Michael,
A very cool site. Thanks for posting the link. I like the cameos by Bush--a nice touch. A lot of the images, though different in style, really aren't that far from classic WTBTS. I wonder if this guy's an ex-dub.
Dave
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APOCAMON - An interesting irreverent animated take on Revelation
by Michael3000 in.
found here:.
http://www.e-sheep.com/apocamon/
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Dec 15th WT - Our Watchfulness Takes on Greater Urgency
by truthseeker inwhen i picked up this copy of the wt, i couldn't believe what i saw in the two study articles.
the first one is entitled "our watchfulness takes on greater urgency" and the second article is "prove yourselves ready for jehovah's day".. i'm not going to go into these articles in depth, as that is blondies job!
but i will elaborate on a few points.. before i begin, let's consider a recent comment at the annual general meeting by bro barr, a gb member to put things into perspective:.
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jackal
... our Book Study Conductor would know what to do.
Heaven help us! Our book study conductor was a pale, pasty, mouse of a man whose hands shook through the entire study. Not exactly the kind of guy you'd want to lean on during a crisis.
BTW, the name's Jackal, jes like it sez.
Jackal
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Dec 15th WT - Our Watchfulness Takes on Greater Urgency
by truthseeker inwhen i picked up this copy of the wt, i couldn't believe what i saw in the two study articles.
the first one is entitled "our watchfulness takes on greater urgency" and the second article is "prove yourselves ready for jehovah's day".. i'm not going to go into these articles in depth, as that is blondies job!
but i will elaborate on a few points.. before i begin, let's consider a recent comment at the annual general meeting by bro barr, a gb member to put things into perspective:.
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jackal
Blondie,
What about the idea of having to run to the Kingdom Hall itself when the Big A started? That was the part that sounded new to me. But maybe this is just my mum's take on things. Are they now stockpiling cots and blankets and C-rations so people can wait out the tribulation in the KH? Wouldn't that be fun?
By the way, your reasoning for 2034 seems rock solid. I'm going with it. Good to know know that I can relax for another 30 years. ;-)
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Dec 15th WT - Our Watchfulness Takes on Greater Urgency
by truthseeker inwhen i picked up this copy of the wt, i couldn't believe what i saw in the two study articles.
the first one is entitled "our watchfulness takes on greater urgency" and the second article is "prove yourselves ready for jehovah's day".. i'm not going to go into these articles in depth, as that is blondies job!
but i will elaborate on a few points.. before i begin, let's consider a recent comment at the annual general meeting by bro barr, a gb member to put things into perspective:.
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jackal
In a long and exasperating phone conversation with my mum a few weeks ago, she said that she had to be especially vigilant now (as opposed to the other thirtysome years she's been a JW?) because she might, at a moment's notice, have to run to the Kingdom Hall because the Big A was starting. (How would it look if she was late for Armageddon because she had been visiting her disfellowshipped son and worldly granddaughter? Talk about egg on your face.)
Has anyone else heard this line of reasoning? Just curious.
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Armageddon's not coming / The Cubs aren't going to the World Series...
by logansrun in.
...my life's been one pipe dream after another.. shocked, yet.............not.. bradley from chicago
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jackal
This theory of yours, about the Cubs being linked to Armageddon and Steve Bartman = the Antichrist? It makes sense. I mean, think about it.
Steve Bartman is not the Antichrist. He single-handedly held off Armageddon for at least another year, so the preaching work could continue. Think how many will be saved because of his courageous sacrifice.
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Your Favorite Assembly Dramas
by RubaDub ini was thinking back about some of the more memorable dramas at the district assemblies.
i think my favorite was the one about lot and his wife ... the one where she looked back at the city and turned to a pillar of salt.
i also liked the one some time back about the wicked witch of the east and wicked witch of the west ... especially the part where the building fell on the wicked witch of the east because she was unfaithful ... and i liked the way it ended when the entire family including her uncle and next door neighbor were able to pioneer together.
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jackal
Actually, I remember one that really freaked me out. It involved two plot lines, one from the present and one from ancient Israel. In the present-day story, this young couple had committed fornication and was called before the elders. She was repentant and got reproved; he was defiant and got the boot. This was was interspersed with an Old Testament story in which our hero, a particularly overzealous Israelite soldier, is so horrified because his mates are fornicating with Gentile women that he charges into a tent and drives a stake through one of the couples, caught "in the act." (Needless to say, this action occurred offstage.)
The moral of the story, as far as I could see, was that fornication was a MUCH MORE serious sin than murder. This is definitely not a welcome message, since I was just hitting puberty at the time and was spending a good deal of my time imagining various scenarios in which I might actually get to commit fornication. Murder, on the other hand, was of very little interest to me--and still is.
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Where did this cartoon come from? Just curious.
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UN FINDS WMD...OK saddam lovers, what now?
by dolphman inok lets hear your pathetic excuses.
c'mon now don't be shy.
let's hear what you have to say.
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jackal
Personally, I don't think invading China is a bad idea either. But one evil dictatorship at a time, please. I thought you all were against war? Why invade Egypt or Saudia Arabia if we can use the diplomatic solutions you all think work so well against them? They're time is coming. Like I said, one evil dictatorship at a time.
This is the kind of absolutist, GOOD/EVIL thinking that scares the hell out of me. And you keep saying Saddam, Saddam, as though we're just going to go in and kill one guy. Remember that we are talking about an entire country and its people. The UN estimates that 500,000 Iraqis may die in a full-scale invasion. Are they all evil too? And then the Chinese, and the Egyptians, and the Saudis . . . Sure, let's just roll over them all one at a time! That'll make the world a better place, won't it. Sounds a bit like Armageddon to me.
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WAKE UP YOURSELF!
How many "weapons of mass destruction" does the U.S. have? Does it plan to use them? And how many people (Iraqi or otherwise) are going to die if/when it does use them?
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Worldly Music to Avoid
by Nosferatu ini remember, one of the songs i was told was a bad song, was bridge over troubled water.
apparently, it's about drug use.
what are some of the "worldly" songs you were advised to quit listening to that seemed harmless?edited by - nosferatu on 16 january 2003 13:39:50.
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jackal
I hazily remember a WT article that said that, in addition to pop music, you should beware of classical music because "many composers led immoral lives." What does that leave? Tone-deaf songs from that godawful hymnbook? Ugh.
And hey, let's not stop there: what about literature, art, sports, etc. "Many plumbers have led immoral lives, therefore plumbing should be avoided.