There has been a lot of stuff written about the Watchtower and hidden pictures on this site.
I for on believe in subliminal advertising and know it is used in the secular world very extensively.
Why, therefore wouldn?t the WTBS use this technology? They are trying to make their ideas stick just like an advertiser would.
Subliminal means below the threshold (of conscious awareness)
Where is a person's threshold of consciousness? It varies. I'm only noticing the air conditioner in the room because I decided earlier to use it as an example. But until the moment of starting this example I was not conscious of hearing the air conditioner. Would I have noticed if it stopped? I was now and then hearing snatches of music from the table radio, mostly when I stopped typing. Where was my threshold of consciousness in each of these moments? Awareness of the sub-liminal is relative.
If you don't believe it, notice what happens when I remind you that you are reading this. Now you are more aware of an act that you were alrfrom eady doing. When I call your attention to it by mentioning it, from within the act itself, your level of consciousness jumps from one level to another. To read 'correctly,' you have to be unaware of doing it, at one level, while, at another level, being totally aware of it.
Then there's your butt. It's touching something. Before I mentioned it, you probably weren't aware of it touching anything at all. But it's never disconnected from your brain. Yet in some way it WAS disconnected, gone--until I called your attention to it. Then, your butt was there again. When I start talking about something else, you'll stop noticing your butt again. I'll draw your attention somewhere else. To your tongue. Feel it in there, taking up all that space in your mouth? Now where'd that butt go?
You'll mostly stop noticing it, but not totally. It's connected to your brain 24 hours a day. Normally, you shift your position when your butt tells you to, even if you are 'totally' engrossed in something going on outside your body, such as a sports event or a movie. That's an example of unconscious awareness, if you needed one.
The reason that horrific imagery like skulls and monsters are used in advertising is that it is received by the brain as a challenge, we fear death, and in theory we will remember the ?product? better.
Sexual imagery is used because we crave sex.
Weird pictures that are deliberately not right?an arm at an impossible angle or a reflection that is not the same challenges the brain and again the idea is to get you to remember the thoughts being pushed.
Of course there may be other reasons for what the WTBS does but I think it is just their attempt to manipulate the reader just like any advertiser would to sell their product
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26Occult sublimal imagery-what`s your view?
by dido ini came accross this today, and am shocked by it, has anyone got any views about it, as can`t believe that this has gone on?
http://www.bigwig.net/knots/nightmares/occult.htm.
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How do you feel about the name Jehovah?
by JWdaughter indo you use it anymore?
do you care?
do you cringe when you hear it?
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I remember looking through an old book on witchcraft and it said Jehovah was a magic word and used in many spells. I always found it ironic that these pagan witches could use the name when we were told that we were special and holy because we used it as Jehovah's witnesses and in fact saying it was a way to make demons leave us alone.
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Are things really worse now?
by NikL inthis morning amidst the news of the possible terrorist attack involving planes from the
i told her that nothing happened.
she of course pointed out that this time it didnt but maybe next time.
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This morning amidst the news of the possible terrorist attack involving planes from the
I told her that nothing happened. It almost did.
She of course pointed out that this time it didn’t but maybe next time. She said it is getting so bad now and will get worse and everyone can see it.
How about it everyone? Is it really worse now than any time in recorded history? Or, is it just that we constantly have a media hyping everything to death?
If we lived in the middle Ages and had TV we would have thought it was the end of all things certainly with the Black Death. Just imagine the headlines! Wars have always happened. Famine has been a common occurrence though out human history. Corruption of kings and governments is nothing new. The difference was that we didn’t hear about it if it didn’t happen within walking distance of your village.
Any thoughts? Is it really worse? Is Armageddon really howling at the gates? Am I an idiot for not seeing it?
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Multitrack audio recording in the basement
by Twitch inone of my hobbies is recording original music with either of the two bands i play in.
i've got a roland si24 8 track interface/control surface and use sonar on the pc, various plugins (waves native bundle dx plugins for mixing and isotope ozone for mastering) .
just finished one cd for one project with another in the mastering stage.
