Topics Started by Ed
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18Hooked On A Kingdom Song.
by Englishman ini've just been playing back farkels rendition of his "dubsticks".
it really makes me smile, the way that he makes the melody weave in an out of "chopsticks" and then "from house to house" in a way that is so fluid that it brings to mind the almost seamless stitching together of the old "hooked on 45's" and "hooked on classics" albums of the early 80's.. so i was thinking, what kingdub songs could we weave effortlessly into existing music?
i can think of two or three right now.. "we thank you jehovah" bears more than a passing resemblance to haydns "creation" imho.. then again "keep your eyes on the pies" is almost, to my tuneless ear anyway, a carbon copy of "some day my prince will come" from the movie snow white.. finally, an old kingdub song whose name escapes me, but carrying the words "it's your commission now to preach", always puts me in mind of the main them running through wagners "lohengrin".. now i'm not suggesting for one minute that maestro farkel should work on melodies such as these for the sole purpose of our mutual tittilation.
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Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies
by Simon ini love time travel movies ...back to the future, millenium, the twelve monkeys etc.... i just found this great site that analyses / explains some of the time travel 'twists'.
for instance, in twelve monkeys you are seeing the 6th or 7th iteration of the timeline.
interesting reading if you can get your head round it all !.
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What Did You Hate About The Circuit OV.'s Visit?
by minimus ini think that there a number of things about the circuit overseer's visit that stinks!
one thing that i hated was how all the elders got together to "shepherd" the flock right before the co's visit.....what bothered you about the week long visit??
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Are there too many EX-JW Born agains?
by sleepy ini dont wish to offend anyone but this is what i think.a large number of people who leave the jehovahs witness movment become born again christians or join other religious groups.but is this a sign that many who have learnt that "gods chosen organisation" is wrong have not learnt anything at all?.
maybe the prospect of facing a future without a god , a divine purpose , and a faith just too much for some people to bear.but in joining another religious group are they not making the same or similar mistakes as before?they are still putting their trust in a ancient book written by people they have never met, interpretted by other people or by themselves, they have not maybe learnt to be analytical in their thinking and to withhold trust until reasonably solid evidence is provided on an issue.. although other religious may or may not be more harmful than jehovahs witnesses if lessons on thinking and reasoning have not been learnt then we could be open to many more errors of judgment in our lives.. so does the fact that many jehovahs witnesses join other religons show that they are just moving on rather than understanding why jehovahs witness are wrong and learning from it?.
maybe they dont fully grasp that the fudamental flaw to jehovahs witness , is belief in the bible as gods word only the second being following that through an organistation .if the bible is not gods word then all religions who follow it are flawed.. of course what other people choose to think or follow is none of my buisness and i fully respect other peoples right to believe what they want, but if this world is to progress and mankind to improve in thier dealings with one another then we can not all go round living in our own little fantasy worlds , we must be brutal with ourselves in checking why we believe the things we do and trying to align our minds with reality not fantasy.. this apllies to all aspects of our lives.but if we are not honest or open minded and reasonable enough to see there are some massive problems to the bibles authenticity and divine declerations how will we be able to make reasonable decisions in other areas of our lives?
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Hard nuts part 2
by Nathan inthanks for sharing your experiences and ideas about how people leave.
themes were that people leave when they are ready, when they take an honest look at their beliefs and open their mind up to information from outside of the organisation, and i guess, other personal factors.
the timing and individual are important here.
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JW's and stuff
by JoeSomebody init appears as if this is a haven for those who hate the jehovah's witnesses.
if that is too tough of a stance, then this place is a haven for those who hate the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
many are apostates.
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Who aren't the hard nuts?
by Nathan inmost people i know basically believe that jws are unconvertible from their faith.
this, i believe, comes from their dissappointments and frustrations at being able to convince jws to convert, or even just to leave.
i work in the counselling field and we have a similar problem with 'difficult' clients who also don't seem to respond to anything.
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The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark
by Beans in.
edited by - beans on 8 december 2002 14:28:24edited by - beans on 8 december 2002 14:39:52.
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Was CT Russell A Leprechaun?
by D wiltshire in.
every time i see a picture of ct russell i think man he looks just like a leprechaun.. .
edited by - d wiltshire on 19 july 2002 1:54:20.
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Documentation on Russell's Grave
by teenyuck ini know that there were some pics of russels grave posted sometime back.
does anyone know the link or where i can find some info on russell?
i am trying to send this to my mother.
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