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    Dmitar got a reaction from Thinking in CHINA: Fake News vs. Real News   
    Hello. The sequencing is in the vDNA. The spikiness in Covid-19 or crown is the formation which the mRNA does not replicate. 
    In non-dividing cells, viruses can only access the nucleus through the nuclear pore complex (NPC). Therefore, viruses have developed strategies to usurp the nuclear transport machinery and gain access to the nucleus. The majority of these viruses use the capsid to manipulate the nuclear import machinery.
    Therefore, the mRNA synthetically mimics that blueprint from a cell's DNA, as you adequately imply. Thank you friends for clarifying any misconceptions by giving a profound presentation.
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    Dmitar reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in 41 countries ban religion-related groups;   
    41 countries ban religion-related groups; Jehovah’s Witnesses, Baha’is among the most commonly targeted
    https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/11/15/41-countries-ban-religion-related-groups-jehovahs-witnesses-bahais-among-the-most-commonly-targeted/
     
    Government restrictions on religion take many forms around the world. Particularly restrictive governments often limit religious expression by banning certain groups – including entire faiths, social movements or political organizations that have ties to religion.
    In fact, 41 countries – or around a fifth (21%) of those evaluated – banned at least one religion-related group in 2019, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of laws and policies in effect in 198 countries in 2019, the most recent year for which comprehensive data is available. Jehovah’s Witnesses and Baha’is were among the most frequently banned groups.
    The Middle East-North Africa region had the highest share of countries (55%, or 11 out of 20 countries in the region) with bans on religion-related groups in 2019. Asia and the Pacific – the largest region in the study, with 50 nations – had the greatest number of countries with bans (17 out of 50 countries, or 34% of the region). Sub-Saharan Africa had eight countries with bans (representing about 17% of the 48 states in the region), Europe had three (or about 7% of the region’s 45 countries) and the Americas had two nations with such bans in place (representing about 6% of the region’s 35 countries).
    This analysis is based on the Center’s most recent restrictions on religion report, which examines the extent to which governments and societies impinge on religious groups and practices. Data is collected from a wide range of sources, including the U.S. Department of State’s International Religious Freedom reports. For the purposes of this analysis, the term “banned” refers to official prohibitions that prevent a group from legally operating in a country.
    Bible prediction coming true it seems, as world conditions continue to worsen. 
     
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    Dmitar reacted to Matthew9969 in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    Some jw's need to heed this advice when it comes to the catholic church.
    Scars are the battle wounds that prove we are still alive.
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    Dmitar reacted to Srecko Sostar in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    And what does that prove? JW members have been preaching the same things for decades, when they claim that satan and Adam and Eve are to blame for all the evil. But then they go further and say that we are to blame ourselves for the bad things that happen to us. What is it but constant repetition of the same thing?
    Yes, we are the ones who can bury the past or keep it alive. But it has been proven that the past repeats (in general) itself over and over again. Good and evil is the everyday of our lives as it is of all generations before us. 
    Isabella can benefit from your comment, because it answers her question in a way that what she is talking about was just a current problem, and that there is no need to worry about it after so many decades.  
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    Dmitar reacted to xero in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    I don't have sympathy or empathy for loud mouthed bellyacher's who have to keep whining on and on about stuff like somehow Jehovah screwed up because the world isn't perfect and they stubbed their toe. 
    Michael Mahoney in his book "Self Change" nailed it when he pointed out that ALL PERSONAL PROBLEMS ARE CURRENT. Things that happened years ago only have influence if you keep these things alive. You are working hard at keeping it alive. Stop picking at your scabs.
     
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    Dmitar reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    Having suffered CSA myself, I have empathy for those who are victims of same. In this case above I was just making practical application of Watchtower theory and quoting from the same article as Tom. 
    However, because you do not seem to have any empathy or sympathy for others, you find pleasure in twisting things as it seems to give you a 'kick' of some sort.  Enjoy your twisted thinking. 
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    Dmitar reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    I was making practical application of Watchtower theory, which of course people like you hate. 
     
