The Song Remains The Same
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BBC article - Waiting patiently for the end of the world
by The Song Remains The Same innot sure if this was posted already.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-24642553.
waiting patiently for the end of the worldcolin hambrook is a poet and visual artist with mental health difficulties and me.
he runs disability arts online (dao) a web portal for disabled artists which reviews and showcases their work.. in hambrook's latest autobiographical project, knitting time, he recalls being brought up by a jehovah's witness mother who was mentally ill. she, hambrook and the other jehovah's witnesses they knew, believed that the world was due to end in 1975. this collection of illustrated poetry, and the accompanying art exhibition, explore the psychosis and grief he experienced as a result.. why did you call it knitting time?.
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Reverse Witnessing Idea...
by The Song Remains The Same inreading a couple of threads here about how to handle jw's when they try to witness to you, i was wondering if anyone had tried to give an everyday situation example with a couple of choices to a jw and asked them what the right answer is.
then when they have picked, show them that the wt would have given the other, more shocking, answer.
well.... let's say john works someplace, and finds out that there is criminal activity going on.
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Rutherford banned singing at the meetings in 1938 - Knorr reintroduced it in 1944
by slimboyfat in...which is just one of the interesting facts discussed in this essay on the history of singing in the jw religion.
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http://www.cesnur.org/2013/swe-chryssides.pdf.
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My first time at a KH - especially to hear the New Light!!!
by The Song Remains The Same ini am not jw, and never intend to be one either.
however, having read a lot about the july 15 wt, i decided to go to the kh today and check out how the new light was going to be delivered.
i thought i would share my observations;.
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If you DF/DA are you then apostate? Just checking...
by The Song Remains The Same ini listened to the 'human apostate' speech and have to say i was pretty appalled by the methods used to draw their conclusions on how to spot & act towards apostates.
i've never been in a kh and so never had the pleasure of hearing anything like that.
what got me was the way they defined apostates as basically "people who don't agree with us", and then went on to put apostates in a class along with people who have a "deadly contagious disease", and people who are "mentally ill" - thus (loosely) implying that mental illness is contagious, so stay away our you will catch it!
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How many hours per week did you study/devote to the WT?
by The Song Remains The Same inhow many hours did you put in on average every week in doing wt activities?.
this would include:-.
i) the meetings and travelling time to/from,.
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Watchtower liability for actions based on doctrine?
by The Song Remains The Same inhi i'm back after a pause and having worked very hard and patiently on trying to wake up my wife to ttatt even before she signs up to become a jw.
it is not an easy road.
i've also had some interesting dialog with an elder in trying to understand how the wt acts over certain issues.
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WT 15 July 2013 - "Look at the Artwork!"
by The Song Remains The Same inwas just browsing this new issue and trying to make head and tail of what they are talking about, and noticed the final article tucked away on-line;.
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20130715/watchtower-artwork/.
not sure if anyone commented, but it takes me back to the discussions on god's earthly org chart here.. this is what they have to say.... "how many times have you said that to yourself or to others when you opened a new issue of this magazine?
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"Literary Heritage"? Is this new Watchtower newspeak??
by never a jw ini decided to send a rather flippant e-mail to an elder who gave me a bible study in the late 90's.
he's a zealot among zealots.
he inhales and exhales wt 24/7.
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Summary of WT Appeal Brief in Conti Case
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if they were able to win on this ground, they could get out completely (although it could still be appealed to the ca supreme court).