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I use Adobe Premiere (formerly Cool Edit Pro). Works great for what I do. I produce radio station imaging. It is really easy to use and the features are incredible. I am not a musician though so maybe there is something out there better for that sort of thing.
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Another Bold Faced Lying Watchtower (Aug. 1, 06)
by metatron in"dignity for all - soon!
" , proclaims the 8/1/'06 watchtower cover!.
do jehovah's witnesses really believe that dignity for all is soon?
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It always got me that they would harp on the belief in Hell as a punishment. "How could god who is love do that to his children?" But making them die a painfull death...now that is a loving and kind thing to do. Now that I am older I can see what a crock it all is. We all are going to die. And if there is some reward (and I hope there is) I will know in time. If not, than I will be dead, just like all of mankind before me and I wont know so I can't care.
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Violent Video games @ Bethel
by NikL inthis e mail is making the rounds.
i am not sure of the validity of it but here it is anyway.
what i find amazing is that video games would be allowed in the first place.
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This e mail is making the rounds. I am not sure of the validity of it but here it is anyway. What I find amazing is that video games would be allowed in the first place. TEACHING COMMITTEE REPORT -Games of Violent Nature- Talk by George Couch - Wed. January 5, 2005 At Gen. 6: -- we read of a violent world in the pre-Flood time. We are now living in the time of the End. Does an inducement toward violence exist today? Yes, in violent video games, which make violence appear "innocent." They even have religious connotations, and contain words such as Covenant - God - and Theology. Some twenty-three years ago, Paint-ball war games was invented. Some have played for years before coming here, to Bethel... and some have now brought in electronic games. Prov. 16:29. Frankly, the Governing Body is concerned with the spirituality of the Bethel family. 1 Cor. 11:3 -- ".I fear your minds will be corrupted away from..." And, some translations use the term "seduced." To seduce means to persuade into disobedience. What God condemns is made to appear attractive. However, Jehovah is not entertained by these games. Fighting is glorified in them and all actions are preceded first, by thoughts. - Psa. 11:5. The dangers have been recognized, and concerns voiced, on the part of ordinary people for their families also... even those who are not Jehovah's worshipers. Certainly, we who love Jehovah do not want to have violent attitudes. Anyone possessing games of a violent nature -- they are to destroy such games, immediately. Or, if they continue to be involved they will be disqualified from Bethel service. -- Gen. 6:13. One brother researched the Awake! article -- recognized such games for what they were, and stopped playing immediately. We must make our relationship with Jehovah the prime thing in our lives. Everything we receive, and information given to us here, is directed to protect your life. And, we are confident you will all feel the same. The Scriptures advise us to "Watch the blameless one". We are encouraged to follow that one's example.
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E mail from Bankok Bethel ?
by NikL inthis letter seems to be making the rounds of dubdumb.
thought i would post in case it is not up yet... .
sent: thursday, december 30, 2004 10:45 am .
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This letter seems to be making the rounds of Dubdumb.
Thought I would post in case it is not up yet...
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: Tsunami
Dear Brothers,
So many of you have shown interest in the welfare of the brothers staying in the coastal areas affected by tsunamis this past
Sunday (Dec.26, 2004) ... emphasizing the truth expressed in our day's text today (Prov. 17:17). We are happy to report that to
the best of our knowledge none of our local brothers were hurt or lost their lives.
However we are sorry that we cannot say the same of our tourist brothers vacationing in these areas. Just a few minutes ago I
talked with Sister Renate Steinl from Austria, now in Bangkok, who was staying in Kao Lak (a resort very popular with
Europeans north of Phuket) with her husband who is also in the truth. She described how they were alerted by someone yelling
at the top of his voice, realizing that some terrible thing must have happened. So they ran out of the bungalow they were staying
in and soon saw the tsunami bearing in on them -- "higher than the trees" she described it. Of course they didn't get far before
being swept away... She survived, but so far we have no clue on what happened to her husband. So there is still hope that he is
found, though many people died in the resort area.
