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  Superman vs Jesus

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my sister told me yesterday, guess the sunday sermon.

  given at my church, superman.

  the minister was making.

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  j dubb

  There is a company, Grace Hill Media, founded by a former sitcom writer and Warner Bros publicist, that markets secular Hollywood films to churches.

  Superman Returns (2006) had a similar campaign. Any film that has a potential to be interpreted to have a message of faith is marketed this way.

  Superman has always had a messianic theme/interpretation, it was not accidental or unique to the films. Man of Steel the first time to my knowledge, that Kal is 33 years old when he presents himself to mankind, in the 78 film he was 30. There is also the 'Gethsemane' scene that I think is unique to this film as well. Both this film and the prior one featured the 'outstretched arms' imagery.
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  YearBooks

  by AudeSapere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does the image below show up for everyone?

  it's a cut-and-paste of an ad for classmates.com.. what caught my eye is that the books they have in their ad are actually jw yearbooks!!

  odd, isn't it?.

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  j dubb

  I was going to post the same thing. I noticed this in an email and the colors, spine printing are all correct, as well as when they started printing thinner ones in the 90s.
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  Another visit from the elders

  by jonno12225 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i have another visit from the elder this week.

  this time they want to speak with my wife, still a believer and myself.

  i think they want to know my position about my children attending the meetings and some other things.. while preparing myself for it i though of a challenge for the elders and my wife.

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  j dubb

  If you want to really push the boat out, ask if the distancing from Russell is simply embarrassment of info now easily available online, first hand proof of his beliefs in pyramidology, the selling of expensive miracle wheat from the WT resulting in papers calling him a conman (the paper won a court battle after he attempted to sue), the divorce to his wife or the embarassing comparisson of him being a jellyfish in that he flirted from woman to woman, including his under age maid, hence his wife filed for divorce. Hardly a faithful, discreet, slave.

  Sweet! nicely put. CTR was neither faithful nor discreet. Discuss. :)

  1- The supernatural exists

  2- The god of the bible exists

  3- The god of the bible communicates with the governing body of Jehovahs Witnesses

  No religious body/official in existence can get past the first one. If it could be proven, it would be known by every human on earth and fully integrated into every governmental system. All war would be outright religious in nature and we would probably have wiped ourselves out already.

  If the first could be proven, the possibility of the next two are a given, as it could be with any other religious book/organization.

  You are trying to apply logical thinking in a situation where it cannot apply. Pursuing this as a line of discussion will accomplish nothing but establish that you are an apostate.
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  Weird "new world" artwork from the 2013 calendar

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my 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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  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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  Yahweh was a Cannanite god Ashtoreth his wife...before the Jews!! Unreal!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this 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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  j dubb

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zw3fl
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  New Article regarding the Global Flood of Noah

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i 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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  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 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i,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'
  Textin', electin', rejectin', infectin'
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  JW's in a sports bar

  by pontoon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  so 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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  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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi 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 in

  1. social
  2. current

  what 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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  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.