Mr. Majestic,
Since you are in the U.K. you should take great pride in Simon Winchester's book "The Map That Changed the World."
And, if you haven't read it you really need to. It is a fascinating account about how William "Strata" Smith deciphered the geologic record using sedimentary layers and fossils.
Cheers,
Alex
Rather curiously, the 1961 edition of the New World Translation (with the distintive bright green cover), had end leaf maps bound into the front and back of the Bible. The one in the front was of the Middle East / Mediterranean area and it had little artist's renditions of some of the events associated with places on the map (e.g., I think there was smoke and Moses on Mt. Sinai). There were a few dinosaurs randomly place throughout the map, from which one could draw the reasonable inference that humans and dinos co-existed at some point in time.
However, as far as I know (and I really searched when I was a Dub), they have never definitively stated whether or not humans and dinosaurs co-existed. I do remember reading something to the effect that the dinosaurs may have become extinct by the time Adam and Eve were created, but that they were unsure and the dinos could have died in the flood.
In any event, the Dubs are dogged by the same problems as the young earth creationists with respect to the geologic evidence that life has been here on Earth for a very, very long time.
One of the key pieces of evidence for an asteroid impact causing the dino die-off is the iridium layer that is coincident with the stratigraphic (time / sediment) layer in which the dinos disappeared. Radiometric dating of the stratigraphic layers runs headlong into Dub dogma about the age of life on earth and other pesky scientific observations that seem to get in the way of a good fairy tale.
This is one of those issues that they gloss over rather irresponsibly in the Creation Book and other publications.
Don't know if that helps but hope it sheds a little light on things.
Cheers,
Alex
one young, zealous brother was thrilled about it!
"they (meaning the gov.
body) know something's going to happen, or they wouldn't be doing this!
What a load of ....
I agree with some of the other posters on other related threads that this is a maneuver by the GB to rein in the free thinkers who might get away with saying something at the BS.
The larger the group the less likely individuals are going to want to appear different or out of step.
Thanks for the post.
Cheers to all,
Alex
...we surrender that which makes us human.
--- a buddhist proverb (that i saw recently and thought extremely appropriate to current world events).. the world has really gone crazy (especially america) because now we are feeding grain to the machines and the price of food is going through the roof.. the hype about ethanol solving our fuel problems is one of the biggest farces ever perpetrated on the public and they are swallowing it as fast they are consuming gasoline.. no one in a serious policy making capacity has thought this through, or if they have they are sweeping the facts under the rug.
it takes an enormous amount of resources to produce the corn necessary to make ethanol, not the least of which is water.
Chickpea,
Thanks for the link.
Alex
i don't believe in fate or astrology and stuff like that but once in a wile weird things do append.. i will explain.
i speak french and english, i have scottish, english, native american and french blood.
i'm into martial arts and i love asian culture especially japanese, i would love to learn how to speak japanese.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
It's that kind of stuff that keeps me from going all the way to the 100% atheist end of the spectrum. I remain stuck at about 98.5% so I call myself an agonostic.
There is definitely something going on in some other space/time dimension that we don't fully understand.
Cool story. Thanks.
Cheers,
Alex
...who also love your ipods; make your statement:.
https://www.gelaskins.com/skins.php?device=1&category=21&skin=93&productcode=000.
FSM is the BEST at lampooning the fallacious arguments of the fundies.
Cheers,
Alex
...we surrender that which makes us human.
--- a buddhist proverb (that i saw recently and thought extremely appropriate to current world events).. the world has really gone crazy (especially america) because now we are feeding grain to the machines and the price of food is going through the roof.. the hype about ethanol solving our fuel problems is one of the biggest farces ever perpetrated on the public and they are swallowing it as fast they are consuming gasoline.. no one in a serious policy making capacity has thought this through, or if they have they are sweeping the facts under the rug.
it takes an enormous amount of resources to produce the corn necessary to make ethanol, not the least of which is water.
From what I have read, Dinah, the farmers are still getting the benefits of the subsidies while production is also ramping up.
It is a very complicated Congressional policy that is difficult for experts to navigate.
In the end it is still madness on a collosal scale.
comments you will not hear at the 04-27-08 wt study (march 15, 2008, pages 3-7 )(balanced).
review comments will be in red.
q 18. why is a yielding spirit appropriate within the family?
Thanks Blondie,
It's great having you do your schtick again on the WT study articles.
This study article is just another reinforcement for the Dubs to stifle their powers of reason and thinking and blindly accept whatever the BORG wants them to.
It is beyond me how they continue to maintain the power they do over the Dubs.
All the best,
Alex
...we surrender that which makes us human.
--- a buddhist proverb (that i saw recently and thought extremely appropriate to current world events).. the world has really gone crazy (especially america) because now we are feeding grain to the machines and the price of food is going through the roof.. the hype about ethanol solving our fuel problems is one of the biggest farces ever perpetrated on the public and they are swallowing it as fast they are consuming gasoline.. no one in a serious policy making capacity has thought this through, or if they have they are sweeping the facts under the rug.
it takes an enormous amount of resources to produce the corn necessary to make ethanol, not the least of which is water.
...we surrender that which makes us human. --- A Buddhist Proverb (that I saw recently and thought extremely appropriate to current world events).
The world has really gone crazy (especially America) because now we are feeding grain to the machines and the price of food is going through the roof.
The hype about ethanol solving our fuel problems is one of the biggest farces ever perpetrated on the public and they are swallowing it as fast they are consuming gasoline.
No one in a serious policy making capacity has thought this through, or if they have they are sweeping the facts under the rug. It takes an enormous amount of resources to produce the corn necessary to make ethanol, not the least of which is water. The water in the High Plains Aquifer (aka the Ogallala Aquifer) underlying the Great Plains is fossil water that is not being replenished. The water table in some areas is down 1,000 feet from historical levels and the current water consumption rates are not sustainable, let alone any increases for more corn production.
Cheers to all,
Alex
Hi Moonpie,
Welcome to the board. You are experiencing what many others have gone through when trying to decide whether or not to leave the BORG.
Take a look at this thread that Randy started as you are thinking this over:
Why the bookstudy change won't affect as much as you think, tho big!
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/157034/1.ashx
The Dubs are great at instilling fear about leaving.
All the best,
Alex
