In the new world everyone will have present day north American sensibilities of modesty when swimming in the ocean, not that of any other culture or time period. Down to the long legged board 'shorts' being worn for men and no adult women being shown swimming, so I guess they didn't want to comment on new world women's swimsuit fashion.
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Weird "new world" artwork from the 2013 calendar
by cedars inmy mother-in-law has a strange obsession with calendars, and orders the society's calendar each year.
this year's calendar is especially weird.
it features images depicting future events - in particular, the society's vision of the new world order.. i've taken the opportunity to scan some of the images for you all to check out.. please note - there are captions for each of the images, but i don't have the english language version of the calendar so i'd rather just quote the scripture used so as not to reveal which country i'm in.. .
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Yahweh was a Cannanite god Ashtoreth his wife...before the Jews!! Unreal!
by Witness 007 inthis i did not know till recently.
buts a whole new meaning to "let us make man in our image.." no wonder all the kings of israel turned to other gods..
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New Article regarding the Global Flood of Noah
by jwfacts ini have put together a new article regarding whether the global flood of noah is possible.
it utilises a lot of information from threads on jwn, and some of you may recognise your own comments.
please feel free to proof read, make suggestions, provide further references, etc.. http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/flood-noah-global.php.
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j dubb
Very, very nice!
Considering the scientific evidence against a Noachian flood was a great benefit to me.
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They were out New years morning, I couldn,t believe it.
by jam ini,am watching the rose bowl parade, and the wife.
call me to the front of the house.
a couple knocking on doors at 10 oclock in the morning.
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j dubb
Yes, used to go out on holidays. I think we gave them an extra 30 minutes to 'sleep in'...
It's what they do.
What we do is what we do
It's all the same, there's nothing new
What we do is what we do
It's turnin' 'round on me and you
What we do is what we do
Just different names, it's nothing new
What we do is what we do
'Cause all we do is what we do
Gamin', prayin', believin', maintainin'
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JW's in a sports bar
by pontoon inso i'm 2000+ miles from home on a mission for work.
out to lunch with three other guys from the company, in a sports bar on a sunday about 3:00-4:00 pm.
crowded, not a roudy place, nice.
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j dubb
Is it just me or did it used to be frowned upon to eat in places that had a bar? I don't remember it being a popular restaurant concept in the 70s/80s with the exception of Bennigans. Maybe this was a regional thing (I didn't grow up in a major city)...I don't remember eating in any restaurant with a bar in it until Chili's and TGIFridays were everywhere in the mid-late 90s.
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Final prayer after fieldservice today.
by El_Guapo inhi guys,.
i was asked to give final prayer today after the field service meeting.
i asked for jah to bless and comfort the families of the newtown, ct massacre.
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j dubb
I remember going to the meeting on Sept 11, 2001. It was a Tuesday, and we had our TMS & Service meeting on Tuesdays in my hall. I was a 19 year old MS, and I remember it not only because it was 9/11, but because I has just been appointed and had my first "big boy" part that was a part in the meeting reserved for Ministerial Servants or Elders. I wondered if anything would be said about 9/11, and it seemed to me like something should. My part had nothing to do with any topic that could be tied to the subject and I basically just gave it straight, afraid to deviate with it being my first part and all. Nothing was said about the attacks except in the prayer, and it had something to do with preaching to the people affected. I thought that was terrible to have a "Christian Meeting" and say nothing about the people affected by the events that very day.
I remember that night. It was packed. The only thing mentioned at our hall that night was that the destruction of 'two buildings was nothin'....NOTHIN!' compared to what mankind faces at Armageddon.
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Preppers and prepping.... thoughts?
by EntirelyPossible inwhat do you guys think of preppers?
i have been watching doomsday preppers on natgeo (it's just a trainwreck, i can't stop watching) and while those guys are a joke, i think have a few weeks worth of supplies and water on had is a good idea (tornadoes, hurricane, freak snow/ice storm, etc.).
however, prepping years worth of food, 5000 rounds of ammo per gun, building a fortified bunker.... what for?
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j dubb
never seen it. is it real? i know some shows seem fake like the towing repo shows.
Is it a real show really on TV? Yes. Does it feature real people? Yes.
Like almost all 'reality' shows, does it exaggerate and present people in the most extreme way possible? Yes.
I have spoken and/or am familiar with more than one person that has been featured on the show. The producers make the people say 'I'm preparing for....(insert doomsday event here)!' While a few people that have been featured needed little help in looking like fools, many of them are far more reasonable and balanced people than they were portrayed on the show through editing and coached lines and scenarios acted out.
It does seem there is a weird preparedness meme circulating through the congregations. From the platform it has been encouraged to have a bug out bag and accompanying bug out plan complete with routes away from the city mapped out, leaving written information at home as to where you went, giving this info to your group elder, having a minimum of 3 days of food/water in the house, and so on.
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star trek
by Hortensia init pisses me off that they are advertising the new star trek movie so far ahead of release.
i thought it would be released soon, turns out it won't be shown until may 2013. and no sherlock until the fall of 2013 maybe.
(i like benedict cumberbatch, .
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j dubb
...why?
studios do this for every highly anticipated film. releasing a teaser trailer six months ahead of release is expected now. If they didn't release one, it would be assumed that there were production problems with the film.
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Stones preparing to CRY OUT?
by irondork intracking the rolling stones of racetrack playaby: shannon dybvigit's the time of year when the sailing stones of racetrack playa in california's death valley are on the move.
no one has actually seen these huge rocks move along the flat, dry lake bed.
sometime, when no one's looking, usually after freezing weather or heavy wind or rain, the rocks up and scoot themselves leaving unmistakable travel grooves in their wake.
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Did you ever have to walk out of/shut off a movie when watching with JWs?
by keyser soze ini can only recall one occasion.
it was when my brother and future wife were dating.
they had dinner at my parents' house, along with her uber-zealous/borderline psychotic parents.
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j dubb
I'll never forget that movie shown on TV I watched with my wife and son. That bedroom scene! It turned out to be the same movie we walked out of a few years ago! Our whole family had an attack of conscience immediately after it ended and we had to re-evaluate our standards.
Oh, wait, maybe that was an 80s convention demonstration...