What was the story with the 'confidential envelopes'? Or was that just a rumour?
Posts by Jeffro
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49My highlights from the AGM
by Apognophos insome of this will not be new to those of you who read other people's notes, but i bet there are a few new bits for you here, so i've provided a user-friendly table of contents, as an homage to the contents that appear before each book of the bible in the new nwt.
i might remember more highlights later, as i'm rather tired right now, but this is what i can recall off the top of my head.. contents (use of quote marks in this section is facetious; these are not actual quotes).
"say, did you notice that 2014 is the 100th anniversary, people?".
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Why did they write a new bible?
by snare&racket inworks of unknown authorship70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work is made.
however, if the work is made available to the public during that time then copyright expires 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is first made publicly available.i wonder if this is the motive for a new bible?
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Jeffro
slimboyfat:
The parody of the NWT on anorther thread presumably could not legally be done using the new font.
It would probably be quite difficult for parodyists to get their hands on the proprietary font files anyway. But for the purpose of parodies, a similar typeface is more than adequate. Having new fonts won't do anything to prevent parodies.
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Why did they write a new bible?
by snare&racket inworks of unknown authorship70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work is made.
however, if the work is made available to the public during that time then copyright expires 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is first made publicly available.i wonder if this is the motive for a new bible?
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Jeffro
slimboyfat:
In fact they also mentioned about copyrighting the new front, so these issues were obviously on their mind in its production.
That's a slightly different issue (and it was font, not front). Typefaces are subject to copyright. Even the common typefaces supplied with personal computers such as Times New Roman or Helvetica can only be legitimately used by end-users because the operating system (or other third-party software that provides the fonts) includes the licences to use the fonts. (Some fonts are provided under a freeware licence, but this is the exception, not the rule.) Use of a typeface without a valid licence is an infringment of copyright. When an individual does that, it's not strictly legal, but not as much of a big deal as when a massive printing corporation does it. That's why they had to design some new fonts. It's also why most of the fonts already in JW publications were designed in-house.
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AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)
by WatchTower87 in- 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.
- new bible.
- new nwt (revision).
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Jeffro
Can someone post a scan/photo of Jeremiah 25:8-12, including cross-references column? Betting there's been some changes.
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Anything new BESIDES new bible release at the annual meeting?
by EndofMysteries inso was it all just a new bible release or was there any doctrine changes, etc?
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Jeffro
blondie:
sisterproof...means under the Law women were when they had their menstrual cycle...only once a month...whereas men are unclean after every semen emission
Yes. This is kind of like when a watch is water resistant, but not waterproof.
Compare Judges 6:37-38.
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Anything new BESIDES new bible release at the annual meeting?
by EndofMysteries inso was it all just a new bible release or was there any doctrine changes, etc?
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Jeffro
smiddy:
Whats the gist of the term "bum witness" mentioned at the event.
See Genesis 9:22; Leviticus 18:6-19; Exodus 20:26; Ezekiel 16:35-37.
See also Genesis 19:4-5; Judges 19:22.
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Anything new BESIDES new bible release at the annual meeting?
by EndofMysteries inso was it all just a new bible release or was there any doctrine changes, etc?
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Jeffro
Julia Orwell:
What does sister proof mean?
See Genesis 31:35; Leviticus 15:19-27.
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am i the only one on here who couldnt give a TOSS about the AGM--?
by bigmac inthe title says it all.
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Jeffro
gma-tired2:
For myself I don't care it family members that has me concerned.
Yeah, what he said.
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AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)
by WatchTower87 in- 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.
- new bible.
- new nwt (revision).
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Jeffro
It's most likely a co-incidence, but the AGM falls on the first day of Heshvan, the 8th month in the Hebrew calendar.
According to JW belief, 1 Heshvan is when Zechariah began to prophesy ('evidently').
*** pm chap. 6 p. 93 par. 5 Calling a Nation to Return to Jehovah ***:
When in that second year of King Darius I (520 B.C.E.) did Zechariah the grandson of Iddo begin to prophesy? Zechariah’s own book of prophecy informs us in its opening words, saying: “In the eighth month in the second year of Darius the word of Jehovah occurred to Zechariah the son of Berechiah the son of Iddo the prophet.”—Zechariah 1:1.
The eighth lunar month, of twenty-nine days, was called Heshvan, and was an autumn month. The day of the month is not given in the prophecy. Evidently it was the first day of Heshvan, the day of the new moon, when many Jews would celebrate in Jerusalem. -
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AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)
by WatchTower87 in- 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.
- new bible.
- new nwt (revision).
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Jeffro
cofty:
Maybe it will be nothing more than a load of made up "experiences" and a NWT with a new grey cover.
Maybe they'll get rid of some of the 'inconvenient' cross-references, like the one for Jeremiah 25:12 that points to Daniel 5:26,30 for the end of the '70 years', contradicting their own teachings. Morons.