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  I still love Kingdom Melodies.

  by POs Son in

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  2. friends

  ok, at the risk of getting flamed, i have been out for over 20 years, and still love kingdom melodies.

  i remember them for the good times, the conventions and assemblies, hearing the orchestral versions, imagining the orchestra playing.

  some pieces were really nice.

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  There are some that have beautifully written melodies. Listening to old kingdom songs makes me nostalgic since I remember falling asleep to them as a kid. I grew up with the brown book before the change to the new one. I'm not very fond of the new songs that are always played from the new songbook, the melodies aren't that great and a lot of the older songs that appear in the new book are hardly played.

  Some I like:

  God's Loyal Love

  Life Without End at Last

  Forward you Witnesses

  Zealous for Fine Works
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  Rebranding of the Watchtower to JW.org - how long in the works?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the transformation from watchtower to jw.org is nothing short of remarkable.. animated cartoons (caleb and sophia), the new jw.org slogan, international convention websites (featuring previously unthinkable entertainment in the kingdom hall) - how long do you think this has been in the works for?.

  i feel very uneasy about what is happening - it's so sudden, seems like it all happened within the space of a year.. i sense some intelligence about all this, as if it has been some carefully orchestated performance - to dazzle and distract.. the kingdom ministry of 1999 was totally against the internet and now they seem to embrace it along with tablets and smartphones.. why the sudden change?

  do you think it is anything to do with social media?.

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  My guess is after the final old GB members past away since they're from an older generation that grew up without internet. With statistics showing growth percentage greatly declining during the 90's, must have happened in the 2000's, early to mid. Around that time I'm sure they had planned to move out of Brooklyn. As for the website could have been much later. Everyone uses the internet and it's inevitable not to. With all these "apostate" websites going around, there isn't much defense for the Watchtower so they need to counteract that issue with what they can. JW.org offers something fresh, modern, and more sleek. Plus it's more convenient for members to gain easy access to information, and that would include other people.
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  They came swiftly and left like a speeding bullet, JW.ORG

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was in the den when the old lady yell, "your friends are here".. at the door stood a jw.

  hi sir (no good morning sir) we have a web site,.

  jw.org in different languages.

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  I went to field service this Saturday, didn't actually do anything but sleep in the car. Anyway, as the elder exited the car to meet a return visit and my mother reminded him to take his bible along. The elder replied that he didn't need it and he would use what "the Slave" provided, meaning the online video and brochure for the new campaign. Talk about replacing the Bible!
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  You ever notice how personalities change when CO comes around?

  by dugout in

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  isn't it sickning when normaly people in the cong don't even speak to you.

  but when the co visits comes they want to shake your hand and even (cringe) hug you?

  then as soon as he leaves back to normal.

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  My old congregation long ago started to suffer on Sunday afternoon field service. Hardly anyone came, maybe 3, 5 people in the back room, usually the family of the brother incharge of taking the group out. When the CO came around, that room was packed like never before. The door would even be left open. Once he left it was back to normal.
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  Well, aren't you a charming little Witness....

  by Yizuman in

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  Why doesn't he just do both if his religion is concerned? It's not like taking time to pour water on yourself, which lasts less than a minute, will take away precious time from field service. He could have donated money or raised awareness, and preached, not like it's hard to do.
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  why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  its not like there was anything wrong with them was there?

  i used to love the old ones.

  these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.

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  I'm not a big fan of the new songs, I like the book that came before because I grew up with them. Most of the time, the same songs are repeated over and over again at the Kingdom Hall, it gets boring. And some of the songs aren't very lively or as beautifully written as others.
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  TUTORIAL: Proving the GB and Watch Tower is guilty

  by Terry in

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  2. scandals

  q: are you willing to admit the gb and the wts is wrong if the facts go against them?.

  proof text.

  proof text:.

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  There was a speech given at the assembly where a bethel representative (and I think GB assistant) said "where there are false prophets, there is false religion."
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  Why do JWs have this* on their FB pages now?

  by Kudra in

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  What the heck? the new campaign with the tract doesn't really say much. Don't exactly know what the world will know that is new if it's pretty much the same thing already being taught. Just another event in JW land
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  Life in the new system

  by moley in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this always bothered me.. so the dust finally settles and your glad your still alive, so the first thing you do is phone your family and friends to see if their ok. no signal.

  ok i'll drive to the kingdom hell to find out what to do.

  driving past all the dead bodies you realise your almost out of petrol, stop at the garage cannot get fuel as there is no power.

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  As a JW, I never thought of this. JWs don't go through this detail, instead skip that whole idea and jump to the paradise part. Oh, and don't forget the birds that will feed on carcasses.
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  Another religion celebrates 100 years

  by A.proclaimer in

  1. jw
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  this is from the iglesia ni cristo, another jw-like religion.

  they even boast about growing numbers and having missionaries in other countries.

  the only thing is they made it to the yahoo!

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  100 years in the sense that they're celebrating 100 years of something important to them, JWs celebrate 100 years since 1914. Just to clear up what I meant to say, though I can see how my words were read differently.