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Dumbest Awake Title Ever?

by metatron in

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i hold in my hand the nov. awake magazine entitled "technology - blessing or curse?"..

now, i understand the need for balance and moderation in using technology, as the magazine says - but could they come up with a more intelligent sounding title?

it makes the question sound as if abandoning technology might be a solution, a considered choice, a real possibility.

Notes From the Annual Meeting - Oct 3, 2009

by daniel-p in

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from a little bird... .

interesting portions highlighted.

notes from annual meeting (oct 3, 2009) .

This is just an educated guess but I believe the GB knows that a good number have left the organization over the removal of time sensitivity from the "generation" explanation. If Jack Barr actually spoke as quoted, this would be putting some time sensitivity back into the explanation.

Much of what is taught is based more on how past teachings affect the group as a whole. If there is seen to be a good result, they can say the teaching had Jehovah's blessing. If there is a negative result then it's time to adjust the teaching. Any Scriptural foundation is often lost in this process.

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MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HAS DIED

by Mary in

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this is one post i had always hoped i would never have to do, but after a long and brave battle, my beloved brother in law has died.

i have done a couple of threads on this in the past, so many of you know the battles he was facing.

he had been diagnosed earlier this year with myelodysplastic syndrome and the mortality rate of this disease is quite high.

DNCall

A beautiful tribute. Our deepest sympathies, Mary.

Love,

Frank and Barbara

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Laaaaaaaa! anyone remember the "showoff" singers?

by highdose in

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i can remember several.

both male and female.

belting and roaring out those awfull kingdom melodys as if to say " look how well/ loudly i sing, i'm so much more spirtual that all of you!".

DNCall

Back in the days when we used pianos to accompany the singing, I very bizarre sister would visit our congregation once a year. Her singing (like her speaking voice) was so loud and strident that it would actually disrupt the singing overall. She told me she played the piano, so I thought great, I'll ask her to play the piano. She readily accepted. I felt a feeling of accomplishment until it was time to sing the first song. Not only was her piano playing almost as bad as her singing, but unlike most of us who played the piano for the meetings, she played and sang.

Had I not stopped attending meetings two years ago, I'd still be getting flack for this.

F.

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Circuit & District Overseers That Made An Impact

by minimus in

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we have a lot of new ones on this site as well as some who have been here for years----i know this subject has been brought up before, but were there any memorable cos or dos that you can recall?.

co arnie scneider was my last co when i was an elder.

he was a very sweet man..

DNCall

I believe Angelo had a brother who served on a body of elders in New Jersey or New York. I had corresponded with him regarding a reinstatement.

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Circuit & District Overseers That Made An Impact

by minimus in

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we have a lot of new ones on this site as well as some who have been here for years----i know this subject has been brought up before, but were there any memorable cos or dos that you can recall?.

co arnie scneider was my last co when i was an elder.

he was a very sweet man..

DNCall

Isaacaustin:

Danny Bowles was brought in to our circuit to clean up after lunitic CO had wreaked havoc. Always thought Danny was kind. I heard he died some years ago.

George Warienchuck was related to my best friend's family. Last I knew, he was serving Portugese language circuits. I remember him insisting on paying for my friend and me when we met him in the lounge at the Newark, NJ airport. I liked him as a person, although I don't know what it was like to be "served" by him.

F.

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reasons for the new song book, according to a dub

by highdose in

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just asked a loyal dub i know why has the org now given out a song book, with so many songs taken out?

she looked at her convention notes and replied that the soceity said that some of the songs in the old song book were too difficult for new people to learn to sing.. and this was said with all seriousness... she totaly brought it!.

DNCall

Ideally, the Society would like to revise the songbook every ten years. From the time revision begins to release is approximately 13 years (i.e., 1969 to 1982 for the last songbook). Translation new songbook lyrics is daunting. The reason the new songbook took longer than this is that many language groups did not have the New World Translation in their language and priority had to be given to Bible translation.

The many songs that were cut were judged to be inferior musically and lyrically. One of the manifestations of this is that they were hard to sing--even for professional singers.

For more detail on this, please see DNCall Unmasked, Parts I through V.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/180011/1/DNCall-Unmasked-Part-1-of-5 http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/180012/1/DNCall-Unmasked-Part-2-of-5 http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/180013/1/DNCall-Unmasked-Part-3-of-5 http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/180014/1/DNCall-Unmasked-Part-4-of-5 http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/180082/1/DNCall-Unmasked-Part-5-of-5

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Besty Unplugged - My Life Story Part VII

by besty in

<< part vi.

part vii not the end or the beginning.

as mentioned previously i was starting to travel more frequently to the us on business, specifically los angeles.

DNCall

Bravo, Paul! Riveting from beginning to end.

Looking forward to our next caper.

Love,

F.

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Hooray! Watchtower Will Stop Molesting Bees!!

by metatron in

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for years, loyal jehovah's witnesses have been singing about molesting bees and that "i can ever beat them off" well, it's good to know that this "beating off" capacity is the personal affirmation of every one of jehovah's people..... but no more.. i don't know what quasi-senile half wit came up with this awful song that makes anyone over the age of 18 cringe but i was told that it has been dropped from the new song book ("jehovah is my side" song 125 ).

i'm sure the bees are pleased with this "new light".

metatron.

DNCall

With all due respect to Farkel, and I could be wrong, but I believe Ron Fallic, an elderly brother from one of the South American Branch offices wrote the lyrics to 125, as he wrote most of the lyrics in the 1982 songbook. The lyrics to "From House to House" were written by Harold King and I believe Karl Klein or Vern Duncombe wrote the music. I used to have a list of all the composers and lyricists so I'm working from memory.

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Do you know the Leibenspergers?

by asilentone in

i was wondering where is jonathan, chuck and bethel (real name) leibensperger?

it would not surprise me if they are in bethel..

DNCall

I was acquainted with Tim and was close to his father whom I helped to reactivate. The last I heard, the three girls were all still active JWs (a blond, a redhead and a brunette).