Posts by johnny_was

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Hooked On A Kingdom Song.

by Englishman in

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i've just been playing back farkels rendition of his "dubsticks".

it really makes me smile, the way that he makes the melody weave in an out of "chopsticks" and then "from house to house" in a way that is so fluid that it brings to mind the almost seamless stitching together of the old "hooked on 45's" and "hooked on classics" albums of the early 80's.. so i was thinking, what kingdub songs could we weave effortlessly into existing music?

i can think of two or three right now.. "we thank you jehovah" bears more than a passing resemblance to haydns "creation" imho.. then again "keep your eyes on the pies" is almost, to my tuneless ear anyway, a carbon copy of "some day my prince will come" from the movie snow white.. finally, an old kingdub song whose name escapes me, but carrying the words "it's your commission now to preach", always puts me in mind of the main them running through wagners "lohengrin".. now i'm not suggesting for one minute that maestro farkel should work on melodies such as these for the sole purpose of our mutual tittilation.

johnny_was_good

I once heard a brothers saying that parts of the Australian national anthem sounded just like a kingdomsong, I've forgot which one.

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JW's come knocking on Christmas

by DIM in

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well, after 10 months, the jw's finally came knocking on my apartment - on christmas day!

in my head, i was going to debate with them, maybe even reason with them.....what actually happened is that for some reason, all of the emotional things inside of me came to the fore and i waited until they were leaving my apartment, i opened up my door, grabbed the tract, crumpled it into a ball, threw it at them and rattled off a string of profanities (which i won't repeat here, out of respect for simon's rules).

i was really mad at myself for doing this, but at the same time it provided an immense cartharsis for me.

johnny_was_good

Perhaps good news, in my congregation there was no field service on X-mas day. This is already going on for a couple of years.

Also on Newyears day there will be no field service.

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WT tolerating alcoholism?

by Smiles in

does the wt and jw big boys tolerate alcoholism among themselves?.

alcohol is very popular among jw heavy-weights and their wives.

ask any bethelite.

johnny_was_good

In my congregation there was a brother who DA himself due to a alcohol problem.

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New Literature No Longer Announced in km!

by GermanXJW in

at least the german edition of "our kingdom ministry" says that new literature is no longer announced in the km.

instead there will be a letter from the society that is read and shown at the announcement board.. maybe they want to use the space in the km for other things.

or they just want keep those informed that attend meetings.

johnny_was_good

Today I talked about this subject to a former elder. He also thinks it has to do with $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

We pay for our literature in the KH. If we give it away in field service and don't get anything for it (who pays for that anyway), then the publishers are thoose who are paying for everything

BTW all the orders for special bibles (study bible and the luxe bible) are canceled (in Dutch). Does anybody knows if this also applies for the English bibles?

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WBTS/Demons/Ketchup Song. Any References?

by SpannerintheWorks in

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does anybody have any wbts literature references where it is stated that the "ketchup song" contains "demonic influences".. an ex-jw friend of mine has heard that the wbts has stated this, and it would be very useful it have it confirmed.. thanks.. .

spanner

johnny_was_good

The ketchup song with Satanic influence!

I don't know if the elders in an other part of Belgium know this. Two months ago we had a wedding and all of us (including me) danced during this song.

Does this mean we all have to pray for this dance

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Star Trek Nemesis

by Robdar in

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was hellagood.

robyn

johnny_was_good

Unfortunately I have to wait until mid February for it

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12/15 WT: Blondie, Where Are You?

by Room 215 in

blondie,.

too bad you took a week off on you running critique of the weekly ``spiritual meal'' known as the wt study.

this time around you would have learned that jws are cleaner and less profane when using a public facility (stadium) than a pack of rabid football fans... what a revelation!

johnny_was_good

A couple of years ago we were saving for a new KH. But then they decided that all the money should remain in one pot until you have your ground for building a KH. At that time we had about 150,000 euro. So all the money went to the Branch Office two years later we got our ground and got our money back, but without interest (just by a regular saving account we lost 7,500 euro.

Now we need the Branch Office again but this time for a loan, well they don't a cent from me!

During last Friday Service Meeting (12/13) a letter was read to be carefull with building material so that they can be sent to Africa were it's a lot cheaper to build a KH.

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New Literature No Longer Announced in km!

by GermanXJW in

at least the german edition of "our kingdom ministry" says that new literature is no longer announced in the km.

instead there will be a letter from the society that is read and shown at the announcement board.. maybe they want to use the space in the km for other things.

or they just want keep those informed that attend meetings.