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  How Come Mendelssons Wedding March.....

  by Englishman in

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  .....is never played at witness weddings?.

  its not a hymn, after all.

  also, i recall that in my dubbing days, the wt said it was ok to play classical music over the pa system.

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  Thirdson

  When Mrs Thirdson and I got married we noted that the "wedding march" was specifically ruled out too. At the Cathedral where we were married there is a strict code on what is considered to be appropriate music. At least there is a huge choice of music and we were aided by a friend who is the music director at a local Roman Catholic church. He arranged the music, improvised a piece based on our favorite hymns and played the piano and the cathedral organ at our wedding as a wedding gift.

  Despite our small wedding (about 70 people) I wanted to have two hymns sung as well. We had nice, appropriate hymns and left out words like "Marriage is God's arrangement; by him it was designed: it forms a bond of union; brings blessings to mankind."

  Thirdson

  PS. Kismet told us this before but song 117 *Marriage--God's Arrangement" can be sung to the tune of the Muppet show.
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  What's Your Sign

  by MrMoe in

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  yes this has been done before... but there are lots of new posters soooooo... what's your sign?

  do you know your whole chart?

  i do astrology stuff and tarot yada yada, so if ya want i can do your whole chart for you and stuff, or compatibility charts too, but i need exact time of birth.

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  Thirdson

  I noticed that several posters listed the time in addition to thier birth date. Is this important? If it is, doesn't the time zone (EST, CST, GMT or GMT-6) count?

  Thirdson

  PS When I was a dub and people asked what sign I was born under I used to say my sign was "Oxygen in use - No Smoking". Unfortunately, that was a lie as I was born at home.
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  Classic Movies? Name your Favorites

  by BoozeRunner in

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  movies!

  movies!

  movies!

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  Thirdson

  There are lots of good classics and most of mine have already been mentioned.

  Not sure if anyone listed "Singing in the Rain" or "To Kill a Mocking Bird"

  (There is a house just down the trail from mine. I have asked several people including my mother when she visited the US a couple of years back, who's house does that remind you of and they all say Boo Radley's!)

  I agree with Booze Runner, Sidney Poitier is a fine actor and was one of my favorites when growing up. I read his autobiography (This Life) a good while back and I think he has updated it or written a follow up.

  Regarding "the Song of the South", I recently learned (a letter in Newsweek) that the film is not available in the US for politically correct sensibilities. Is it available in Canada on video? What about Europe? The actor, James Baskett won an honorary Oscar but is never seen in the US in this Disney classic.

  Thirdson
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  Creation account

  by Elsewhere in

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  i noticed that in the two creation accounts in genesis, the order of creation is not the same.

  for instance, in account #1, animals are created before humans, and in account #2, animals are created after humans.. account #1. animals created gen. 1:21. humans created gen. 1:26. account #2. humans created gen. 2:7. animals created gen. 2:19. any comments on this?.

  "as every one knows, there are mistakes in the bible" - the watchtower, april 15, 1928, p. 126 .

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  Thirdson

  Elsewhere,

  There is much evidence to suggest that Genesis is compiled from 4 main sources. Many of the accounts are told twice. The creation account has two separate tellings. The flood account has two stories from two sources woven together.

  When you read Genesis as literature and study its origin it is somewhat different to the literal and real history belief of JWs.

  I see your problem, you've started reading the Bible on your own.

  Thirdson
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  Is this Beth Sarim?

  by Thirdson in

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  i hope this works since i have little ability to correct the links with the restricted editing.

  this is braeburn road san diego, ca.. would someone confirm which house is beth sarim.

  is it the last house on the north side of the road just before the bend?

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  VM,

  The photo comes from www.mapquest.com

  After finding a street address you can select "aerial photo". I keyed in the address from Farkel's post on Beth Sarim and used his description of its location plus the photo's on Ivor Hope's page to take a guess at the house. I zoomed in quite close to what I thought was the right house then cropped part of the image and posted it to an Internet photo site.

