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I have been doing some research and came across this. You can go here directly . Click on the image to toggle between big and small. I have a few others that are just as good, but I thought this one was the best so far. They paid for a full page ad to declare the end of the world! Sheesh!

I didn't shrink the image because then the small newspaper print becomes unreadable.

From April 28, 1919, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.

Edited: I decided not to embed the image because it is so big.

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Help! In Need of File Hosting Website

by Wild_Thing in

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does anyone know of a website that will host a large jpeg image for free?

the image is about 5000 x 7000 pixels.

resizing is not an option due to the nature of the image.

Wild_Thing

Does anyone know of a website that will host a LARGE jpeg image for free? The image is about 5000 x 7000 pixels. Resizing is not an option due to the nature of the image. Flickr just resizes it and it comes out as all black!

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Do you remember the first anti-JW site you visited on the internet?...

by Hecklerboy in

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i remember doing a search on jw's and ending up on www.watchtowerinformationservice.org.

which led me to www.freeminds.org.

and then it led me here..

Wild_Thing

Timothy Campbell's Beyond JW website

Same here! Loved it! It was very non-threatening.

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What's the most stupid comment a JW told you?

by JH in

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i remember when i was new in the "troof", i was walking in a mall and a jw window washer saw me, and asked, "what are you doing here"?.

yeah, he had a good reason to be at the mall, cause he was washing windows, but i had no business there.... i guess he thought that i was being seduced by material stuff.... and i was stupid enough, not to tell him, mind your own business fu**er....

Wild_Thing

When I was a teenager I told my mom that I didn't want to be a witness anymore. Her quote:

"Sometimes I feel the same way, but there's nothing else out there!"

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how can we answer them?

by Cordelia in

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i've tried and i've tried now i need help, how do you answer:.

jws who think it's fantastic that jeh is providing this new light all the time, i say about the rev book amongst other things and they just think it's a sign they are in the right religon coz '''what other religon would admit it's faults?

'' doesnt matter they been studing wrong light last time!!.

Wild_Thing

jws who think it's fantastic that jeh is providing this new light all the time, i say about the rev book amongst other things and they just think it's a sign they are in the right religon coz '''what other religon would admit it's faults?''

There are dozens of examples of their history where they were wrong, and no, they admit none of it. They either deny it, or they provide some lame excuse to explain it.

Read 'Crisis of Conscience'. I felt guilty reading it for about the first two chapters. After that, I just felt angry I was actually raised in an organization like that.

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TIME Magazine Articles on Jehovah's Witnesses

by Wild_Thing in

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has anyone ever posted about the tons of time magazine articles about the jws?

time has been around forever and has been a 'witness' (pardon the pun) to much of their history .. clear back to the 1930s.

go to the time website and search for yourself!

Wild_Thing

Okay, Renee, if you do it, I'll try too and see what happens...

I would love to show these to my family! The trick is to either send them anonymously or come up with some way to say ... look what I found! I think they would read them because they are not 'apostate' material, but they might not if they suspect I have an ulterior motive. Very tricky!

I am in the process of searching old newspapers for early watchtower references. If I find anything juicy, I'll let y'all know!

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TIME Magazine Articles on Jehovah's Witnesses

by Wild_Thing in

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has anyone ever posted about the tons of time magazine articles about the jws?

time has been around forever and has been a 'witness' (pardon the pun) to much of their history .. clear back to the 1930s.

go to the time website and search for yourself!

Wild_Thing

These are very cool, thanks for the posts... and may I say I love your nod to Maurice Sendak, dear Wild_Thing!!!

Baba

You're welcome ... and thank you! I'm a fan of the book!

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"Family day" Is this a new jdub thing?

by cultswatter in

i know of jws that celebrate "family day" at this time of year.

i have asked these jw about where they got the term "family day" was it from the watchtower?

they seem to deny the watchtower had ever mentioned "family day", but i can sense they are trying to hide something here.

Wild_Thing

My JW family has "Family Day" every year (and my bil is an elder, too). I still show up for it. The date is different every year ... usually whenever everyone ends up with enough money for presents. Funny thing is ... we never did this when I was growing up. We started doing it when my neice and nephew were little ... about 10 years ago. We would all get together and eat dinner and give wrapped presents to the kids. About 3 years ago, I talked them into doing our own version of secret santa ... we draw names and buy a present for one of the adults. I think it is hilarious that they justify doing it, but I just joke about it being their "festivus". Every year, I threaten to put up an aluminum pole. (only Seinfeld fans will get the reference). I think its good for the kids ... I don't how they twist their reasoning to justify it.

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