Posts by darkspilver

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Valparaíso, Chile! (jw.org front page)

by darkspilver in

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the second in an occasional series....... following on from wollongong.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5753386743889920/wollongong-new-south-wales-australia.

here's valparaíso!.

darkspilver

Hi sparrowdown

I can hear the art direction now " yeah, totally pimp up the colours and make it look busier with extra car and foot traffic but sshh let's pretend the big-ass church isn't there." lol.

Actually I wonder how old the photograph is that WT has used considering the photo from Taichung, Taiwan they are currently using on the front page of the JW website, shown below, is using an old out-of-date tract / leaflet - I think they were replaced in 2013?

Google street view lets you go back and view older versions - the picture in Valparaíso, Chile that WT is using looks much more like the the Street View image from January 2012:

Admitedly the tarpaulin on the left looks a different color? But at least something is there. Likewise with the partial cover of the balcony in the middle. But the key item would seem to be the road sign on the right hand side, which doesn't appear in the latest Street View.

WT on JW website:

Most recent Street View from July 2015:

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Valparaíso, Chile! (jw.org front page)

by darkspilver in

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the second in an occasional series....... following on from wollongong.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5753386743889920/wollongong-new-south-wales-australia.

here's valparaíso!.

darkspilver

Hi steve2

It may not be photo-shopped. But I was thinking how exposed it would be to live in a dwelling whose front door was so publically accessible.

I think ab.ortega was referencing photoshopping the coloring - making the image 'pop' with some vibrancy in the color department, rather than actual photo manipulation.

Though, as you stated, WT have decided to crop the image a certain way, which I don't think is a probem - they also need a horizontal landscape crop for the purpose of fitting onto the JW website.

I purposefully though did include the larger image to show that the doorway was literally in the shadow of the local church - thought it would be interesting to show

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The Metropolitan Museum Oasis Bible Tours in NYC

by Beachlover in

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i just came home from a day in nyc and was taken to the met for the the woman and her offspring tour i went to keep peace and just enjoy my family.

i've been to the metrpolitan museum of art on many occasions and have enjoyed spending time wandering thru the exhibits appreciating the art and history.

since all family members wanted to do the tour by the wts entitled a woman and her offspring, i thought i could just follow along and just enjoy the art and exhibits.. in all honesty, i'm still amazed at this whole tour.

darkspilver

Hi Half banana - Darkspilver, thanks for info. I am a frequent visitor at the BM and the incident I reported would have been a midweek visit. I never normally go on Saturday which is when they must mainly be operating.

Maybe it was during the International Conventions they had in London at the end of August 2014? I'm sure they would have been organising midweek tours to the BM in the week before and week afterwards...

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The Metropolitan Museum Oasis Bible Tours in NYC

by Beachlover in

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i just came home from a day in nyc and was taken to the met for the the woman and her offspring tour i went to keep peace and just enjoy my family.

i've been to the metrpolitan museum of art on many occasions and have enjoyed spending time wandering thru the exhibits appreciating the art and history.

since all family members wanted to do the tour by the wts entitled a woman and her offspring, i thought i could just follow along and just enjoy the art and exhibits.. in all honesty, i'm still amazed at this whole tour.

darkspilver

Hi rebel8 - Sorry, what is "woman and her offspring" and what does a public museum have to do with jws? I am lost.

It's the name of a tour operated by Oasis (the tour was previously titled 'The Woman and her Seed')

Pubic museums often have arrangement's in place for the conducting of 'private guiding tours' - a number of JW operated private tours take place in both New York's Met and London's British Museum.

Although 'private' those people walking nearby can normally hear what is being said.

https://www.oasisgrouptours.com

http://worldpowertour.info

http://www.bethelandcitytours.com

Hi Half banana - They seem to have stopped these ridiculous indoctrination sessions at the British Museum.

Still seem to be operating...

http://www.meander.co.uk

http://www.bible-tours.co.uk

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Valparaíso, Chile! (jw.org front page)

by darkspilver in

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the second in an occasional series....... following on from wollongong.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5753386743889920/wollongong-new-south-wales-australia.

here's valparaíso!.

darkspilver

The second in an occasional series......

