SirNose586

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  JWD Awards: And the winner is...

  by Princess Daisy Boo in

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  for the poster the uncanny ability to give an apostate take on the fluffiest of threads: wtwizard.

  for the most eloquent and enigmatic poster: compound complex.

  for the poster who posts the oddest threads: badboy.

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  SirNose586

  Yeah, I'm gonna agree with Terry's nomination as the most philosophical...heck I agree with all the awards!
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  Why such boring & canned answers at the WT Study?

  by navytownroger in

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  back in th 1980s, the answers at the watchtower study & the book study seemed much more interesting.

  more personal experiences that somehow related to the question being asked.

  nowadays it seems all answers are just repeated from the text, or consist of reading a bible verse.

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  SirNose586

  Number one, everyone's bored to death. Number two, extra flair in the answering take time and researching outside the Library CD, which JWs largely do not know how to do. Ditto on the restricted materials; you can't use suspiciously informed outside sources.

  Combine them together and you have a boooooring study.
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  Is this plagiarism of WT art?

  by inkling in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just an odd thing i stumbled across the other day:.

  we all know this image, published in 1992. .

  well check out this cover art for the 1999 movie "the thirteenth floor":.

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  SirNose586

  Similar silhouettes, perhaps, but I don't think this is plagiarism. The gridlines are about the "13th floor" silhouette, plus there's a car.....
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  Scan Request: "Will This World Survive" Tract --- Cover Art

  by inkling in

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  2. bible

  does anyone have a copy of the tract "will this world survive"?

  (it's the dark blue/black one with the silloutted man looking into the horizon...).

  could someone scan just the cover for me?

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  SirNose586

  I was always fascinated with this cover. I never really understood the whole grid outline and who that guy was....but it was captivating for me. Maybe because it reminded me of Tron.
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  My Avatar and yours

  by LockedChaos in

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  just curious .

  any symbolism or meaning to your avatar choice?

  mine is actually a gif .

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  SirNose586

  It's a Spartan helmet. I picked it during the 300 craze, plus anything historical appeals to me.

  I haven't had the desire to change it.
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  Witness fear of demons why?

  by donny in

  1. jw
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  during my ten year sojourn through the watchtower, i was always amazed at the witnesses fear and fascination with demons.

  occasionally at gatherings, they would exchange "demon" stories, which were just a jw way of telling ghost stories, and you would usually hear a few "uhhs" and "oh my's" as the story was told.

  although i had heard folks of other denominations mention demons, it was never with the "shock and awe" the witnesses put into it.

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  SirNose586

  Yeah, about 5 years ago my sister had a nervous breakdown. Grampa came to see her. He was convinced that our animist-practicing ancestors had something to do with this problem. They got rid of anything with dragons on it, as these things upsetted my sister. I ended up losing a cool shirt, which was replaced with a lame one.

  Demons suck.
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  I think I made "The List"

  by RR in

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  so jehovah's witnesses came to our door, this is about the fifth time, i always miss them, but they talk to my wife, this time i was home due to the holiday season, the man was an elder, he came with a newbie, thought he would show her "how's its done"), the young women sat there with mouth wide open, as she watched me beat up her elder with his own bible.

  well after discussing the scriptures for about 2 hours, (subjects included: salvation, ransom, permission of evil, god's organization), she looked at me and said "amazing, i've never heard it explained quite that way before.".

  the elder asked me what religious affiliations i had, i told him, "i am with the associated bible students.

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  SirNose586

  Wow, way for that guy to run away. At least you've got someone thinking now...it may lay dormant for a time, but it'll be there....
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  The Watchtower and Archaeology

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  insight book, volume 1, page 147 (published by jehovah's witnesses in 1988):.

  insight book, volume 1, page 959 (published by jehovah's witnesses in 1988):.

  god's word or man's book, page 65 (published by jehovah's witnesses in 1989):.

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  SirNose586

  So, they were for archaeology before they were against it. Funny what facts do to guesses.
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  10th grade Biology class (super lame thought process within)

  by SacrificialLoon in

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  i remember taking a test on the theory of evolution, and i intentionally answered the questions wrong, because of course jehovah created everything.

  i bet i sure made jehovah's heart glad by flunking that test for him.

  the next day the teacher called home and talked to my parents about the test; she apparently told them how she felt i knew the answers, but answered wrong anyway.

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  Amazing what a little mental programming will do....
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  The CO asked for more contributions

  by outofthebox in

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  it looks like the wt is running out of money fast.

  few weeks ago we had the co visit and he told us in the ms and elders meeting that he had never seen a letter from the gb like this one, but then he went ahead and read it.

  the letter basically said: "the contributions are down and there is more people in the congregation.

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  SirNose586

  Was this some sort of general letter? If it was from the GB, why would it go to a single congregation that was down in tribute money?