yes, folks, it will soon be that time of year when obscenely wealthy actors, script writers and directors will collect their oscars and give little thank you speeches, strangely working in social commentary and/or extinction rebellion propaganda.. i know it's a huge back-slapping exercise that many people (including me) find off-putting.. but, there is one nomination that i've got my eye on and hope will win its category.
its nomination is for best cinematography and the film is the lighthouse (2019), directed and co-written by robert eggers.
i haven't seen it yet but it's on my 'to see list', as i really liked eggers's previous (debut) film, the witch (2016).. i'll definitely buy the lighthouse when it comes out on dvd.
War is futile alright > we bomb the shit out of them and then when we win we go about building their country up again and in the case of Germany we bomb the shit out of them again and again go about building them up again.
Look also at Japan ,and Vietnam ,just to name a few.
I want to see the movie Beneath Hill 30 ? ( is that what its called ?) about the miners digging their way into history.?
when the doctrine regarding 1935 being the close of the calling was done away with in 2007, it was not unexpected to see the number rise.
over the next few years it went from around 8,500 to 10,500. this seemed to indicate that there were a couple of thousand people that may have felt they had the calling all along, but too shy to profess it.
for the 30 year period between the mid 1978 and 2007, parktakers had barely dropped.
I personally know of 2 that has reached my ears .Both of which have been associated with the religion for many years and are probably now in their late 50`s early sixties.And both are female.
I suspect 2 or 3 others that I know.
Personally I think its tied up with being tired of hearing the big A is just around the corner and have opted to claim to be of the anointed expecting to die before the big A strikes .
yes, folks, it will soon be that time of year when obscenely wealthy actors, script writers and directors will collect their oscars and give little thank you speeches, strangely working in social commentary and/or extinction rebellion propaganda.. i know it's a huge back-slapping exercise that many people (including me) find off-putting.. but, there is one nomination that i've got my eye on and hope will win its category.
its nomination is for best cinematography and the film is the lighthouse (2019), directed and co-written by robert eggers.
i haven't seen it yet but it's on my 'to see list', as i really liked eggers's previous (debut) film, the witch (2016).. i'll definitely buy the lighthouse when it comes out on dvd.
If lighthouse wins anything in any category I`ll eat my hat !Stars out of five? Zero
Having said that joachin phoenix for Joker .as best actor
as an obedient little jw at age 20, i was serving time in federal prison in the late 60's, and the 40 brothers inside seagoville prison decided to stage our own assembly.i was the music servant.
(we didn't have elders back then.
)the theme of the assembly mimicked the free world assemblies being held outside.long story short:i composed (what i think and everyone else thought was) a very good song titled:following the fine shepherd as the end draws near.we rehearsed it (bros who had instruments) and the consensus revealed it was a winner._____excerpt:"jehovah god above, we owe you all our love; you are our shepherd and we follow you.though satan demands, that we must compromise; we'd sooner face death than be wrong in your eyes.now and forevermore, we fear not satan's roar;you are our shepherd and we follow you.
from hundreds of years ago.Terry ,i think you should try getting some other Christian Religion interested in publishing your song and dont be fussy who might take it up .
That could be an up yours JW if somebody did take it up .
It`s a lie that JW`s make that christendom hide the name Jehovah because many years ago I went to a funeral of a work colleague who died in an accident at a Uniting Church service and one of the songs was a prayer to Jehovah.
Plus many churches all around the world have the name Jehovah inscribed in stone from hundreds of years ago.
january one.
genesis one wt mental gymnastics.
gen 1:1 earth created in the beginning, ?
I always thought it strange that the creation epic was divided into 7 parts
Coming on this site was an eye opener how much the bible could be related to numerology .
Think about how often these numbers spring up in the Bible .?
7 ,10, 12, 40, 12 times 12 , 144,000 .
Gen 1:7 created expanse between waters on the surface and "canopy" at heights. "Canopy" (quoting wt here) is a fitting term for a cover over a flat earth. now:
I thought that was a great find "canopy" and the definition that goes with that word.
so in this past week i came across a stash of my old elder stuff.
i've scanned a bunch of notes and agendas, and public talk outlines.. check out an agenda and my notes from the meeting here: https://imgur.com/gallery/qqmyczn.
i’ve put an explanatory note on each image in imgur.
Could this be a pandoras box if more ex-elders made these notes more public ? Or would it be opening up ex-Elders for liability in disclosing this information or even incriminating them in some way ?
Just asking.
are you aware of any double standards promoted by the organization of jehovah's witnesses?
here a a few i am aware of:.
1. the wts equated joining the ymca with apostasy but felt free to join the un for 10 years (1991-2001).
Jehovah`s Witnesses do not have a clergy class ,however in a Court of law they claim clergy penitent ?
are you aware of any double standards promoted by the organization of jehovah's witnesses?
here a a few i am aware of:.
1. the wts equated joining the ymca with apostasy but felt free to join the un for 10 years (1991-2001).
Double standards ? Speaks out of Both Sides of their Mouth ,sums up the Governing body of JW`s to a tee.
january one.
genesis one wt mental gymnastics.
gen 1:1 earth created in the beginning, ?
And why has Christianity and belief in the Bible lasted so long ? Because its been in the interests of Governments and Religion as a means of controlling the population and manipulating them for their own advantage .
And this is true of governments that tolerate all forms of major Religions in their Countries. Its all about control ,control of the masses .
it brings to mind my niece when she see`s how dry the countryside is ,how armageddon must be so close..
There have been 28 major bushfires in Australia from 1851 to 2013 and up until that time black saturday has been the worst with so many lives lost.
The Black Saturday bushfires were the worst in Australia's history, killing 173 people. Almost 80 communities were directly affected and entire towns were left unrecognisable.
The fires burned more than 2,000 properties and 61 businesses. Almost 430,000 hectares of land were directly affected, including 70 national parks and reserves and more than 3,550 agricultural facilities.
Afterwards the fires were the subject of a Royal Commission.
Black saturday was in Feb.7 2009
If anybody is interested in bushfire in Australia from a historical point of view.you can google this history.
I beleive in this present bushfire season so far ,and its not over yet , more than 1.3 million hectares of land has been burnt. 26 lives lost and in excess of 2000 + homes lost .As of 12/01/2020
