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Hey cc. Thanks for playing. I stuffed up the explanation as you only need to use the last line of the previous poem as the first line of yours. Your last line should be different. Sorry for not explaining very well. Here is my follow on anyway Till December come I await the sea and surf. I...

Ok I find this forum a little intimidating so I thought I would start a thread where everyone can get involved. Entwined Haiku starts with a single poem consisting of three lines of 5, then 7, then 5 sounds. The next person will then take the last line and use it as the first line of their...

No unfortunately I rely on radio mainly for my news (occasionally when I am at my parents in law I take a peak). Hence why it is infrequent. In relation to it being biased, well yes it certainly is but so is everyone I suppose :) . I just use a mixture of triangulating info from multiple sources...

Sorry to be an annoyance but if any of you feel a desire to do something you can send the following letter (taken from Amnesty) to the Iranian government at info_leader@leader.ir . OR visit the following website to send a letter to the Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei...

Thank you kind sir. In other news: When I was in undergrad I read the following book which has had a lasting effect on me (http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tGmwvJ6STHkC&printsec=frontcover) . I try now to be as motivated as possible to find out for myself but even as a member of IRC...

Great thread Tek. Thanks for posting. I am usually very frustrated by news of most varieties i usually get around this by getting news from around the world. I tend to use: 1. SBS (the international news station here) 2. News Watch and DTV Germany 3. Radio Netherlands 4. BBC 5. PBS (EDIT: make...

Thinking of you and your family. :)

Nice to meet you mate. I hope you have a great time here :) . What games on PC do you play?

Hey sounds nice. Will pray and hope everything goes well!

If it is anything like Golden Key you get accepted by a preprogrammed sweep of your academic transcript. They get access to everyones records pick the top 10% and send you a letter. I wouldn't bother joining as it will not give you anything and will just take time away from your studies so you...

I would like to respond to this in detail as it is interesting. I dont have time ATM as I am moving tomorrow but thought I would leave you with a quote from Darwin that my wife read to me yesterday "Dickens is a cure for philosophy" =)

Lovely reference to Plato. I have only just started The Republic myself and only just come across the cave. But I digress. I think the formula you put up is interesting but I have some trouble with it. I kind of think it suggests that the bible is essentially unknowable and infinitely so. If...

Thanks that is very kind and I agree with a catch that I think it is imperative that people question, and question frequently, no matter where the information comes from. It is in my belief the quality of the rational logic of the information rather than the number or quality of the individuals...

Yes I think so. I will see if I can find a way of getting it to you. (as you are most likely aware copyright in academia is rarely in the hands of the author but will see what I can - will PM you if I find it get it :) ) I think translation in general however is a very tricky process (which...

I did not mean to offend let me give my reasons. First I spent considerable time on my original post only to be greeted with an instant dismissal by you by the quoting of a single verse (or so I thought, seriously forgive me if i was wrong). I think i might have been a little hasty on this...

I had the unfortunate experience of growing up with a father who has been for the last 20 years prof of biblical languages and did his doctorate on 1 Peter. Indeed I could honestly say I don't think would be many in the world with a better knowledge of 1 Peter in its original language than him...

FIXED: Another unfortunate English translation issue.

eek! In my experience I would suggest getting a netbook and using the remaining money to update your desktop. College does funny things to laptops and I wouldn't want to hear of you losing/have stolen/infected/etc a nice shinny new lappy. I dont know what course you are going for but i would...

Hi Folks, In response to the ken Ham quote I would point to the dangers of translation. To set the scene let me give you my best example. Western Metaphysics is based in part of the dominance of the spoken word over the written word based on a passage by Plato in which Socrates says to...

I have been having this conversation over on a atheist website for some time and I have noticed a common misconception that is held by both fundamentalist Christians and some positivist leaning atheists that I thought I would preempt here. Misconception 1: "If Genesis is allegorical then...