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Forum: General 10-09-2011, 02:07 PM
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Posted By kostya
And just because you're such a nice fella, I...

And just because you're such a nice fella, I don't see why wouldn't God also create a couple of good things for you personally. Like a decent house, a car, a yacht... oh and then of course a humble...
Forum: General 10-08-2011, 04:10 PM
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Posted By kostya
Are you serious???... Then you seem to know...

Are you serious???...
Then you seem to know pretty much about something in which you don't even believe.

But we believers, who've studied the matter a bit deeper than that, assume that...
Forum: General 10-06-2011, 01:55 PM
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Posted By kostya
I actually don't know that much about slavic...

I actually don't know that much about slavic myths at all.
Sure enough he CAN, but where in the Bible does it say that he uses such his ability to define the future of every human form beginning to...
Forum: General 10-06-2011, 12:05 PM
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Posted By kostya
Where did you get this information, that "God is...

Where did you get this information, that "God is testing people although he knows the answers in advance"?
Cause I don't feel obliged to answer obvious nonsense. I only answer for what the Bible...
Forum: General 10-06-2011, 12:01 PM
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Posted By kostya
You're kiddin' me or what? Russians as a...

You're kiddin' me or what?
Russians as a "nation" only exist 300-400 years. The very word doesn't appear any earlier than that. And earlier roots have been blotted out by the Orthodox, so they're...
Forum: General 10-06-2011, 11:44 AM
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Posted By kostya
Natural selection doesn't program anything, it...

Natural selection doesn't program anything, it just uses ready code. In case of successful selections there is still loss of data and never an increase...

Yea them with half a brain are very good...
Forum: General 10-05-2011, 04:23 AM
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Posted By kostya
Yea... and mr. Dawkins didn't throw a single ray...

Yea... and mr. Dawkins didn't throw a single ray of light on HOW and by WHOM this all programming took place. Just who was the programmer?

Cause the Second Law of Thermodynamics implies such thing...
Forum: General 10-05-2011, 04:13 AM
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Posted By kostya
That one also lived to see the realization of...

That one also lived to see the realization of quite a few prophecies of his time. So he had good reasons to believe those revealed to him, it seems.



Hah, you're not the first one to prefer...
Forum: General 10-04-2011, 02:50 AM
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Posted By kostya
And sycamorex, somehow I KNEW you weren't a "bot"...

And sycamorex, somehow I KNEW you weren't a "bot" :D.
Forum: General 10-04-2011, 02:47 AM
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Posted By kostya
Ah, here's one Bible prophecy about that day...

Ah, here's one Bible prophecy about that day (Ezekiel 7:19):

So you see at least, apart from the fact that it's not a laughing matter, betting money makes no sense at all ...

And my life I DO...
Forum: General 10-04-2011, 02:34 AM
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Posted By kostya
Ha-ha, no no, it's got to be result of a personal...

Ha-ha, no no, it's got to be result of a personal research.
Well, if you feel you could do with some help, that'll be no problem. But NOT help in making personal decisions/conclusions.

Just as...
Forum: General 10-03-2011, 08:19 AM
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Posted By kostya
It is not unusual these days to view God as a...

It is not unusual these days to view God as a sort of maid servant to humans, one that is expected to come running to serve their least wishes and then clean up dirt when their experimentation would...
Forum: General 10-03-2011, 07:24 AM
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Posted By kostya
Neither do I see in them any willingness to fix...

Neither do I see in them any willingness to fix their "critical bugs".
Forum: General 09-15-2011, 01:42 AM
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Posted By kostya
You're overreacting. And Wikipedia is...

You're overreacting.
And Wikipedia is strangely biased when religion and morality are concerned.

Try to google for "Rome's persecution of the Bible", maybe you'll be more lucky. Wikipedia is...
Forum: General 09-13-2011, 01:08 AM
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Posted By kostya
A "soul" that survives the death of the body or...

A "soul" that survives the death of the body or can live in some way apart from it -- no, there is none.

God's sentence for Adam was very clear (Gen 3:19):
Does it say a "soul" would survive...
Forum: General 09-04-2011, 08:41 AM
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Posted By kostya
No, no; it's not again about "scientific vs....

No, no; it's not again about "scientific vs. unscientific" regarding science and religion. Which has been nicely commented on here (http://creation.com/robert-millikan) (warning: creationist...
Forum: General 09-04-2011, 04:02 AM
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Posted By kostya
Absolutely true. I think it was the Reformation...

