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  Want a laugh - Message from Facebook User

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i received this in my fb messages today.. "what a sad,sad individual you are.

  and all your apostate pals.

  you really do need to open your eyes and see whats happening in the world.

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  betterdaze

  you probably had 1 bad experience with a brother and decided to leave the truth.

  
  
  Yes, starting with the one who baptized me. After that experience, it rapidly went downhill.
  
  ~Sue
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  Want a laugh - Message from Facebook User

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i received this in my fb messages today.. "what a sad,sad individual you are.

  and all your apostate pals.

  you really do need to open your eyes and see whats happening in the world.

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  betterdaze

  arent us TRUE WORSHIPPERS of JEHOVAH allowed at least ONE place where we can talk without the fear of an apostate lurking in the background?????

  Yes, and it's called the Kingdom Hall. (Watch out for the child molesters.)
  
  ~Sue
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  Family Bible

  by PSacramento in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife wants me to get a nice family bible for us.. i have interlinears and study bibles but she wants a "simple one", lol !.

  i know which types she wants - harcover, with a lacth, beautiful old drawings, the kind that i h ave to sell a kidney to get !.

  i think that i would like a nice hardcover, leather one, i don't know the difference between genuine and bonded leather.. i would like some nice illustrations, i always find those old time black and white drawings in some older bible so beautiful.. i think a niv verison is good for the whole family ( easy to read and understand) and those with a thumb index would be great too !.

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  I know which types she WANTS - harcover, with a lacth, beautiful old drawings, the kind that I h ave to sell a kidney to get !

  Holy Bible: The Bible of Borso d'Este

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  The Museum is delighted to present our elegant edition of the Holy Bible. Profusely illustrated from the magnificent Italian Renaissance Bible of Borso d'Este, it uses the beautifully written prose from the King James English translation of the original Latin scripture. Borso d'Este, the Duke of Ferrara, commissioned his bible in 1455. With more than 1,000 illustrations, the border on each page is sumptuously decorated with lovely vermilion and blue rosettes, gold ornamentation, delicate butterflies, birds, deer, trumpet-blowing angels, fierce dragons, and charming miniature scenes in perfect harmony with the biblical stories. The masterful miniaturist work from the Borso Bible illustrates events from the Old and New Testaments, and was interpreted in the spirit of the Este court with the refined style and aristocratic depictions of the figures. This exclusive Museum edition is housed in a custom-contoured slipcase.
  
  892 pages, over 1,000 full-color illustrations. 16 3/4'' x 12''. Hardcover, with slipcase and hand clothbound.
  
  ART HISTORY
  At least five different artists collaborated in the creation of the Borso Bible, which was made between 1455 and 1461. Discovered through documents which indicate that both principal illuminators, Taddeo Crivelli and Franco dei Russi, found it necessary to employ assistants and subcontractors, fellow craftsmen like Marco dell'Avogaro, Giorgio d'Alemagna, Malatesta Romano lent their hands in its production. The text was written in two columns in exquisite Renaissance calligraphic script by the Bolognese scribe Pietro Paolo Marone. The elaborate illuminations and rich decorative elements, along with the exquisite prose, combine to create a breathtaking collection of Renaissance art.
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  Do You Believe that God Wrote the Ten Commandments?

  by cameo-d in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  was this an invisible god?.

  any opinion on who wrote the big ten?.

  (i got a sneakin' suspicion it was moses father-in-law).

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  (I got a sneakin' suspicion it was Moses father-in-law)

  
  
  Which one? Jethro priest of Midian, Reuel, or Hobab (FIL @ Judges 4:11; Reuel's son/Moses' BIL @ Numbers 10:29 )
  
  ~Sue
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  Would You Accept an Implantable Microchip?

  by leavingwt in

  1. social
  2. current

  i think i can live without it.

  however, i already carry identification and a cell phone.

  perhaps there is not a huge difference.

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  Thanks, LWT, I was going to post that WSJ article today!

  100% OPPOSED to microchips and biometric ID cards.

  1939 Nazi Germany: "Where are your papers?"

  ~Sue
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  I really need some help

  by KICKED OUT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am an ex jw and happy.

  my sister is an ultra jw married to an elder.

  my non jw grandfather just past away and my sister has said for the last 15 years that she wanted nothing to do with that side of my family including me and especially my grandfather.

