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Stay Alive till '75
by John Chapman in
1. jw
2. friends
"stay alive till '75.

" remember that?

note: this is the year 5774 not 2014. why didn't they tell you that in 5735 (1975 ad?
compound complex

Greetings, John:

Are your conclusions based on your reading of:

1) Michael Tsarion's The Irish Origins of Civilization, Volumes One and Two

2) John Lamb Lash's Not In His Image

Thank you.

CoCo
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It seems as though less JW's are viewing online media about the ORG?
by Crazyguy in
1. jw
2. friends
this video on youtube for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jrqqvygd0k&list=uugsxqg6qln5yk0zij2dutow&feature=player_detailpage has over 100k views but other newer channels like jwstruggle and others have just a few hundred or just little over a 1000. i have noticed a lot of videos from the early days of the internet, earlier part of this decade have a lot more views than those of today.

is it because they have just been around so long or do you think less people are searching, then maybe 10 years ago or so?.
compound complex

You're all right, Crazyguy.

Your heart's in the right place, and we appreciate your post. Sorry for what you've lost out on, as well as for your dad's sad end. I quit college to pioneer.

As a professional editor and proofreader, I find it more to the poster's benefit to send corrections -- if really necessary -- via pm. In fact, I have to pm Terry about something he wrote.

Best.

CoCo
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Should The Governing Body Take A Good Look At Their Cookies And See Where People Are Going Before They Dine At The Y(JW.Org)?
by frankiespeakin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when people visit their site they leave a cookie foot print.

the governing body as dutiful ceos need to examine this bit of information closely so as to see where these visitors have been before comming to their site.

they need to find out what apostate sites they are visiting.
compound complex

I stopped using the public library pc, when mine was down, after some loud and chatty lady looking over my shoulder began jabbering away about what I was reading here.

No manners.

CC
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Song #29: "Walking in Integrity" plagiarizes a song that was inspired by demons!
by Oubliette in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
[earlier today i posted this onanother thread about kingdom melodies.

i decided to repost in its own thread because i am sure most of us don't know the facts about this song and would be very suprised.

enjoy!].
compound complex

I will have to study your detailed analysis, Oubliette. You have been very thorough in making your point. The Uninvited is quite a spellbinding flick; I enjoyed it very much and was surprised by the denouement.

One song I especially enjoyed playing, what with its vigor and infectious lilt, sounds so much like "Wake the Town and Tell the People." I'll have to rummage around a bit and see if I can find it (brown song book).

THANKS!

CC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-USR2CEpyg
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why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?
by purrpurr in
1. watchtower
2. bible
its not like there was anything wrong with them was there?

i used to love the old ones.

these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.
compound complex

Thanks, factfinder, for the good thought; however, my lowly task was putting the books together, not composing the melodies.

Some of those songs are truly beautiful. I rearranged many into classical form for performances I gave over the years.

Best.CC
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why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?
by purrpurr in
1. watchtower
2. bible
its not like there was anything wrong with them was there?

i used to love the old ones.

these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.
compound complex

Blondie:

I enjoyed reading your experience about playing the piano at the KH and how much the friends appreciated it. Recorded music simply doesn't cut it:

I never understood why taped music was deemed better rather than a live accompanist that could adjust the music to the abilities of the singers. One overly righteous family had a daughter getting married and tried over and over to walk down the aisle to the tapes...could not adjust it so they asked me to play the piano that was left unused in the corner of the KH. I played my arrangements of the KH songs before and after the event and many people thanked me.

It was so different back then, as attested by the '85 WT quotation you put up. We rocked at the KH and at assemblies where I played; sometimes I was questioned (then counseled) on my exuberant playing: 'Are you playing just the notes on the page?' 'Ah, yes, Brother By-the-Rules, just the notes on the page!'

Well, the brothers and sisters liked it, as they enjoyed your playing, too.

Thanks for sharing!

CC
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why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?
by purrpurr in
1. watchtower
2. bible
its not like there was anything wrong with them was there?

i used to love the old ones.

these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.
compound complex

Blondie referred elsewhere to the songbook containing 4-part harmony. That was the little pink one, which I worked on at Bethel, late '60s. It was perfect in all respects, IMHO. Then came the brown book, where the songs were written in pianistic style. A totally different approach, though the tunes remained virtually intact.

Those songs were vigorous, melodic, some very heartfelt. As a composer and musician, I liked both books, yet the former was preferable with its bare-bones format, which could more readily be improvised upon. Perfectly suited for delineating between the 4 voices. The latter was not so good for singing to. Again, IMHO.

I will not comment on the new version . . .

CC
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the org like Dr Evil - out of touch
by Magnum in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i keep getting an image of dr. evil in my head whenever i think of jws and their website.

the more i find out about them and the org promoting it, the more i think of dr. evil when he came out of his 30-year freeze; he was way behind times.

after being thawed out, he demanded one million dollars from the un like that was a lot of money, and he was laughed at because he was so out of touch.
compound complex

It's in full swing here, Magnum. Some of the oldtimers are feeling out of touch and unable to keep up.

CC
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JW internal warfare threatens the Tract campaign
by Quarterback in
1. social
2. humour
i overheard this argument re the new tract campaign.

one elder told a publisher, to hide the tract in the mailbox if the home owner wasn't home.

the publisher was used to folding the tip of the tract, and just left a tip showing.
compound complex

The KM in 2000 states, " to not make the tract invisible to passersby's".

Though the point made may be partially correct (excepting 'not . . . invisible'), the above is definitely not a direct quotation from the KM; it is by no means copied/pasted. The WT publications would not contain so many errors in a single sentence.

CC

My guess: "[. . .] not to make the tract visible to passersby."
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Why do JWs have this* on their FB pages now?
by Kudra in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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compound complex

Kudra and Aude:

Oh, and the two dots for the "ellipsis" annoys me.

Saw another FB "advertisement," but very poorly done. It shows a hand holding a tablet (is that the correct term?), the new logo, and JW-type imagery.

The word Lifes should be Life's.

CC