just borrowed a wtcd from a friend................ i carn't believe a "non" profit organisation can do this or rather put restrictions on the the coping of the wt cdrom.
isn't there literature distributed free?
then why is make the copying of the wt library for the benefit of declaring the "truth" wrong!
2. Who may have a copy of Watchtower Library? Watchtower Library is a research tool for Jehovah's Witnesses, not for the public or for institutions such as schools or libraries.
This is totally gay since all or most of the contents of the CD is from publications for public distribution. They can leave copies of Watchtowers and AWAKE!'s in laundry mats and doctor's office's for public consumption, but non-JW's are not suppose to have access to the precious Arc of the Shuvenit on CD?
Corvin
if you knew a witness was in a convenience store, would you brazenly buy cigarettes or lottery tickets in front of them??
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If you knew a Witness was in a convenience store, would you brazenly buy cigarettes or lottery tickets in front of them???
Just the other day I was stopped at a traffic light. Lo and behold, an elder and his wife whom I have known since I was a kid was in the lane next to me. I was sucking on a smokie-treat when I looked over and saw them. They were looking right at me talking out of the corners of their mouths. I chuckled and took another drag. No guilt, no embarrassment, no shame. Screw those tight-asses.
Corvin
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=utf-8&q=outfoxed+fox+news+channel&spell=1
it's showtime for 'outfoxed'
- cnn - 23 hours ago.
I sometimes watch Fox & Friends in the morning, and what always strikes me is the ill look on the faces of Steve Doocy, E.D. Hill and Brian Kilmeade when they have to say something so obviously slanted and biased that even they don't believe what they are saying. Funny stuff.
Bill O'Reilly spins more than a DJ at a rave. He should call it "The Mo' Spin Zone" and his catch phrase should be "the spin starts here".
Don't get me started on that idiot, Mancow. That moron does nothing but spout idiotic crap. When he does his little spot on Fox & Friends each morning, he makes me laugh as he tries monopolize the conversation (the arsehole loves the sound of his own voice) while pretending he is busy doing stuff in the sound booth while he spouts his stupid moronic crap about current affairs, but it looks like he has a booth full of mice running around and he is trying to avoid stepping on them.
Yay for OutFoxed.
Corvin
OMG, dh, the soldier is just posing with a couple of kids for a picture. The picture was a gag. Do you really need an explanation???
The soldier and kids are asserting that the kids are safer in war-torn Iraq with bombs and guns than they would be at Michael Jackson's house.
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i have friends who have put together this page, i would like to know your opinion on it.. http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/jodrellbank/hyperdrive/479/knowledge_book.htm.
randy.
I think these so called Satan images in the publications is just silly if they are there, and silly for people to be looking for them. What the heck difference does it make.
While it has not been proven that subliminal imagery has any sort of effect on a person's subconscious, there are some who really do believe that it works to motivate or effect humans on some level, and therefore, they use the technique in their works . . . and just incase it does work, they put the hidden or subliminal references in the artwork. Some companies actually do use hidden and subliminal imagery just in case it does have an influence on the viewer, and they do spend no little money on it.
So, what's the difference? The difference would be intent. If by planting subliminal or hidden images in the WTBTS publications, the artist or governing body intends to effect or add to the members' fear of Satan, demons, etc., then we can conclude that the WTBTS is attempting to influence its members on a deeper subconscious level. It was not silly to either the artist nor the WTBTS to plant and allow the images to remain in a 23 year old publication such as the "Live Forever" book unretouched. Just this one publication alone, with all its creepy hidden imagery, gives weight to the idea that it is deliberate on their part, and when I think about what their intent might be, it is not so silly to me.
Kind Regards,
Corvin
did you notice that you can't see his right arm or hand! what do you think he is doing with it???
think it was just a joke played by one of the soldiers over there . . . what do you think the soldier is doing with his hidden arm? holding a gun to their back, coppin a feel???
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not one person wished me a happy 3 year jwd birthday today.
i don't think i luv you guys anymore.. gumby
I received this in my email today:
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i have friends who have put together this page, i would like to know your opinion on it.. http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/jodrellbank/hyperdrive/479/knowledge_book.htm.
randy.
