i haven't been able to find a definite source online.
all my life i was taught that this song was about the blue "truth" book that was being used to bring people into the witnesses in the late 60's/early 70's.
now that i don't blindly accept whatever i've been told, i'm having my doubts.
On it's face, the idea is unlikely. The book itself wasn't "crystal blue". It also didn't teach anything that would inspire the lyrics "Maybe tomorrow when He looks down ... There'll be peace and good brotherhood".
But I didn't see anything that would definitely shoot it down, either.
Dave
i spoke with one of my dub siblings this morning (this sib has been talking to me recently).
this is how the conversation went: .
sib: do you know about the rumors circulating about you?
If a rumor started that you were hanging around known mind-controlled dub's, THAT might be something to be furious about. Hanging around apostates? Eh, you could do worse. :-)
Dave
Green stamps?
... on car insurance by switching to Geico?
... the best for last?
the current growth of jws no longer exceed the population growth, and in many educated countries it is now stagnant.
http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/statistics.htm in 50 years the whole 1914 thing will simply be an embarrasing irrelevance, so for the religion to even exist in 2057 will take some major doctrinal changes.. decrease is quite common for christian religions, except pentecostals, who are experiencing tremendous growth.
maybe they have jesus' blessing.
"events may not unfold exactly as we might have hoped or expected"
Correction:
"events may not unfold exactly as YOU might have hoped or expected"
Also acceptable:
"events may not unfold exactly as SOME might have hoped or expected"
This is the still the Watchtower we're talkin' about here. "We" and 'might have been wrong' don't ever appear in the same sentence! ;-)
Dave
>> >> I know I sound bitter and resentful.
>> Nope.
Ditto.
>> >> Many of you will be shocked and think poorly of me.
>> Nope.
Ditto.
i've heard about a few studies that show atheists are smarter than theists in some aspects of life- science, maths, etc.
i'm not sure how true it is though, so let's see how we do.
i did my test at www.iqtest.com.
I got a 147, but when you consider all the other stuff I could've been doing and instead chose to do this, I think you have to take my "intelligence" score with a grain of salt. ;-)
Dave
i can't seem to embed the page so here is the link to youtube.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udooz_ipb6y.
"disclosure is at hand.
it is very close.
While it seems likely to me that there is other intelligent life in the universe, it seems unlikely that we'd ever meet them.
They'd be on a planet circling a star that's many light years away from us. (The two dozen stars closest to us are from 4 to 12 light-years away). We've only been creating radiowaves for 100 years or so, so they'd have to be within 100 light years to even know we exist. That's a pretty small circle, universe-wise. Reduce that circle further to allow them time to come visit us after realizing we're here.
Then they'd have to have the means and desire to visit us, while at the same time NOT having the means or desire to contact us thru speed-of-light methods such as radio or laser.
Of course, maybe they don't live on a planet at all. Maybe they developed in the vacuum of space. Maybe there are bazillions of them throughout the galaxy and they couldn't help but bump into us. Maybe they've been trying to communicate and we haven't been listening correctly. Lots of maybe's, lots of possibilities.
It seems unlikely to me, but impossible to rule out.
Dave
who processes info for you?
w the flow of information through newspapers, tv, radio and, last but not least, the internet, information has become a veritable flood.
through the internet, you can learn about almost anything.
I've recently started wondering about the information processing you're talking about. I've been reading "Manufacturing Consent". Scary but logical stuff. You always have to dial back stuff like that a few degrees, but the points are still valid.
I'm so early in the process, I don't know what to do in order to actually have a clue about what's going on. Reading from various types of sources seems like a reasonable idea.
Dave
as we all know, this picture is the subject of much controversy.
this is the picture that the wts stole and put into the live forever book.
please note the lower left of that picture.
I can't help but wonder what a JW would think if you showed them this magazine cover? Has anyone ever shown it to them, or any of the other very obvious plagiarisms by the Society?
Just curious. Might be fun to try! ;-)
Dave
hey all, .
zach and i went to see the new simpsons movie today.
it was absolutely hilarious -- non-stop from start to finish.
>>My two favorite lines from it are the "Spider Pig" song...
Agreed on both your citations! Zach asked me what my favorite part was and I found I couldn't begin to nail it down. There were just so many great lines. I also found it hard to describe a scene, since so many pieces tended to fit together to form the humor. For instance, the "spider pig" song is funny by itself, but when you see it in context it goes to a whole other level.
I'm itching to go see it again! I hope I can just wait until the DVD comes out...
Dave
