https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbk3jwnsteo.
I once had to substitute teach a 5th grade music class and we sang The Streets of
Laredo. They really liked it, mostly because it was about dying which was cool to them and they did a grreat job of singing with vigor.
I really had to explain what "lay the sod o'er me" meant. They had no idea.
if all of the ex-watchtowerites and other critics of the religious bs we've been fed all our lives want to know and understand all the whys and hows of this monstrocity called the christian church, how it really came to be, what it is and what you can do about it, here it is on a neat platter.
it will shock the sensitive ones among you (if there still are any) to your core.
no fantacy and no bullshit here guys, this is the unadulterated truth.
"Truth" is such a dangerous concept.
a old thread was bumped recently in which posters from 9 years ago raised objections to evolution basesd on personal incredulity regarding sexual reproduction.. i remember an elder in one of my old congregations saying something to the effect that "how could evolution be true, if men evolved before women...blah blah" you get the picture.. i have refreshed my memory of a chapter in nick lane's excellent book "life arising - the ten greatest inventions of evolution" and put together a summary.
it would be great if others would add to it - cantleave, adam, tiktaalik, s&r, bohm et al?.
here is my starter focusing on the problem with non-sexual selection.... if the driving force in evolution is the struggle of selfish genes to pass on copies of themselves to future generations, then sex seems counter-productive.
Thanks for posting this, Cofty. Nearly everyone, and especially those raised on creationist theory, could use a little education in biology.
...because it's now an art gallery.. it was really strange to have a look around the building and see what they have done with it.
a lot of the old kh features are still there.
they have kept the old platform, it gets used as a music venue on occasions.. i went up on the platform and faced the hall to bring back memories of the hundreds of times i stood there giving talks.. they have quite a few of the old chairs and the magazine/literature counter is still there but it has been moved beside the stage and painted.. all those huge windows have been restored and the place is full of light.. you can see a lot of pictures at their website, they have called it "the berwick watchtower".. the owner asked my wife and i if it was our first visit - hahaha.
Cofty, you have a pm.
...because it's now an art gallery.. it was really strange to have a look around the building and see what they have done with it.
a lot of the old kh features are still there.
they have kept the old platform, it gets used as a music venue on occasions.. i went up on the platform and faced the hall to bring back memories of the hundreds of times i stood there giving talks.. they have quite a few of the old chairs and the magazine/literature counter is still there but it has been moved beside the stage and painted.. all those huge windows have been restored and the place is full of light.. you can see a lot of pictures at their website, they have called it "the berwick watchtower".. the owner asked my wife and i if it was our first visit - hahaha.
Oh, and do check out the website.
The Ark on the platform, complete with animals, and, apparently "emitting animal sounds"...
...priceless!
...because it's now an art gallery.. it was really strange to have a look around the building and see what they have done with it.
a lot of the old kh features are still there.
they have kept the old platform, it gets used as a music venue on occasions.. i went up on the platform and faced the hall to bring back memories of the hundreds of times i stood there giving talks.. they have quite a few of the old chairs and the magazine/literature counter is still there but it has been moved beside the stage and painted.. all those huge windows have been restored and the place is full of light.. you can see a lot of pictures at their website, they have called it "the berwick watchtower".. the owner asked my wife and i if it was our first visit - hahaha.
It just seems criminal to take a beautiful and historic building like that and remove the windows. I mean, who does a thing like that?
I suppose that their new light on the matter was... fluorescent...tube bulbs inset in the drop ceiling.
Our congregation built a new hall in the late '80s. The old hall was small but had plenty of bright windows. You could lose yourself in thought as you watched out the windows, even brown tree brances were more engrossing than the drivel from the platform.
The new hall had exactly zero windows. Even the doors were windowless. Where windows might have been, along the side walls of the auditorium, there were "frames," empty except for ugly wallpaper. I never figured that one out.
And of course there was the drop ceiling and the ugly fluorescent lighting. It might just be peculiar to me, but fluorescent lighting bothers me. It gives me headaches and makes me grumpy. The "new light" made me want to escape as quickly as possible. I was only a teenager, but once i drove my own car, i often just left. It was just a physically disgusting environment to me.
That on top of the poisonous spiritual and emotional environment...
when i got home today from work my wife showed me a 5 page letter from our oldest son.
he basically said he does not what anything to do with us because of all the wrong things we did as parents to him and his brother.
he blames us for not being there for him and we are toxic parents.
Thank you for sharing this.
I have often felt like writing a similar letter to my parents.
Now I know that I never will do it.
attitude.
by: charles swindoll.
the longer i live, the more i realize the impact of attitude on life.. attitude, to me, is more important than facts.
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attitude.
by: charles swindoll.
the longer i live, the more i realize the impact of attitude on life.. attitude, to me, is more important than facts.
Thanks, Este, for the edit. I now understand.
I didn't think the original quote was negative at all, either.
Though there is something to be said for a boisterous "I'm not going to take this crap anymore!" attitude with regards to WTS demands, though I still don't think that would be necessarily negative; maybe only necessary.
attitude.
by: charles swindoll.
the longer i live, the more i realize the impact of attitude on life.. attitude, to me, is more important than facts.
"properity"
Do you mean prosperity or property?
I don't understand.
