A Blast From the Past
The current hooplah and excitement over the new jw. org apps and the jw tv channel etc. remind me a lot of the phonograph campaigns of the 30s and 40s.Recorded Bible discourses had a prominent role...
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Oh yeah! I remember that! One summer day my little girlfriend and I were playing dress-up in her (JW) grandmother's fancy old clothes stored in the old chicken coop behind her house. Among the...
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CeeCee, you nailed it about Rutherford's speaking style. I told my father that his voice scared me when I put one of those old records on grandmas old phonograph player. He did sound like Hitler!...
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The procedure was simple: After stating that he had an important Bible message. the publisher would put the needle on the record and let it do the talking.LOL, so back then they didn't have to learn...
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And I agree with Sharon, that statement about the "Lord's people" being like children would have stood out to me even without the highlight.Oh dear. I am sorry - I didn't mean to treat you like...
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CeeCee - I played with one of those phonographs when I was a little girl too. It was stored in the basement and we have long cold winters up here so I listened to old Rutherford a lot when I was...
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Dear God, I'm not making fun of you, Jehovah, ...I just don't believe that you are the "True God" that wants dictating to me how I should believe when it comes to spiritual matters.And so, dear...
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Yes, there seems to be a lot of hupla about the new jw.org brand name. My girls don't discuss anything jw with me, but I've seen enough posts, on facebook, cedars' blog, etc. to see all the hupla that...
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Cathy.I'm still uncertain as to how I can actually read their bullshit religious channel. Do I need doing this from On-line or will it actually be posted on cable television? I've checked into...
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Diane, I wasn't thinking at all that you were being condescending. No worries there : ) I too noted the color greyIt is rather hilarious that the 1941 notion of 'modern' was associated with the color...
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Don't worry Dianne, I didn't take it as you being condescending. Nothing wrong with highlighting the important parts! Thanks for digging up all these interesting things about the jdubs.
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Dianne ... the highlight bit jumped out at me and I'd have done the same! Don't even think any of us thought you were being condescending. If you were sitting with us in the same room ... you'd have...
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I imagine that back when the phonographs were used ... the householders were more than likely just excited with the novelty side of the machine itself rather than the message being delivered.HA! I...
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