so in reading various posts, it's apparent that there are quite a few musicians who post on this board.
here's my idea, anyone interested in recording a track or two, and then sending it as a wav file to some of the others, who could then add there own tracks and send it back?
it could go from one person to the next, to the next, etc., or it could go out to a bunch of people to see the variety of creative responses to the same original track.
We have no means right now of recording. So we're out. But not everyone plays the same kind of music. Someone would have to organize it. I would imagine there's others like ourselves who play mostly classical and who would need some sort of frame work to start with. Not all of us are masters of improvisation.
Cellist
i just wanted to introduce myself, i have been lurking around for a while reading posts and identifying with so many of the experiences within them.
i have only stopped going to the meetings in the last year and it is only in the last couple of months that i have really started to research this "religion" that has been such a huge part of my life.
i dont live at home any more but am still in regular contact with my jw family and one or two friends.
Welcome to the board. It's great having so many newbies.
Cellist
i've never posted anything on the net before.
just want to see if it works.
i left the wts in '73 - just couldn't wait those extra two years.
The more that follow you out, the better.
Cellist
i've never posted anything on the net before.
just want to see if it works.
i left the wts in '73 - just couldn't wait those extra two years.
Hi Wombat.
It's good to have you aboard. I think you'll fit in just fine here.
Cellist
i have been viewing this site for the past three weeks or so and relate to alot thats been said.
i was born into the organisation, in a family of twelve children.
married for 22 years with 6 kids of our own.
Hi one of 12.
Welcome to the board. It's good that you've quit making excuses for them.
Cellist
i am in a family of 6: mum, dad, 2 brothers and one sister.
only my mum and i are in the truth still.
it is so hard to keep going for the right reasons.
Hi Cheenie,
Welcome. My advice is to get your education.
Cellist
before even realising there was an issue with the 607 bce chronology and finding my way to this site and others, i had secret issues in the back of my mind which i would never discuss with anyone based on my "standing" in the congregation.
1. rev 20:5 "and the rest of the dead did not come to life after the thousand years were ended" - i don't get the chronology of this verse.
it says to me that the rank and file are not ressurrected until after the thousand year reign???.
Hi Telecomslee,
Welcome to the board. Good points. We found that once we started questioning, it all unravelled.
Cellist
first post
just wanted to introduce myself to the group.
i've followed this site for a while, but never have contributed before.
Hi Drew,
Welcome to the board. I look forward to your input. It's nice to hear from people who still have an "inside view".
Cellist
there was an article in one of our local newspapers.
it's not a local happening, just some little tidbit that the editor used to fill space.
it was entitled, "why go to church".
Anewme,
I wasn't finding fault with going to Church. I would by no means discourage anyone from going if they're getting something out of the experience. The whole article struck me as "wrong". My complaint is that this bizarre, poorly thought-out tale showed up in my newspaper. If someone was getting nothing out of their Church going, why would they write a letter to the editor? Why not just quit going? Or find another Church that they get something out of? I personally would never write a letter to the editor asking whether I should keep going to the Kingdom Hall.
The whole article sounded like a phony make-believe story. It was presented in the paper as fact, but it had no means of checking whether it was fact. No names, no dates, no place. etc. As I said before, it sounds like one of the "encouraging" stories that I read in the pages of the Watchtower.
Again, I'm not discouraging anyone from seeking spiritual nourishment wherever they feel the need. I'm asking whether this article makes sense to you, as it's written. I'm sure with some work you can make a spiritual/physical analogy make sense.
Cellist
there was an article in one of our local newspapers.
it's not a local happening, just some little tidbit that the editor used to fill space.
it was entitled, "why go to church".
Yes, Skyman. You hit on the first thing that set me off. He would starve if his wife didn't cook for him? And, he can't remember what he ate? Is that a comment on his wife's cooking or his mental health?
The thing my that my husband noticed first was the numbers inconsistency. One guy heard 3,000 sermons in 30 years and the other guy ate 3,200 meals in 30 years.
I can't believe that this thing was in our newspaper. (And not a religious newspaper). The whole thing just sounds wrong. It sounds like the type of story that the WTS would come up with. Maybe that's what bugged me the most.
Thanks for the input.
Cellist
