Posts by brutusmaximus

I don't think I dreamt it as it was a talk about not singing the songs properly and how some folks had went to great lengths to write these sooper dooper songs for us.

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CHRISTMAS CAROLS??????????+

by vitty in

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in a previous topic i ask if anyone could sing a kingdom song off by heart.

how many by comparison can sing the first verse of a christmas carol??????.

brutusmaximus

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer

had a very shiny nose

and everyone that saw it

they would even say it glows

all of the other reindeer

lalalala , bugger I can't remember what happens next but I know some reindeer laughed at him

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KM in 1974 praising people for selling all their stuff and pioneering?

by ithinkisee in

someone on this site mentioned they got a km off ebay that praised those that sold all their belongings and preached.. does anyone know which km that was?.

interesting, when going through the society's cd-rom i noticed that the drama for the district convention in 1975 was about noah's ark and was something along the lines of "there's still time left!

" (i'm paraphrasing).. -dm

brutusmaximus

I was 6 when all this happened and my folks were sure I wouldn't go to primary school. Then I wouldn't go to secondary school. Then I wouldn't need a job as the new order would be here.

I remember people not having kids because they thought the end was nigh!!

You can see what is going on here can't you, keeping people hanging on with false hopes, it is simply outrageous!!

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CHRISTMAS CAROLS??????????+

by vitty in

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friends

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in a previous topic i ask if anyone could sing a kingdom song off by heart.

how many by comparison can sing the first verse of a christmas carol??????.

brutusmaximus

Jingle Bells,

Jingle Bells

Jingle all the way

Oh what fun it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh.

I only know them now as this year we had Xmas for the first time since leaving. Oh what joy was had!!

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DO YOU KNOW THE KINGDOM SONG WORDS?????????????

by vitty in

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after being in the org for 20 years, being regular at every meeting.

i must have sung the songs hundreds of times, but i cant sing the first line of any song off by heart..

i asked my husband, kids if they could, they also cant.. can you?.

brutusmaximus

Glitter,

Is there not another one that sounds like the theme from Dads Army? I can't place it but I am sure there is one that sounds similar.

Did you ever get the talk about some of the songs being written by African brothers whilst they were in jail?

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A brief history of Watchtower simplification (Jehovah's Blessing)

by truthseeker in

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with the latest insider news regarding the awake magazine going to a monthly publication, now would be a good time to examine a brief history of how jehovah has blessed the organization by simplifying it.

1993 paid for literature went to donation-based literature.

mid 1990s no food at assemblies and conventions.

brutusmaximus

I go back to my point about the Borg being a business. Simplification means, new cost structuring. If it aint making money ditch it. If the sheep can't do the hours even though we have beaten them over the head for years to do more drop the hours needed which will allow more to do it, hence raising hours done.

I have yet to find a verse which says you have to report your hours, this was one of a few things that got right up my hooter.

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DO YOU KNOW THE KINGDOM SONG WORDS?????????????

by vitty in

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friends

after being in the org for 20 years, being regular at every meeting.

i must have sung the songs hundreds of times, but i cant sing the first line of any song off by heart..

i asked my husband, kids if they could, they also cant.. can you?.

brutusmaximus

My folks were the bees knees, they would be trying harmonies and remember the ones that had words in brackets, well when they saw them that was it, the Everly Brothers never had a look in.

We also had a guy in the hall who thought he was Elvis, uhuh, man he was good!!

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