Posts by smiddy3

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Oscar Nominations for 2020

by LoveUniHateExams in

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.

smiddy3

I hope your not too disappointed with lighthouse ,I was.

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PIMI relative complains about convention venue.

by joe134cd in

i have just got of the phone with a relative complaining about the convention venue.

as far as my relative is concerned wt can do no wrong, so for him to say what he did it must of been bad.

the venue where the convention was held was described to me as a “tin shed with no air conditioning”.

smiddy3

Its just little things like this that start cracks appearing in what you believed was the absolute truth ,hopefully a few more cracks his eyes will start to be opened ,the scales fall off and the rose coloured glasses will be removed .

You never know.

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Documentary Examines Alleged Child Sex Abuse Within Jehovah's Witnesses

by annihilator in

in february, oxygen will premiere a two-part documentary about the jehovah’s witnesses in which a journalist who has spent five years looking at the group alleges “an abuse story that has layers of coverup.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wy4qx7lraa.

smiddy3

Thanks for posting that video annihilator , it looks like it will be an excellent expose of the religion .I am looking forward to seeing it .

I`m just wondering how big an audience is covered by Oxygen TV and how we can get it out to an even bigger audience if need be ?

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New Documentary in February 2020

by Disassociated Lady 2 in

are any of you aware of this new documentary that is coming out in february?.

https://people.com/crime/jehovas-witnesses-alleged-sex-abuse-oxygen-documentary/?fbclid=iwar3dwbod6ihak4woe7rtv0giknfppgh0mlgs56rtjpse_kdxhcqb4xs6j-o.

smiddy3

About 4 months ago I alerted people on here about an oxygen Tv program of a man who went by the name Yahweh Ben Yahweh in the USA .

I will look forward to see how they do this 2 part ? series on the JW`s.

Thanks for the heads up DA Lady2

Annihilator , has also posted this with a video teaser and it looks by all intent and purpose to be an excellent expose of the religion .

I just wonder how big an audience Oxygen TV has and if need be how we could expand this coverage to an even greater audience if possible.

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Amber Scorah on cults

by dozy in

amber gives a superb talk here.

i couldn't help but contrast her delivery - fluent , articulate , without any notes - not even a rostrum or podium to hide behind - with the numerous talks and items i heard when i was a jw.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7wfpaqcqcw.

i am reading her book " leaving the witness " just now - it is superb - i just can't put it down.

smiddy3

Yes it was Amber Scorah in the article of The believer,if you will do a Wikipedia search you will find heaps of info about her.

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Oscar Nominations for 2020

by LoveUniHateExams in

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.

smiddy3

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.?

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Who make up the new memorial partakers?

by jwfacts in

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.

smiddy3

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 .

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Oscar Nominations for 2020

by LoveUniHateExams in

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.

smiddy3

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

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A Song to Jehovah's Praise - rejected!

by Terry in

jw
friends

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.

smiddy3

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.

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For heaven's sake , Jan 1-5 weekly program

by waton in

january one.

genesis one wt mental gymnastics.

gen 1:1 earth created in the beginning, ?

smiddy3

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.