Posts by cellomould

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"The Day The Music Died"

by Farkel in

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in 1972 the great irish balladeer don mcclean introduced the song "american pie.

" it was and still is a classic.

the song is full of symbolism and even to this day almost thirty years after the song was first introduced, mcclean will not reveal the real meanings behind much of that symbolism.. in that song, he sings about "the day the music died.

cellomould

you been pulling our yarn, fark?
(say that 10 times fast. )

my guess is when, during WWII of course, both Allies and Nazis used Beethoven's 5th symphony to inspire the fighters. Apparently phonographs were used inside aircraft during bombing raids and paratrooper drops. (kinda like how they portrayed it in the war news-reel films!)

short short short long, the opening rhythmic pattern, is equivalent to V ("VICTORY") in Morse code.

although, I am really just drawing a straw.

cellospinster

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

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LET'S MAKE A LITTLE WAGER

by You Know in

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perhaps you recall the instance in the bible where samson made a wager with the philistines that they couldnt guess his riddle.

as it turned out they wheedled the answer out of him by his fiancee, but the point is that they had a wager.

since the underlying assumption of the apostasy is that we are not living in the last days of this system of things, and that this world is not facing anything remotely like the biblical apocalypse, at least not any time soon, in the spirit of such antagonism, i would like to propose a similar wager.

cellomould

awesome post Joel, refer once again to my post above

YK, yes, please keep it positive and you will be in a position to help others.

and logical, that is a good question. I really suspect he was a JW after listening to a few of the songs on the new album. but I have never read about that.

i will look it up... will post any findings

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

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Stories of Hope, Find one that inspires you, and P

by Celtic in

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stories of hope.

can you find a true story off the web, or from personal experience, that really moved you in some way, helped you to feel uplifted and inspired by?.

perhaps you could find one from off the net and either share it here or post the web addresses for others to be able to share in the story and possibly learn from the experiences shared.. exhaling the old year, regenerating positiveness for the new year ahead.. to happier times.. chink chink!!.

cellomould

I heard that OJ Simpson is living in Florida and doesn't have to pay a red cent to settle with the court decision. There is a law against seizure of property in Florida!

If there is hope for murderers, there is hope for you!

okay, not funny I know

not that I really believe 100 % that he did it. the fact that one glove is ditched at the scene and the other dropped right behind his house seems absurd. too convenient.

any how, he is still a real bastard in many respects.

cellogolfer

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

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A WalkThrough The garden Final!!!

by radar in

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there is a kingdom song entitled: .

"make the truth your own", i began to ask myself:, which one?.

the impetus behind watchtower admonition to give all your time and effort to the kingdom, is that the end is near, "why paint a sinking ship", was an illustration often spoken and re-iterated through the pages of the watchtower.

cellomould

Interesting Radar,

i have to lol @

Is a little bit of blood ok? does this make a little bit of fornication ok also?

one point I want to make:

perhaps we should not resent so much that the wt is becoming, year by year, a mainstream religion. it happens to the worst of them! (case in point, the Mormons! what a wacky hierarchy they have!)

a little bit of religion never hurt anybody. <sarcasm>

cellobleeder

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

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LET'S MAKE A LITTLE WAGER

by You Know in

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perhaps you recall the instance in the bible where samson made a wager with the philistines that they couldnt guess his riddle.

as it turned out they wheedled the answer out of him by his fiancee, but the point is that they had a wager.

since the underlying assumption of the apostasy is that we are not living in the last days of this system of things, and that this world is not facing anything remotely like the biblical apocalypse, at least not any time soon, in the spirit of such antagonism, i would like to propose a similar wager.

cellomould

Well, I must agree that there is a bottom line here....

in fact, I read YK's entire post, not just the bottom line. I am so proud of myself.

Well, You Know, do you have any positive things to say about this whole 'predicament' then?

Do you think that anyone has learned a lesson, or will it require greater stimuli to wake the masses, so to speak?

To take a specific example: How is the US-centric paradigm faring in the wake of 911?

--Will eruption of tensions such as those in India-Pakistan (which seemed so remote until recently) wake us up?

