Found this over on one of the JW sites.
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Stained glass. Jehovah’s Witnesses Assembly Hall, Montréal,...
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Petra
JW Stained Glass Windows!
by Atlantis 14 Replies latest watchtower bible
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the girl next door
I'm surprised there is not a panel with JWOrg on it. Otherwise pretty cool. Sure it's like "christendom's" stained glass windows but artwork is artwork and not difficult to find in a bunch of kingdom and assembly halls.
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Listener
W 2002 4/1
Regrettably, such practices as using religious images and repeating prayers by rote also discourage reasoning. These practices, along with impressive architecture, elaborate stained-glass windows, and captivating music, more or less define the extent of the religious experience of millions
W 1989 4/15
Oh, how beautifully she decks herself out! She is famed for her stately cathedrals with their imposing architecture and stained-glass windows, her bejeweled pagodas and wats, her time-honored temples and shrines. True to the stylized fashions set by the great harlot, her priests and monks are arrayed in costly robes of scarlet, purple, and saffron.—Revelation 17:1.
And then there is this quote, the mother of them all
W 69 10/15
When you first go into a Kingdom Hall
THE BUILDING ITSELF ...
Thus such religious appendages that are not in accord with Bible truth are not displayed at the Kingdom Hall, thus avoiding that which takes away from the worship “with spirit and truth.”
In this vein, you will also observe that there are no stained-glass windows, as in many churches, to help create a hushed aura of artificial sanctity. Instead, the spiritual atmosphere at the Kingdom Hall is genuine, springing from a real interest in true worship and Biblical instruction. And the light, natural surroundings in the hall encourage those present to be outgoing and friendly, not inhibited by a mysterious imposed solemnity.
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Fernando
*** w69 10/15 p. 632 When You First Go to a Kingdom Hall ***
Thus such religious appendages that are not in accord with Bible truth are not displayed at the Kingdom Hall, thus avoiding that which takes away from the worship “with spirit and truth.”
In this vein, you will also observe that there are no stained-glass windows, as in many churches, to help create a hushed aura of artificial sanctity. -
Fernando
Great, or not so great, it seems our minds think alike Listener...
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Fernando
Great piece of art.
However it must be tricky to move into a glass house if you've been throwing stones for the last 100 years...
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prologos
This is not a window I think, It is an internally mounted back-lit display, not visible from the seating area On some winter days, when the sun is setting, the peoples faces would be in a rich glow near it, but the colour of the artwork faded.
The windows of the cathedrals told the stories, Wt does not want minds wandering from their message. There were Halls with gorgeous artwork in FL too.Sisters letting their talents shine, silently.
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carla
Hey! does that mom have pants on? tsk, tsk
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NVR2L8
If my memory serves me right, the stained glass behind the baptismal pool depict a paradise scene similar to those seen in the WT books. There are other murals in the atrium between each door leading in the auditorium but I can't remember what they depict. I have not been in that building for 16 years...but I was involved in its construction and attended the 2 day dedication program.
The picture on the preceeding post is one of the 18 feet tall murals in the glass atrium...the floor is black marble imported from Italy.
