Posts by watson

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

jw
friends

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!

40

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.