looking back it seems hysterical that during the watchtower and bookstudy one had to be careful not to answer the b part until after the conductor asked the question.
just another example of how structured everything is in that cult.
"let everything take place by arrangement" to the nth degree.
Nina...this is so true....thanx for the loving advice....
As a junior member myself, I can attest to the fact that only an experienced jedi can attempt to answer the truly complicated and deep subjects of the b question.....
Underlining is good....yes very good...it shows how serious you are in your quest to better understanding of all the good food presented here on this board....
I'll make mention of you in my prayers, cause I do see your efforts....
looking back it seems hysterical that during the watchtower and bookstudy one had to be careful not to answer the b part until after the conductor asked the question.
just another example of how structured everything is in that cult.
"let everything take place by arrangement" to the nth degree.
Chris, I'm happy for ya......and don't put yourself down....it takes time.
You have a few here that you can look up to for a fine example. Minimus and JH come to mind. Study their threads and topic questions, and soon you will have the success they have....lol.
With a little tenacity...they will flock to your threads.....talk about being blessed....
Why them? Why them?
They must be of the "annoy' tid" bit class.
in another thread, mini questioned why the wts does not see that the gb and elders are like the pharisees.
what do you all think are the "rules" jws have been given that smack of pharisaical (is that a word?
) burdening and/or hypocricy?.
Greven, give us a chance will ya....
Next time don't answer the b question before it is asked, OK!!!!! Keep it short...as to allow others to participate.....lol
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i'm thinking of doing this if i get dinged again.. .
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No but I did,
It was a sister's door, and the people invited us into the living room, the sister had to wake me up....a little embarassing I must say.
at the book study conversation turned to the importance of numbers and their symbolic use in bible texts.
the elder leading the study stated that he believed the number 7 was of such vital importance, that when the great crowd number 7,000,000 and the remnant 7000 the end will come.
any thoughts?
LOL
Man some people will never learn. I'm sure the bros. were pretty impressed with that brain fart!!!!
Must've taken years of study to arrive at such depths of understanding bible prophesies. Blessed are those who attend his group study.
Paul did say that some will have the gift of prophesy, surely this guy has it, no doubt about it.
I can just see them now, taking out yearly reports, calculators and spreadsheets. We'll have a new date soon, very soon....or at least a tentative date....
looking back it seems hysterical that during the watchtower and bookstudy one had to be careful not to answer the b part until after the conductor asked the question.
just another example of how structured everything is in that cult.
"let everything take place by arrangement" to the nth degree.
Wasn't that the most boring 1 hour?
Ok, so according to them, first you had to personnally read the article, then another time prepare the study (which was to underline) to prepare yourself for the Family watchtower study (which was to prepare yourself for the Sunday morning meeting), and then to top it off you had be there to study it one more time for an hour after you just had listened to the most boring 45 minute talk by some idiot.
Now, was I suppose to enjoy all of that just to prove I was spiritual?
My ex-wife, which was raised a dub, wanted us to have the family watchtower study. I did a few times, but that was it. Bad enough I had to be there on Sunday mornings bored to death.
I remember when paragraph 16 / 17 would roll around it was almost over with. "If we do this quick we can all go home and have some fun".....but nooooooooooo....they had to stretch it. And to top it off, they had to come up with the revision questions...
Ten minutes before we left for the meeting, quickly read and underline the major points and VOILA...that was it.
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i hope this works!
http://home.kc.rr.com/abush/ps/themepark.jpg.
Let's not forget the baby spanking bonanza.....The winner...the toughest kid.
Have you raised your kid with bible principles?
And plus all the losers get another beating once they get home..."GO STUDY YOUR WATCHTOWER"
after reading the thread about posing in the nude, i was suprised to see how many people on here had done that....made me start to wonder what other interesting tidbits (hence the title of this thread) i didn't know about my fellow posters.
so what interesting or unusual thing have you done or been or seen in your life?
posed in the nude?
