dropoffyourkeylee
JoinedTopics Started by dropoffyourkeylee
-
1
WT 1980 Selective Service registration letter
by dropoffyourkeylee inwhile looking through my filing cabinet for another post, i found the following wt letter from 1980 that some may find interesting.
the wt's stance on the draft (us) has had a profound impact on doctrine and practice which is often overlooked.
many young men started pioneering so as to have a written record that they can present to draft boards to substantiate their claim of 'minister'.
-
5
Unification Church in the news this week
by dropoffyourkeylee ina bit surprised to see the unification church (moonies) in the news this week:.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/07/16/shinzo-abe-assassination-unification-church-lah-amanpour-vpx.cnni.
quick background:.
-
1
JeffT's Mystery Novel
by dropoffyourkeylee injefft, a frequent poster here, asked me to review his recent book published in 2021:.
--- armageddon's disciples, when prophecy fails --- by jeff thomas.
i found it very interesting and well worth the time to read.
-
Interview with Lily Dunn on having a Cult-joining Father
by dropoffyourkeylee in'sins of the father', a recent book by lily dunn, whose father joined the rajneesh cult in the '70s.
an interesting perspective of an intelligent woman who struggled with the issues of having a distant and separated parent in a destructive cult.
worth a bit of time to view the interview:.
-
23
Steven Hassan on CNN today
by dropoffyourkeylee ina little surprised to see steven hassan interviewed today on cnn about the anti-vax believers and cult tactics.
here is the link:.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/10/02/steven-hassan-cult-misinformation-anti-vaxxers-ndwknd-vpx.cnn.
-
12
YHWH in Hebrew letters
by dropoffyourkeylee ini thought i had seen everything, but i picked up a bible at goodwill yesterday that has the tetragrammaton in hebrew in the ot.
.
it has the tetragrammaton in the nt too.. published in south africa apparently, 1998.. .
-
3
Interview with James Beverley on JWs
by dropoffyourkeylee ini just watched a video of an interview with james beverley entitled 'why jehovah's witness are losing members'.
i thought it pretty good, although there are a few misstatements.
here is a link:.
-
1
Voyage of the Damned - 1976 - a great film
by dropoffyourkeylee ini just watched a very moving and poignant film:.
voyage of the damned, 1976. about the 1939 ship voyage of the st louis which carried 900+ jewish passengers from germany to cuba, were not allowed to disembark, and were eventually taken back to europe where many of them were eventually sent to the camps and died.
it doesn't touch directly on the bible students, but i think it gives some context to the political scene of pre-ww2 europe.. seldom has a film reached deep inside like this one.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1rxvtbwkrw.
-
Dante's Inferno 1911 film
by dropoffyourkeylee ini just watched a 1911 silent film of dante's inferno, with recently (2016) added soundtrack.
the film was produced in italy, but the captions in this copy are in english.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brukyhvsvfg.
rather disturbing, to say the least.. curiously, very little of dante's depiction of hell is hot hellfire.
-
6
What affect did the 1918 flu have on the Bible Student Movement?
by dropoffyourkeylee inmaybe someone has already brought this up, but a news article i ran across:.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/health/churches-covid-1918-lesson-wellness/index.html.
brings a question to my mind.