The Colbert Report: contacting John Lennon
http://vodpod.com/watch/2085709-contacting-john-lennon
Funny John Lennon clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi4czas64TA
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I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan...
by Chalam ini watched forrest gump the other day.
it is no surprise it is one of the most successful movies of all time, i haven't tired of it :).
anyhow, toward the end of the film as gump speaks to jenny's grave the words made me think of jws and the wt.. jenny, i don't know if momma was right or if, if it's lieutenant dan.
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I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan...
by Chalam ini watched forrest gump the other day.
it is no surprise it is one of the most successful movies of all time, i haven't tired of it :).
anyhow, toward the end of the film as gump speaks to jenny's grave the words made me think of jws and the wt.. jenny, i don't know if momma was right or if, if it's lieutenant dan.
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Words of Wisdom from Stephen Colbert
by bluecanary in"i'm not a fan of facts.
you see, facts can change, but my opinion will never change, no matter what the facts are.".
i love this quote.
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Good News to Make You Happified
by Farkel inhappified is a real watchtower word(tm), by the way!.
if you want to give the wts credit for anything, then at least give them credit for their remarkably simple solution to every ill suffered by mankind.. it is a "one size fits all" solution and might be part of the appeal the wts has attracting people who have a hard time with reason and common sense.. they won't specifically tell you what that solution is, though.
if they did, they would even get less converts than they get now, and currently they ain't gettin' many.
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The first thing I thought of is they wouldn't know how to do the government
jobs or, usually, ones requiring higher education. But I guess the idea is that
God would show them how to do whatever as the leader of their government. They
might even keep their organization and literature distribution as a way to
disseminate information.
Then God, being honest, would explain how the JWs leaders used quotes out of
context to make research books that aren't supportive seem supportive, mischar-
acterized others and the Bible to them to make distinctive guarantees about what
it meant and how bad everyone else was seem valid, that thousands of JWs'
children died putting the JWs leaders' word first, etc. Now that the JWs lead-
ers' followers understood it all like non-JWs, God would have them all die and
join the others in heaven.
Then the JWs leaders would ask God what they were supposed to do. One would
offer the (hopefully) conciliatory JWs leaders' saying about the light growing
bigger as they went along--"It's as bright as it's going to get here, Lord--
what's to grow bigger for us?" God would send them to Earth: "Take Hitler and
his men over there, with pineapples shoved up their butts, some drinks--they're
thirsty." As they bent over to pick up the drinks--splorch. When they turned
back, God was gone, and someone yelled, "Schnell."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMEv8YYOEgc
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Money
by Heartbreaker inok, so you've gotten past the fact they are not jehovahs channel of communication, and that it's just a bunch of men behind the curtain.
so then the shift goes to why do they do it?
i mean control is ok, some people crave it, but what is the big pull?
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From Russell on through the JWs leaders, they've claimed they were the only
rule maker, or one of the few rule makers, of a literal 144,000 and meant a
dozen or so rules to set off the distinction. Keep your focus on the methods
they use to make it seem like the best evidence supports those rules to deter-
mine their insincerity.
My research shows they've used propaganda of others/quote mining/omission
of pertinent evidence, etc., and falsified a bad track record, to make the
claim about their exclusiveness look substantiated. A handful of sections are
of authors complaining that their research books were misrepresented, and there
are a lot more contexts of other quotes the JWs leaders used that show the same
insincerity. Raymond Franz seems like a nice fellow, but if those leaders had a
sincere era, I haven't found it.
http://gtw6437.tripod.com/
I don't remember the exact quote, but I vaguely remember RF writing that he
was taken aback by one of the GB who joked that the prediction failures weren't
a problem--they just take a date off one shoulder and put it on another.
Why put a radio transmitter in your ear to get flock members' names and
addresses from your wife, who found these things out earlier talking with the
flock, then tell the flock that you're getting special messages from Jesus and
that they're healed? Why bend spoons then tell people it was done with psychic
power?
Russell: see "Love and money: Miracle Wheat and Charles' divorce from Maria"
on p.1a. He socked it away in dummmy companies. The concern to put it into the
Watchtower and live on an undisclosed amount, used to this day, seems to have
been born out of a concern to avoid making alimony payments anywhere near com-
mensurate to his income.
http://gtw6437.tripod.com/id12.html
(I always thought that one of the dumbest things said about Rusell, meant
to indicate his sincere selflessness, was that he died with only $11 in his
pocket. In today's economy, that would be at least ten times that, an amount
anyone might have on them for some spending money. You can't tell anything
about the person's income from that.)
