This might fall into the "classical" category or not. When Xanthippe mentioned The Steppes of Asia, I remembered this piece of music from Mongolia. The lead musician is playing a Morin Khuur, a two string instrument. The finger placement is interesting because they go above and below the strings. It always sounds like a voice to me because the notes bend.
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Favorite Classical Pieces, Sonatas, Concertos, Etudes etc...
by blondie in... filling in holes in my cds.
give me composer, work, key if possible.
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What are your favorite musical scores in film?
by LoveUniHateExams inhi guys!.
this thread is at least partly inspired by blondie's classical music thread.. i'm not particularly a musical person but i do appreciate good scores in film.. what are your favorites?.
here's a well-known movie score i like .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btdleusg9ew .
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Can I cheat and say the series was a movie?
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What are your favorite musical scores in film?
by LoveUniHateExams inhi guys!.
this thread is at least partly inspired by blondie's classical music thread.. i'm not particularly a musical person but i do appreciate good scores in film.. what are your favorites?.
here's a well-known movie score i like .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btdleusg9ew .
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DNcall - Cool. Is he doing music?
Does anyone remember Ben Hur? Miklos Rozsa did the score. At one part in the music you can hear a few lines of what was later in some WT music. I don't know if the WT stole it (who can imagine that?) or he contributed songs to the wT. I can't pin it down right now, I'd have to listen to the whole soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueS07YbMeUw
A great march maker as well as making it sound a little raw with all of the brass.
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What are your favorite musical scores in film?
by LoveUniHateExams inhi guys!.
this thread is at least partly inspired by blondie's classical music thread.. i'm not particularly a musical person but i do appreciate good scores in film.. what are your favorites?.
here's a well-known movie score i like .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btdleusg9ew .
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Before John Williams, there was Eric Wolfgang Korngold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42NqTuTDTGE
Actually, I love the classical's too because they were the movie music of their time. They accompanied plays. Like Debussy. Any music that can invoke images and stir emotions is what I like. There are too many of them for me to pick a favorite.
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Watchtower Nov 3 2018 All about God and his feelings
by days of future passed inthis is a subject that the wt has covered many times.
it uses the example of human feelings as a basis to understand god.. for instance: under the heading "does god notice you?
", it goes into great detail of about what a woman feels when she bonds with her child.
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blondie - wow what a rollercoaster of emotions. All dependent on your mothers meeting attendance. Such a terrible thing to have to contemplate as a child.
As someone that grew up in this religion, you think about the deaths of others at Armageddon - but the WT has a scripture for that too. Whenever I thought of people being destroyed I would think that God knew peoples heart and wouldn't destroy any that were good. Haha sadly I always thought that he would destroy me at Armageddon because I sinned in so many small ways and was never forgiven.
In the article "Who is To Blame?" after a list of selfishness, greed, time and unforseen occurrences and Satan, it says CONSIDER: Only a heartless, diabolical evildoer would cause innocent people to suffer.
So they admit that there are "innocent" people suffering. But the person who has caused this - GOD. He condemned the "innocent" children of Adam and Eve to a short life of suffering. At least this is something "truthful" from the WT. Not that I believe it anymore.
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Worst Fire in California history
by 3rdgen inin terms of destruction.
52,000 people are evacuated.
started thurs.
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I'm just in the bay area and my cat came in. He smells like he had been sitting in a fireplace. I don't have a mask but I have to run out for something. Wonder if there is any to buy still.
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Watchtower Nov 3 2018 All about God and his feelings
by days of future passed inthis is a subject that the wt has covered many times.
it uses the example of human feelings as a basis to understand god.. for instance: under the heading "does god notice you?
", it goes into great detail of about what a woman feels when she bonds with her child.
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This is a subject that the WT has covered many times. It uses the example of human feelings as a basis to understand God.
For instance: Under the heading "Does God Notice You?", it goes into great detail of about what a woman feels when she bonds with her child. Then it says that close bond was designed by our creator. At the end of 3 paragraphs, it says CONSIDER: If God created such a complex system to ensure that a human mother will tenderly observe her baby and respond to the infant's needs, does it not seem logical that God also takes a personal interest in us, "the children of God"? -Acts 17:29
The thing is, a human mother wouldn't sit around and just watch a child become sick without doing something. Parents have traveled the world and incurred great debt in an attempt to cure their children. God however, just wants you to know he "notices" you.
