On this day 86 years ago in 1916, Charles Taze Russel passed away. I find it kind of ironic and creepy that the anniversay of his death is on Halloween. Thoughts anyone?
Halloween is anniversary of death of C. T. Russel
by stichione 8 Replies latest jw friends
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PopeOfEruke
But remember, "this generation will BY NO MEANS pass away....."
Its a pity the old bastard didn't die 126 years ago.....
Pope
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mouthy
Amen to that POPE
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Gopher
Harry Houdini died on Halloween too. His showmanship was more along the lines of entertainment than theology, however.
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FiveShadows
to take a quote from a great movie:
"Pity? ... Many who live deserve death, and some who die
deserve life. Can you give it to them? Do not
be too eager to deal out death in judgment.
Even the very wise cannot see all ends, " ~ Gandalf "Lord of the Rings"~FS
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blondie
Harry Houdini did visit many so-called spiritualists debunking all of them. He had a code word that only his wife knew and she tried for several years after his death to contact her husband. Spiritualism was a big religion then.
Despite his skepticism, Houdini and his wife Bess devised a secret message that was to be used to test the validity of any so-called spirit message coming from either of them, should one or the other die.
The message was based on both sentimentality and an old vaudeville mindreading routine. The message was, "Rosabelle- answer- tell- pray, answer- look- tell- answer, answer- tell". Bess' wedding band bore the inscription "Rosabelle", the name of the song she sang in her act when they first met. The other words correspond to a secret spelling code used to pass information between a magician and his assistant during a mentalism act. Each word or word pair equals a letter. The word "answer" stood for the letter "B", for example. "Answer, answer" stood for the letter "V". Thus, the Houdinis' secret phrase spelled out the word "BELIEVE".Blondie (all I know I learn from movies)
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blondie
PEOPLE WHO DIED ON HALLOWEEN
In 1926, magician Harry Houdini died after a blow to his abdomen.
In 1939, Otto Rank, Austrian psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt),
In 1983, George S Halas, NFL coach (Chicago Bears) at 88
In 1984, Eduardo De Filippo, director (7 Deadly Sins, Shoot Loud) at 84
In 1984, Indira Gandhi, PM of India, assassinated by 2 of her bodyguards at 66
In 1988, John Houseman, actor (Paper Chase, Fog) at 86
In 1993, Federico Fellini, director (La Dolce Vita) at 73
In 1993, River Phoenix, actor (Stand By Me), dies of drug overdose at 23
In 1995, Rosalind Cash, actress (Emma-Go Tell It on the Mountain) at 56Born on HalloweenComedian John Candy
Actress Deidre Hall
TV Anchor Dan Rather
Singer Ethel Waters
Actor Michael Landon
Rapper Vanilla Ice -
Amazing
The joke is on us ... we got tricked and there was not even a treat to go with it ...
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stichione
Well said Amazing, well said.