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Re: Music at Theocratic Events
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this is a crappy letter from the watchtower.

i'm only posting it to show how micro-managers these fools are.

and at the end, they say: "we should avoid making specific rules about somewhat technical matters".
Oubliette

oppostate: Are they then asking all the JW males to sing at the highest of the ordinary adult male range. Maybe? I'm thinking BeeGees or Pewie Herman, maybe even Tiny Tim... "Tiptoe through the tulips..."
No. You are confusing a vocal range with a characteristic of a particular thing. This is similar to the mistake the writers of the letter made. The letter shows that they don't really know what they are asking.
The Bee Gees were known for their tight- three part harmonies, in particular Barry's falsetto became their signature sound. Tiny Tim was also known for singing in falsetto. I wouldn't know about Pee Wee Herman.
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Re: Music at Theocratic Events
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this is a crappy letter from the watchtower.

i'm only posting it to show how micro-managers these fools are.

and at the end, they say: "we should avoid making specific rules about somewhat technical matters".
Oubliette

SnuggleBunny, great picture. It perfectly captures the mood in an un-posed moment!
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Re: Music at Theocratic Events
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this is a crappy letter from the watchtower.

i'm only posting it to show how micro-managers these fools are.

and at the end, they say: "we should avoid making specific rules about somewhat technical matters".
Oubliette
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Re: Music at Theocratic Events
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this is a crappy letter from the watchtower.

i'm only posting it to show how micro-managers these fools are.

and at the end, they say: "we should avoid making specific rules about somewhat technical matters".
Oubliette

warehouse: For talks and general listening it should be at an average of 68db. For singing and such, you should be at a max of 85db. Typically the amps at the cong. level should hit the protect limit at 100db or so.
I know you're just being sarcastic, but when I worked sound at the Circuit Assemblies and District Conventions in SoCal we would actually use a dB meter to help calibrate our sound systems.
That was the TECHNICAL/OBJECTIVE means of measuring. But we knew we had the volume "just right" when we got equal amounts of complaints that the sound was too loud/not loud enough! ... lol
BTW, your dB settings seem a little on the high side to me.
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Re: Music at Theocratic Events
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this is a crappy letter from the watchtower.

i'm only posting it to show how micro-managers these fools are.

and at the end, they say: "we should avoid making specific rules about somewhat technical matters".
Oubliette
"We should avoid making specific rules. . . . but we just can't help ourselves!"
For a bunch of micro-managing twits, you think they'd be a little more careful with their vocabulary.
Twice they misused the word "tenor" in connection with the musical accompaniment.
1. "Also, give thought to what would have been the tenor and tone of the singing of Jesus and his eleven faithful apostles at the conclusion of the Lord’s Evening"
2. "It is important to take note of the tenor and tempo of our Kingdom songs."
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While it is true that in general, non-musical, parlance, the word "tenor" can mean: the drift of something spoken or written, when it is used in a musical context it has a very specific meaning which is completely different. Generally, it means the musical part above the bass (the lowest part in multi-part writing); in reference to vocal music it means:
- The highest natural adult male signing voice or the person having that voice.
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People shouldn't talk about things they don't understand.
Apparently the Governing Body members do not understand this. So not only are they making rules when they themselves write that they shouldn't, they are making rules about things they don't even understand.
Let's review: It's a cult!
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Source: Tenor - Merriam-Webster
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this weeks bible highlights: Jehovah slaughters his own people to teach David a lesson
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from 2 samuel 24. i am so mad at myself for not making a comment how could anyone explain this away?

then after he slaughters 70,000 he then feels regret?
Oubliette
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this weeks bible highlights: Jehovah slaughters his own people to teach David a lesson
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from 2 samuel 24. i am so mad at myself for not making a comment how could anyone explain this away?

then after he slaughters 70,000 he then feels regret?
Oubliette
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this weeks bible highlights: Jehovah slaughters his own people to teach David a lesson
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from 2 samuel 24. i am so mad at myself for not making a comment how could anyone explain this away?

then after he slaughters 70,000 he then feels regret?
Oubliette
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this weeks bible highlights: Jehovah slaughters his own people to teach David a lesson
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from 2 samuel 24. i am so mad at myself for not making a comment how could anyone explain this away?

then after he slaughters 70,000 he then feels regret?
Oubliette

John Aquila: David has someone kill Uriah, (sort of like something the mob would do) then he steals his wife Bathsheba. She becomes pregnant and her first son dies, (poor bastard) the second son is named Solomon and he is given the Kingdom, Godly Wisdom, Gold in abundance and 1000 wives and concubines. Bathsheba becomes part of the linage of Jesus Christ. So everyone is blessed
JA, essentially correct except you've got a couple of things out of order.
David knocked up Bathsheba first, THEN he arranged for Uriah's death: "Make it look like an accident!"
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this weeks bible highlights: Jehovah slaughters his own people to teach David a lesson
by nowwhat? in
1. watchtower
2. bible
from 2 samuel 24. i am so mad at myself for not making a comment how could anyone explain this away?

then after he slaughters 70,000 he then feels regret?
Oubliette

Isn't that what good parenting is all about: kill your innocent children to teach the errant one a lesson!
Duh!