that-science-proves-women-are-superior-to-men/)

From philosophical transactions of the Royal Society: "The mammalian Y chromosome is thus likely to be engaged in a battle in which is is outgunned by its opponent. A logical consequence is that the Y should run away and hide, shedding any transcribed sequences that are not essential to its function."

However when the Y chromosome is expressed during mammalian development the result is anatomical dominance.

Conclusion: Each gender has its own arena of supremacy.

Many believe in the wonderful drama of evolution (life evolving from non-life through flower/fruit beautiful trees and variety of species, reaching homo sapiens and finally returning to non-life) through various processes such as mutation, adaptation, natural selection ... 2) The powerful majority subsist at the mercy of a few rich people. In the US many feel it is 99 vs 1%

You are confusing Biological evolution with Universal Darwinism.

Now if you were to directly compare these apples and pears you will see how inappropriate your comparison is. The US as a nation has existed 239 years of which the vast imbalance in US wealth has only occurred within the last 40. Biological evolution has been in progress for 3.5 billion years and you're trying to measure evolutionary progress within the last 0.0000001142 % of process time elapsed.

Now some questions for you:

Why do you equate the existence of God with whether evolution is true or not?

Why do you insist on a literal interpretation of Genesis with two naked teenagers in a botanical garden and a talking snake?

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A note on the Watchtowers property investments

by Saintbertholdt in

about a year ago there was a thread regarding the 2008 watchtower bible and tract society of new yorks tax return.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/287098/2008-watchtower-income-tax-return?page=1.

a reference was made to the provictor property fund iv which was listed as their primary alternate business activity.. turns out that at that time 75% of the chrysler building was owned by the provictor property fund iv until it was sold during that year.. http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/09/news/international/chrysler_building/?postversion=2008070913.

just thought you should know :).

Saintbertholdt

I fail to see the story here on this one?

The story is that in the original thread nothing could be picked up on Provictor fund IV. Provictor is a very secretive company and is actually German owned.

The Watchtower probably got the Provictor shares through someone bequeathing it in a will. They did not receive a lot of money but the REAL story is that the WTBTS of NY then had to file a 990T form to declare the profit when the Chrysler building shares sale went through.

The 990T is very enlightening.

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Lurker trying to gain clarity

by questioningmyfaith in

jw
friends

hello all, i would like to first say that i am basically questioning my faith in god.

i am not negative towards the wt at all.

so honestly i am to concerned with more ad hominem attacks towards the wt because i still love the organization and the people in it.

Saintbertholdt

"Many blood brokers use arbitrage to obtain blood cheaply and then sell it all the while using "charitable" drives as the motivating factor."

Hi Questioningmyfaith,

Just a couple of things on blood regarding processing costs: 1. The type has to be identified with a cross-match 2. It has to be tested for HIV, HIV-2, Hepatitis B+C, Syphilis, West Nile virus etc. 3. It has to be put in cold storage until used and only after all of these can sub-components be extracted.

So yes there are profits to be made, but its also not cheap to prepare. Blood donation is just the first step.