Just yesterday I got the glad news that a Sister from England who had a similar experience, was reunited with her (unbelieving)
husband who by some had been presumed dead already. Several ones of our brothers (including two special pioneers from
Switzerland and one from Britain who serve here in Thailand) are touring the area, looking up hospitals etc. and showing pictures
of the missing Austrian brother. It could be that he is severely injured or suffers from memory loss and thus was unable to make
contact himself ... however I personally rate the chances are rather slim that he will be found; hopefully I will be proven wrong in
this regard.
Then there is the Finish sister who also was separated from her husband. We were alerted by the brothers in Finland of her
ordeal. The brothers spent many hours till finally locating her in a hospital in Phangnga. She doesn't speak English (like the
Austrian sister) and needed help to explain her stand on blood. Finally she was operated on successfully without blood. Her
husband, a brother, is presumed dead--as far as I heard it. While still in the operating room our special pioneer phoned we
should select a hospital in Bangkok because she would be taken there with an ambulance shortly. I tried to arrange for that,
asking a Finish Sister (former missionary here) to be ready to receive her. Soon afterwards he phoned again, saying that no
ambulance was available (something I doubted from the very beginning), and that we should find one in Bangkok to get her (a
round trip of about 1,700 km). Government agencies said they couldn't help and I should try to find a private hospital who would
be willing to let us hire an ambulance... It finally turned out that it was agreed that she should be transported to nearby Phuket
and there a special plane from Finland would pick her up. Hopefully she is back in Finland now. I had so far no news on her
husband.
Now just as I am writing this email, I got a call from an elder from Krabi. He phoned yesterday telling us that a German couple
who had been vacationing at Kao Lak (the same resort mentioned above) hasn't been seen since and that he is worried that they
may have been victims of the tsunami. I spent a couple of hours yesterday trying to trace them (via many phone calls, Internet
searches), to no avail. Now he gives me the good news that some sister found their names on a list of those having been able to
return to their home countries. Thus one worry less.
Interestingly some Swedish Brothers went in the field service with the Phuket congregation on Sunday morning rather than
frolicking in the sea. It may have saved their lives as when they came back to their living quarters many cabins had been
destroyed by the huge waves. They thanked Jehovah that they had put his service first over enjoying swimming and sunning
themselves.
There are a number of other foreign brothers having atteded meetings but that have not been heard of since. At this stage we just
can't say what happened to them. Well, one thing we all can do is keeping our affected brothers in our prayers-- I am sure you
all will and already do. One positive aspect of the disaster is that surely people will here and elsewhere give more attention when
we quote Mt. 24:7 where it says about the time of the end that there will be "earthquakes in one place after another."
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Does anyone watch Reno911! or MXC ?
by confusedjw inso i had never had cable or sat until this fall when i bought dish to watch my red sox, rather than to just listen on the porch with my trusty radio.. well now my son and i are hooked on these weird shows, reno 911!
and mxc.
does anyone else watch them or have i sunk to depths that are unspeakable?
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Funny you should mention Reno 911.
One episode featured some JWs getting harrassed by the cops. They stopped them made them get on the ground and all...they said the matched the description of dangerous criminals or something. Really funny stuff.
Anyway, a few weeks after this episode the presiding overseer gave a talk mentioning this thing he saw from one of those cop shows. He thought it was real! I almost died laughing. I would think the comedy central logo in the lower right corner of the screen would have tipped him off that it was a joke. LOL -
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Links to some JW Related Websites
by NikL inthese are making the rounds in an e mail and i thought i would pass them on to you in case anyone is interested... .
scriptures on line: .
http://www.desinger.com/scriptures .
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These are making the rounds in an e mail and I thought I would pass them on to you in case anyone is interested...
