Posts by sparky1

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Kingdumb songs, will they someday make the top 25 Religious Hymns???

by James Mixon in

amazing grace have been around since 1779, how great thou art 1885,holy holy holy 1826, be thou my vision (ireland) 6th century, all creatures of god and king (italy)1225. so you think one day we will hear a kingdumb song playing over the radio.

you would think surely jehovah want the world to be familiar with his hymns.... maybe they have instructed the rf to only sing their songs in the kh, only for special folks..

sparky1

Wow btlc.......................This Fall I was cleaning out my barn and threw away this entire collection of 'Kingdom Melodies'.

edit: Welcome to the forum, btlc. The photo of the record albums was a nice touch!

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Kingdumb songs, will they someday make the top 25 Religious Hymns???

by James Mixon in

amazing grace have been around since 1779, how great thou art 1885,holy holy holy 1826, be thou my vision (ireland) 6th century, all creatures of god and king (italy)1225. so you think one day we will hear a kingdumb song playing over the radio.

you would think surely jehovah want the world to be familiar with his hymns.... maybe they have instructed the rf to only sing their songs in the kh, only for special folks..

sparky1

I believe that this 'songbook' was the precursor to the "Songs to Jehovah's Praise" . This was before my time. Are there any old timers or Watchtower historians posting here that could tell us what sort of 'musical insanity' was contained between its covers?

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Kingdumb songs, will they someday make the top 25 Religious Hymns???

by James Mixon in

amazing grace have been around since 1779, how great thou art 1885,holy holy holy 1826, be thou my vision (ireland) 6th century, all creatures of god and king (italy)1225. so you think one day we will hear a kingdumb song playing over the radio.

you would think surely jehovah want the world to be familiar with his hymns.... maybe they have instructed the rf to only sing their songs in the kh, only for special folks..

sparky1

James, I can't tell you exactly the year of publication. It was the songbook that was used when I was a child and I am 61 years old. As a little boy in the late 1950's I remember singing from this version all the way through into the 1960's. An old anointed sister used to 'pound out' the songs on an old upright piano!

edit: With a search on Google, I have found that the songbook was printed in 1950. There is a fellow on YouTube, Davey7373 and he has some of the songs being played on an organ. It might be worth it for you to take a look at his channel. Best wishes!

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Kingdumb songs, will they someday make the top 25 Religious Hymns???

by James Mixon in

amazing grace have been around since 1779, how great thou art 1885,holy holy holy 1826, be thou my vision (ireland) 6th century, all creatures of god and king (italy)1225. so you think one day we will hear a kingdumb song playing over the radio.

you would think surely jehovah want the world to be familiar with his hymns.... maybe they have instructed the rf to only sing their songs in the kh, only for special folks..

sparky1

Here you go longgone..............take a trip down memory lane!

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devil question

by Carol1111 in

i had a discussion with 4 jws today and they told me that jesus could not be tempted, ( they say that he would not be perfect if he could) but also they told me that satan tempted jesus in the wilderness.. can anyone clarify their beliefs please.

i like to give them a reasoned argument when i talk to them, but have never noticed this conflict of ideas before..

sparky1

"Yep! They let the 'great minds' in 'Brooklyn' sort it all.........." - DOC

Yes Desirous Of Change, I couldn't agree more. That thought reminds me of the Talosians in the original Star Trek pilot episode.

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Update to: As a Matter of Conscience, I Am Resigning from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses

by Sail Away in

i just had a two-hour doctor's appointment (treatment for branch retinal vein occlusion) that requires screenings, scans, dilation, anesthetic and injection, etc.

this makes it necessary to spend a lot of time in the waiting room..

my former p.o., book study conductor and later field service overseer was there and greeted me in a friendly way.

sparky1

Wow.........that's great Sail Away that he showed you his 'real face'. So many Witnesses are like a Totem Pole; they have a different face for everyone and every circumstance. Perhaps your genuine 'lightness' will attract him away from the 'false light' known as Jehovah's Witnesses.

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So I bought a Harold Camping book.

by schnell in

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friends

i found this at goodwill and i want to burn my eyes out a little.. .

camping predicted september 15, 1994 as the end of history in his 1992 book ingeniously titled "1994?

" he pulled the same thing for december of 2011 of course, and here we are.. .

sparky1

Frederick Franz and Harold Camping..........two God intoxicated, self deluded egomaniacs that thought that they had each 'cracked' the secret code to the 'time of the end'. Dangerous religious fanatics that brought untold amounts of emotional and spiritual havoc and pain into the lives of millions of their followers.

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The December Broadcast... OMG- what the heck was that?

by Sliced in

"of course not- we want to eat from clean dishes!

dishes that have been cleaned thoroughly inside and out.

" we have to be sure the things entering our minds are clean... rejecting exciting fun stuff that features sex.

sparky1

Steven Lett and Joel Dellinger in their day job as Doink and Dink the Clowns.

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Was the ransom premature? Shouldn't the effects of Adamic sin have been reversed at the time of Jesus' death?

by deegee in

if the ransom was paid at the time of jesus' death (mark 15:45, matthew 20:28, 1 timothy 2:6, hebrews 2:9), then why weren't the effects of adamic sin (sickness & death) reversed at that time?.

it seems to me that either:- the payment of the ransom was premature.

- god was not satisfied with the payment of the ransom; it was not sufficient to make up for adam's & eve's so-called "sin".hasn't god extracted enough from mankind as payment for adam's & eve's "sin" given the billions of persons who have lived and died?.

sparky1

Jehovah is confused. The RANSOM NOTE wasn't signed and so he doesn't know where to send Jesus blood.

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Do You Remember When JWs Relished Explaining Their Beliefs?

by minimus in

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friends

i bet most witnesses could not explain their blood policy, their understanding of the slave, and even simple biblical doctrines....they are an embarrassment to any old timer..

sparky1

A Believer, let me simplify what Outlaw is trying to teach you. He is showing you that the 'name' JEHOVAH is made up! The tetragrammaton is consonants only and the reader of scripture would add the correct vowels as he or she was reading the text. Today, no one knows exactly what the vowels should be to make up the so-called 'divine name'. The most simple, unscholarly way for me to explain this to you is as follows:

Suppose you have your own religion and your God is named BILL. In the language that you write your sacred scrolls, you only use consonants and no vowels. Since you are fully aware that your god is named BILL, each time that you see BLL written in your sacred scrolls you correctly assume that it is in reference to your god, BILL. Now, fast forward a few thousand years and someone discovers your ancient texts. They love the texts and feel that a new religion should be established on the information found in these scrolls. There is only one problem and that is, what is your Gods name on which to base your religion ? Since the vowels that constructed the name are no longer known, what vowels do you use to reconstruct the name of your most holy and divine being? A, E, I, O, U or Y? So the God who is named BILL could be incorrectly named any of the following just by adding the incorrect vowels:

BALL

BELL

BOLL

BULL

So now, the true name of your sacred God is 'lost in translation' ! Would it not be disrespectful to keep calling your God by a name that He or She did not apply to him or herself? Is it really PURE worship to call your God by a name that may or may not be correct? When people speak to you, don't you like to be addressed by your proper name? Wouldn't you get sick and tired of someone always getting your name wrong even though they were sincere in trying to communicate with you? Lots to think about.