Posts by New Worldly Translation

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Creation

by nsrn in

question--did i dream this, or were we taught as witness kids that the creation account really happened in 1000 year increments, and that carbon dating could not possibly be correct?

the new 'awake' about creation has an article about how kids can defend their faith in school, but as i recall, i was programmed with different answers...

I seem to recall the 1,000 year increments were modified to 7,000 years so that the last creative day was 6,000 years - armageddon - 1,000 year reign. 49,000 years total for all creation! This was pre-75 though when the orgs scientific ponderings were even more barmy than nowadays.
There have been quite a few instances in the publications about the purported inaccuracy of carbon14 dating for dating fossils. Of course this is nonsense because carbon14 is never used to date fossils as it only has a half life of about 5,000 years. Other forms of radiometric dating are used to analyze dinosaur bones and such.

I haven't seen the new awake so I'm curious to see what nonsense is contained in it.

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Deliverance at Hand and 1975

by why144000 in

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just looking at the wt cd and typed in the name of this years convention - deliverance at hand and was amused that the only two times this phrase was used was in the awake of april 1975 and april 1976. it was used to promote (what else!

) a new book chock full of 'light' (some new, some old).

so, only 30 short years ago deliverance was at hand!.

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Whenever I see the word Deliverance in a sentence I always think of a guy held against his will getting screwed by hillbillies. There's probably an analogy there apart from the movie link.

Interesting find Why144000 about the language employed though. I really hope they play up this 'time of the end' BS like they did in '75, just to watch them fall flat on their face again.

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Semi-Fluff - What is your favourite Science Fiction Book?

by Clam in

for those of you who like science fiction - what is your favourite science fiction book, or indeed film?

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I used to read a lot of sci-fi but haven't read much recently. My faves were anything by Asmiov, Heinlein, Orson Scott Card, William Gibson, Phillip K Dick, Ray Bradbury.

The series of books that really grabbed me when I was about 12 was the Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher. I couldn't put those books down, I thought they were the best books ever. I never read them again.. wonder if they are as good as I thought they were? Anyone read those as a kid or adult maybe?

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And I thought Brooklyn made things up...

by frozen one in

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i remember when i heard that the rock band name kiss stood for knights in satan's service.

heard that from the brothers.

there were probably more, but that one stands out.

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That's funny

Maybe they should drink Sprite - Shiite Power Reigns In The Earth

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One of the most irritating things you can say to a Witness?

by free2beme in

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my relatives that are still witnesses, always hate it when i say one thing to them, more then any others ... .

"are you going to church tonight?

"were you at church?".

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Another one I use is calling the organization a social club

lol, I've started saying that too Startingover. My parents just laugh, they know it's true.

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The Dystopian Novel

by daniel-p in

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dystopia : 1) an imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.

2) a work describing such a place or state.. .

during the past couple of months i have been reading a series of dystopian novels in which a carefully manufactured society is portrayed through the eyes of a protagonist who becomes increasingly aware of what is wrong.

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Kudra,

Haha I do it all the time, getting book titles mixed up then I wonder why I can't find them on Amazon I was searching for a Gabriel Garcia Marquez book "The Time of the Patriarch" and couldn't find it. I was getting 'Love in the Time of Cholera' and 'Autumn of the Patriarch' mixed up!

I think your right about BNW and 1984. 1984 just seems so much more real and Orwell was a better writer than Huxley also. I think when I said that it hadn't aged well that was a too simplistic assessment. What I felt when reading it was that it was of it's time and was more overtly commenting on communism, fascism etc than 1984 which is more timeless, although inspired by the politics of the time. I think Huxley, while having lots of good ideas and threads in BNW, falls into the trap of having too many ideas crammed into the book and the characters and narrative are lost in this sea of conceptions that Huxley is trying to get on the page.

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September AWAKE

by stillajwexelder in

got the september awake tonight.

marked on the front cover special issue in orange letters.

the title is " is there a creator".

New Worldly Translation

I have to agree with Flash. I mean, look at all the crap going on in this world and they put out a special 'evolution' mag ... take about being 'off base' ... does anyone seriously care about this topic anymore?

Yeah, I know what you mean. It's tempting to do what Richard Dawkins does now and say the evolution vs creation topic is closed because it's science arguing with religion, however the IDer's try and dress it up as scientific and therefore pointless.

That Awake article was probably written at the time of that furore about ID being taught in schools in the US. Bit out of date now though cos the IDer's got their asses handed to them in that case and their main argument of irreversible complexity was proven to be false.

Lot's of info on Behe on the excellent infidels.org site

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/science/creationism/behe.html

I haven't read a WT or awake for about 4 years but i might read that creation one for a laugh.

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The Dystopian Novel

by daniel-p in

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dystopia : 1) an imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.

2) a work describing such a place or state.. .

during the past couple of months i have been reading a series of dystopian novels in which a carefully manufactured society is portrayed through the eyes of a protagonist who becomes increasingly aware of what is wrong.

New Worldly Translation

have you read necromancer

Did you mean Neuromancer by William Gibson? It's a good book but the narrative drifts at certain points making some parts a little confusing. It's probably better described as cyberpunk than dystopian as it concerns itself with the components, characters and motivations of the society it's based in rather than the environment and society itself.

Just my opinion but I don't think Brave New World or We have aged very well. 1984 is still a powerful book though. I put off reading it for a while because it had become something of a cliché but I was pleasantly surprised how well written and visceral it was.

I have a page with an ebook of it along with some others

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ataru/ebooks

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Computer problems: Jittering MP3s

by Nosferatu in

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i'm hoping someone can help me with this problem.. i just got a "new" computer at work, and it's a hunk of shit.

it's running winxp pro (the word "pro" is questionable imo).

i listen to mp3 cds at work, and i've never had a problem with winnt or win98.

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I think I'm right in saying that XP automatically assigns bus mastering and DMA on ATAPI devices. It was Win '98 that you had to tick the checkbox.

I don't know about CDroms being funny things, PC are funny things. I had a PC that only would only work if I had a certain configuration of components and peripherals. If I took out the backup hard drive it wouldn't boot, put in a soundcard or unplugged the printer, zip drive or scanner it wouldn't boot. It was like the damn thing had a memory and preferred the status quo! weird.

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Computer problems: Jittering MP3s

by Nosferatu in

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i'm hoping someone can help me with this problem.. i just got a "new" computer at work, and it's a hunk of shit.

it's running winxp pro (the word "pro" is questionable imo).

i listen to mp3 cds at work, and i've never had a problem with winnt or win98.

New Worldly Translation

I've heard about some problems with MP3's skipping when playing in Winamp when other programs are running cos I had that prob with v5.
If I remember correctly you go to Prefs - Plugins - Output - DirectSound - config, and in the device tab make sure the sound card is selected and enable hardware acceleration and enable cpu usage control are checked.

I'd also run a directx diagnostic; Start - Run - type dxdiag and enter. Test that direct sound is running ok and that DirectX is at least version 8.

Might be worth checking on the net for updated drivers for the soundcard but as you said it was a new system they shouldn't be that old (unless it's a refurb that companies like to tell employees are new to cut costs )

Hope this helps.