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  Christian Music

  by free2beme in

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  why is it, that those with less talent tend to sing and produce christian music?

  then their efforts are not labeled as a waste of time, but rather a praise of god and thus makes anyone who wants to actually say the truth about their quality think, "i am some home speaking out against god.

  " just something i noticed, as i walked through a park recently that had a christian concert of people who sung like crap with a lot of applause..

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  You mean like this?...............Christian side hug (cause full frontal hug can lead to fornication/adultery)

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Oj0-splZw

  Hahaha Lol! I'm so sorry for posting this. I apologize.
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  My encounter today.....

  by Free!! in

  1. jw
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  let me start with: i havent been to a meeting in almost 2 years, i am "inactive" and the only contact i have w the jw is the an open minded jw friend who i talk to....since i left, i have done what i want, travel, get my nose pierced again (had it pierced before i baptized but they gave me hell for it, even thought the bible doesnt say anything bad about nose piercings) and hang out w "wordly" friends who smoke, drink and swear.... i don't smoke but lately i have been giving this friend a ride and he is a-pack a day type of guy... he left his pack in my car yesterday..... so, i am working evenings this week on a special project, and this morning i decided to run some errands.

  i was hungry so i stopped at macdonalds to grab some coffee... i placed my order thru the drive thru and pull over to the pay window, as i look for the money the drive-thru attendant says "wow, hello free!

  ", i look up and omfg one of the brothers from my congo... i acted like normal (sorry but i dont get nervous of agitated when i see a jw, i just dont give a dang) and smiled and made short conversation, while he is tellng me how much he misses seeing me at the hall, i see his eyes going between my piercing, my jet black goth hair and the pack of cigarettes on my passenger seat.... .

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  Hahaha, my wife told me about your encounter. I've had a couple of encounters like that where a brother catches me with a goatee or ripped jeans.
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  Guitar skills!

  by fade_away in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never really liked any kingdom melody they played at the kh, but i found this video of a kid who makes these songs sound pretty cool.

  he plays them on an electric distorted guitar.

  (the devil's instrument...the one he uses in heavy metal)).

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  I never really liked any Kingdom melody they played at the KH, but I found this video of a kid who makes these songs sound pretty cool. He plays them on an electric distorted guitar. (The Devil's instrument...the one he uses in heavy metal))

  My mother in law thought this was blasphemous and told us to turn it off! She was actually offended! Till this day I still don't understand why. O.o

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vFrRlEqH0&feature=channel_video_title

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meR6W32bYXQ&feature=channel_video_title

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl3UQOlGb4Q&feature=channel_video_title
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  A message to the Watchtower

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  inspired from anonymous who fights scientology :.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qpkrijb2z8.

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  Is Steven Hawking going against the WT?
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  Will JW's flock to Google+?

  by HintOfLime in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's like facebook... but unlikely to be specifically mentioned in any sermons for a while.... that makes it "ok", right?.

  - lime.

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  It's gonna be a new social network. It's not finished yet, they're still working on it.
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  Will JW's flock to Google+?

  by HintOfLime in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's like facebook... but unlikely to be specifically mentioned in any sermons for a while.... that makes it "ok", right?.

  - lime.

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  It'll be okay until the WT catches on about 5 years from now. They move very slow in the GB. Cds and walkmans are still used in their illustrations of music. XD
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  Have Jehovah's Witnesses (The WTBTS) taken the Best Years of your life?

  by Hairyhegoat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having been a born in for 44 years i can say yes to this question.

  my 2 sisters and 1 brother and my dad have nothing to do with my family now we have made our stand against the jw's.

  i was always downtrodden at school for been a jw.

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  I'm 26 now and they stole the first 25 years of my life. I'm making up for it now. Not in a crazy way though...I'm not running out to get tattoos or have orgies or anything (I choose to never do that). I missed out on birthday parties and holidays and the freedom to listen to whatever music I wanted or watched whatever movie I wanted. I had to sneak around to watch R rated movies or listen to heavy metal. Now I'm making up for it and I'm attending an annual Rock concert called the Uproar Festival. (That's my annual convention now) When I have kids, I'll celebrate all their birthdays and holidays with them. They will have the complete opposite life I had. Freedom is what I missed out on, but I'm glad to be free at the still young age of 26.
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  What imaginary places would you visit if you could?

  by rebel8 in

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  2. friends

  risa [star trek].

  several of the places in the old james bond movies.

  willie wonka factory.

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  Pandora from Avatar! That place is beautiful!
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  were you made to feel guilty if you missed a meeting / service ?

  by man in black in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  going along with the last thread ( great subject matter) .

  i'm sort of hitching along here.. we had a bookstudy at our home for several years, every week we were prepared, and we handled service arraingements every saturday morning, even with two young children.. one saturday morning, ( in the middle of winter) one son had a bad cold, and our furnace konked out around 8:15 am.. i was running around trying to get ready for service, calling a repair man, and help my wife get ready for service.. the group comes in at 9:00, and i'm on the phone talking to the repair man who wants to come out between 10-2.. so i'm not going out this morning, and i'm staying home with my sick son, wife and son #2 are going out in service.. conductor comes downstairs and looks at the furnace ( he is a school teacher, no mechanical experience at all, check out my earlier thread video under friends, page 5827 titled "elder makes a video,,,, this is the same guy ) and gives me the classic guilt trip because i'm not going out in service for at least an hour this morning.. i remember thinking just who is this guy, trying to make me feel bad because my family is #1, service is not my focus today.. after all of these years, i cannot help but think of this comment now :.

  "nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent", e. roosevelt.

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  There was a circuit overseer that everyone rolled out the red carpet and bowed down to, and he came to visit and noticed I had not once tried a pioneering "career". I had spent nearly 2 years looking for a job and I had finally recently found a permanent full time position, so I told him I started working and that pioneering doesn't fit into my schedule. Then he asked "Have you considered asking your boss for a partime position?" I laughed because that idea was so ridiculous! Two years of job hunting and now that I have one he expects me to throw it away? "God will provide" my ass, pioneering would've made it impossible for me to find this job! Besides, I was 25 and about to get married and move far away from my parents I had been living with up until then. I wasn't about to throw away my marriage and my job to stay home living with mommy and daddy until I'm 40.

  But he gave me a look of disapproval to make me feel bad. Never have I been so right and yet made to feel like I was so wrong before.
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  So, as it turns out, I was quite the Zombie.

  by stray in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm a young man.

  happily drifting.

  the lie was my life.

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  Although Ray may not be reading this (he died last summer)....we all here are and we're glad you woke up. I woke up a year ago and I'm glad I did. I tried to explain my reasons for leaving to my family but all they kept asking is "where will you go without us?" I figured "so many places I've never been before!"