" . . . don't you think Ray Franz would have mentioned this in his books were it true the society uses/used such tactics? No high ranking desenter from the Organisation has ever substantiated with any kind of facts in any way they do this......which they would have if it were true.Gumby"
I have done a bit of research on this, gumby, and this is the deal with Ray Franz not mentioning anything about it in his books.
Prior to 1983, most of the WTBTS publications were printed using the 2-color method. I am agreed that anything printed back then using the 2-color method could easily be attributed to printing anomalies. Ray Franz resigned from the Body in the spring of 1980, and therefore would not be in any position to write honestly about the subject.
1983 was an important year for Bethel with regard to their printing, art and photography departments. They not only asked our own Dave Malone to come and consult for the art and photography departments, to improve the overall quality of those departments, but they also were awaiting the arrival of a new state-of-the-art laser system. The June 22, 1983 issue of the AWAKE! magazine touts their new lazer system called, Laserite-V, which will, among other things, speed up their production cycle. A few days after the Laserite-V arrived, a companion piece of equipment, the Autokon 8400 arrives. The WTBTS states:
An Electronic Artist "A few days after the excitement of safely placing the Laserite-V on the seventh floor in the Graphics Department a companion piece of equipment arrived, the Autokon 8400. It is another laser system, a tool that does many things conventional cameras do but in a faster, simpler, less costly and more flexible way. This machine produces many special effects that are difficult to achieve with conventional cameras. Autokon uses only helium-neon laser beams to reproduce artwork on film or in digital form for storage in a computer memory system for later use. Its laser scanning system "reads and records" photographs and different types of artwork, and then transforms what it sees into digital information. While Laserite-V reproduces complete pages for offset printing plates, Autokon speeds up the production of artwork that is included in pages scanned by Laserite-V . . . Yes, the laser was used in the preparation of this magazine. "
With the WTBTS now catching up with modern printing technology, and since the WTBTS firmly denies the use of subliminal or hidden images in their artwork, as of mid to late 1983, "accidental" objects and "discolorations" or "drop-outs" or "fill-ins", and "printing anomalies" that people see as subliminal images would never again be the cause of controversy or stumbling.
So, while the WTBTS has taken care of those pesky little unintended anomalies that kooks like myself point to as "hidden images", why is the subliminal and hidden image controversy still floating? Apparently because the WTBTS is utilizing and/or allowing hidden and not so hidden images in their publications such as zodiacal symbols, faces, skulls, phantoms, gargoyles, satanic references and emblems, FreeMasonry and Illuminati symbology, ancient pagan philosophers and dark cloaked figures that are a stretch of the imagination to see ONLY if you happen to be blind. Because of the new lazer and digital equipment being used by the WTBTS, the hidden and subliminal images can no longer be dismissed as "printing anomalies". What you see in the more recent printed material is about as close as you can get to looking at the original with very little loss of quality and detail.
The "Live Forever", first published in 1981 (4-color printing), contains many illustrations containing controversial imagery. There is not one single controversial image/illustration in that book that the WTBTS has ordered retouched in order to quail the controversy. The illustrations have stayed as-is for 23 years. It would take an inexperienced Photoshop user like myself a whole 60 seconds to retouch any one of the images to ensure that the images are not misconstrued by the members and/or worldly folks. They have not made one attempt to fix these images.
Here is one they did retouch, which at least partially makes a valid point and ads some credibility to the hidden-subliminal controversy:
i rang family services this afternoon.. the woman i spoke to was very helpful and honest.. firstly i told her i had rung because the person that abused my child had been seen by me pushing a toddler in a pram and by a friend of mine tickling and touching children at the meetings.
i expressed how fearful i am for the children in the congo.. she wanted the pedos name, my name, my kid's name etc.
she asked what he did to my kid and when i told her she said he was an abuser..........no kidding!
Bliss, you have covered all the bases and it sounds like you did an excellent and determined job of it.
Bliss, after reading your 486 post and feeling absolutely disgusted, would you like to please give me contact details of the congregation involved? I am concerned both for you firstly, and your child. I am in the truth as you would gather, but as a JP and a marriage celebrant who knows a few contacts both in and out of the brotherhood, it may be possible to be of help if you would trust and let me. Or should I contact you direct? Please just advise. My police contacts could be helpful, but I would want you (and hubbies) approvals before taking any issues further. Take care, gdt.
Careful with this one.
