When you were an active member in the JWland, did you expect to receive any kind of help from a brother/sister, but they did not help you? When I was in the JWland, I expected and was my belief that any brother/sister will help you in time of need, distress or trouble, because we were part of a "lovely organization". But countless of times when I needed and asked for help, NOBODY from the Org helped me. What are your experiences?
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by ironsnake656 inwhen you were an active member in the jwland, did you expect to receive any kind of help from a brother/sister, but they did not help you?
when i was in the jwland, i expected and was my belief that any brother/sister will help you in time of need, distress or trouble, because we were part of a "lovely organization".
but countless of times when i needed and asked for help, nobody from the org helped me.
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I love heavy metal!!!
by ironsnake656 inprobably you noticed that my avatar is a photo of steve harris, bassist of iron maiden.
i have quite a few years that i started to listen this kind of music, even when i was in the jwland.
although it was a "no-no" in the borders of jwland, i knew a lot of brothers and sisters that listened and loved this kind of music.
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Thank you all for your comments and for sharing your experiences!! I find so funny the experience of butyoucanneverleave about the elder who played the three songs in the KH speakers system. I'm imagining banging your heads in the back row!!! jaja... what happened if the elder played Slayer's Angel of Death?
Anyways, this kind of music accompanied me during my hard times in life, and helped to express my feelings and to examine things more deeper. But the for mainstream people this music genre is outdated, satanist, obscure. Sam Dunn, in his documentary, exposes that heavy metal has been considered bad in society because "Metal confronts what we'd rather ignore. It celebrates what we often deny. It indulges in what we fear most. And that's why metal will always be a culture of outsiders". Besides, Tom Araya, Slayer's front man, said: "I consider what we do art, and art can be a reflection of society. I guess, uh, we're picking up the dark reflections".
I also like to listen disco. I had read some Watchtowers magazines (bound volumes from 1979) from my mom's library and there some articles saying a lot of BS about disco.
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interesting EX-CO AMA ( Ask Me Anything) over on exjwreddit
by Diogenesister inex-circuit overseer here, ama.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/6usaky/excircuit_overseer_here_ama/.
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Interesting information!!!
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I love heavy metal!!!
by ironsnake656 inprobably you noticed that my avatar is a photo of steve harris, bassist of iron maiden.
i have quite a few years that i started to listen this kind of music, even when i was in the jwland.
although it was a "no-no" in the borders of jwland, i knew a lot of brothers and sisters that listened and loved this kind of music.
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Regarding lyrics, there are a lot of songs with religious themes. i.e. The Number of the Beast of Iron Maiden first verses are taken from the book of Revelation: "Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the Beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short... let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the Beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty six"; the song Creeping Death of Metallica is talking about the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt by means of plagues, specially the last one (firstborns killings).
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I love heavy metal!!!
by ironsnake656 inprobably you noticed that my avatar is a photo of steve harris, bassist of iron maiden.
i have quite a few years that i started to listen this kind of music, even when i was in the jwland.
although it was a "no-no" in the borders of jwland, i knew a lot of brothers and sisters that listened and loved this kind of music.
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Probably you noticed that my avatar is a photo of Steve Harris, bassist of Iron Maiden. I have quite a few years that I started to listen this kind of music, even when I was in the JWland. Although it was a "no-no" in the borders of JWland, I knew a lot of brothers and sisters that listened and loved this kind of music. I remember some articles from the Org. about the dangers of this kind of music. Also, when you wanted to apply for being a Bethelite, one of the questions is "do you listen heavy metal/rap". One CO told me that the Org. named one band in its publications: Guns n' Roses.This attitude of hate and prohibition was not exclusively from the JW, but also from other religions in general.
When I was in the university, one professor influenced us not just to listen heavy metal, but to analyze its implications in the culture, society and religion. He recommended us to read "Running with the Devil: Power, Gender and Madness in Heavy Metal Music", from Robert Walser, and to see the documentary from Sam Dunn "Metal: a Headbanger's Journey". We learned a lot from those works about the roots, history, influence, behavior and other stuff related with heavy metal. I recommend you too to review these works if you like heavy metal.
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A World Of Pure Experience William James
by Brokeback Watchtower inwilliam james a psychologist and philosopher:.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/william_james.
along with charles sanders peirce and john dewey, james is considered to be one of the major figures associated with the philosophical school known as pragmatism, and is also cited as one of the founders of functional psychology.
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Also, I suggest you to take a look over the works of Edward Thorndike, a James' disciple, regarding educational psychology and the Law of Effect.
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A World Of Pure Experience William James
by Brokeback Watchtower inwilliam james a psychologist and philosopher:.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/william_james.
along with charles sanders peirce and john dewey, james is considered to be one of the major figures associated with the philosophical school known as pragmatism, and is also cited as one of the founders of functional psychology.
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I remember when I study my bachelor degree in psychology that William James was a "must-read" philosopher, since he founded one of the psychology schools, the functional psychology, which later developed as the behaviorist school. The roots of such philosophy schools can be traced back to Greece in the philosophy of Epicurus and Aristotle.
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Juarez MX Assembly Kingdom Hall to be sold.
by ironsnake656 inthere are several confirmed announcements in some congregations around the city regarding the sale of the assembly kingdom hall.
one of the reasons why it will be sold is that expenses are not covered by donations.
the hall was dedicated in 2009. actually, in some congregations the elders have not given the announcement for the publisher's reaction... .
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Thank you for your comments in this post. Although this AKH is in Mexico border, a lot of brothers from El Paso, TX and Las Cruces, NM come to Spanish assemblies in Juarez. About 10-15% of attendance is from US. An the same happens when the conventions are in El Paso and Las Cruces, brothers from Juarez go to those cities. And according with steve2, they will not wake up. People in Mexico, despite their socioeconomic background, are attracted and attached to any religion/cult. There is a considerable growth in some cults like Pentecostals, LDS (I saw lately a lot of young elders in streets), even in Holy Death cult.
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Juarez MX Assembly Kingdom Hall to be sold.
by ironsnake656 inthere are several confirmed announcements in some congregations around the city regarding the sale of the assembly kingdom hall.
one of the reasons why it will be sold is that expenses are not covered by donations.
the hall was dedicated in 2009. actually, in some congregations the elders have not given the announcement for the publisher's reaction... .
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There are several confirmed announcements in some congregations around the city regarding the sale of the Assembly Kingdom Hall. One of the reasons why it will be sold is that expenses are not covered by donations. The hall was dedicated in 2009. Actually, in some congregations the elders have not given the announcement for the publisher's reaction...
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My live as video gamer and JW
by ironsnake656 inone of my strangest things that happened to me during my life as jw was that i loved (and still i do) video games.
i started playing super mario bros in a nintendo entertainment system (nes) from my cousin and from there i developed an attachment to the video games.
i remember that i asked for a gift the nes to my dad and my wish come true!
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Yeah, those passwords and cheat codes. I remember that I got those cheat codes from friends and magazines, before internet. I got a box full of Nintendo Power and Electronic Gaming magazines from an older sister who had grandchildren from USA. Today you need to purchase DLC or cheat codes $$$... what happened to gaming today??
