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  Oops, I did it again! Flag placed in the KH: Chile 2016

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  my friends,.

  what has become now a yearly tradition for me: getting the videos/photos of the flag in chile for their national holidays.. this is the 2016 version, i believe the clearest example yet:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b94j3lmqx_w&feature=youtu.be.

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  Wait, what? the last scan... that's from the Branch correspondence guidelines? Where can I get a copy of that document?
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  Formatting issues

  by bikerchic in

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  how do i turn off the formatting when i use the quote button?.

  when i want to start a new paragraph and can't get out of the quote section?.

  that made it worse, help!

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  Press the paragraph button ... to the right of the quote button.

  That doesn't seem to help, Simon. What I do is go on HTML view and start a new paragraph after the "blockquote".
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  Oops, I did it again! Flag placed in the KH: Chile 2016

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
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  my friends,.

  what has become now a yearly tradition for me: getting the videos/photos of the flag in chile for their national holidays.. this is the 2016 version, i believe the clearest example yet:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b94j3lmqx_w&feature=youtu.be.

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  My friends,

  What has become now a yearly tradition for me: Getting the videos/photos of the flag in Chile for their national holidays.

  This is the 2016 version, I believe the clearest example yet:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B94j3lMqX_w&feature=youtu.be
  
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  Another changed WT publication from when it was first published to now

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  this is as it was originally, or at least at the time that paul grundy saw it, because he has this picture on jwfacts:.

  this is what it says on jwfacts right now:.

  watchtower articles on evolution contain a consistent pattern of poor research, such as quotes from both the january and august awake!

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  It opens the slipperiest of slopes (for them).

  I disagree. There were lots of "from our readers" that pointed out mistakes, and sometimes, they would actually thank the reader for the correction. They stopped printing this section in 2012 apparently. Here was one of the last ones:
  
  

  *** g 6/12 p. 29 From Our Readers ***
  I was a little disappointed and dismayed to see “adult diapers” mentioned in the article. The term is very demeaning to anyone who is in the situation of having to wear protective underwear. Not one of the commercial packages containing “protective helps” uses the word diaper.
  Name withheld, United States
  “Awake!” responds: Thank you for bringing this point to our attention. Our heart goes out to anyone who is dealing with serious health problems, and we certainly do not want to add to a person’s suffering by using terms that some may consider to be demeaning. We apologize for any distress this may have caused our readers.

  
  

  
  

  They can afford to be honest and admit corrections in the publications.
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  Another changed WT publication from when it was first published to now

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  this is as it was originally, or at least at the time that paul grundy saw it, because he has this picture on jwfacts:.

  this is what it says on jwfacts right now:.

  watchtower articles on evolution contain a consistent pattern of poor research, such as quotes from both the january and august awake!

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  In this case it seems they fixed a factual error in attributing a statement to the wrong author, which is fair enough.
  

  
  Yes, agreed SBF, but, if they made changes, it would be the honest thing to do to point them out.

  For example, a NYT article I recently read about Gary Johnson and his "what is Aleppo" gaffe, said:
  
  

  Correction: September 8, 2016
  

  An earlier version of this article misidentified the de facto capital of the Islamic State. It is Raqqa, in northern Syria, not Aleppo.

  Correction: September 8, 2016
  

  An earlier version of the above correction misidentified the Syrian capital as Aleppo. It is Damascus.

  People make mistakes, they should show that there was a previous version to maintain transparency.
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  Another changed WT publication from when it was first published to now

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
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  this is as it was originally, or at least at the time that paul grundy saw it, because he has this picture on jwfacts:.

  this is what it says on jwfacts right now:.

  watchtower articles on evolution contain a consistent pattern of poor research, such as quotes from both the january and august awake!

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  This is as it was originally, or at least at the time that Paul Grundy saw it, because he has this picture on jwfacts:
  
  

  This is what it says on jwfacts right now:
  
  

  Watchtower articles on evolution contain a consistent pattern of poor research, such as quotes from both the January and August Awake! magazines in 2015. The following attributes a quotation to Dawkins.

  ““The filament of DNA is information, a message written in a code of chemicals, one chemical for each letter,” wrote evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.” Awake! 2015 Aug p.5

  This is not a quote from Dawkins, but from Ridley. A little bit or research uncovers this statement appears on page 37 of Richard Dawkings book The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing. However, Dawkins is quoting from page 13 of Matt Ridley's 1999 book Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
  
  This is the Awake as it stands right now:
  
  
  
  So... conclusion is: THEY CHANGED IT!
  
  Another possible conclusion is that they do visit this site and other exJW sites.
  
  We as a community HAVE to get copies of EVERY WT PUBLICATION as soon as it is printed, because I am guessing these changes are going to be extremely common from now on.
  
  
  
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  Family contact in terminal illness cases.

  by Disassociated Lady 2 in

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  i had not seen my parents for over 15 years since the funeral of my brother and even then no one spoke to me as i was da.

  my dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2014 and i was then permitted contact with them.

  i now know the reason that this is allowed.

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  =( I am sorry to hear. Yes... it is heartbreaking. So much for the "religion of love" right?
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  JWs accused of pressuring Syrian refugees in Northern Greece to convert - so far, 40 have converted

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  i just received the following link to a video where some claim that jws are pressuring syrian refugees in northern greece to convert.

  fyi, i tried to locate the date of the video, but couldn't, so don't know if it is recent or not.

  https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish/videos/vb.407570359384477/791011651040344/?type=2&theater.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  His face tho... xD

  
  
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  Mouthy has Passed Away

  by Simon in

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  update on mouthy (grace gough)this is graces granddaughter.

  i wanted to send an update that today my beautiful grandmother passed away - surrounded by friends and family.

  - may 22 1927 - sept 2nd 2016. mouthys_granddaughter.

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  ILoveTTATT2

  =( I am crying!

  So sad!!

  May she rest in peace.

  
  
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  Juan Gabriel died.

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  for the world, michael jackson's death was the death of an insanely well known person.. in latin america, juan gabriel was like our michael jackson, he was that well known.. generations of people all over latin america knew his songs.

  you heard his songs when you broke up with someone and went to the bar, you heard his songs in karaoke, you heard his songs every saturday when your grandma played music loudly and she only had the one cassette and it was his.... i hadn't cried for the death of an artist before, but today i did.. there are sooo many memories, both good and bad, in mine and hundreds of millions of people, in which he was a part.. mexico and all of latin america is in pain right now.. may he rest in peace..

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  Are you Latin American, Island Man?

  It would be really impressive to me that you have never heard any single Juan Gabriel song in your life. He wrote more than 1800 songs, just one of his albums sold 8 million records (most sold album in Mexico's history), he's the inspiration for Marc Anthony and many other Latin American singers....

  Have you been hiding under a rock for the past 30 years or something?