process to emphasize the advancement of scientific knowledge and practice and to show the complete control of the individual from the time of conception. He seems to have a good grasp of what the future earth might hold, even if some of his predictions seem improbable. The idea of mass-producing embryos in factories seems today to be unnecessary, taking into account the over-population of the world as it is. In the time period that Huxley wrote this novel, it was not a threat (Bedford 267).
             It is difficult to take the scientific achievements seriously, considering that it is coated in heavy satire from the start. Huxley makes fun of religion, in the way that he has created a religion that is based on Henry Ford and his invention of the automobile assembly line. All dates are preceded by "a.f." "After Ford," just as today's calendar system begins with the birth of Jesus, a.d. Another characteristic of the fictional religion found in the novel is the predestination of the members of the World State. This is based on the Calvinist beliefs of predestination. Predestination is the act of deciding an individual's fate or destiny for him. Both the Old and New Testaments contain references to God as the "Predestinator", but since the World S
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