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  He was a wealthy man and had no will

  changed his will 3 or 4 times, so we are just saying there is no will so it passes to ...

  
  You will need a hell of a lot more than scriptures or biblical stories when they discover your calculated theft by deception. (Discussed on a public message board, no less.)

  ~Sue
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  If this doesn't cheer you up nothing will: TROLOLOLOLOLOL

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the longer you watch this the funnier it gets!.

  (by the way: great hair!).

  added to .

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  betterdaze

  who is this man?

  
  
  About
  "Indeed, I am very glad that I finally am returning home" is a Soviet-era pop song composed by Arkady Ostrovsky, performed by Edward Hill (or Eduard Khil), a nationally-honored Russian singer since the late 1960s. Due to much exploitable elements of the music video, it has recently gained momentum as a popular bait-and-switch video, in similar vein to the more notorious usage of Rickroll.

  Singing in the video is Edward Anatolevich Hill, a Soviet-era vocalist once celebrated as the “Honored Artist of the USSR” in 1968 and “People’s Artist of the USSR” in 1974.

  Because Edward’s performance was poorly lipsynched (albeit to his own vocal track) and entirely composed of mouth music without any lyrics, the song was perceived by some westerners as highly eccentric. One of the surreal moments comes in at the chorus part, during which Edward can be heard singing “LOL” over and over again—as though he’s laughing directly at the viewer.

  Of course, this is just a comical misinterpretation of him singing “Tro-lo-lo.” In fact, the song still remains quite familiar to the older Russian audiences; the Sovie Azerbaijani singer Muslim Magomaev had previously sung it in the 1960s Soviet television show The Blue Spark:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyAKBuU72p4
  
  Additionally, there is an even earlier version of the song, sung by Valery Obodzinsky in 1967.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHf9BJdgdBo
  
  It’s sung in a style called “vokaliz,” a cognate of the English “vocalise” or vocal exercise. Vokaliz is not, however, a vocal exercise but a style of singing similar to pantomime or even American scat singing of the 1920s.
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  Family Bible

  by PSacramento in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife wants me to get a nice family bible for us.. i have interlinears and study bibles but she wants a "simple one", lol !.

  i know which types she wants - harcover, with a lacth, beautiful old drawings, the kind that i h ave to sell a kidney to get !.

  i think that i would like a nice hardcover, leather one, i don't know the difference between genuine and bonded leather.. i would like some nice illustrations, i always find those old time black and white drawings in some older bible so beautiful.. i think a niv verison is good for the whole family ( easy to read and understand) and those with a thumb index would be great too !.

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  That's a good laundry list, but I'm not sure any publisher could hit all points today.
  
  The first thing that comes to mind is my mother's 1960's Jerusalem Bible, beautifully printed and bound with embossed covers. Also for the thumb indexes (indices?). This is the edition I grew up with beside our greenback NWTs. Always LOVED it, the bridge between us being outlaw JW's and our family history as Roman Catholics.
  
  The illustrations you describe are typically engravings from the artist Gustave Doré, that alone should aid your search.
  
  ~Sue
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  Feel the Love ? ... continued

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  nov 15, 1952 watchtower pp.703-704 questions from readers .

  questions from readers.

  in the case of where a father or mother or son or daughter is disfellowshiped, how should such person be treated by members of the family in their family relationship?p.c., ontario, canada.. we are not living today among theocratic nations where such members of our fleshly family relationship could be exterminated for apostasy from god and his theocratic organization, as was possible and was ordered in the nation of israel in the wilderness of sinai and in the land of palestine.

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  [Emphasis Added]

  Thanks for the emphasis, it reminds me of Red Letter Bible editions. This article is the flipside: All threats and damnation!
  
  ~Sue
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  Why is there a need for Ministry School presentations?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we were told that the preaching work was lead and guided by ''angels'' and the holy spirit.. if that is so,why the need for magazine presentations week after week?

  why is a half hour spent showing each member what to say and how to respond to certain questions?

  why practice presentations when the angels and holy spirit are there to help?.

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  Education is part of how they maintain their tax-free charitable status, and maintain eligibility for $ as an NGO. Ditto as a Human Rights organization. This is how they can slither in and grow new victims even if governments reject their bogus religious agenda.
  
  ~Sue