Been a Jehovah's Witness......could be somewhat synonymous with swimming with the sharks
or then again....walking around with zombies.....
have been using morpheus for a couple of years now, and hasn't been too bad at all, got about 400 tracks download.
since gettiing aol broadband, the diversity seems to have diminished a bit, either i'm on the wrong dsl provider or morpheus isn't as good as it used to be.
the one i was on previous (can't remember the name now) went totally pearshaped after it got served a writ for using copyrighted material.....anyway, know of any other good music file sharing sites?
Musicians welcome new technology, we are not against the downloading of music. To the contrary we see this as a much better way to communicate our art with the world.
Many of us rejoice of the fact that record labels are losing money cause of this new medium. We are even happy that consumers have access to music easily. But we are still on the losing end of this battle. We are still being shafted, but by a different group.
Francois brought up a good point earlier when he said that the prices for music don't make sense, and he's right, and musicians also feel that way too.
A solution will need to arise from all this, otherwise there's no way in hell that consumers will have access to the constant flow of music they are accustomed to if musicians can't recuperate the investments they've made. Unless of course you wish to own a library of oldies and outdated music.
The problem lies in the financiers of this art. These middlemen will have to disappear, cause they expect too much return on investment. Presently they are the ones negotiating and fighting so that they are not removed. Their negotiations are never in the interest of the art but in their own interest. And that's why musicians are so pissed, we know the workings of record labels, and history is proof of that.
Talk to the beatles, ccr, rolling stones...and I could keep going forever in the list...they will tell you stories of abuse, extortion and deception.
Musicians are artists and by nature not very money hungry, all we care about is the satisfaction of making music and enjoying the fact that people can listen to what we've created. But when we see ourselves being exploited, while others drive fancy cars, and we get shit from it all....well.... draw your own conclusions.
When we call the consumers thieves, we only say this in hopes that they will join our battle against the labels. We provide a product that is enjoyable for you guys, so at least, agree with us.
When the day comes, when music will be shared without the help of greedy record labels, you'll see that musicians and artists were not the ones to be greedy after all.
have been using morpheus for a couple of years now, and hasn't been too bad at all, got about 400 tracks download.
since gettiing aol broadband, the diversity seems to have diminished a bit, either i'm on the wrong dsl provider or morpheus isn't as good as it used to be.
the one i was on previous (can't remember the name now) went totally pearshaped after it got served a writ for using copyrighted material.....anyway, know of any other good music file sharing sites?
And maybe you'd like to know......
Most record contracts given by labels are only advanced funds to the musicians. In other words, if the cost of producing an album is say $100,000, the artist will only start receiving income (in his pockets) after the initial costs of the production has been paid for through his royalty payments.
Now if you consider that the average artist gets about 15% of wholesale price (if he's lucky), which is not the $15.99 you were talking about, but more like $8.00, add to that that the artist has to pay the producer 4% out of his 15%, and you'll see that for artists in general it's not a profitable venture, and it takes a loooooong time for him to receive any income, if any.
A thief, which all of you who share music are, can get caught many years down the road. So I think that either yourself or your ISP will become liable. The amount of the bandwidth you are using when downloading files will eventually come and bite you in the rear, and you'll need to pay for all that free music that you've been downloading (unless you can prove that this was not the case), so in the end you'll end up with a bigger bill to pay than if you would've simply went and purchased the music outright. With technology, it might come sooner than you think, and actually it has already started.
Now you say you downloaded 400 tracks, are you ready to pay for those rights.....get ready cause someday you might have to. And plus you'll only have a compressed mp3 rather than the real thing.
And even if that money never ends in the artist's pocket, I will still savor the victory. That the regular Joe thought he was getting away with it, especially when he states with such arrogance that he has a right to this, cause they have no right whatsoever.
Thiefs, yes you are. Is that blunt enough for ya?
