i don't consider myself an overly emotional person, but gina and i went to an art museum years ago and i was nearly in tears over something i saw there.
it was a statue of an old man carrying a jug.
it was made two thousand years ago.
The Taj Mahal in India has to be one of the most breath-taking pieces of architecture ever created by mankind.
I am sure that there cannot be many people who visit it who are not moved by its magnificence and the immortality bestowed by Shah Jehan on his favorite wife by this building created as her final resting place.
Eyeslice
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how moronic we were when we continued going to meetings that we despised!
it's sooooooooooo nice to be out!
despite the lessons of thousands of years of human history, it seems that racial and religious hatred still dominates the thinking of many in this world.
the last century saw the holocaust and other atrocities of ww ii, rwanda, the killing fields, hindus against muslins during the partition of india, catholics against protestants in n. ireland, hatred by certain sections of the muslim world against the usa and list that goes on and on.
the hope i still have is that we can teach our children to think differently.
Despite the lessons of thousands of years of human history, it seems that racial and religious hatred still dominates the thinking of many in this world. The last century saw the holocaust and other atrocities of WW II, Rwanda, the Killing Fields, Hindus against Muslins during the partition of India, Catholics against Protestants in N. Ireland, hatred by certain sections of the Muslim world against the USA and list that goes on and on.
The hope I still have is that we can teach our children to think differently.
What should we be teaching our kids if we want a better world?
Eyeslice
this week in uk, there starts a new 6 week series to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=tuesday&service_id=4224&filename=20050111/20050111_2100_4224_37699_50.
personally, i do not like cinema films about the holocaust and, therefore, have never watched things like shindler's list or the pianist.
If this thread is going to be locked - let me have the last word. The subject I started was do we need to know?
The answer has to be yes.
We need to beware ourselves, we need to teach our children, we need to adopt a zero tolerance approach hatred and violence of any sort. Most important, as shown by many of the responses to this thread, we must never become bystanders when we see others manifesting prejudice and hatred even if means risking our own wellbeing.
Eyeslice
every january, they read the letter as to where you'll be "assigned" for the convention and then the our kingdom ministry will detail all the do's and don'ts to remember.
was going to these things ever enjoyable to you?
Years ago the assemblies where exciting.
We used to cook thousands of proper meals, served on 'airline style' trays, to tons of washing-up. Pre-convention involved erecting massive marques, post-convention take them all down again.
Then things were simplified, no food, no nothing really.
Assemblies have lost their sparkle. Not that it bother me that much nowadays.
Eyeslice
df'd ones are asked to sit in the back row at the hall.
although i was never df'd, i always sat in the back because i felt more comfortable back there.
i never did participate much anyways so i sat in the last row or before last.
I guess generally speaking, those most likely to be inclined to answer up sit towards the front.
However, I don't think that this is particularly a JW issue or problem. I have spoken at loads of seminars and events and getting people to sit towards the front rather than at the back is always a problem.
Eyeslice
this week in uk, there starts a new 6 week series to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=tuesday&service_id=4224&filename=20050111/20050111_2100_4224_37699_50.
personally, i do not like cinema films about the holocaust and, therefore, have never watched things like shindler's list or the pianist.
Even Prince Harry has recently caused upset over this very sensitive issue by wearing a Nazi style shirt to a fancy dress party.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4170083.stm
"It was clearly in bad taste, especially in the run-up to holocaust memorialday on the 27th of this month, which the Royal Family will be taking a leading role in commemorating."
this week in uk, there starts a new 6 week series to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=tuesday&service_id=4224&filename=20050111/20050111_2100_4224_37699_50.
personally, i do not like cinema films about the holocaust and, therefore, have never watched things like shindler's list or the pianist.
I actually watched the first programme last night.
The most frightening thing about the whole Nazi regime, was not the actual number of Jews they murdered as they murdered many other groups as well, but how they got people into the mindset where ordinary people could commit atrocities. We have a big lesson to learn from this.
The Nazis used propaganda to de-human the groups they hated. They refered to Jews and others as vermin. Once you get people to think of others as not being worthy as being human, it becomes easier to use the mob mentality to get people to turn on the objects of your hatred.
We must continually remind ourselves and teach our children and all generations;
Eyeslice
gina would like to put her watchtower research stuff on a web page, but she wants to do it herself and doesn't know html.
what freeware web page builders have you used that you thought were worth bothering with?.
if i can't find a free one, i'll need to buy one, so if you really like a paid product, please mention it.. i was about to google this, but i wanted to know if you've already had success with something before i start the process of digging through all the crappy stuff to find the one or two gems.. thanks!.
Not free but at $49.00 not bad value. You can try this very easy to use software - has 30 day trail download.
http://www.virtualmechanics.com
Eyeslice
wasn't the thought that we were so unified a comforting one when you were in the congregation?
only to realize that kicking everyone out that disagrees or forcing people to act a certain way "in the name of god and the wt" produces uniformity and not unity.. there is a difference, which of course are worlds apart.. did you notice this while in?
what value do you place on unity now?
Hey Confused - you stole my topic!
I was going to start a thread of this very subject today. I was reading Ray's CoC last night and it is an expression that he used.
The WTB&TS talks about unity when what they require of its members is uniformity.
Eyeslice
