Posts by sparrowdown

The GB memeber I would most like to see on here...hmm...let's see....Lett would probly be hilarious, he could parody himself it would be a laugh and a half.

The GB member most likely to turn apostate to me would be...hmmm...wait...let me think...um...still thinking...you may have to leave it with for a while as they all seem to be enjoying their work so much it's hard to say.

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If the WTBTS Was Disbanded Tomorrow...

by Cimarrona in

how would the gb, do, co, bethelites, elders, pioneers, etc list their now-meaningless positions on their resume?

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sparrowdown

GB would do just fine. DOs are already gone. COs are on borrowed time and all the others are dispensable, but Warwicke and JWdotborg and borgbroadcasting are here to stay and they will need staff.

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Are any of the 1st Cnetury Apostles Still Alive Today ?

by maccauk in

the second coming was in the 1st century all things have been fulfilled because jesus told them some would still be alive when he returned.

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sparrowdown

Oooh Kaaay.

Anything more you like to add or is this drive-by evangelism?

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Your donations at work: WT Farms “inspirational” corn maze

by betterdaze in

“best life ever” is displayed at watchtower farms, near pine bush.

the jehovah’s witnesses' maze is a work of devotional art, and not intended for exploration like the pagan ones made for hudson valley tourists every halloween.

source: lohud.com.

sparrowdown

I think that's a penis on the far right of the maze lol (again, joke).

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Your donations at work: WT Farms “inspirational” corn maze

by betterdaze in

“best life ever” is displayed at watchtower farms, near pine bush.

the jehovah’s witnesses' maze is a work of devotional art, and not intended for exploration like the pagan ones made for hudson valley tourists every halloween.

source: lohud.com.

sparrowdown

WT actual F!

They really do have too much time on their hands since the bethel lay offs, the introduction of the cart work and reduction in printing lol. (Joke)

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This week's "Give Us Your Money" meeting item.

by freddo in

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if you went to it, (or go later this week) how was it handled?

just the video or some commentary too?.

i have heard of a few negative comments from some that attended - one jw even openly said to me "not very encouraging, all they go on about is money lately" and another (a serving elder, no less) said "someone's got to pay for all those lawsuits".

sparrowdown

Pretty soon chocolate will be so expensive you could put that in the contribution box Punk. Lol.

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Biggest impact on humans

by menrov in

do not know where to post this but i like to hear your views on what you think had the biggest impact on humans.

for me, 2 things:.

music: every human listens one way or another to music and will likely have some sort of emotion.

sparrowdown

I believe music and art can have an effect on human consciousness both positive and negative and no-one knows this better than religion.

Religion, monarchies and regimes have used both. Outlawing certain types of music and art because of the way it can affect people either to incite to revolt or inspire obedience. Religion in paricular created it's own art and music whilst demonizing the secular to make sure people stayed well and truly subdued, obedient, and "asleep."

The lyrics to songs combined with music can open the mind, generate memories, influence mood and decisions and they say listening to classical composers like Mozart and others can actually make you smarter at maths because of the mathematical structure of classical music.

Art before TV, radio, internet etc was very symbolic and whole stories or protests or secrets could be revealed in a painting. At various times in history when oil painting was becoming popular certain colours like blue which was very expensive and dificult to produce could only be used for the elite and royalty or for religious paintings etc. It was considered too good for common artists common people because who doesn't love blue.

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Went to a sunday meeting Waterbury, Connecticut, yawnfest x100

by Brokeback Watchtower in

well went on a vacation cross country for 10 days to see relatives, and so decided to drop in on my old kingdom hall to get a look at some old friends i haven't seen in more the 27 years.. came in around 1:15 pm middle of the public talk wearing tight fitting jeans and an old sweat shirt, and sat down in front of person i served with as an elder.

the talks was so boring i can't remember a word of it, i can only recall that it was very disjointed with tremendous leaps in logic, so that my mind could not and would not follow the speaker.

watchtower study was a complete brain shrinking repeat of putting on the new personality or something, with the conductor fishing for baby food comments where none of the 3 or 4 young ones gave any comments only the hard core braindead were answering.

sparrowdown

Wow, brave move, must have seemed weird after all this time.

Nothing like visiting a JW meeting to remind yourself of how god-awful the whole thing is.