Posts by NeonMadman

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Nativity Scene in JW Literature

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

does anyone know if the jws have very printed a picture of, what might be considered, a nativity scene in any of their literature?

i think it would funny to create a christmas card using their own artwork!

haha!

NeonMadman

There is a nativity scene on pages 8 and 9 of the book from the 2015 conventions, called Jesus - The Way, the Truth, the Life (which seems to be a replacement for the Greatest Man book). It's available at jw.org under Publications-->Featured Items, then scroll down to "Convention Releases." I only have a pdf copy and the picture is split between the two pages, so I'm not in a position to post a scan; maybe someone more adept with graphics can do so.

Here's a direct link to the Convention Release section: http://www.jw.org/en/publications/jw-convention-releases-2015/

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1984 New World Translation-Large Print-With References-PDF!

by Atlantis in

this bible appears on the watchtower website but not for download.

well, atlantis has taken care of that problem.

(large brown bible, 1,602 pages, with references).

NeonMadman

The green download button is greyed out and says "Locked." Unlocking it appears to require a code. Have the WT's lawyers gotten involved so quickly?

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Can you prove that WT policy of shunning is unscriptual? Will soon be discussing with somebody, give me all your ammo!

by EndofMysteries in

will soon be discussing w/ somebody still in about that.

i want to make sure i am not missing anything good.

so any scriptures, articles whether wt articles or secular about effects of shunning, etc, or your arguments against how wt interprets their scriptures, etc.

NeonMadman

Here's an article I wrote some time ago offering a more biblically sound understanding of the Bible texts most used by the JWs to support their shunning doctrine:

http://dispelthedarkness.org/index.php?p=1_10_Expel-the-Wicked-Man

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Oldest Kingdom Song

by Bereano in

jw
friends

which kingdom song (used today by jw) is the oldest one?

NeonMadman

Somewhere in my stuff, I have a 78 record from the 1930s of "Take Sides With Jehovah" being sung by a barbershop quartet.

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Where are you from?

by BeautifulMind in

jw
friends

i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

i currently live in georgia, usa.

NeonMadman

New Jersey, USA

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My mom passed away yesterday....

by minimus in

jw
friends

thank you all for your sincere encouragement during these last few weeks.

finally, she is at peace.

i was with her , holding her hand when she died.

NeonMadman

Very sorry for your loss, Minimus.

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Why Does The RSS feed for this site No Longer Work?

by NeonMadman in

i had been following active posts here for a while through the rss feed, first through google reader, then through feedly after google reader shut down.

but in the last few weeks, the feed seems to have stopped working.

anybody know why, and how i can get it back?.

NeonMadman

Since the forum changed over, I've been unable to get the new "Latest Posts" to feed through my Feedly, as I used to do before the forum change. Is there a solution to this, or is the new format simply RSS inaccessible?

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why we do not have to read the bible daily,

by sowhatnow in

or for that matter at all, from my perspective ,.

the only place in the bible that there is a mentioning of reading something [in an undertone day and night] [that i can find].

is in the hebrew scritures.

NeonMadman

JWs talk a lot about reading the Bible daily, but I don't know of very many who actually did, unless you count the verse or two that appeared in the Daily Text. Most of the JWs I was aware of read the Bible only when directly assigned, as in the reading for the Ministry School (which was relatively small; it took 3-4 years to read through the whole Bible if you just followed that), or else looking up proof texts found in the publications. As far as just reading the Bible for its own sake, I think we were too convinced that we couldn't understand it on our own, so it was easier just to read the publications.

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Jehovah's "perfect earthly organization"

by troucul in

hello friends,.

it has been a while for me since i last posted.

i've been busy getting some degrees, now working on my doctorate.

NeonMadman

I just searched the terms on the 2013 WT Library (which has WT mags back to the 50s), and the phrase does not occur. In fact, every combination of the three words I could find stated that the earthly organization is not perfect.

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Bob Dylan: The Basement Tapes Complete (the Bootleg Series Vol. 11)

by Simon in

bob dylan is an artist like no other.

while some spend months or even years working on and crafting an album, some of his have been cut over a long weekend.. some have been great, some are near misses - some seem awful at the time and then come into their own a decade later.. the mistique around the man has always driven demand for his music especially the unrelease stuff.

the original bootleg album was "the basement tapes" recorded with the band after his motorcycle accident of the late 60's.

NeonMadman

I got mine from Amazon a few days ago, and I'm enjoying listening through it. Some of the stuff on the first disc was sort of bland, with a similar sound to all the tracks. I suspect a lot of that was covers of old folk songs, not Dylan's own material. But moving on through, there are some fascinating alternate versions of the songs that are already well-known, either from earlier releases or cover versions (including a version of "Tears of Rage" in slow waltz time). Well worth the investment, but Dylan always is.

Dylan has been my favorite musician since the 60s; my friends used to kid me that if Dylan made an album of himself burping and farting, I'd buy it. They were probably right, and he's come close once or twice. But, heck, I even like Christmas in the Heart - Christmas carols croaked out by an old Jewish guy. The guy's a genius, that's all.