--Or will we have to experience 'megadeath' all over again?

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

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Why did you leave the society??

by sadiejive in

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the subject is pretty cut and dry:.

---why did you leave the society??---.

was it one thing or several?

cellomould

There is a seldom-used talk about the Flood... and for good reason.

When someone gave this talk at my kingdom hall, all the points he made rang hollow. None of the arguments seemed logical; it was the fault of the outline, not the speaker.

There were implausible lines of reasoning mentioned as 'could have's. For example, an earth covered by water 'could have' caused the formation of the large mountains we see today.

I was tired of emotional language being used in the publications and from the platform to support the flood, creation, etc... Key words are used to discredit 'scientists' as a whole, but any 'scientist' who's argument seems to agree with the wt is portrayed as a savior. I'll have to agree with Simon there.

I expressed some of my concerns (not by choice) to the presiding overseer. Our conversation was supposed to be confidential, and of course I was loath to mention my doubts to anyone at all. Well, of course, there was a talk soon thereafter:

'Anyone who doesn't believe in the ransom has no reason to be here!'

He spoke out to inspire dread (and I am sure he was afraid too), but he was right. It happened so quickly, but I knew the bible was not from any divine source and the JW organization was just a product of social evolution.

cellofloater

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

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LET'S MAKE A LITTLE WAGER

by You Know in

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perhaps you recall the instance in the bible where samson made a wager with the philistines that they couldnt guess his riddle.

as it turned out they wheedled the answer out of him by his fiancee, but the point is that they had a wager.

since the underlying assumption of the apostasy is that we are not living in the last days of this system of things, and that this world is not facing anything remotely like the biblical apocalypse, at least not any time soon, in the spirit of such antagonism, i would like to propose a similar wager.

cellomould

hey I will give it a shot ladonna

lol

cello

forget the list, drumroll please...

cool guy:

fool guy:

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

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LET'S MAKE A LITTLE WAGER

by You Know in

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perhaps you recall the instance in the bible where samson made a wager with the philistines that they couldnt guess his riddle.

as it turned out they wheedled the answer out of him by his fiancee, but the point is that they had a wager.

since the underlying assumption of the apostasy is that we are not living in the last days of this system of things, and that this world is not facing anything remotely like the biblical apocalypse, at least not any time soon, in the spirit of such antagonism, i would like to propose a similar wager.

cellomould

Well, what is scary is that perhaps YK could have been correct.
People make such predictions ALL THE TIME, so eventually someone has to be 'correct'.

That doesn't prove anything about the individual, only that with a world full of doomsayers, someone is sure to attract an audience.

Even if just by twisting the initial predictions into some sick version of what really did happen.

This is a small discussion board, with only about 3000 participants. In other places around the world, people were saying similar things before tragedy stuck.

"ALLAH was vindicated" , "JEHOVAH was vindicated" , "MY DOG SPARKY was vindicated"

whatever man! Your OUTRIGHT TOMFOOLERY was vindicated!

Too bad I missed most of this discussion. It will soon fade again anyhow, but it's fun to see how nutty people can be. I hereby rate this thread 'nuttiest crock o' sh#! that ever landed on the forum floor'.

cello the pooperscooper

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

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What's Your New Years Resolution............

by ladonna in

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no, i haven't told you mine because i need some ideas from you guys .

giving up spending so much time on the forum????.

nah!!!

cellomould

Next year, I will not celebrate Christmas! I think I invited Satan and his demons into my house!!!!

ROFL!

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone!!!!

cellodemon

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

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Do only a certain number of people find salvation?

by rptrchic in

i'm curious to know whether the jws believe as the mormons do that only a certain number of people get to go to heaven or find salvation.

thanks for your response.

cellomould

I don't know who gets saved, but only you burn in hell

j/k

Read up on some of the recent posts... see Erich's argument that JW's don't think all will be destroyed. Someone, I forget who, said that while there are 'progressive' JWs, there is a 'party line' philosophy that yes, all non JWs will be cut-off at Armageddon.

cellothrasher

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke