Humans of Incredible Accomplishment

by Farkel 23 Replies latest jw friends

  • Farkel
    Farkel

    I am listening to the Rach. 2nd Piano Concerto right now. Rachmaninoff was a human of incredible accomplishment. Had he been a dub he could not have been allowed to do what he did, and the world would be worse off as a result.

    In WatchtowerWorld(tm) such a talent would be stifled, yes crushed. In that world, talent is crushed, stifled and in short, not allowed to grow or bloom. It is all about selling books and magazines in WatchtowerWorld(tm), with the promise that one can make his or her talents flourish in some future world of paradise, which, unfortunately, never comes as predicted. Fortunately, Rachmaninoff was never a dub and he died long ago. Many other Watchtowerites of equal or near-equal talent to my friend Rach. have also died with their talents never developed nor displayed for us. They sold books instead and the folks they sold the books for don't give a rat that they are dead, and their undeveloped talents died with them. The WTS has new books to sell and new fools to sell them and they will not develop their own talents and will also die without reaching their human potential as long as they sell Watchtower books.

    Would anyone like to tell me what talented people or especially world-class talented people (I mean, GOD runs that Corporation, fer heaven's sake) the WTS has ever produced due to their own nurturing because they care about nurturing talent and people who have it?

    I will die waiting for an honest answer. In the meantime, masters like Rachmaninoff, Beethoven and Mozart keep inspiring people far more than any Watchtower magazine could ever inspire them. Could you imagine any of those masters being resurrected and having to answer to a window-washer elder who thought it was his right to tell them to write Kingdom Songs henceforth?

    Farkel

  • Warlock
    Warlock

    Farkel, we haven't met until now. Nice to meet you. You are SO right on this.

    Warlock

  • AlmostAtheist
    AlmostAtheist

    They gots some pretty shlick lawyers!

    And that MEPS stuff that can translate spoken language into hieroglyphics and what not is pretty keen.

    And what about their human-cloning efforts, making 6,000,000 copies of Judge Rutherford?

    I don't know, Man, it sounds like you might not be giving credit where it's due...

    But on the serious side, you're sadly oh-so-right. A congregation I was in had regular talent shows where practically the whole congregation would show up to watch the more talented members sing, act out skits, and just basically do all the stuff they are naturally inclined to do. It was fun, but sad, seeing that they would never get a chance to do it in front of a real audience.

    Dave

  • Wasanelder Once
    Wasanelder Once

    Hate to burst your bubble, but MEPS never translated anything. It was simply a program that converted english keyboards into multiple languages, meaning an english keyboard could then be used by a person who spoke, Chinese, Tagolog or whatever. Still needed a translator.

    Was a big whoop, but now, no bigee.

    W.Once

  • AudeSapere
    AudeSapere

    Not only were talents squelched but I remember hearing several times from the platform that even classical music can misguide us. Many of the composers led immoral, drug-ravaged lives.

    Beware of music that debases.

    -Aude.

  • SirNose586
    SirNose586

    The Watchtower kills talent. A study article, perhaps within the last few months, was especially painful for me to study. In one article, a concert pianist described how she gave her first and last show and then realized that the concerts "would conflict with meetings and pioneering."

    When I read that, I was hurt and angry. Damn them for crushing talent. I went to a performing arts school, and had so many opportunities laid before me. I still might have some, if I can woodshed like a madman. But of course, being a professional musician with all those "time-wasting" performances won't make Jehober happy!

    They can't contribute anything to culture and society, because everything is from Satan and everything is going to be destroyed. And so, whatever creative individuals slip through the cracks will be in spite of the Watchtower's influence, not because of it.

  • Abandoned
    Abandoned

    Great overview. I like the way you think.

  • under_believer
    under_believer

    SirNose586, I remember that article! Broke my heart.

  • SirNose586
    SirNose586
    SirNose586, I remember that article! Broke my heart.

    Yeah... When I read it, it just triggered memories of me sobbing my little teenage heart out because my parents said I couldn't join the top vocal class in the school (though to be fair, I did have a lot of things on my plate). I knew I probably wouldn't be able to tour with them, but I at least wanted to receive some training to augment my near-perfect pitch (a nice side-effect of being a musician). But of course, none of it matters since "your real career is the full-time ministry."

  • magoo
    magoo

    ...............uhhh.......hold on just a moment, damit

    what about: michael jackson,prince,williams girl,micky spillane.......these are fine upstanding wittnesses are they not ? besides i'm sure they contribute lots of money to further the world wide robot making work....don't they?

    magoo

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