Posts by schnell

picture yourself as a member of the brooklyn bethel family on friday morning, october 2, 1914. you are seated at your usual place at the breakfast table, awaiting the arrival of brother c. t. russell.

suddenly the door to the dining room opens and brother russell appears.

he pauses for a moment, as is his custom, and greets the bethel family with a cheery “good morning, all.” but then, instead of immediately taking his place at the head of the table, he claps his hands and makes a thrilling announcement: “the gentile times have ended; their kings have had their day!” you can hardly contain your joy—you have been looking forward to this moment for a long time!

schnell

That was beautiful.

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To the brother who called in sick after Thanksgiving vacation

by schnell in

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thanks.. no really, thank you.. you decided to drive down to la with your wife and kids to be with extended family and eat a great big meal on thanksgiving.

that's awesome.

no, really, i hope you had great thanksgiving.. then you drove back up here, and that's a good day's drive so you were pretty tired.

schnell

Nope! Thank you for asking. My tooth doesn't hurt now, I'm just out a few hundred bucks.

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Brooklyn Brothers Signworks... WUT?

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the ad for this site came up here on jwn.

http://www.brooklynsignworks.com/jw/?gclid=cp7ppbzr_tacfy-baqodwocm1a.

i was not aware that these cart signs were being made and sold by essentially a private company or proprietorship.

schnell

Pretty sure that's just an ironic accident of google.

Oh no, the oversight is on them. Google Adwords merely actuated it, but they are the ones who chose to advertise, and chose those keywords.

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Brooklyn Brothers Signworks... WUT?

by schnell in

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the ad for this site came up here on jwn.

http://www.brooklynsignworks.com/jw/?gclid=cp7ppbzr_tacfy-baqodwocm1a.

i was not aware that these cart signs were being made and sold by essentially a private company or proprietorship.

schnell

Even if this weren't an egregious disregard for Jesus casting out the temple charlatans, why are these guys advertising?

A) You gotta pay to run ads. They're making money.

B) Who are they advertising to? Obviously they're looking for terms like "jehovahs witness" and "JW". Which leads to...

C) They screwed up by advertising on a predominantly ex-JW site. Well done.

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Brooklyn Brothers Signworks... WUT?

by schnell in

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the ad for this site came up here on jwn.

http://www.brooklynsignworks.com/jw/?gclid=cp7ppbzr_tacfy-baqodwocm1a.

i was not aware that these cart signs were being made and sold by essentially a private company or proprietorship.

schnell

I want to vomit.

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Brooklyn Brothers Signworks... WUT?

by schnell in

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friends

the ad for this site came up here on jwn.

http://www.brooklynsignworks.com/jw/?gclid=cp7ppbzr_tacfy-baqodwocm1a.

i was not aware that these cart signs were being made and sold by essentially a private company or proprietorship.

schnell

The ad for this site came up here on JWN.

http://www.brooklynsignworks.com/jw/?gclid=CP7ppbzR_tACFY-BaQodWocM1A

I was not aware that these cart signs were being made and sold by essentially a private company or proprietorship. The fact that it's called "Brooklyn Brothers" implies that this is absolutely a JW-owned operation. That page made me and my wife sick to our stomachs.

"Subscription basis." Jesus wept...

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The Book of the Dead

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as i've been reading the book "what did africa contribute to the origins of religion" by robin walker, i've been fascinated with walker's work and it's led me to something i never thought i'd want to read.

the egyptian book of the dead.. i got a copy of e.a.

wallis budge's 19th century translation of the papyrus of ani from barnes and noble, so i'm sure everyone here can procure a copy or find it free online.

schnell

Something else. The Egyptians saw the self as multiple selves that needed to be organized, or else you'd be a mess, including the mind, the heart, the soul, the vital force... Curious, no?

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The Book of the Dead

by schnell in

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as i've been reading the book "what did africa contribute to the origins of religion" by robin walker, i've been fascinated with walker's work and it's led me to something i never thought i'd want to read.

the egyptian book of the dead.. i got a copy of e.a.

wallis budge's 19th century translation of the papyrus of ani from barnes and noble, so i'm sure everyone here can procure a copy or find it free online.

schnell

Yep. Hey, did you know another name for Isis was commonly pronounced "Mary"?