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    Dmitar reacted to xero in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    I remember there was this minister who was always up in arms about gay people doing unseemly things in parks. I wondered suspiciously about his fascination with deviance. Later he got caught in some male prostitution sting thing. Turns out he was decrying that which he secretly either engaged in or wanted to engage in.
    Now I'm not suggesting anything here, but I do find that there's often something wrong with people who keep on about something which has been addressed.
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    Dmitar reacted to xero in How present and communicative was Jehovah during the time prior to the flood?   
    Actually science isn't science. You can NEVER remove the biased human component. You read a study and you don't know how many shelved "this isn't what I want" results the study had. You have to know who paid for the study as well. Take the climate fear mongers. They take their measurements in such a manner that they can get the "results" that are in accord w/what they want.
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    Dmitar reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in How present and communicative was Jehovah during the time prior to the flood?   
    Fabulous comment. But lots of people just believe what they are told or what they read, because it comes from a 'scientist'.
     
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    Dmitar reacted to xero in How present and communicative was Jehovah during the time prior to the flood?   
    I was thinking of writing a python script to mathematically measure the humor quotient of any give series of words and phrases.
    It would have an index of terms as part of its database with numbers associated with the humorous number index (HNI).
    For example the state with the highest HNI would be New Jersey, the bird with the highest HNI would be a chicken. Ethnic names would have higher HNI's, like Tony, for example, Ralph too has a high HNI. A city in New Jersey might be Teaneck, or Red Bank w/a relatively high HNI.

    It's all rather scientific. Then we publish our results.
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    Dmitar reacted to xero in How present and communicative was Jehovah during the time prior to the flood?   
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042JU7F8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
    This book has helped me tremendously.
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    Dmitar reacted to xero in How present and communicative was Jehovah during the time prior to the flood?   
    The pudgster was making a joke. You're supposed to laugh.
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    Dmitar reacted to Pudgy in How present and communicative was Jehovah during the time prior to the flood?   
    I remember reading in the “Doggone News” about a hybrid mix of a lion and a rhinoceros, a “Lionocerous”,  which had the body of a lion and a rhinoceros head.
    It’s fertility was never determined, because in hunting for food, it would pounce on its prey, and the heavy head made it do a complete front flip in the air, landing on its back, and getting its horn stuck into the ground.
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    Dmitar reacted to xero in How present and communicative was Jehovah during the time prior to the flood?   
    All true, but what I've been getting at in all my posts is that we often don't recognize the presumptions and speculations WE ourselves make and how solid these are or are not in some cases. It's when there is ambiguity that there ought to be latitude of point of view difference. I know some who have no issue w/full vegetarianism and I'm in the same grouping and yet others say (as did one brother) when I remarked "But we'll be at peace w/all creation." he said "We're already at peace with the cattle already." His remark stopped me and I had to ask myself "Do I really KNOW what it will be like in the future under the kingdom rule?" I had to be honest and say that I didn't.  So it made no sense to argue about it.
    Admission of areas of ones' own areas of ambiguity is not a weakness and choosing to die on these molehills isn't particularly useful long term. It could easily lead one to become soured when things change or when one feels that one thing was advertised, but another thing instead is taking place. We have to ask ourselves "Were those advertising infallible prophets of Jehovah, or just men doing the best the could w/what little information these had at the time"
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    Dmitar reacted to xero in How present and communicative was Jehovah during the time prior to the flood?   
    @AraunaA simple google search would report evidence that although fertile hybrids are unusual, they are not unheard of.
    https://www.quora.com/What-kinds-of-animal-hybrids-are-fertile
    Again, it's speculation. As to the spilling over of DNA into later generations, we know that this can be lost over time.
    We share a fraction of 1 percent of our DNA with an ancestor seven generations ago. A trait COULD be eliminated from a population. If the caananites, especially the Rephaim, Zuzim, Emim, and Anakim were somehow tainted w/this DNA it could also explain the giantism and the need to annihilate these by the Israelites. (If the hybrid dna somehow ended up in one of Noah's sons wives)
    Again, this is speculation.
    This is all we're talking about here. No one has knowledge on these matters with a capital "K".
    We might also speculate that the descendants of the flood survivors ASSUMED some either survived through other means, were carrying the genes (though these lacked the language/scientific understanding to know about genes (unless they actually did and the knowledge had to be rediscovered)) of the nephilim OR that somehow new hybrid's were birthed by some unwholesome means post flood.
    We read in many cases people assuming and acting on beliefs which they acquired through speculation which were not well founded. Take burial practices. I mentioned this once before how the bible is silent as to prescriptions for any theocratic burial process, and yet these had their own practices. Jehovah never outlined how the dead were to be buried.
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    Dmitar reacted to xero in How present and communicative was Jehovah during the time prior to the flood?   
    Also we're still assuming that all Nephils were male. We don't know that. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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    Dmitar reacted to Pudgy in How present and communicative was Jehovah during the time prior to the flood?   
    In order to understand what the Bible says, AND what it ALMOST says, one has to care deeply about understanding ALL things (whether we are good at it is a whole other discussion ... especially if we are highly educated ... but everything we know is wrong, or totally screwed up with liberal agenda claptrap).
    The more you understand about life and death, freedom or imprisonment, common sense (which is not all that common ...) human nature, and the very real and difficult problem of governing groups of people so that something RESEMBLING peace, Justice, equity and righteousness may prevail, the better you will be at understanding unexplained things in everyday life, and unexplained things in the Bible.
    Just as in detective work, philosophy and riding a bicycle, if you have no sense of balance, depth perception, or stamina, barring unforeseen circumstances which bite and bless us all, your trip through life will not fare well.
    I THINK I understand why Jehovah had Jewish human males circumcised. (But then, I seriously misunderstood when my Guardian said he was taking me to the Vet, to be "tutored".)
    "Back Then", Families, Tribes, and national groups needed a way to identify each other at a distance, and close up. Arguably, the only reason a person with access to soap and water, in their right mind would get circumcised is to obey some religious edict.
    For 400 years the Jews had soldiers stationed at the Jordan River, protecting their borders, and they had several ways of "checking your I.D,", as you could be a spy, or a terrorist, or whatever you asserted. There was of course the "Sibbolith/Shibbolith" test, but  all other things seemingly OK, checking for circumcision was a pretty serious test.
    There is more, but I may address that later.
     