At the end of the two page article, it gives an experience of "hannah" from England. In short, she felt God didn't love her, her prayers weren't answered, felt it was from her lack of faith, felt like she was being punished or ignored because she wasn't important enough and that God didn't care.
What proved to her that he did? Mostly it was just reading about how great he was (I would assume articles like this) she said her prayers were answered (what did he answer? never said) "his willing desire to look after us individually"
So in reality, you have to convince yourself because no miracles or direct communication occurs.
So there are 4 articles like this. If I was a witness now, I'd be nodding my head in agreement although I myself, would not be feeling like I was helped by God. I would say "Hannah" is saying what many witnesses feel. Unloved and unnoticed by God. Praying without results and feeling like something is wrong with you.
One of the experiences (if it is true) under the heading "Does God Understand You?" is a mother who not only had breast cancer - undergoing surgery, chemo and radiotherapy - she also had a daughter with hydrocephalus. And she was a widow. No miracles or cure, she just recited "the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your mental powers. Made her feel like she had a close personal bond with God.
So this is the sugar pill effect. Which people do need to have sometimes when you have nothing else. But it just another example of people doing it for themselves. God doesn't impart health or direct help.
Under the heading "God Will Soon End All Suffering" When will God Act? Very soon! Jesus revealed that a particular generation would witness a unique combinations of conditions that would mark the last days of a "system of things" The fulfillment of Jesus' prophecy in our day indicates that God's intervention in human affairs is imminent.
Notice it doesn't say "Overlapping generation" and guess what? It's Very Soon!
I should put the copy back on the porch so my time counting JW doesn't get a placement point. It's so hard to even browse this stuff.
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Favorite Classical Pieces, Sonatas, Concertos, Etudes etc...
by blondie in... filling in holes in my cds.
give me composer, work, key if possible.
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I have a lot of favorites but I enjoy Prokokeiv
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Had a family member try to initiate shunning but now they are settling for no religious discussion, notice how I did that....
by Bad_Wolf ini think this can help some people.
i had a family member who due to holiday issues, felt they had to start shunning me unless i returned to the religion.
and you know they think those of us who leave still believe it's the truth and we are choosing to willfully rebel against god, etc.
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My older sister was told by the youngest sister, "We ARE going to shun you" Even tho my older sister is not disfellowshipped, the youngest is acting all righteous and going the full hundred yards. My mother would have been shunning us, but my dad (not a JW) had turned into a hoarder and we cleaned the outside and most of the inside so they wouldn't be fined or have their house taken away. She doesn't want to bite the hand that helped her (in case she needs more help) but that would instantly change if someone from the congregation learned of it.
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Keeping Track Of The Brothers During The Great Tribulation
by new boy ini couldn’t help but watch the “bunker video “again.
i learned that once they are in the bunkers they will need to get the attendance numbers from the different groups that are in hiding during the “great tribulation.” chris and wife risked their lives going to the different groups and getting the numbers and putting them on slip of paper which he then handed to brother brown.
of course these numbers would have to be kept track of so they could make a full report back to the headquarters.
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They used to have all these stories about how in war time, the brothers and sisters had to hide information. One story went that a sheet of paper that listed where the other witnesses were, was left out in plain sight and yet the soldiers missed it entirely!
The WT has to add side stories to fuel the imaginations of the regulars. Oh how dangerous but courageous of that couple to collect that info. Certainly, that also shows that the WT is keeping track of it's poor sheep and cares what happens to them.
But if it is the Great Tribulation, what is that really going to accomplish? Can the couple count time for that? Isn't that setting them up to have to be tortured to get that info? (which is what the WT wants people to think about) Do they expect the GTrib to last for years? Will the next bunker episode see the bunkees hooking up to next door to get power for their ipads so they could read the Watchtower? After all, Man cannot live on the Bible alone but needs to have the Watchtower to keep their spirituality intact.
It also helps to make a stronger line between "us" and them "worldly" people. Remember the old Revelation picture of the rebellious people that were going to be destroyed at the end of the 1,000 year reign? They all deserved to die and get out of the way of others so they could enjoy paradise. They had necktie headbands. They've been replaced with the police swat team who are scarier.