TerryWalstrom
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Oblivion
by TerryWalstrom inshe danced in stolen dresses to a chopin polonaise in moonlight bright pentameters suggesting shakespeare's plays.
her bare feet on cold concrete told her story to the crowd hustling brusquely past her as grand music played aloud.
she dreamed the dreams of millionsto be known and rich and fairyet slowly it was fadingand nowno longer cared.. the wind swept in at midnight her borrowed time ran slow the lady in the stolen dress stopped moving to and fro.
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Let's Talk About Writing
by TerryWalstrom inlet's talk about writing.
for me, writing is sort of like jazz.. writing is "thinking inside the moment".
improvising and surprising an audience--is good jazz.. have you ever heard "bad" jazz?ha ha ha--of course you have!
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Jesus Christ: Invented by the Romans to subvert the Messianic impulse in Judaism into Pacifism?
by TerryWalstrom inof course, there are many crackpot theories about all sorts of things.
we hear about them,look into them and laugh.however, once in a great while, somebody presents a cogent and feasible thesis backed up by scholarship and history.watch this video presentation and present your rebuttal (or agreement) for discussion.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uqg8w7ezuq&t=268s.
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Jehovah's Witness core Doctrine has changed over time. Has Dogma changed?
by TerryWalstrom infirst things first!let us define our terms: doctrine and dogma.doctrine: a codification of beliefs, taught principles, or positions.
dogma a set of principles laid down by an authority (in this case, the governing body, acting as the faithful slave of christ) as incontrovertibly true.
_____in the catholic church, dogma never changes but doctrines have over time.this sets me to wondering.
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What would we think about a person who lived alone in the dark for years and years on purpose?
by TerryWalstrom inthe spookiest questions about god are profound when we take one step back and examine who/what such a god would be... j-u-s-t before creating the universe.... .
before anything was created: god wouldn't have been "the creator".
with nobody around wouldn't be supreme being (superior to who/ what?
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Salesmen working on commission (i.e. colporteurs, Pastor Russell's business)
by TerryWalstrom in"despite the millions of books and magazines sold by charles taze russell and his tower publishing company, and the hundreds of thousands of tracts and other literature distributed free by zwtts between the mid-1870s and 1900, only around 2600 persons bothered attending the watch tower society's local memorial celebrations in 1899. a significant percentage of those 2600 persons were russell's "colporteurs", who earned their livings selling russell's literature for a profit.
charles taze russell was absolutely correct when he proclaimed for decades that zwtts was not a religion -- it was a business.
"_____"zion's watch tower magazine was not owned by zion's watch tower tract society, but rather was a "for-profit" business owned personally by charles taze russell and his tower publishing company, and that the "growing debt" which was "burdening" the work of zwtts was owed to charles taze russell, himself.
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"Murder Your Darlings" (Advice to writers given by William Faulkner)
by TerryWalstrom inmurder your darlings(advice to writers attributed to william faulkner).
come in and have a seat in that chair.
i’m georgiana.
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Overcoming our Evolutionary purpose in order to save mankind (A most interesting discussion)
by TerryWalstrom inrecently bret weinstein and richard dawkins sat down for a debate.in the following video, weinstein talks about what can be done to address an error in dawkins'selfish gene theory in terms of the new atheism's error and regarding religion as a mind virus.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm8fksjljtm&t=1096s_____and a good follow up:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr5yn2g4h54&t=904s.
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A Cat's Last Emily (Emily's Last Cat)
by TerryWalstrom ina cat's last emily (emily's last cat) __________.
lifting her elbow up off of her cat.
emily whispered, .
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The Painting House (a prison memory)
by TerryWalstrom inthe painting house (a prison memory).
"your bedroom ain't the same if a snake crawls in.
one minute safe; next minute not.