by Englishman 21 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Oxford Reference Dictionary:
kingdom n. 1. A territory or State ruled by a king or queen; a domain. 2 , the most inclusive taxonomic category consisting of a number of phyla (in zoology) or divisions (in botany).
So why is it called a Kingdom Hall, then?
Beats me!
Englishman.
Because it's the edifice that is the center of true worship in the community, where sheeplike individuals gain a proper education about God's Kingdom, the solution to man's problems. The Kingdom is the theme of the Bible , right? If salvation were the theme of the Bible, then they would be called "Salvation Halls".
I honestly don't think that Rutherford gave it much forethought, I think it was a throwaway line when he said "Don't you think we should call it 'Kingdom Hall,' since that is what we are doing, preaching the good news of the Kingdom?" "We" - yeah, that guy never knocked on one door in his life. You can imagine all the sycophants around him saying "What an excellent idea brother Rutherford, that's exactly what we should do!".
I call it a Kingdub hall.
I think they did it to throw the scent off of them being compared to "Babylon the Great." Didn't Russell and his bunch worship in a tabernacle, or something like that.
Who else would have loved to tap into the sound system and put Van Morrison's Kingdom Hall song on
Dosent sound like any of the halls I went to!
Kingdom Hall
So glad to see you
So glad you're here
Come here beside me now
We can clear inhibition away
All inhibitions
Throw them away
And when we dance like this
Like we've never been dancin' before
Chorus:
Oh, they were swingin'
Down at Kingdom Hall
Oh, bells were ringin'
Down at the Kingdom Hall
A choir was singin'
Down at the Kingdom Hall
Hey, liley, liley, liley
Hey, liley, liley, low
Do do do do do do, do
Do do do do do do
Do do do do do do, do
Do do do do do do
Good body music
Brings you right here
Free flowin' motion now
When we're shakin' it out on the floor
Good rockin' music
Down in your shoes
And when we dance like this
Like we've never been dancin' before
Repeat Chorus
Down at the Kingdom Hall
They were havin' a party
They were havin' a ball
Bells were ringing out
And the choir was singin'
Hey, liley, liley, liley
Hey, liley, liley, low
Do do, do do, do do, do do
Sugar was there
Did you see Sugar
Down at the Kingdom Hall
Sugar was tough
Because "whacked out family-destroying killing kids with nutty medical crap and covering up child molestors cult hall" doesn't roll off the tongue quite so easily.
Expatbrit
It had to be called something besides a church, synagogue or mosque. I suppose they could have called it "Playhouse Russell" but that might have sounded too frivolous.
Nina (of the Too-Much-Disney-Channel class)
I guess they wanted it to sound different from a church . This was back in the days when they said they were not a religion because all religion was a snare and a racket . Since "The kingdom " is what they claim to be all about, I guess ir fits. They dont sing hymns either , they have a songbook - for the same reason
Expatbrit,
cheeses was laughing his silly little head off with that one.
I read a post recently where someone referred to the halls as kingDUMB halls - liked that one too!
cheeses - almost ready for bed.
