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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.

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  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.

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  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

  1. jw
  2. 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.

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  I want to vomit.
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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.

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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. 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.

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  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.

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  Yep. Hey, did you know another name for Isis was commonly pronounced "Mary"?
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  The movie moment that woke me up.

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  i can still remember the day.

  sitting in a theater watching the new star trek flick.. they were searching for god and found him...or did they?.

  when this part played before my eyes i literally felt my heart fall.. still powerful after all these years.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxvkjav5ik.

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  I'm still waiting for the Mr. Plinkett review. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2CCF5FDA9CEEBDB8

  GET ON IT, RED LETTER MEDIA, YOU HACKS! <3
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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.

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  I love how the idea of Khepera ("to become") predates the idea of Yahweh ("causes to become"), however you look at it. Yahweh's roots can be drawn back to not only Canaanite but to Egyptian gods, and of course, because Canaan was a vassal of Egypt.

  Furthermore, Robin Walker writes that "It is from the Greek writers that we learn that the gods of the Ancient World were originally dead rulers in Africa." He is talking about Shango, the Yoruba king who made developments in metallurgy and was deified as the thunder god, and Asar, who was the human king deified as Osiris.

  It is entirely consistent with the Out-of-Africa theory of anthropology that so much of our religious ideas developed in Africa.
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  My real name (and a shameless self promotion)

  by schnell in

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  my real name is benjamin heath, i live in southern oregon, usa, and you can always reach me on twitter @ben_heath_.

  i have also rebooted my blog at benheathonline.com which is linked with my twitter.

  i intend to write about experiences at work and in life, as well as whatever it is i'm reading about at the moment.. i'm a programmer by hobby, a truck driver by profession, an atheist by education and reasoning, and an ex-jw by choice.

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  I was never ambitious in the organization. I ran mics until I was too busy with work to keep up service time without some Enron-style accounting, and I haven't run mics in years now. I gave talks until it made me physically ill to even try from cognitive dissonance, and I haven't done that in months.
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  The Book of the Dead

  by schnell in

  1. jw
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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.

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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. I personally wanted this in print so I can put it on my shelf.

  I'm not reviewing it here (yet), but I've just JUST ***JUST*** started reading it. But two pages in and I'm already seeing obvious comparisons

  For one thing, Ani is a scribe in the book and his role seems reminiscent of John in Revelation. Dare I suggest that the author of Revelation (whom I maintain is Cerinthus but we may never know for sure) had knowledge or even a copy of this Papyrus? Considering how many copies there are around the world (with chapters of the BOTD being engraved and painted and copied in a multitude of places like pyramid walls and papyrus codices, and considering how many ancient books were produced and traded in places like Timbuktu alone), it seems unlikely to me at this point that the author knew nothing of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

  Another thing is something I look forward to reading about further along in the book. When you are resurrected, it is to paradise or to judgement. If you were a rotten prick in your life, you were resurrected to judgement and a monster swallowed you and that was the second death... Also found in Revelation.

  And another thing. Ani's first words in his papyrus are a praise to Ra, and he says, "Homage to thee, O thou who hast come as Khepera, Khepera, the creator of the gods."

  Who is Khepera? The footnote describing this character is fascinating: "The god Khepera is usually represented with a beetle for a head; and the scarab, or beetle, was sacred to him. The name means "to become, to turn, to roll," and the abstract noun kheperu may be rendered by "becomings" or "evolutions." The god was self-created, and was the father of all the other gods; men and women sprang from the tears which fell from his eyes; and animal and vegetable worlds owed their existence to him. Khepera is a phase of Tmu, the night-sun, at the twelfth hour of the night, when he "becomes" the rising sun or "Harmachis" (i.e. Horus in the horizon). He is also described as "Khepera in the morning, Ra at mid-day, and Tmu in the evening."

  You're welcome.