Posts by days of future passed

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Less facial hair? More spirituality!

by neat blue dog in

we've often seen the happifying kingdom trope of a bearded bible student coming up from the baptism water with a freshly shaven, baby smooth face.

beards, after all, signify independent thinking and are best left to worldlings.

our new july 2019 issue of the watchtower, however, sheds increasing light on the subject.

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In all 3 pictures he's wearing orange. I guess this is to show that he is the same person....
Yes, no one would recognize him otherwise. Although when you think about it, they use orange in prisons too...
Wouldn't it be funny if they showed Jesus with his beard before his baptism, and coming out of the water without it?

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Something different about the memorial invitation

by days of future passed in

i found this memorial invitation quite different than the previous ones.

i couldn't find a more recent posting about the invite, so i may be going over old ground.. at first i just looked thru it.

but then on second look, i realized there was more going on than i thought.

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A blast from the past, at least he got the cover then

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Something different about the memorial invitation

by days of future passed in

i found this memorial invitation quite different than the previous ones.

i couldn't find a more recent posting about the invite, so i may be going over old ground.. at first i just looked thru it.

but then on second look, i realized there was more going on than i thought.

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FIND A LOCATION NEAR YOU www.jw.org
(Look under ABOUT US ̨ MEMORIAL)

I guess it does say memorial on the website (for the Jw's? only?)

On the invite it says

Scan code or visit jwyouknowwhere to watch the brief video Why Did Jesus Die?

Printed in Canada

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Something different about the memorial invitation

by days of future passed in

i found this memorial invitation quite different than the previous ones.

i couldn't find a more recent posting about the invite, so i may be going over old ground.. at first i just looked thru it.

but then on second look, i realized there was more going on than i thought.

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All I could find was this

Image result for Jehovah's witnesses memorial invite 2019

On the invite, the picture is cut off on the left side where the man in the blue vest is. On the right, it is cut off so that you don't see the mother and daughter walking. It is hard to see, but where the lady in the pink shirt is in the middle, there is a stair case going up.

And yes, it doesn't say memorial. My bad. I'm so used to it being a memorial that I didn't even see the change. I wonder how many JW's will recognize that too? Will they be chastised if they keep saying memorial?

There is a tiny tiny picture on the back of the invite, right across from the scan block, of jesus on the stake with the two other evildoers. In the top left corner, there is an arrow like of what you would see if it was a slide show. So they cut and pasted from some other illus.

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The subtle , yet massive change of Matt 5:32 in the "New" New World Translation

by stuckinarut2 in

so i noticed this change in the text of the new silver nwt compared to the older nwt at matthew 5:32. old nwt:.

"however, i say to you that everyone divorcing his wife , except on the grounds of fornication makes her a subject for adultery...etc" .

new nwt:.

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Certainly broadens the reason for a divorce. Still subject to the whims of the elders/wt.

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Something different about the memorial invitation

by days of future passed in

i found this memorial invitation quite different than the previous ones.

i couldn't find a more recent posting about the invite, so i may be going over old ground.. at first i just looked thru it.

but then on second look, i realized there was more going on than i thought.

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I wondered when I saw the school/auditorium on the front cover, what that was about. My sister thought maybe it would be less intimidating for "worldly" people to attend. It might also mean less trouble parking.

Or, maybe the school is better looking than the kingdom hall.

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Explain Puns (to victims of puns)

by TerryWalstrom in

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explaining puns to victims of puns__________thanks for explaining the word "many" to me, it means a lot.____that was a pun.scientists actually study how puns are created.. “creative language — and humor in particular — is one of the hardest areas for computational intelligence to grasp,” say scientists who analyzed more than 10,000 puns and called it torture.____my dad died when we couldn't remember his blood type.

as he died, he kept insisting for us to "be positive," but it's hard without him.____.

i've studied what the brain scientists and a.i.

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Yes you have to work hard in the split seconds after recognizing that it is possible to pull off a pun. Although most consider it a punishment to hear them. I think they are just jealous.

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Something different about the memorial invitation

by days of future passed in

i found this memorial invitation quite different than the previous ones.

i couldn't find a more recent posting about the invite, so i may be going over old ground.. at first i just looked thru it.

but then on second look, i realized there was more going on than i thought.

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I found this memorial invitation quite different than the previous ones. I couldn't find a more recent posting about the invite, so I may be going over old ground.

At first I just looked thru it. But then on second look, I realized there was more going on than I thought. First page had the usual scene of happy JW's in all genders, age, colors and importance in the congregation. One couple is reaching out to shake the ~~unsuspecting~~ hand of an interested one. It was the building in the background that was different. Obviously not a kingdom hall but a school or auditorium. This was a first I believe. Either Jesus was on the cover or a kingdom hall if I remember right.

The cover says "You Are Invited" and turning into the flier the second page has the memorial info. Oh Wait! No, not the important memorial info on Jesus and what he did, no it was an invite to the "special" talk on April 14. So Jesus not only lost the first page, but also the second. His advert is on the third page and back cover.

Nothing says Memorial Season like the special talk! Sorry Jesus, take the back seat!

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Idiotic Comment

by FedUpJW in

i was just enjoying a you tube video clip of george carlin explaining euphemisms.

one of the ones he commented about is how people try to soften the fact someone is dead by saying, "they passed away.

" noo...they died!.

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I guess it's easier for people to say "passed away" like they have gone away, instead of died. I say my grandma died.

Others miss their pets and say they have gone over the "rainbow bridge"

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Latest Article Of Jws

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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"keep worshipping jehovah when under ban" - july 2019 watchtower.

in other words "get your ass kicked inspite of promises never realised".. or.

"keep getting ass kicked as this is proof of gods love".

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Yes don't imagine what will happen to you - but do imagine it. They want you to be fearful so that you stick with them and hopefully get God's favor so that maybe, just maybe, you'll make it through.