Posts by cappytan

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Happy at Bethel. Can't believe what I'm seeing.
by Pubsinger in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
apologies if this has already been posted but i am speechless.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs&x-yt-ts=1422327029&x-yt-cl=84838260#t=72.
cappytan

@cappy trust me there is not a single witness that would stumble because of this song
Witnesses are stumbled by work out clothing, but not this song. OK, then.
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Happy at Bethel. Can't believe what I'm seeing.
by Pubsinger in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
apologies if this has already been posted but i am speechless.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs&x-yt-ts=1422327029&x-yt-cl=84838260#t=72.
cappytan

What you are saying is that one should first check out an entire Album before he/she can like one particular innocent song.
The Society teaches that we should be careful of stumbling others. "All things are lawful, but not all things are advantageous."
I'm not saying it's wrong to like this song. Liking the song is one thing. Using the song in a video like this that you had to know would get out, even if that wasn't the original intent, is foolhardy and unwise, and certainly not "advantageous."
How can all these Bethelites, young and old, have "freeness of speech" in giving counsel to a young one on choices in music?
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Happy at Bethel. Can't believe what I'm seeing.
by Pubsinger in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
apologies if this has already been posted but i am speechless.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs&x-yt-ts=1422327029&x-yt-cl=84838260#t=72.
cappytan

@insidetheKH: Have you seen some of the songs on that same Pharell album? Look at the opening lyrics to Gush.
Make the pu$$y just gush
Make the pu$$y just gush
Make the pu$$y just gush
Make it, make it, just gush
Make it, just gush
I make the pu$$y just gush
I make it, just gush
If you had that album in Bethel, unless the rules have changed considerably, you would be thrown out. And if the rules have changed, then that's just wrong in itself. It's a double standard of morality.
Yes, I can see how this video is "fun." But don't you see the hypocrisy? Shooting a video like this with a song off the same album as the song above gives tacit approval.
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The World Seems to Think Putin Is King of The North
by scotoma in
1. jw
2. friends
this past october geoffrey jackson told the audience at the watchtower corporate meeting that "they aren't sure who the new king of the north is".. this was applauded as new light.

but if you look up the search terms putin king of the north your won't see jw.org pop up as a top search result.

i checked through the first 100 results and n-o-t-h-i-n-g.. isn't interpretation of prophecy the special territory of the jw's.
cappytan

I live in a hugely GOP area. No one likes Putin. His only redeeming quality in their eyes is that he makes Obama look weak.
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Opinions of GB members
by campaign of hate in
1. jw
2. friends
i would like to give my opinion of each gb member.

i would probably split them into 3 groups.. group 1 - the hardliners.

tony the 3rd: he knows exactly what hes's doing and saying.
cappytan

I always felt like Loesch was one of the hardliners, personally.
15 years ago, he seemed more hardline and Herd seemed more easygoing.
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JW Bethel Video - long version
by Esse quam videri in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
listener gave a link to a short version.

not taking away from that post but here is a more complete version, 2 minutes longer.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs.
cappytan

Another thought.
What about the possibility of this being a video produced for the New York City area International Conventions this past summer? I know that each International had a Delegate Entertainment Committee with events that included live performances and stuff like this.
It sounds more plausible that this would be produced for that.
It could be that this is just barely being publicized now.
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JW Bethel Video - long version
by Esse quam videri in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
listener gave a link to a short version.

not taking away from that post but here is a more complete version, 2 minutes longer.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs.
cappytan

They use to have Bethel recruitment meetings at conventions for anyone interested, do they show it there?
Hmmm...interesting point, pontoon.
They don't currently use this at Bethel recruitment meetings, however I could see that as a possibility for putting this together. If you had asked me 10 years ago if that was a possibility, I would have laughed and said no.
But 10 years ago, all these people in this video would have been sent home like those Bethelites dressed in Zoot Suits were sent home for being in a GQ magazine article about the swing dancing movement in NYC.
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JW Bethel Video - long version
by Esse quam videri in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
listener gave a link to a short version.

not taking away from that post but here is a more complete version, 2 minutes longer.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs.
cappytan

freemindfade:
Blurred Lines Bethel Video you say. I'd say, these videos show the lines being blurred between being a part of the world and not being a part of the world.
In that sense, Blurred Lines sounds very appropriate.
My question: will the Bethel Blurred Lines video have nude housekeepers dancing around while AMIII says "Hey hey hey..."?
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St John's wort
by wannaexit in
1. social
2. physical
st john's wort is accepted by the medical literature for use in mild to moderate depression.

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if anybody is using it could you share your experiences with it?
cappytan

If you're on Birth Control, make sure and check with your doctor. SJW can lower the effectiveness of certain birth control.
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New JW video, song and dance
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the current jws do not cease to amaze.

here's their latest video on youtube and straight from bethel.. there is a lot of work involved in this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwou6e5vwbo .
cappytan

When I was there, Family night consisted of live performances and recorded videos. People would rehearse and plan for months.