Rutherford had a more overt approach to wealth and socked the wife away. See
"Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, etc., are coming back to run things, and they're going
to live in one of Rutherford's mansions and drive one of his Cadillac V-16s" on
the same page.
Knorr and subsequent JWs leaders have reverted to Russell's more clandestine
approach about money--see jamiebowers' post.
The recent leaders are pretty clandestine period. But the discouragement of
charity (other than to other JWs), encouragement to round up money for the pub-
lishing at the expense of one's own concerns, inexpensive publishing and Kingdom
Hall materials, etc., indicate a concern to turn as high a profit as possible
for a billion a year business.
http://gtw6437.tripod.com/id16.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhX5W7JoWI
"As is well known, members of the governing body and other high officials are
so often given sizeable gifts when they travel and speak to the larger Witness
community."
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Why do JW's pussyfoot around saying what Armegeddon really is?
by Sour Grapes injw's make armegeddon sound so sterile with statements like:.
"when god brings an end to this old system.
" "when jehovah.
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Do you get a kick out of end of the world themed TV Shows/Movies?
by Wasanelder Once intonight is the premeire of flashforward.
all hell breaks loose worldwide.
soon the movie 2012 will be here with its incredible effects of the end of the world.
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An excerpt from the book "The Quarrymen," 2001, by Hunter
Davies has it that in 1968 (I think this would be right after
the trip to India), according to John's childhood friend Pete
Shotton:
“One night, after a few joints, a bit of LSD, we were sitting around
at Kenwood playing tapes when John suddenly said: ’Pete, I think
I’m Jesus Christ.’ ’You what?’ I said. ’I’m Jesus Christ. I’m back
again.’ ’Oh yeah,’ I said. ’What are you going to do about it?’
’I’ve got to tell the world who I am.’ ’They’ll kill you.’ ’That
can’t be helped,’ said John. ’How old was Jesus when they killed
him?’ ’I reckon about 32.’ ’Then I’ve got at least four years to
go,’ said John. ’First thing tomorrow morning, we’ll go into Apple
and tell the others.’
Next morning, Pete contacted Apple to arrange an emergency
board meeting. All four Beatles turned up, plus Neil Aspinall
(once the Beatles’ roadie, later Apple’s managing director)
and Derek Taylor, their press officer. "Right," said John,
sitting behind his desk. "I’ve something very important to tell you all. I
am...Jesus Christ. I have come back again. This is my thing."
The Beatles looked rather stunned, but said nothing. "It was totally sur-
real," says Pete. "But nobody cross-examined him. No plans were made to announce
the Messiah’s arrival. There was a bit of muttering, then silence, till somebody
suggested the meeting was adjourned for lunch.' In the restaurant over lunch a
man came up to John and said: ’Really nice to meet you, how are you?’ ’Actual-
ly,’ said John, ’I’m Jesus Christ.’ ’Oh, really,’ said the man. ’Well, I liked
your last record.’“
http://articles.absoluteelsewhere.net/Articles/my_friend_john_davies.html
Of course, his writing partner would be apostle Paul. I can imagine the
arguments during "Let It Be"--"Forgive me, Lord--I'll play a C chord."
That would explain "They're gonna crucify me" in "The Ballad of John and
Yoko."
I wonder if John's hair and beard at the end of the group were supposed to
look Jesus-y, and if George was ribbing John with "Here Comes the Sun" (Son)?
(Maybe "My Sweet Lord" was partly due to John being a Phil Spector fan, too?)
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Post Funny U-tubes, Comedy, Stand Up or Anything Funny Here !
by flipper in.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jenus9nc9p4&feature=channel.
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Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro confront their mimics:
http://www.trilulilu.ro/morbidutz/ecf40c9e0c82ae
Col. Bogey's Sonata:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GazlqD4mLvw
Warning: this doesn't help Sam's concern to provide family entertainment.
Do not listen if totally inappropriate unnecessary vulgar filth offends you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA8EgYu7GvA
Gilbert's real voice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdbElWMnkyY
Celebrity Jeopardy:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/12768/saturday-night-live-celebrity-jeopardy---cruise-sandler-and-connery