Topics Started by nugget
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Blue ray players am I being taken for an idiot?
by nugget ini bought a blu ray player from sharp and was very impressed with the picture quality.
however a month ago it just stopped working and when i contacted sharp they told me that i had to download new software onto the machine as movie producers had changed the copywrite and i had to update the software.
he said that this is common to all blu ray players accept the playstation and everybody has to do it.
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They are only human
by nugget invisited my mum today.
she i a jw and usually refuses to talk about issues around the jw organisation however today i had an opportunity to debate with her.. we were discussing the elders and that sometimes they made mistakes.
her response was "they are human and humans make mistakes.
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The Bible in Living English 1989 edition is it a credible translation?
by nugget inyears ago i purchased this translation through the org is it considered a robust translation or is this amongst the fataly flawed books i am currently disposing of..
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How many people who heard Millions now living talk are still alive?
by nugget ini was wondering it's been approximately 90 years since this talk was given so how many people who heard it could relaistically be alive now?.
the country with the greatest life expectation is japan and there the average life expectation is 82. the country with the worst record is mozambique with an average life expectancy of 43.. in developing countries 16% of the population is over 65 whereas only 6% of people in developing countries meet this criteria.
only 7% of the worlds population is over 65.. so if the worlds population is 6.6 billion does it mean 463 million are over 65. however if the best average life expectancy is 82 then the proportion of the 463 million that are 90 and over must be incredbly small.
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issues with the site
by nugget ini keep getting thrown out of jwn and get a huge red warning telling me this is a known fraudulent website.
has anyone else had this issue..
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is 100 years a long time?
by nugget injws concept of time is definitley bizarre.
on a website recently some brothers argued that if the end didn't come for another 100 years then that was not really a long time.
jws always look at time in relation to god's supposed standard of a 1000 years being just one day but perhaps they should revise their estimates to human timescales.. human life expectancy is on average 70 to 80 years.
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In terms of religion is less really more?
by nugget inwhen i was growing up as a witness i remember hearing news about the ever expanding preaching work.
the only number that went down was the number of annointed but over time the organisation seems to say they are growing whilst in fact they are shrinking.. district conventions were 4 days (fewer than the 7 days early on but still a challenge.
) these have been reduced to 3 days.
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Aung San Suu Kyi on Desert Island Discs
by nugget ini particularly enjoyed the programme this friday and would recommend it.
for those unfamiliar with this bbc radio 4 show famous people are asked to choose records they would take with them if they are stranded on a desert island.
they are allowed to take one book (they are given the bible and the complete works of shakespeare) and one luxury.
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end of year awards
by nugget inas we approach the end of the year it is the traditional time to celebrate successes and acknowledge achievement.
is there anyone you would like to acknowledge at this time for their services to this board?.
possible categories.