  I have found aerial shots of my own house using mapquest and terraserver.com.

  If Fred wants to give us his street address we coould post a piccie of his house/kennel/shoebox.

  Thirdson
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  Is this Beth Sarim?

  by Thirdson in

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  i hope this works since i have little ability to correct the links with the restricted editing.

  this is braeburn road san diego, ca.. would someone confirm which house is beth sarim.

  is it the last house on the north side of the road just before the bend?

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  I hope this works since I have little ability to correct the links with the restricted editing. This is Braeburn Road San Diego, CA.
  Would someone confirm which house is Beth Sarim. Is it the last house on the north side of the road just before the bend? Or am I totally wrong or even have the wrong road?

  Thirdson
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  Childbearing in THIS time of the End

  by Thirdson in

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  responsible childbearing in this time of the end .

  i heard the talk that formed the basis of this article in the summer of 1987 while attending with my pregnant wife.

  the stress was on not having children and devoting lives to preaching the watchtower's message.

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  Thirdson

  If it wasn't for my son, I wouldn't have had a single relative attend my wedding when I remarried 18 months ago. (He was a groomsman)

  The worse thing for the Watchtower is that its new members are mainly the children of current members. The mormons family value of large families has aided them immensely while the Watchtower has attempted to cut-off a large supply of new recruits.

  Laura, great news neighbor.

  Thirdson
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  Do you see many jw's at your door?

  by terafera in

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  this has probably been addressed before, but.... the other day a philipino man knocked on our door.

  my husband answered it, and a nice elderly man said something in philipino to us, holding a watchtower and awake.

  my husband said we only spoke english, and the old man smiled, said something and left.

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  I haven't seen any in my neighborhood in 5 years. My mother-in-law sees them every couple of years. The last time I saw any was at the airport at the JW desk. Since Sept 11 the airport has restricted access to most areas to ticket carrying passengers only. I don't know if JW have a desk at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Int'l airport anymore.

  Thirdson
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  My mother Noticed

  by metatron in

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  years ago, when my mom was alive, she was very active.

  in the door to door work.

  she always had bible studies.. but she started noticing a change in the kind of people.

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  Met,

  This change in quality of convert was noticed several years ago. I remember a Circuit Overseer telling us how at one time the publications centered on doctrinal discussion but in recent years had focused a lot on teaching people HOW to live their lives.

  The CO put it down to the decline in society in general. In hindsight I see it due to the type of people being recruited and the type of people created in the WTS.

  Thirdson
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  Childbearing in THIS time of the End

  by Thirdson in

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  responsible childbearing in this time of the end .

  i heard the talk that formed the basis of this article in the summer of 1987 while attending with my pregnant wife.

  the stress was on not having children and devoting lives to preaching the watchtower's message.

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  Responsible Childbearing in THIS time of the End

  I heard the talk that formed the basis of this article in the summer of 1987 while attending with my pregnant wife. The stress was on not having children and devoting lives to preaching the Watchtower's message.

  If you had been at the Kingdom Hall a spring Sunday in 1988 this question would have been asked.

  Q. "While childbearing in this time of the end is a personal matter, what counsel is given?"

  Someone, perhaps even one of the lurkers or posters on this board would have said something close to this from his/her underlined Wacthtower.

  A. "However, since [bb'the time left is reduced,' married couples would do well to weigh carefully and prayerfully the pros and cons of childbearing in these times[/b]. Those who do choose to have children should be fully aware not only of the joys childbearing can bring but also of the responsibilities involved and the problems that can arise for them and the children they bring into the world.-- The Watchtower Mar 1, 1988.

  Despite the reduced time left, (my mom was cautioned about being pregnant with me because of the nearness of the end) my son is doing very well. He'll be going to college in 4 years time and will graduate in 8.

  Oh and today, we celebrated his 14th birthday.

  Thirdson

  (Reprinted from my post on Beliefnet)