Absolutely true. I think it was the Reformation that gave start to scepticism regarding the Bible and its origin, for which the Catholic church was obviously to blame.

...So they started up...
Forum: General 09-02-2011, 07:05 PM
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Posted By kostya
My point exactly. As a former JW he knows...

My point exactly.
As a former JW he knows exactly how the matter stands.

I've been a JW for 16 years now, watching it all carefully from the very beginning lest something should prove false. You...
Forum: General 09-02-2011, 06:36 PM
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Posted By kostya
Not you established, but the United States...

Not you established, but the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
And BTW, thank you so much for the link!
As reed9 said , WOW, just WOW. And that Catholic Bishops!
Yea, they go even this...
Forum: General 09-02-2011, 05:25 PM
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Posted By kostya
I think quoting sources provided by the haters of...

I think quoting sources provided by the haters of JW is hardly a reliable source of information.
Then again, a family is not 1 person, but at least 2 and mutual relations are envolved. So don't...
Forum: General 09-01-2011, 06:01 PM
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Posted By kostya
Not at all, but we rather follow 1 Corinthians...

Not at all, but we rather follow 1 Corinthians 7:12-15. Family members must make their own free choice, but whatever it be they still remain family members, close relatives, part of the family. In...
Forum: General 09-01-2011, 05:44 PM
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Posted By kostya
We're not afraid of being occasionally wrong, nor...

We're not afraid of being occasionally wrong, nor of admitting to our mistakes.
BTW the apostles originally thought Jesus would establish Jewish rule over the earth right away, yet he didn't. They...
Forum: General 09-01-2011, 04:48 PM
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Posted By kostya
This will be dealt with when I finish reading...

This will be dealt with when I finish reading Dawkins's "Evidence of Evolution". Contrary to my expectation it is much fun, and he's honest and outspoken about stuff, which is good.
But that I'll...
Forum: General 09-01-2011, 03:47 AM
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Posted By kostya
You can see what JW believe there at...

You can see what JW believe there at watchtower.org (http://www.watchtower.org).

But briefly, YES to the above, as Hebrews ch. 9 (one among many other scriptures) clearly explains the point. Also...
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 06:14 PM
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Posted By kostya
Yea, have a nice day :).

Yea, have a nice day :).
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 06:10 PM
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Posted By kostya
In other words you're saying that probability can...

In other words you're saying that probability can be calculated. This is exactly the point being discussed: what results these calculations produce in case of elementary life forms being formed from...
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 05:56 PM
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Posted By kostya
Yea but how do you destroy that "nonsense"? How...

Yea but how do you destroy that "nonsense"?
How exactly does evolution step over the problems described there? That's exactly what I've been trying to find out without the least success so far.
...
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 04:51 PM
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Posted By kostya
And some material from this site on Abiogenesis...

And some material from this site on Abiogenesis (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/abioprob.html) given by don't remember whom of the members here is in a very interesting way answered here...
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 03:51 PM
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Posted By kostya
Origin of life according to evolutionist view on...

Origin of life according to evolutionist view on things will be a good beginning.

I expect this to be the weakest point in all the building. If, contrary to what I expect, it is "very well...
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 03:31 PM
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Posted By kostya
OK, waiting for those books you mentioned will...

OK, waiting for those books you mentioned will take time. And I want to quicken the process a bit...

So: I was able to find "The Egoistic Gene" by Dawkins so far. In Russian only, but I have to...
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 03:06 PM
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Posted By kostya
And letting authors just invade my "open mind"...

And letting authors just invade my "open mind" and take me by surprise by intellectually beautiful speculations is not my purpose either, mind you ;).
Perhaps it will satisfy you if I explain it...
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 02:55 PM
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Posted By kostya
I mean "I have shown" what I'm expecting to find...

I mean "I have shown" what I'm expecting to find in these books.

And I'm not an enemy of open mind; but when you don't know what you're looking for, it can hardly be called a "research"?
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 02:50 PM
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Posted By kostya
Cause I can see how my using citations is...

Cause I can see how my using citations is accepted by you as lack of respect on my part for what is important to you.
This is fair, just as it is irritating to me when people make judgements about...
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 02:29 PM
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Posted By kostya
Accepted :). I know you're kind folks and mean...