     
     
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    Dmitar reacted to Isabella in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    My question was regarding the process from the beggining. I was NOT asking about men being appointed and then turning into wolves and betraying the christian congregations as Judas did or others in the 1st century and later. I meant about the appointment of  men that from the beggining had the intention/purpose of damaging the congregation. I see it has happened in other countries like Rumania.  Also found interesting this Bible verse, but I am not sure if those false brothers mentioned in Galatas 2:4 were appointed 🤔
     
     
     
    Tactics of the Enemy
    In their attempts to weaken the faith of Jehovah’s servants or to bully them into submission, the Communists employed spies, traitors, torture, lying propaganda, and the threat of death. Spies and informers included neighbors, work colleagues, apostates, family members, and Securitate agents. The latter even infiltrated congregations by feigning interest in the truth and learning theocratic terms. These “false brothers” did much harm and caused many arrests. One of them, Savu Gabor, even held a responsible position. He was exposed in 1969.—Gal. 2:4.
     
    But that matter came up because of the false brothers brought in quietly,+ who slipped in to spy on the freedom+ we enjoy in union with Christ Jesus, so that they might completely enslave us;+
     
     
    https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/302006006?q=spies+romania&p=par
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    Dmitar reacted to Srecko Sostar in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    Can it be concluded from this statement that Christians are less bothered by Capitalism, and that they would rather be Christians in capitalist countries than in communist ones?
    That is, that the Capitalist ideology is closer to Christianity than the Communist ideology? :)) 
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    Dmitar reacted to Srecko Sostar in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    GB requests and expects, from the members, that unconditional trust and obedience be given to them and to JW elders. Despite the fact that TTH has stated that everything can be corrupted (tainted by human).
    It is theoretically beautiful and poetically enchanting. And only that, nothing else.
    So the question is, do you TTH and every other JW, allow an ordinary JW to have a critical appraisal of GB and elders and their ideas and decisions?
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    Dmitar reacted to Srecko Sostar in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    All appointments to various positions and services in the WTJWorg organization are made by people. Every appointment and every removal from the appointment is done by people. I hope this "clarification" will answer your questions about topic.
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    Dmitar reacted to Pudgy in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    Isabella:
    Do you have any checkable references that this really happened?
    What are the details?
    What country, what time. And who was involved?
    Without those your comment has as much validity as saying that the governing body are just ugly mermaids.
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    Dmitar reacted to Isabella in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    Sorry for my terrible English, it is not my native language and where I live we only speak Spanish: How would you reconcile the affirmation of elders and ministerial servants being appointed by God when in the 80's in my country as in other countries, specially under Communist regime, there have been undercover men pretending being interested to the point of  becoming elders. Who appointed these men as elders or ministerial servants?
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    Dmitar reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in How were JW elders who were really Communist Spies appointed by "Holy Spirit"?   
    Unfortunately many young children have become 'cannon fodder' in the JW Org, and so have many adults. 
     
    ERROR ? No, deliberate sin. Deliberate crime by people in 'power', in the Watchtower Soc and JW Org. 
     
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