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  MIDNIGHT MASS on Netflix is extraordinary (horror)

  by Terry in

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  i will post a **spoiler** in a few minutes.a 7 part horror movie on netflix titled midnight mass blew me away and i thought i mightrecommend this limited series (only seven parts.first of all, there is a word never ever mentioned by anybody in this horror drama.that is for a good reason.

  a very good reason.

  i won't mention it either or i'd ruin part of the build-up inside the plot.suffice to say, this horror story is a very fresh take on a well-trodden path we've all been down many times (if we are fans.

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  Terry

  I saw the twist as the V's being the ACTUAL intent of Scripture!
  Not just the delusion of a priest misidentifying a V as an angel.
  
  The thrust of religion (Christian or otherwise) is a rigid dichotomy of:
  JOIN US or ya gotta perish!
  Living eternally - either way - is a reward that comes at a heavy price.
  
  To be Christian is to take up his "cross" and die the martyr's death.
  (Notable was the absence of cringe by the V's in the presence of the crucifix.)
  A man's enemies will be members of his own household, etc., etc.
  
  So - in that view - I had only praise for the commitment of the plot as the INVERSE
  of religion as we know it.
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  I revisit an old Jehovah's Witness friend from long ago...

  by Terry in

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  goodbye old friend; someday we'll meet again ….

  the ghost with the fine china cups.

  my last memory of her… a friend from long ago.. julie was a startling beauty, a blue-eyed, natural blonde; a model, guitar player, a singer with glowing purity of tone, a talented writer, and possessed of a wicked sense of humor.. she was too young to be dating and yet she was a natural flirt.

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  Terry

  Diogenesister: I'm kinda surprised they included you, Terry! If you don't mind my asking, how old are they on average, would you say?
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  All of these Brothers are at least 74 years old and some older. (I'm 74)
  I was 20 when sentenced under the Youth Corrections Act.
  AMAZING as it sounds - none of these old-timer JWs goes on the internet for research or makes Google Searches about apostates because they've been warned off so many times.
  At the last minute, I did not log on and appear with the ZOOM meet-up.
  Why?
  I didn't want to misrepresent myself to these guys. It didn't feel right.
  I have spoken to 3 of them privately on the phone.
  I'd characterize most of them as "on auto-pilot". Waiting on Jehovah.
  What other life do they know but the always changing rough waters of Governing Body churn?
  I detected a wee bit of awareness that 'reservations' are held in their private opinions but fear of exposure (maybe) pulls them back from expressing it.
  I'm gobsmacked anybody could live the JW life for over 50 years and without going insane.
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  A "killer" question for Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Terry in

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  here is a 'killer' question for jw's.

  which description best describes how you see yourself and how you feel?which would you choose?

  are you: 1. a christian 2. a jehovah's witness here's the scenario.

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  Terry

  As I recall, in the early 1970s the Watchtower publications began for the first time
  using the phrase, "Jehovah's Christian Witnesses", but it didn't last very long.
  Does anybody else remember that?
  It was around the time of the failed prophecy.
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  A "killer" question for Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Terry in

  1. jw
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  here is a 'killer' question for jw's.

  which description best describes how you see yourself and how you feel?which would you choose?

  are you: 1. a christian 2. a jehovah's witness here's the scenario.

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  Terry

  Here is a 'killer' question for JW's.
  
  Which description BEST describes how you see yourself and how you feel?
  Which would you choose?
  ARE YOU:
  1. A Christian
  2. A Jehovah's Witness
  
  Here's the scenario.
  It's the Day of Judgment.
  You only have to pass one test to make it through to the other side of Armageddon. How do you answer?
  
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  I revisit an old Jehovah's Witness friend from long ago...

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  goodbye old friend; someday we'll meet again ….

  the ghost with the fine china cups.

  my last memory of her… a friend from long ago.. julie was a startling beauty, a blue-eyed, natural blonde; a model, guitar player, a singer with glowing purity of tone, a talented writer, and possessed of a wicked sense of humor.. she was too young to be dating and yet she was a natural flirt.

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  Terry

  I was recently contacted by a group of about 40 of the Brothers who were
  in the same (Seagoville) prison in the late '60s with me and they were having
  a reunion (on Zoom).
  These guys, one and all, looked awful!
  Not a healthy man in the entire bunch.
  Very insular group (still active.)
  It struck me as incredibly sad I was the only one who seems to have escaped.
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  I revisit an old Jehovah's Witness friend from long ago...

