Posts by Oubliette

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Another subliminal picture in the WT!!!!

by DATA-DOG in

i just happend to wonder if the current issue had any hidden goodies.

imagine my delight!.

a gold star to the first person to correctly identify the image!.

Oubliette

Apognophos: When you look objectively at this situation and realize that none of you are seeing the same image, but you all are seeing nefarious things, you have an opportunity to step outside yourselves and learn something about the way the mind works. You've already been given the link to the Pareidolia article to learn about this trick that the brain plays on us.

Well said!

Here's a BBC article on the phenomenon:

Pareidolia: Why we see faces in hills, the Moon and toasties

Faces in the landscape of eastern Russia's Magadan region

Mother Teresa took exception to a Nashville diner selling "nun bun" merchandise

Guadalupe Rodriguez saw the Virgin on a cafeteria baking tray in Texas

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wanted: irreligious old fart with a brain, who likes road trips and coffee

by Hortensia in

i find they don't have a category for that on eharmony or match.com.

i wonder why?.

Another subliminal picture in the WT!!!!

by DATA-DOG in

i just happend to wonder if the current issue had any hidden goodies.

imagine my delight!.

a gold star to the first person to correctly identify the image!.

Oubliette

DD, are you telling me you don't see Honest Abe?

I think you're on drugs! ... lol

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Another subliminal picture in the WT!!!!

by DATA-DOG in

i just happend to wonder if the current issue had any hidden goodies.

imagine my delight!.

a gold star to the first person to correctly identify the image!.

Oubliette

So what's the subliminal message? God is watching, but doing nothing to alieviate their pain and suffering.

Why not? Because Eve listened to a talking snake that just happened to be telling her the truth. She shared it with Adam and then they had a snack. Bad move guys. It sucks to be made by Jehovah.

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Another subliminal picture in the WT!!!!

by DATA-DOG in

i just happend to wonder if the current issue had any hidden goodies.

imagine my delight!.

a gold star to the first person to correctly identify the image!.

Oubliette

pareidolia

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It's called Pareidolia: Seeing Faces in Unusual Places

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Another subliminal picture in the WT!!!!

by DATA-DOG in

i just happend to wonder if the current issue had any hidden goodies.

imagine my delight!.

a gold star to the first person to correctly identify the image!.

Oubliette

I see a face in the branches of the tree above and to the left of the grieving parents and their dead son.

The face looks a little like Abraham Lincoln, but I've been dropping LSD since yesterday so it could just be in my head!

TLE

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My day

by Hortensia in

decided to spend the day wasting time.

drove down to redding.

on the way i saw the real woody woodpecker -- every time i see one of those red-headed woodpeckers i think of the cartoon character.

Oubliette

Lassen AND Shasta, they must've been magnificent.

I used to live up in those parts back in the late '70s.

Love NorCal.

Thanks for sharing, Hortensia

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WT Study Article Nov. 23, 2014--Adam understood "day" to be 24 hours

by Cadellin in

interesting admission in today's wt: adam may have understood "day" (as in "in the day you eat from it, you will positively die") to be a literal 24-hour period.

i don't think the wt has ever said this before; the usual emphasis is that jah meant it as a figurative day, a day from his standpoint which is 1,000 years (and the article does state that, later).. however, if adam understood god's warning to be carried out in a 24 hour period, and god did nothing to alleviate that, then who did the lying?

actually, regardless of adam's understanding, the question still stands but moving toward an admission of the use of day in that context to be 24-hours only makes the question even more valid.

Oubliette

Adam may well have understood this “day” to be a 24-hour day.- w2014 9/15, p. 24, para. 7

And he may well not have.

Evidently, it was a series of "overlapping days," nearly 340,000 of them! - Genesis 5:5

Of course, Adam--being unfamiliar with WTBTS's peculiar brand of "theological eisegesis"--would have more than likely understood the word "day" to mean "day," "may well have's" and "evidentlys" aside.

Once again, the WTBTS is engaging in ridiculous, unfounded speculation, this time involving the mind-reading of a person (I'm assuming for the sake of argument that there actually was a literal Adam) that's been dead for over five thousand of years.

It's hard to believe that you could actually lose all of your friends and family members for merely questioning any of this shite!

Silly cult!-

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WT Study Article Nov. 23, 2014--Adam understood "day" to be 24 hours

by Cadellin in

interesting admission in today's wt: adam may have understood "day" (as in "in the day you eat from it, you will positively die") to be a literal 24-hour period.

i don't think the wt has ever said this before; the usual emphasis is that jah meant it as a figurative day, a day from his standpoint which is 1,000 years (and the article does state that, later).. however, if adam understood god's warning to be carried out in a 24 hour period, and god did nothing to alleviate that, then who did the lying?

actually, regardless of adam's understanding, the question still stands but moving toward an admission of the use of day in that context to be 24-hours only makes the question even more valid.

Oubliette

... being childless at the time, he would have also believed that only he - not countless future generations - would die for eating the fruit.

He would also have no possible way to contemplate the consequences of his actions on as yet unborn offspring.

It's just plain silly to try to make sense out of nonsense!

ADCMS: It is interesting that JWs will not apply this same standard to their beloved WT/GB as well. Think 1975, generation, etc...a whole lot of "implied"* comments about those subjects from WT.

Bam!

Let's review: It's a cult!

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Some Thoughts on Candace Conti/Oral Argument

by DNCall in

jw
friends

the length of time it has taken from the final briefing to the scheduling of oral argument may be due to a couple of factors.

in california, many of the courts are backed up due to budget cuts, layoffs and furloughs.

some courts are worse than others.

Oubliette

DNC: Nice analysis and summary.