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  What's the Worst Gossip You Heard About Why You were DF'ed, Faded or Left and Never Came Back? They say "I am gay!"

  by PhilsWager2 in

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  your going to enjoy the latest rumor i heard why i have not been to meeting for around nine months, i am a homosexual!

  i was caught having a drink at one of the gay bars for business, yes people still talk business in bars.

  revelation 17:4).and murderers, and fornicators (cf.

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  I just learned that I was kicked out of Bethel for immorality. I am hurt that a loved one continues to sling mud at me at every opportunity.

  My JW friends know better. They love and respect me.

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  The Great Apocalypse is Coming in July - Here is a Preview

  by DT in

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  trailer for the first book of the sparlock of the multiverse trilogy.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvwf1mncog&feature=youtu.be.

  here is a recording of the prologue:.

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  Looks good, DT!

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  Okay I believe the Andre thing now.

  by Sharpie in

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  2. bible

  before, i was thinking, this whole thing with the character the writing department has must be a coincidence.

  they must use other names?.

  nope.

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  Last year's special talk (following the Memorial) featured Andre.

  I wanted to ask the speaker afterwards about the frequent appearance of this popular, ubiquitous brother, but I was at a loss how to couch the potentially outing question.

  A year has passed, so I'm letting him out . . .

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  Disturbing hidden image in w15 04/15 page 9 (Not DF image)

  by campaign of hate in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  could someone do me a favor and post the picture on page 9 on the above mentioned watchtower.. i'll point it out, very surprised no one else has picked up on this creepy image..

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  Dear Friends:

  I applied for but did not receive the privilege of working in the WT art department. It must have been my inappropriate rendering of a pointillism Nebo -- Assyrian god -- during auditions that axed me. I wound up a proofreader instead. [See Aid to Bible Understanding, page 1121.] Then again, it may have been my cleansed leper, overjoyed and bounding about as his swaddling cloths unfurled and cascaded to his feet. I never learned why . . .

  If you check out a link I provided earlier re: Commercial Artists' View of WT Art, you'll find Seven006's comments very revealing about what WT art is not. He worked there. He did not agree with my offerings.

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  Disturbing hidden image in w15 04/15 page 9 (Not DF image)

  by campaign of hate in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  could someone do me a favor and post the picture on page 9 on the above mentioned watchtower.. i'll point it out, very surprised no one else has picked up on this creepy image..

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  Please see below extracts from a letter originally written for elders and WT officials. It 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," 21 February 1992:

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  "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]

  For further info on an former JW insider's perspective, see Seven006's commentary:
  
  

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/147395/view-commercial-artists-on-wt-art?size=20&page=2
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  Disturbing hidden image in w15 04/15 page 9 (Not DF image)

  by campaign of hate in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  could someone do me a favor and post the picture on page 9 on the above mentioned watchtower.. i'll point it out, very surprised no one else has picked up on this creepy image..

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  Greetings, COH:

  I reiterate that there is no reason to insult individuals who raise questions about WT art. There are some who have studied this issue and stay with facts. If a person disagrees or finds this subject distasteful, he may simply bow out.

  What do you think of the following?

  AIR STREAM GRAPHIC DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION
  [pm me for phone number]

  [extracts from letter of 10 July 1990, addressed "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
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  Disturbing hidden image in w15 04/15 page 9 (Not DF image)

  by campaign of hate in

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  could someone do me a favor and post the picture on page 9 on the above mentioned watchtower.. i'll point it out, very surprised no one else has picked up on this creepy image..

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  Revelation/Climax; page 52.
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  Disturbing hidden image in w15 04/15 page 9 (Not DF image)

  by campaign of hate in

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  2. scandals

  could someone do me a favor and post the picture on page 9 on the above mentioned watchtower.. i'll point it out, very surprised no one else has picked up on this creepy image..

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  Dear campaign of hate:

  While I don't see the image you describe, I have written on this subject in the past.

  As an painter of fantasy art, I specialize in hidden imagery, such as that of Bev Dolittle or Octavio Ocampo. Professional artists -- quoted on this forum in older threads -- have agreed that there is something strange about WT art. No one agrees on everything; there are fervent believers in both camps.

  IMHO, it is not necessary to insult or belittle a person for asking a question about what is generally agreed to be the weird iconography, and beyond, of WT art.

  Keep asking questions, despite the rudeness that accompanies discussions of this type of art.

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  Disfellowshipping Image

  by naazira in

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  2. friends

  this photo can be found in the april 15 , study edition article titled:.

  why disfellowshipping is a loving provision.

  just by looking at this image we can see how quickly the barrier between the congregation and former member is put up, after the announcement that this sister is no longer one of jehovah's witneses.

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  Nice comments, OC and Xan!

  I don't remember if it was during or after my tenure as nitpicking proofreader when m'habitais la caja bon Dieu.

  In the beloved Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God, I found some egregious, unartistic art-renderings: 1) both present and missing railing of the synagogue podium where a beardless Jesus read 'today this scripture has been fulfilled'; 2) a little girl petting a lion with outsized head and diminutive body.

  No one ever listened to me . . .

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  I saw some witnesses today...

  by Garrett in

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  2. friends

  gossiping.

  yep, that's right!

  so, i'm sitting outside a building, waiting for my martial arts class to begin when two sisters walk down the road leading to the building.

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  Grandpa wondered the same thing.

  He was standing in his front yard and they walked right on by. Might have been back call day and he wasn't on their list. Or he wasn't a door to knock on.

  He was always ready to chat . . .

  Hi Rip!

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