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  goodbye old friend; someday we'll meet again ….

  the ghost with the fine china cups.

  my last memory of her… a friend from long ago.. julie was a startling beauty, a blue-eyed, natural blonde; a model, guitar player, a singer with glowing purity of tone, a talented writer, and possessed of a wicked sense of humor.. she was too young to be dating and yet she was a natural flirt.

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  Terry

  Snakes,
  
  I don't know how ANY young person could even breathe inside this current version of JW Org in our last ten to twenty years.
  This is definitely an anti-youth environment.
  The entire religion has been overhauled like a '55 Chevy with a blown head gasket
  but it hardly runs at all anymore.
  
  The current GB is like a children's show with Barney the Dinosaur at the center of it.
  These are not exceptionally gifted men. They seem barely average with little imagination and certainly incapable of crafting a sensible analogy or giving an illustration with any substance.
  
  They are terrified of losing their hold, their mighty grip on the rank and file.
  If the pedophile lawsuit money bleed doesn't take them down - I don't know what will.
  
  What amazes me most is how tight a grip on the minds of ordinary people using fear keeps the GB safe from a simple Google search.
  
  Sigh.
  
  
  
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  "My decades of activism have been very satisfying" - A conversation with Alan Feuerbacher

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0ad-b5vc3e.

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  Terry

  Thank you!
  Alan has always been in my Top 10 list of best communicators in the activism department.
  Much appreciated.
  
  Cheers
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  The Most Unforgettable Man I Ever Met

  by Terry in

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  the most unforgettable man i ever met.

  let me call him a walking contradiction.

  he certainly was at least that.. he was short, had crooked teeth, walked like a crab, and you could barely understand anything he was saying.

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  The most practical explanation I can offer is not the prettiest one. PITY.
  It would be very very difficult to sit across from this man in your own home.
  I think you'd feel you were doing him a big favor by accepting his offer.
  But I prefer the more beautiful explanation.
  
  Either way, he was amazing to listen to - if you were patient.
  
  For myself personally, the 'supernatural' is an explanation that doesn't explain.
  It's a big X, a wild card to make a winning hand.
  I had a very close and dear friend out in L.A. who was a Scientologist. He took me to the Celebrity Center in downtown Hollywood. I filled out the questionnaire and did the tour.
  
  Cruise is a very hard-working and dedicated human being with great self-confidence.
  He's good-looking, fit, and outgoing. But his ridiculous Scientology beliefs are just that big X, a good luck charm. You can move mountains with his drive, energy, and drive.
  So few people in Hollywood are like that. I've met many celebrities. Many are cardboard cut-outs of real people, empty, vapid, and rather dull.
  I've met evangelicals full of "the spirit" (i.e. full of shit) that glowed radiantly and believed the moon was made of green cheese (so to speak). Lovely but self-deluded. The charisma which shines from their eyes is their brain chemistry high on nonsense.
  This world and mental illness are a bad fit.
  
  Anyway...
  That's my old man's opinion and your mileage may vary.
  Cheers!
  
  
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  The (IN)Consistent teaching about VACCINATIONS from JW leaders

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  vaccinations.

  how many deaths were instigated which could be prevented?watchtower policies against vaccines left faithful sheep vulnerable to horrible consequences.antitoxins and vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, anthrax, cholera, plague, typhoid, tuberculosis, and more were developed through the 1930s.. 1921 - "vaccination never prevented anything and never will, and is the most barbarous practice" - golden age oct 12, 1921, p.17.

  1923 - "vaccination, summed up, is the most unhygienic, barbaric, filthy, abhorrent, and most dangerous system of infection known.

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  Watching JW TV is like watching Barney the Dinosaur kid show.
  The GB members seem well below average on every count - which in itself is not condemning them - but - the clownish forced sincerity gnaws at my sense of decorum.
  Full of themselves? Well, I can't read minds but they're sure full of something.
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  MIDNIGHT MASS on Netflix is extraordinary (horror)

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i will post a **spoiler** in a few minutes.a 7 part horror movie on netflix titled midnight mass blew me away and i thought i mightrecommend this limited series (only seven parts.first of all, there is a word never ever mentioned by anybody in this horror drama.that is for a good reason.

  a very good reason.

  i won't mention it either or i'd ruin part of the build-up inside the plot.suffice to say, this horror story is a very fresh take on a well-trodden path we've all been down many times (if we are fans.

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  Terry

  I was floored by the ...sincerity of the emotional truth in the screenplay and the acting.
  Moved to tears on more than one scene or other.
  
  I appreciated the depth of the character study in this 7 part series.
  The ENDING was off the charts, too.