Posts by ScenicViewer

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Kelly Jarka Case

by Kenneson in

jw
friends

did anybody see 20/20 investigation discovery earlier this evening?

it was all about kelly jarka who is serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife.

took place in murietta, california.

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The guy himself looked guilty...but I could not really see anything to blame the JWs for in this case.

It's true enough that JWs didn't cause this to happen, but I see another point that can be made. JWs set themselves above everyone else and every other religion by making certain claims. For example, "We are God's clean people" and "We enjoy a spiritual paradise that no one else has" and "Our elders are appointed by holy spirit."

This case, and others like it, show that JWs are no different than any one else, regardless of the self-righteous mumbo jumbo they heap upon themselves. To me, that is a significant fact.

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Last nights intervention about a Gay Jw who turned to Meth

by rabidewok in

jw
friends

sorry if this has already been posted, i enjoyed it, you might want to check it out..

ScenicViewer

Is there supposed to be a link or a video in the opening post?

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The music that moves you....

by FlyingHighNow in

once when i was profoundly sad for too many days, my brother in law sent us a mix tape.

he named each song after a person in our family.

this is the one he named heather.

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Herb Alpert...Do you know his father immigrated to the US from Russia?

I had no idea. I remember reading there was not one Latino in the Tijuana Brass. As a joke he remarked there were 4 lasagnas, 2 bagels, and an American cheese in the group, Alpert himself being Jewish. This always surprised me since he has a strong Latino look.

Between his musical career and his recording studio (A & M Records), he is one of the most successful musicians in history.

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The music that moves you....

by FlyingHighNow in

once when i was profoundly sad for too many days, my brother in law sent us a mix tape.

he named each song after a person in our family.

this is the one he named heather.

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"...this little station played everything from the British Invasion to Motown, Soul, Cross over country and Brazil 66 and Herb Albert and Tijuana Brass."

Herb Alpert...best trumpet sound I've ever heard.

Herb Alpert then,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5s4e7TaLhY

And in later years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuByWtxx8QU

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Kingdom melodies / B4 Copyright/JW`s stealing melodies/anyone remember this ?

by smiddy in

jw
friends

i can recall sometime ago in the 60`s 70`s or theirabouts,it when they first printed their own songbook must have been before the org.copyrighted their material,and the reason they did that is because some brothers were stealing the tunes ?

maybe modifying them and passing them off as their own for commercial gain?

( i know some of you are going to say wtf ?

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@ AnnOMaly,

Nice work finding that quote.

A composer may hear a little-known tune. When it later comes to his mind, he might imagine that he composed it.

Right. If anyone else had done that Watchtower would have no problem calling it what it is, plagiarism.

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Who owns the really nice house and property on Watchtower Farms?

by bottleofwater in

i remember years ago how back when i was in the religion, one of the brothers that i knew showed me a picture of a really, really nice looking house at watchtower farms and said that one of the governing body owns it.

there were pictures of a really big backyard, almost like a park in size.

i remember thinking to myself (even back then), that "wow this guy's already got his paradise".. does anyone know anything about this house?

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Was it a big, older house, like this?

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What do JWs REALLY worship?

by 00DAD in

it sure isn't the truth!

no, it's all about loyalty to the organization.

it doesn't matter that their teachings are an incoherent, incomprehensible, contradictory pile of crap.

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Good point N.Drew. I was always amazed at how JWs could believe that 'the article came along just when we needed it.' That was such a myth. And I could see that long before I saw things that really mattered.

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What do JWs REALLY worship?

by 00DAD in

it sure isn't the truth!

no, it's all about loyalty to the organization.

it doesn't matter that their teachings are an incoherent, incomprehensible, contradictory pile of crap.

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To JWs the 'Truth' is no longer derived from God's Word the Bible, if it ever was.

The Organization/Governing Body is the object of their worship.

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1st Century Dude with a Bible in Yesterdays WT?

by LostGeneration in

saw this pic and kind of made me laugh, wondering if any who still attend heard anyone comment that the guy had his "bible" with him?.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/bibleimage.jpg/.

sorry can't seem to get it to appear, follow the link to see....

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Someone please photoshop the shepherd/sheep photo from the WT 4/15/12 onto the "entertainment poster"

Okie Dokie.

Sheep Show Peep

"Move long son, that's not the kind of sheep we're looking for."

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1st Century Dude with a Bible in Yesterdays WT?

by LostGeneration in

saw this pic and kind of made me laugh, wondering if any who still attend heard anyone comment that the guy had his "bible" with him?.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/bibleimage.jpg/.

sorry can't seem to get it to appear, follow the link to see....

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The "144,000 barrier" is anothr consideration. Apostasy or no apostasy, JW's cannot afford to allow the existence of "true Christians" as an organized body much beyond the first century.

That is a good point TD. As I was typing the response the 144,000 issue flashed through my mind. It's probably one of the main reasons that Watchtower insists apostasy took over Christianity immediately after the 1st Century. Can't have too many years go by, or it won't add up to a total of 144,000 being reached in the 20th Century; it would have been reached much sooner. Actually, the math on the 144,000 is a big problem anyway.