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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:.
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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.
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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:.
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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.
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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.
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it has the tetragrammaton in the nt too.. published in south africa apparently, 1998.. .
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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:.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Does the practice of refusing service to churches violate federal discrimination laws?
by dropoffyourkeylee inconcerning recent threads about providing building repairs or other services for a church, i am wondering about how the wt stand would hold up under legal scrutiny.. example; a jw is self employed in the hvac business.
a church calls him to provide routine service for their heating and cooling system.
suppose it is in area which is predominately of a certain race or ethnicity.