1) Shawshank redemption... My dream is to find my own zihuatanejo
2) Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie poulain
3) scent of a woman
4) Django unchained... It makes me Feel like it's my own revenge
maybe it's time for a less serious thread .
i have just finished watching dirty dancing ( again ) .
what is your feel good movie , the one that makes you smile and cry happy tears ?
1) Shawshank redemption... My dream is to find my own zihuatanejo
2) Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie poulain
3) scent of a woman
4) Django unchained... It makes me Feel like it's my own revenge
yesterday, here in santiago, chile, some stupid ***** yerk tried to kill himself by entering naked to the lions cage in broad day light and while the zoo was filled with people!...
sad part is the zoo personnel had to shoot dead the lions (male and female, 22 years old)... because waiting for the tranquilizers to take effect would be the sarah of the man.... at first everyone thought it was a suicide attempt, but later they found in his garments some kind of letter stating that armageddon had come and that he is daniel the prophet and god would save him... and he signed the letter as "jesus christ".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3602819/naked-man-jumps-zoo-s-lion-enclosure-suicide-bid-survives-grave-condition-two-beasts-mauling-killed.html.
Yesterday, here in Santiago, Chile, some stupid ***** yerk tried to kill himself by entering naked to the lions cage in broad day light and while the zoo was filled with people!... Sad part is the zoo personnel had to shoot dead the lions (Male and female, 22 years old)... Because waiting for the tranquilizers to take effect would be the Sarah of the man...
at first everyone thought it was a suicide attempt, but later they found in his garments some kind of letter stating that Armageddon had come and that he is Daniel the prophet and God would save him... And he signed the letter as "Jesus Christ"
everybody is sad a about the the dead lions and hating that stupid poor devil... He's 20 and struggling to survive now...
after watching ceders you tube video on muslim and jw shunning, i thought i'd look at some other ex religious you tubers, so i looked at the mormon ones, .
theres a lot of them but what struck me was the very similar mindsets and the way the internet made them start to question from a critical thinking point of view their own faith , it was just like another brand of the exact same thing and these people were experiencing the same thoughts as we get when we start to leave/question the "truth ",.
the main difference seems t be that jw shunning is totally merciless and never ending, and no real forgiveness takes place unless you cave in .
i found out this morning that my brother died last night, he was also an ex jw, 73 years old and died of heart disease and kidney failure.
it was not totally unexpected, as he had been in poor health, but it's a blow, especially as i just lost another brother two years ago.
there were six of us, now only four.
leaving the religion can be likened to a game of poker.
many possible scenarios can be played out during the game and the potential loss or gains are many:.
you have put too many chips in, every round it just seems you will win it all in the end.
I think that witnesses use too much "illustrations"... I found yours in this case a good one... But life is different, you don't Win or Lose... You just experience things, I believe that every experience good or bad (being inside the "Brooklyn cult") is a lesson... I'm thankful of life, even being a born-in...
Sometimes I found myself trying to break the old habit Of relying too much on "illustrations" to make my points in conversations...
gerrit losch giving a talk in so-called spanish in the dominican republic.
first begging for donations ...and than this.
brothers and sisters travelling hours and hours to hear this reading, he obviously doesnt speak spanish, just knows how to read it.
i'm hooked on watching "the story of god, with morgan freeman".
it's fascinating to watch the different faiths throughout the world, the rituals, how devout the followers are.
mind boggling for sure!
reading the recent thread about first talks reminded me of when i was new on the school.. i was around 8 and had to read the chapter that mentions 'sucking king's breasts'.
we got there late and somebody else was giving it.
boy was i secretly relieved.
i am a male, born into the jw cult(ure), baptized as a teen, now mid fifties.
most of my life i dreamed of hugging pandas and lions, punctuated at times by nightmares of armageddon or jw drama and politics.
still going through the motions for still-in wife.
i am a male, born into the jw cult(ure), baptized as a teen, now mid fifties.
most of my life i dreamed of hugging pandas and lions, punctuated at times by nightmares of armageddon or jw drama and politics.
still going through the motions for still-in wife.
Welcome from Santiago, CL :D
I just want to say that I love your avatar image!