Posts by gloobster

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Sing Praises to Jehober

by gloobster in

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last week when i was tipsy i ordered a copy of sing praises to jehovah, and it came in the mail today.

i hadn't heard some of the songs since i was a child, and i've rediscovered some of the lyrics.

they are quite amusing (albeit disturbing).. this is a classic everyone knows, song number 2. .

gloobster

"The unbelievers think we're odd" -- is that for real? jw's really sing that?! or did you add that in?

Nope, Verbatim from the songbook. It's great when you think about screwing with the lyrics but then discover that you really don't need to.

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Did you ever wonder about this....

by StoneWall in

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did adam and eve have belly buttons?

(navels).

you and i have them because we were a fetus and had a umbilical cord attached to us to provide nourishment and removal of waste etc.. since adam and eve was created and not born (and this is from a reliable source) would they have had a belly button.. .

gloobster

LSD.

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Do all GB members claim to be anointed?

by passwordprotected in

does anyone have documented 'evidence' that all of the gb members are anointed, included those appointed to the body in 2005/6?

as some of the newest members were formally 'nethinim', are we to believe that these men, some of whom are in their 50s, are of the remnant of 144,000, and if so, could this be the reason behind the dropping of 1935?

gloobster

I have never understood clearly how someone becomes annointed. I've been told that they "just know". Are there special annointed application forms that you have to send into the annointed GB for annointed approval? Do you get an annointed class membership card? Can the GB tell you that you're not annointed if their annointed selves don't annointedly like you?

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THIS DAY, THIS DAY OF WRATH ...

by compound complex in

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dies irae, dies illa.

solvet saeclum in favilla.

teste david cum sibylla.. quantus tremor est futurus.

gloobster

Why can't any of the kingdom songs be cool like that?

I love Mozart.

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Giving talks terrified my hubby-how about you?

by QuestioningEverything in

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me and the hubby were talking about back in the day when we had to give public talks.

i'm a natural chatterbox and not very shy.

my hubby is just the opposite.

gloobster

I never gave a talk. But I was sure terrified at the prospect of have to sit through them.

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Sing Praises to Jehober

by gloobster in

jw
friends

last week when i was tipsy i ordered a copy of sing praises to jehovah, and it came in the mail today.

i hadn't heard some of the songs since i was a child, and i've rediscovered some of the lyrics.

they are quite amusing (albeit disturbing).. this is a classic everyone knows, song number 2. .

gloobster

Last week when I was tipsy I ordered a copy of Sing Praises to Jehovah, and it came in the mail today. I hadn't heard some of the songs since I was a child, and I've rediscovered some of the lyrics. They are quite amusing (albeit disturbing).

This is a classic everyone knows, song number 2.

Obeying God Rather Than Men

All things we do to please our God;
The world we've left behind.
The unbelievers think we're odd,
But this we do not mind.
And rather God than men obey,
That is our firm resolve.
Our lives and all we do each day Around him now revolve.

Analysis. Yes, everyone thinks you're hella odd. And no, you obey men, not God.
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD

Song number 53

Theocracy's Increase

Hail the Theocracy, ever increasing!
Wondrous expansion is now taking place.
Praise to Jehovah is sung without ceasing
By those who walk in the light of his face.
Long years ago saw the humble beginning
As our Redeemer a lowly way trod.
Now a great crowd join the remnant in bringing
Praises to him at the right hand of God.

Analysis: WTS HEIL!!! What else can you say?
Rhyme scheme: ABABACAC (real switch up there)

Song number 92

Preach With Boldness

Jehovah's servants need to be strong,
Due to the pressures from Satan's throng.
We get this courage from God's own Word,
Also from sharing the things we have heard.
God's Word gives power, the will to stick,
And keeps us loyal 'through thin and thick.'
Like the apostles and men of old,
Let us be steadfast, rejoicing and bold.

Analysis: You sooooooo ripped that off from Dr. Seuss!!!
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD (well, I admit, Dr. Seuss was a lot more creative than that)

Does anyone have any comments on their favorite Jehober song/elevator hymn? Also, I would love to hear it if people have rewritten the lyrics to be more apropos to the reality of the WTS. I play the piano, maybe we can make some music. Start a youtube channel or something.

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Would You Go Back?

by Dune in

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yesterday, my aunt was talking to one of my siblings about how things have been changing in our [ex] congregation for the 'better'.. she mentioned how a new circuit overseer has come in and is shaking things up.

the co appointed a ministerial servant (someone, the po & secretary didn't like and i know would never have voluntarily suggested appointment) and some of the 'brothers' that have had no 'responsibility' ever are being given #4 talks.

she also mentioned that the book study will be cancelled and the meetings are being shortened.. a ministerial servant who had a vendetta against some of the elders wants me to talk to a co and basically tell him i left the congregation [and the religion] because of the incompetence of the elders.. i'm not talking to the co and i'm not 'blaming' anyone.

gloobster

I would go back if and only if I could do so as part of a covert operations team with special James Bond type weapons. Like a laser pointer shaped like a cross. Or a 666 to shine on the elders heads during talks.

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Wheelchair Witness to me... what to say???

by Confucious in

hello all.... been a while since i've posted.. i'm mostly trolling here now-a-days.. off paxil and feel great.

the brother that "brought me into the truth" called me the other day.

just told him - thanks, when we last talked - i was about to commit suicide.. feel better now.

gloobster

If I knew then what I know now, I sure as hell would have wanted someone to tell me, regardless of my physical condition. The poor guy has already lost the use of his legs. You going to let the WTS suck out his brain as well?

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