ZAPPA-ESQUE

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  What was your first public bible reading? And when?

  by Mandrake in

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  i perfectly remember that, rehearsing with mom, trying to read with enough emphasis and in a proper tone.

  i was 5 years old, back then in 1996 i think, and the portion was james 5:1-13.... i found today that i still know the first verses by heart!!!

  it's actually a cherished memory for me, i came to memorize those because mom had me starting the reading all over again until i got to read it properly... and in time!!!

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  Eccl 12:

  1972 - While on Unassigned Territory in a little country town - We had hired the town hall for the meetings as the turnout was so well supported [Pre 1975] and to be very frank it was a wonderful long weekend away -

  My School counsellor at that meeting and I became life time friends due to having a lot of secular interests in common eg Jazz Music and Electronics and high-quality audio systems. [ I still play vinyl] - It will remain etched in my book of Life and as with yourself, I can recite the entire chapter - Of course now at 60 the passage has much more relevance ! lol

  It was his friendship and counselling manner [he is a brilliant teacher / lecturer] that inspired me to pursue the my school assignments very seriously and after 15 years as the TMS Overseer, my experience gained has enabled me to now earn a professional living from that experience. So it is one thing I can say I gained from my 50 years in the cult !
  
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  A question about WTBTS moles.

  by DATA-DOG in

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  with all the info from videos to boe letters, to the flock book ( this is huge when you learn ttatt!

  ), why can't we find out who the wtbts hired to aid in their rebranding efforts?

  we know all about the rc and monica applewhite for jeehoober's sake, so why in the hell can't we find out who is behind the rebranding?

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  My wife raised just this question with me this morning - Who is / are the WT spin-doctors - you think they are using "outside" consultants ?
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  Waking up - introduction

  by Dreamerdude in

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  i am a male, born into the jw cult(ure), baptized as a teen, now mid fifties.

  most of my life i dreamed of hugging pandas and lions, punctuated at times by nightmares of armageddon or jw drama and politics.

  still going through the motions for still-in wife.

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  Welcome from Cape Town - South Africa !

  Also a teenager of the 70's era now 60 years old - should have been sipping wine under my vine stroking my pet Lion by now right ! ............................ah well life is better now !

  

  Stay strong !
  
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  Can you image sitting there hearing this (Spanish)

  by fulano in

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  gerrit losch giving a talk in so-called spanish in the dominican republic.

  first begging for donations ...and than this.

  brothers and sisters travelling hours and hours to hear this reading, he obviously doesnt speak spanish, just knows how to read it.

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  TheOldHippie - I am sure this is the same talk he gave .......................................lol
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  Here is what kind of person (Prince) a celebrity JW is

  by Terry in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lhcparuzpc

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  Terry - I have dignified you by always reading your postings and literature with interest and respect - you come across as the sort of person I could easily have over to complement other "good" company at a barbecue for instance >

  Your topic title makes no sense and ........is it necessary imho ?

  What if [and you don't know this] he himself did not see himself as the Celebrity JW ? Maybe somewhere in his humanness he really was fighting his own demons? He too was just a victim of victims - maybe he desired an escape ?

  You have let me down on this one !

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  So apparently prince wrote most of the songs in the new song book...

  by purrpurr in

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  or so says the jw's around me who heard it from someone who apparently "knows".

  i'm no expert in the music of prince so perhaps someone else can tell me, does the songs of the wt sound similar to princes work?.

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  He wrote "From House to House" - I have it on good authority from the brother of a cousin of a friend whose father's stepson is a Bethelite -
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  Is Larry Graham an Elder?

  by ShirleyW in

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  i think he is, but i"m not too sure.

  just wondering because looking at that purple pimp outfit with hat that he wore to prince's memorial, i wonder if he ever gave a talk wearing the same outfit, when i've read here that some brothers were talked to for wearing a pastel colored shirt while giving a talk..

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  Maybe "Bro" Larry Graham just walked his own line at the funeral and couldn't care less for what anyone is sayin or gonna say !

  Why we have to unpick every little thread of information and then microscopically analyse it to try to discover that indisputable tid-bit that will finally be the death-knell of the JW dot Org puts us in the same league as the writers in the yellow press publications of this world ....................lets fo------in move on !
  
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  Jehovah's Witness Church Release Statement

  by truthseekeriam in

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  "we are saddened to hear about the death of prince rogers nelson, who was baptized as one of jehovah’s witnesses in 2003," the church said in a statement obtained by people.

  the church said that prince "found fulfillment as a witness and in sharing his faith with others.

  http://www.people.com/article/prince-dead-jehovah-witness-release-statement.

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  Private Cremation attended by "Bro" Larry Graham ......Sly move ! .......

  Bro Rogers was not a "nice" person to Bro Michael J at the time when MJ was doing the "Bad" album? and had invited Symbol to duet with him - Which Prince turned down with a bit of contempt.

  Some more here: fyi

  http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/princes-longtime-keyboardist-talks-rumored-rivalry-michael-jackson/story?id=38619160

  Nevertheless I hold his musicality in high regard = Who the heck am I to be judge of his persona !
  
  
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  Jehovah's Witness Church Release Statement

  by truthseekeriam in

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  "we are saddened to hear about the death of prince rogers nelson, who was baptized as one of jehovah’s witnesses in 2003," the church said in a statement obtained by people.

  the church said that prince "found fulfillment as a witness and in sharing his faith with others.

  http://www.people.com/article/prince-dead-jehovah-witness-release-statement.

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  Mebbe its about the $$$$$$$$$
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  Prince dead at 57

  by Sanchy in

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  it appears he has indeed died.

  sad story.. news link: here.

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  What had ailed him ?

  You're right this has been a terrible year for muso's !