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OK..Seriously..Has GOD ever answered your prayers????
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
look...i am not an atheist.

even so, i have never had one prayer answered my entire life.

the only thing that would even come close was learning ttatt.
compound complex

Greetings, DATA-DOG:

Taking into account all that has been said on this thread and others like it over the years, I tend toward other explanations for why a prayer may seem to have been answered. My prayers of yore had been "answered" in relation to my activities and conduct as a JW. Therefore, I don't know where Jehovah actually fit in as I consider my current belief-in-flux position.

Nonetheless, one experience that still has me nonplussed centers around my life in Brooklyn and Manhattan, circa 1970. I took a noisy bus ride to a forgotten destination, but recall that the friendly driver said to sit behind him so he could tell me when we arrived at my stop. He chatted loudly away and, as was my wont, I wanted to witness to him: impossible, due to noise and confusion. Over the course of the lengthy trip, he revealed point by point personal information: the district he inhabited; the street he lived on; the number of his apartment complex; his name. All this was given me as he gabbed away; I didn't ask a single question.

I got off, went my way armed with this vital back call material. Somewhat later, Truth book in tow, I located his apartment complex and found his name, Patrick Davis, on the registry and went to his door. He was surprised to see me and I gave him the book . . .

Wonder where he is now.

CC
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Possibly the creepiest thing I have ever seen.
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/7bhfbsjycap9gurjx8e4.jpg.

http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/q2ez9si8kwcze4h7pft.jpg.

http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/0a2s84sh0thc27bo11tr.jpg.
compound complex

Yes, Tal, you remember correctly. More info if you want it!

I always enjoy your point of view.

Love,

CoCo
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Possibly the creepiest thing I have ever seen.
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/7bhfbsjycap9gurjx8e4.jpg.

http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/q2ez9si8kwcze4h7pft.jpg.

http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/0a2s84sh0thc27bo11tr.jpg.
compound complex

Welcome, Enlightenment123, and thank you for your input.

If DD will kindly allow another excerpt from a letter, I would be grateful. The information I have posted has been disputed by an artist who was once a member of this forum. I can send you a link via pm if you like.

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The letter below was written by Michael Graves, who studied commercial illustration, graphic arts and photograghy at Bakersfield College. His professional work includes medical photography, photomicrography, illustration and commercial photography.

The letter is addressed "To whom it may concern," February 21, 1992:

[. . .]

"At first glance the illustrations [Watch Tower 'commercial art images depicting religious scenes'] I examined appeared quite normal, but after closer examination, it became apparent that there are many images and symbols integrated into the scenes. Upon further investigation of the illustrations, I noticed a consistent motif and repeatability of these same symbols in every illustration I studied. Some of the symbols and images are so obvious they interrupt the normal flow of lines, shape, and form of the artwork. It is quite apparent the illustrators would use highlights and shadows in the scenes to conceal the symbols in such a manner that they are not clearly distinguishable. However, armed with the knowledge that the symbols may be present, it becomes quite easy to distinguish and isolate these images from the given illustration.

"In conclusion, it is my professional opinion that these figures are present in the illustrations, not by coincidence, but by clear conscious efforts by the originators of the artwork."

Sincerely,

[signature]

Michael Graves
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Possibly the creepiest thing I have ever seen.
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/7bhfbsjycap9gurjx8e4.jpg.

http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/q2ez9si8kwcze4h7pft.jpg.

http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/0a2s84sh0thc27bo11tr.jpg.
compound complex

AIR STREAM GRAPHIC DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION
July 10, 1990
To Whom It May Concern:

"Because of my extensive professional experience, Darek Barefoot recently asked me to review a number of illustrations [in WT, AWAKE!, REVELATION CLIMAX and LIVE FOREVER].

"It is my professional opinion that secondary images have been deliberately incorporated into many of the illustrations I have examined. The secondary images I have seen vary from symbolic shapes and letters of the alphabet to representations of faces and skulls, and deformities of certain extremities. These appear with enough consistency that in my opinion they are deliberate, not coincidental.

"As a professional illustrator and painter, I am very aware of the amount of time and concentration that goes into a painting or an illustration. Any artist doing a piece is acutely aware of every line and brush stroke. It is therefore exremely difficult for me to believe that many of these images, objects, and shapes were not purposefully embedded into these illustrations in question."

James Waggaman
359
Come On And PLAY!!!
by snowbird in
1. social
2. entertainment
this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

come on, y'all.. sylvia.
compound complex

Hilary, though fashioned along austere lines both metaphorically and physically, always brought down the house with gales of hilarious laughter emanating from guests caught off guard by her unanticipated drollery. Given their otherwise drab minds and consequent like existence, these little folk -- among whom was Victoria -- got their jollies by vicarious means, even the nonsensically out-of-place water bearer, Aquarius, who was on his way to Olympus but became sidetracked by peals of human laughter and, later, those of Olympian thunder because he had permitted himself to be led astray by the foibles of man- and womankind.

THANKS, rip!

liable, likely, libel
359
Come On And PLAY!!!
by snowbird in
1. social
2. entertainment
this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

come on, y'all.. sylvia.
compound complex

Good morning, Oubliette and Nancy!

Hermione went to the faucet -- or was it the tap? -- to wash out her one soiled anklet and one mud-encrusted shoe (for she trod but one Mary Jane into a puddle) in what she finally ascertained was a spigot. While at her ablutions, she figured what the hey! Why not wash my blanket, too?

Clean freak from infancy.

sublime/supine/recline
31
"The Devil is at Work!"
by HeyThere in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i consider myself a christian.

seriously did not even think that jw was that much different...but now i know better and it has my mind spinning.

i have stopped answering questions, say my own prayers to god at the meetings, and plastr on a fake smile.
compound complex

Welcome, HeyThere!

Wishing you well regarding your medical issues.

Give the situation you describe time and patience. Sometimes a simple question is enough to get another thinking. Remember:

"A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still." Benjamin Franklin

What matters is that you two can talk. Keep those lines of communication open.

Best regards.

CoCo
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17 April 1907
by compound complex in
1. social
2. entertainment
busiest day at ellis island: 11,747 immigrants processed.. did any of your great grandparents pass through those portals?.

cc.
compound complex

Busiest day at Ellis Island: 11,747 immigrants processed.

Did any of your great grandparents pass through those portals?

CC
359
Come On And PLAY!!!
by snowbird in
1. social
2. entertainment
this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

come on, y'all.. sylvia.
compound complex

G'day, rip and syl and nan

cc
359
Come On And PLAY!!!
by snowbird in
1. social
2. entertainment
this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

come on, y'all.. sylvia.
compound complex

Jams and jellies are a luxury for me, but a friend, whose castle-like home reminds of Camelot, gave me a pot of apricot jam that I will serve on toast today to a visiting friend who wishes she were an astronaut because she is always out of this world so she might as well get paid for her troubles!

cease, seize, seas