Posts by neat blue dog

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Nicolas King starting to be removed from website

by neat blue dog in

it took them much longer than expected, but all the wt chorus videos in which he was a member have been removed from the music videos section.

interestingly the audio version of song 141 in which he sings, as well as even his solos like song number 127 all remain, but as we know appearance is all that matters.

also of course his role in the drama "these words must be on your heart" can't be easily fixed but that's less of a problem as he was playing a 'bad guy' to begin with..

neat blue dog

It took them much longer than expected, but all the WT Chorus videos in which he was a member have been removed from the music videos section. Interestingly the audio version of song 141 in which he sings, as well as even his solos like song number 127 all remain, but as we know appearance is all that matters. Also of course his role in the drama "These Words Must Be On Your Heart" can't be easily fixed but that's less of a problem as he was playing a 'bad guy' to begin with.

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"Mark" Sanderson one-ups Jackson's goatee

by neat blue dog in

not sure if this was posted yet but the second gb member has been spotted with more than a mustache, and the first one going for a full beard (at about 3 minutes into the video):.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcgwkgrkh0k&pp=ygujancgymvhcmrz.

neat blue dog

Not sure if this was posted yet but the second GB member has been spotted with more than a mustache, and the first one going for a full beard (at about 3 minutes into the video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCgWkGRkh0k&pp=ygUJancgYmVhcmRz

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More worship of men and framing as means of conveying pedagogy

by mortimer in

in the latest study article 51: enjoy a hope without disappointment, we're treated with a paragraph describing the previous president of the watchtower, frederick franz, as an example of a 'brother' who cherishes the hope of his heavenly appointment.

we are further treated with a picture of this man meant certainly to evoke a sense of reverence for him (and by extension the organizations' leadership).

the watchtower is very purposeful in how it frames any point it makes in its published work.

neat blue dog

Ironic since Franz openly disagreed with the concept of a GB and even was caught on tape speaking against it in a Gilead talk.

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if only....

by stan livedeath in

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neat blue dog

It's funny because it's true

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Did Geoffrey Jackson lie under oath at the ARC?

by Vanderhoven7 in

i understand he intimated that the faithful slave was not the only spokesman for jehovah god.

he also intimated that corporal punishment was not advocated by the wts.

we're these lies or deception or did they represent the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?.

neat blue dog

He didn't lie. It *is* presumptuous."

And even that part was worded so he wouldn't get in trouble with JWs. He said it would "seem" to be presumptuous.

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Sparlock Toy

by NotFormer in

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i wasn't around when the sparlock thing hit about 11 years ago, but it became such a meme that that debacle still gets mentioned from time to time.

one thing that came up in conversations of the time was about how dumb the name was; that someone in bethel could have come up with a less lame name.

i think that that bethelite was trying to be clever by using "warlock" as the stem and dropping the "w".

neat blue dog

To be fair it's a clever name. Sparlock is specifically called a "warrior wizard", (fight=spar), spar+warlock.

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I have a question. Does anyone know who is reading the 1984 New World Translation?

by AlwaysBusy in

hi and thank you.. do you know who did the reading for the recordings of the new world translation, 1984?

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thanks so much.

neat blue dog

I think they used Ulysses Glass for Acts, but the rest of the Bible was divided among two men, one American and one British. They had unique voices and were in dramas from the 70s but none of the few they still have online, and I don't recall hearing them past the 70s. I wonder if they were part of the apostasy purge, or if they just randomly died or went into seclusion during the 80s.

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