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  Kingdom Melodies - Can they influence people's moods?

  by truthseeker in

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  i've recently begun to observe the mood-altering abilities of kingdom melodies, when played at meetings and assemblies.

  after hyping up the audience for hours at a convention, a melody like, "we thank you jehovah" has the ability to make everyone all fuzzy and happy.

  some even have tears in their eyes.. before a meeting, a kingdom melody is usually played quietly in the background, but it sets the mood.

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  I often wondered why the Society migrated away from live piano music to the recorded variety. I suspected that those of us who played the piano at the KH would put emotion into our playing, or add some sort of creative twist to the music, which was too close to displaying an "independent spirit". If the music is played from a recording, then the WT has control of the mood of the music. Of course, all of this was done under the guise of "unity of the brotherhood."

  BTW - we attended a church in Wenatchee, WA. We were surprised to find a Kingdom Melody in their hymnal - We Thank You Jehovah. Don't know where they got it, who had it first, but were rather surprised because we thought JW songs were exclusive to JWs.
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  Pictures from SAD

  by RichieRich in

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  with a theme like "pay attention to how you listen", today's sad was anything but good.. due to low batteries, i only got the real "money shots".

  none of me (although i looked damn good!

  ) so condolences to damselfly.. .

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  I was baptized at my local high school, which was several miles from the assembly site - pre-Assembly Hall days. My dad was baptized in a horse trough in Vancouver, BC on a rainy day, International Convention back in the 70's. We used to think it was so important to watch the baptism, even skipping lunch to be there.
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  Pictures from SAD

  by RichieRich in

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  with a theme like "pay attention to how you listen", today's sad was anything but good.. due to low batteries, i only got the real "money shots".

  none of me (although i looked damn good!

  ) so condolences to damselfly.. .

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  OMG! I'm going to have nightmares! I can't believe I used to sit through all of that...poor Richie! you have my sympathy.
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  The Twilight Zone...any fans?

  by Preston in

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  i am a huge fan of the twilight zone and i wondered if anyone on the board was a fan.

  since the strangeness of the whole series mirrors my own jw life in some ways i found several episodes strangely fascinating.

  interestingly my first experience watching it was in the reprised version of the series in the 80's and there was an episode where a shadowy figure lived under a kid's bed in return he would not hurt the owner until... and that's what i think made the series unique in how they added a twist that made every episode special, disturbing, or thought-provoking.

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  I can't remember then name of the episode, but there was one where Robert Redford was masquerading as a copy, telling an old woman that she had to move out of her building because it was going to be demolished. It turned out he was Mr. Death. There were quite a few episodes that dealt with that subject...another episode where an old man was obsessed with keeping his grandfather clock ticking. He thought he would die if the clock stopped ticking.
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  The Twilight Zone...any fans?

  by Preston in

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  i am a huge fan of the twilight zone and i wondered if anyone on the board was a fan.

  since the strangeness of the whole series mirrors my own jw life in some ways i found several episodes strangely fascinating.

  interestingly my first experience watching it was in the reprised version of the series in the 80's and there was an episode where a shadowy figure lived under a kid's bed in return he would not hurt the owner until... and that's what i think made the series unique in how they added a twist that made every episode special, disturbing, or thought-provoking.

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  We have volumes 1-36 on DVD. Rocky has nick named our new little kitty Twilight Zone because she disappeared into the wall between the vanity and the bathtub the other night. We could hear her in the wall. She apparently has found the trap door where we access the plumbing for the shower. It was like she was in another dimension, much like the episode kls mentioned.
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  God says not to go in service....

  by riotgirlpeeps in

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  so this morning since my parents are both very devout witnesses i get a knock at my door, i'm supposed to go with.

  i'm in my pajamas.

  typical guilt trip and mention that ultimately it is my choice, more guilt tripping (last time i checked i was 26 closing in on 27 ironic isn't it how they still don't want to allow decision making).

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  Those guilt trips - so easy to buy that ticket! I feel for you.

  My parents called us every Saturday morning, right about 9:30, for almost 15 years. "Hi, Why aren't you out in service?" It never occurred to me to ask them why they weren't out in service too.
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  How far did the elders expect......

  by fairy in

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  how far did the elders expect someone to go in respects to being repentant

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  My friend's son was told that he would not be disfellowshipped only if he quit sports at school, resigned from FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), and gave up association with all the kids at school. He was a senior in high school and had gone to school with the same kids since 1st grade. This is a small town. It would be impossible! But this is what the lead elder on his JC told him was necessary for him to prove he was truly repentant.
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  Can inactives be D/F'd?

  by tabbycat in

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  can inactive ex-jw's be disfellowshipped?

  i've always been interested but can't ask my mother (still a jw) for fear of upsetting her.

  if i was d/f'd, would it really mean that even my immediate family would 'shun' me?

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  This cliche' may get oversaid, but it is much like the Eagles song Hotel California where you can "check out any time you like, but you can never leave." My husband was DF'd last month. We have been inactive for about 7 years and have only stepped inside the local KH for a couple of memorial services. Most of the community knew we had stopped going to the KH, but when asked we usually just told folks we were 'slackers,' as we have mostly JW family and wanted to avoid dealing with the shunning business. It took only mentioning the SilentLambs issue to one person to get the elders riled up. So yes, inactive does not stop them.
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  CRUEL toward children!!!!

  by chuckyy in

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  my 6 year old daughter was best friends with another 6 year old witness girl and they go to the same school.. since our disassociation it has been difficult for them to see each other.to get around this, we have recently used my mother (who is not/never been a witness), to take the two girls out to play together.

  however, two witness mothers at the school noticed that this was happening and proceeded to harrass and have a go at the other witness mother for letting her daughter associate with the 6 year old daughter of parents who have left jehovah.there has been no trips out together for the two girls since.. this to me is so cruel!

  after all, there was never any contact with us.

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  I am so sorry for the way you and your daughter are being treated. My youngest, now 21, had 3 other witness girls in her class in grade school. We thought it was going to be wonderful that there were 4 JW girls to play together. Unfortunately, this was not the case. They were all so cruel. They would tell my daughter that she shouldn't play with the worldly children at school. So she would ask to play with them. They told her no. The parents weren't much help at all. It broke my heart then and breaks my heart now to see such cruelty to these innocent children.
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  Elders

  by sammielee24 in

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  just curious - it seems like there are quite a few ex-elders around the site....how many are you?

  i enjoy reading stories from the inside...

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  My father is an elder but I wasn't a sister elder's daughter. He was (and still is) such a huge gossip! When I turned 19 and decided to move to another congregation (one closer to home - he was helping a congregation in need on the other side of town) he told me that he was sorry we weren't in the same congregation because he wouldn't know what was going on with me gone! Needless to say, I quit talking to him about anything except the weather.