Posts by watson

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Who have you seen in concert?

by pontoon in

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my short list; lynard skynard, beach boys, carole king, yes, doobie brothers, rod stewart, ringo starr.. all star band, styx, gordon lightfoot, moody blues.

can you tell i like the older stuff?.

watson

Cab Calloway (for real)

Elvis Presley (Yep)

Pearl Jam

Montrose

Phoebie Snow

Violent Femmes

Paul McCartney (couple of times)

Ringo/All Stars (couple of times)

Moody Blues

Elton John

Bob Dylan

Eddie Money

Journey (early and later)

Paul Simon

Billy Joel

Olivia Newton John (early)

Robert Goulet (not proud)

Rolling Stones

Otmar Leibert

Ricky Nelson

Seals and Crofts

Three Dog Night

America

Sugar Ray

Lady Smith Black Mambazo

A number of "Theocratic Orchestras" during the 60's.

Jan and Dean

Paul Revere and the Raiders

Gwen Steffani

Sean Lennon

Wings

Lover Boy

Yes

Joe Walsh

Heart

Dead Kennedys

Santana

Porter Wagner

White Snake

Guns and Roses

Timothy B Schmidt

Bad Company

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Chicago

Kenny Loggins

The Isley Brothers

Electric Light Orchestra

Boz Skaggs

Jefferson Starship

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Living Through the Brief Liberalization of Jehovah's Witnesses, Never Recovering

by TMS in

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with the book crisis of conscience detailing the turbulence at bethel during the early to mid 70's, the transformation from autocratic rule to governance by committee or a body of men, many of us can speak to how that felt among the rank and file of the local congregations during those years.

we learned new concepts based in large part to research done for the aid to bible understanding volume, then we were asked or coerced into unlearning those principles, going back to the old ways.

some of us never readjusted, finding ourselves very different from our more hardline compadres.. the inertia for the changes that eventually were initiated in the congregations came from the discovery that the greek words episkopos and presbyteros were used biblically to refer to all qualified men in a congregation, not just one.

watson

I get the sense that the current Witness congregation is a gaggle of lonely individuals, keeping social connections at arm's length...just in case they must shun someday.

Wow, Jgnat. You have a way with "nailing it".

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Favorite films - the same Director keeps popping up...

by Glander in

watson

Yeah, the perv, Rod Steiger. Great actor.

I fell in love with Lara.

The cinematic experience, wow.

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Favorite films - the same Director keeps popping up...

by Glander in

watson

Gotta go with Lean. Zhivago is my all time favorite. Must be seen on a large screen with a great sound system. Not for the laptop.

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JW Argument: Jehovah is delaying Armageddon as he wants as many people as possible to be saved!!!

by iclone in

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watson

All the pain and suffering of those 4 and half million deaths a month will be made up for in the resurection. It will all be forgotten. Jehovah will make up for it in the "New System of Things".

PEOPLE!

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New James Bond Film: Skyfall

by leavingwt in

i had an opportunity to see skyfall in the theater yesterday.

it's almost as good as casino royale, with some parts of it being even better.

the opening sequence was a real thrill, one of the best.

watson

I thought it was good. It was all too obviously laying groundwork for a new computer game. Gamers will love it for sure.

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The WTS use of internet has dramatically changed

by Gorbatchov in

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since when is the so called "new light" (about the fds) published on the news-section of the officially website jw.org instead of in the study edition of the watchtower?

the wts use of internet has dramatically changed.

strange effect of this new "marketing" policy is that the annual meeting news at jw.org only available is for english speaking people with a computer and an internet connection.

watson

It's a great way to get the new light out there. Then, 6 months later, when it comes out in the Watchtower, it won't be so new. Much easier to digest by the masses. After all, nothing really changed all that time.

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The everlasting saga of The faithful and discreet slave class.

by MacHislopp in

at the 128th annual meeting of the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, on october 6 th 2012 .

during this meeting “food at the proper time” was given and the most important, was given during a symposium of six talks by members of the governing body—brothers jackson, lösch, pierce, herd, lett, and splane— which analyzed and discussed the meaning of jesus’ words recorded at.

" (matthew 24: 45, 46) it must be conceded, then, that at the end ot the world, at the "time of the end", during the presence of the lord, during the harvest, he would have in the earth a servant who would be faithful and wise.

watson

Would love to have this work put into an outline that I can print out and "pass along".

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If YOU Said 10 Years Ago That The Faithful Slave Only Consisted Of The Governing Body--What Would've Happened?

by minimus in

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if you said c.t.

russell was never even part of the "slave class", what would happen to you?.

if you said the anointed on earth shouldn't even consider that they were part of the "slave", would you be considered an "apostate"??

watson

When I was young, the organization seemed like a movement, now it seems like a cult, or a "movement of another kind".

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Sisters and the Double Standard in the Hall

by Apognophos in

"i do not permit a woman to teach, or to exercise authority over a man, but to be in silence.

" -- paul.

okay, so this means that a sister has to speak to a householder when on the platform, so she isn't addressing us herself and teaching us something.

watson

Since the young men in the congregation are failing to "step up", look for that double standard to blur a bit in the not too distant future...