Scriptures on line:
http://www.desinger.com/scriptures
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lewis909/mobile/theopda.htm
Bookmarks for the - Draw Close To God Book): http://members.cox.net/dwsilver/
phone witnessing ~
http://www.sysnetsolutions.net/despite.disabilities/PhoneWitnessing.htm
Illustrations: http://oldfield.customer.netspace.net.au/Illustrations/illustrations.html
Theocratic documents for your pocket PC:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lewis909/theopocketpc.html
Theocratic Programs:
http://www.eusty.btinternet.co.uk/
Software for Jehovah's Witnesses:
http://theoshare.com/
Theocratic software for Palm computer:
http://www.mypalmbytes.com/
Pocket PC Software:
http://myweb.cableone.net/tpeden/PocketPCSoftware.htm
Ministry assistance for the Palm:
http://home.earthlink.net/~klas1/palm_apps_.html
Service Record:
http://www.savardsoftware.com/servicerecord/
Theocratic Research Utilities (TRU is a collection of Freeware programs that work with
the WT Library to make your personal research more productive and enjoyable.~
Bro. Sonju's site) ~ http://tru.pjstech.com/
Daily Text Site:
http://tru.pjstech.com
David Silver ~ (here you can also get Bookmarks for the - Draw Close To God Book):
http://members.cox.net/dwsilver/
Brian Palmer:
http://www4.telus.net/reading/favorite.htm
Jeremy Lewis:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lewis909/links.html
Joel Vandenberg - bookbind.net - http://www.bookbind.net/
JW site, Bro.Phillips:
http://www.creature-creations.com/jw/enter.html
http://www.creature-creations.com/jw/index.html
JW site ~ worship book scriptures ~ also - JW screensaver:
http://www.creature-creations.com/jw/worship.html
Cleveland Sign Language congregation's website:
http://signlanguage.hypermart.net/index.htm
Ministry Ideaz: http://www.ministryideaz.com/
BookBindery: http://www.bookbindery.ca/ (old book restoration)
MJCMJC:
http://www.mjcmjc.com/
STOOPS:
http://www.stoopsmfg.com/
JP Productions:
http://www.jpproductions.com/
CH Book:
http://www.chbook.com/
2004 JW Calendar screen saver:
http://www.creature-creations.com/worship/jw2004.exe
http://www.geocities.com/Photosbug/download.htm
Misty Raymond's site -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/2003YT_wallpapers_and_more/
http://www.geocities.com/mdr_/Incredimail_Stationery_by_Misty_Raymond.html
JW wallpaper & sigs ~ Misty Raymond's wallpapers and sigs (wallpapers and more)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/2004YT_wallpapers_and_more/
JW Wallpaper -
http://creativedesign-sa.tripod.com/
E-cards & wallpaper - http://www.agapecards.net
Jehovah's Witness Holocaust Link Page http://www.chez.com/youppi/holocauste.html
The Holocaust Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/
URL for BLOODLESS MEDIA:
http://www.bloodlessmedia.com/
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The Da Vinci Code
by betty boop inwho has read this book?
im in the middle of it and its pretty good.
has some interesting information, although i wonder if anyone believes all the information in it.
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I too am reading it. I just finished "Angels and Demons". It is the story of Robert Langdon prior to his adventure in the Da Vinci code. I would reccomend it highly. I am not sure if it all accurate after all it is a work of fiction. Still there are lots of interesting points that make me think that Charles T. Russell was an Illuminati or at least was familliar with their thinking. I wont go into great detail but according to the book, the illuminati are working for a new world order, one with no religion. They will eventually turn on religion. Sound famillliar? after reading this book I thought of all of the old pagan/Illuminati symbols that used to be in JW publications. I even found the word Jehovah listed in an old Occult symbols book and supposedly in the middle ages it was used in magic ceremonies. Long and short, after reading Da Vinci read Angels and Demons...or better yet read Angels and Demons first then you will understand the references to it in Da Vinci Code