Following on from Wollongong

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5753386743889920/wollongong-new-south-wales-australia

Here's Valparaíso!

From the front page of jw.org (shown as top image below)

and at bottom, the same view on google street view

737 Almirante Montt, Valparaíso, Chile

Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/ZaYf9BGQ1RC2

Street Map: https://goo.gl/maps/VQQFAPbeCEv

Another picture of same building: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3224142

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The other Mike Pence described himself to NYMag as a “liberal, atheist, ex-Jehovah's Witness computer programmer,” and “not a bigoted shill

by oppostate in

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while mike pence the vice president-elect is a hardcore conservative christian with a history of anti-lgbt-related controversies, mike pence the software developer appears to be the exact opposite.

he described himself to nymag as a “liberal, atheist, ex-jehovah’s witness computer programmer,” and “not a bigoted shill for the republican party.”.

meet mike pence’s namesake: ‘other’ mike pence has no love lost for vp-elect.

darkspilver

Hey oppostate!

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/users/4477/mikepence

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Tee shirts to send to Caleb & Sofias mum and dad.....

by jambon1 in

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stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/e076f84bca044b268072e9ecd2c2dbde.html

darkspilver

You do realise that it's a DIY mockup via placeit.net?

https://placeit.net/c/apparel/stages/t-shirt-mockup-featuring-a-happy-family-at-the-mall-a8045

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Jesus and the fig tree, what are jws taught?

by Crazyguy in

in the story in the gospel of mark, mark writes that jesus is hungry and comes across a fig tree.

mark explains that it not in season yet jesus upon finding the fig tree has produced no fruit kills the tree.. this story makes no sense if literal so do the gun teach that it literally happened?.

darkspilver

The WT says that it's all to do with the leaves.....

Link to scans

Watchtower 15 September 1950, page 335
Questions From Readers: "How could Jesus justly condemn and cause to wither the fig tree that had no fruit on it, in view of the fact that it was not the season for figs?"
Watchtower 1 February 1972, pages 95 and 96
Questions From Readers: "Since it was not the season for figs, why did Jesus curse a fig tree that had no fruit on it, as reported at Mark 11:13, 14?"
Link to scans

The WT has also discussed it in more recent publications, but all as per the above QFRs

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Article: Public event in Laval to honour Jehovah's Witness who died after giving birth

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/dupuis-memorial-jehovahs-witness-1.3857367.

public event in laval to honour jehovah's witness who died after giving birth.

éloïse dupuis refused emergency blood transfusion, now her aunt wants civil code amended to protect others.

darkspilver

I believe that the only information the article provided regarding the actual event was:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/dupuis-memorial-jehovahs-witness-1.3857367
The event will take place at 4 p.m. on Dec. 3 at the Eggspress restaurant at 8028 Marcel-Villeneuve Avenue.

I took the time to expand on that - adding the actual day of the week for example - oh, and the actual full address of the venue including the zip/post code, useful for popping into your favourite online/cell phone map to work out how far away it is - sure not much, but I thought the event was important enough to take that little extra bit of time, after all, anything that helps people attend, or decide if they can attend....

But, yeah, why bother adding that information?

I have learned over the years from media reps that it's so much better if part of the article is posted with a link and readers then go to the news organization responsible for the information so they, the media organization, finds out how many people read the article. If there's lots of interest in the subject, more articles will follow.

OK, sure, fully understand your thought principle here, a kind of 'clicks-before-facts' adage - I can run with that.

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Article: Public event in Laval to honour Jehovah's Witness who died after giving birth

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/dupuis-memorial-jehovahs-witness-1.3857367.

public event in laval to honour jehovah's witness who died after giving birth.

éloïse dupuis refused emergency blood transfusion, now her aunt wants civil code amended to protect others.

darkspilver

Why didn't you at least list the basic details? Date, time, place?

Saturday 3 December 2016 at 4.00pm
L’Eggspress Saint-François
8028 Av Marcel Villeneuve, Laval, QC, H7A 4C5
Phone: 450-936-4333
Email: [email protected]
http://www.restaurantleggspress.ca/en-ca/visit-us.html