Accepted :).
I know you're kind folks and mean well.
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 02:28 PM
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Posted By kostya
And could you give some links to where this is...

And could you give some links to where this is explained in more detail?
So that I could read THAT and give my remarks.

Cause even now DNA, proteins and other stuff known to science don't make...
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 02:05 PM
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Posted By kostya
Ah! So you don't believe either that things "just...

Ah! So you don't believe either that things "just happen" ;)?

JW are the only Christian group that knows how to explain the Bible so "to put all the pieces together". So I'm not surprised that a...
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 06:53 AM
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Posted By kostya
Dear easuter, let me explain. I CAN follow...

Dear easuter, let me explain.

I CAN follow your line of reasoning and that of other people here. I CAN see how it brings you where you are.
Of course, my understanding it doesn't automatically...
Forum: General 08-31-2011, 06:23 AM
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Posted By kostya
I doubt you gave yourself trouble to understand...

I doubt you gave yourself trouble to understand the real effect of what Genesis says about creation.

The same thing: you just followed YOUR line of reason and didn't review other possibilities....
Forum: General 08-30-2011, 06:58 PM
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Posted By kostya
We all are looking for something we want to hear...

We all are looking for something we want to hear or to find. This is not wrong, this is our nature. Just it is important to make sure that what you're looking for is to your benefit and not...
Forum: General 08-30-2011, 06:40 PM
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Posted By kostya
I believe the Bible and apply it in everyday...

I believe the Bible and apply it in everyday life. My fundamental point of view is that God gave us his Word so that we could find guidance in most important areas of life. That his Word is as it is...
Forum: General 08-30-2011, 06:34 PM
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Posted By kostya
I have no doubt that DNA confirms evolution. Why...

I have no doubt that DNA confirms evolution. Why should it not, if everything else confirms it?
Just it confirms intelligent creation much better in my opinion. You know: intelligent design, highly...
Forum: General 08-30-2011, 05:32 PM
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Posted By kostya
That fin of Tiktaalik shown on the photo also...

That fin of Tiktaalik shown on the photo also "might be" anything you want, with all due respect. And I agree, it won't hurt to find some more to see what it actually is.
Forum: General 08-30-2011, 05:25 PM
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Posted By kostya
My mistake, I apologise. The point was it was not...

My mistake, I apologise. The point was it was not a link.
Forum: General 08-30-2011, 05:20 PM
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Posted By kostya
I doubt that you read my post carefully... but...

I doubt that you read my post carefully... but you will see now the answer. Just read on.

... And this phrase:
may be explanation of why they keep those lists, although the species are not...
Forum: General 08-30-2011, 04:19 PM
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Posted By kostya
The "lists" reed9 linked to are real thing......

The "lists" reed9 linked to are real thing... just, with all due respect, they are NOT the lists of transitional links, they are lists of what THE PUBLISHERS OF THE LISTS BELIEVE to be transitional...
Forum: General 08-30-2011, 01:29 AM
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Posted By kostya
I thought we'd come to this at last as this is a...

I thought we'd come to this at last as this is a key point in how that fantastic theory changes into "fully proved fact" right before the eyes of the "uninitiated".

Now the original theory is not...
Forum: General 08-29-2011, 02:10 PM
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Posted By kostya
Thanks for the link, so that I could base my...

Thanks for the link, so that I could base my argument on something you could recognize as based on the sources you accept.
And, interestingly enough, this source is very much biased against...
Forum: General 08-29-2011, 12:26 PM
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Posted By kostya
But don't you see how much all the above is just...

But don't you see how much all the above is just a matter of personal interpretation??

"No good evidence" -- for them who're not satisfied with the existing one. And I don't how many these are, as...
Forum: General 08-29-2011, 11:48 AM
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Posted By kostya
Yea, the phrase about it being "laughable" is...

Yea, the phrase about it being "laughable" is strong language indeed. But it helps little to understand how they estimate it to be any different from 10% (although I didn't INSIST on 10% either)....
Forum: General 08-29-2011, 11:34 AM
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Posted By kostya
Do you, though? Religion is the body of one's...

Do you, though?
Religion is the body of one's beliefs, as is not so difficult to define. Atheism absolutely qualifies as such, as they only "believe" there is no God, and that despite vast evidence...
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