My grandmother once spoke the following self-statement aloud:
"I am the humblest person I know of."
She couldn't understand my laughter.
Posts by Terry
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11The dangerous species: The True Believer
by Terry inthe age of enlightenment is worth a good look.
(the rise of reason, science, art, philosophy replacing superstition and 'belief.
")for millennia emperors and popes enforced compliance in our world.
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The dangerous species: The True Believer
by Terry inthe age of enlightenment is worth a good look.
(the rise of reason, science, art, philosophy replacing superstition and 'belief.
")for millennia emperors and popes enforced compliance in our world.
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Yes, the "I am right and you are wrong" sonnet lives under everybody's bonnet.
In families and in nations. -
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The dangerous species: The True Believer
by Terry inthe age of enlightenment is worth a good look.
(the rise of reason, science, art, philosophy replacing superstition and 'belief.
")for millennia emperors and popes enforced compliance in our world.
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The Age of Enlightenment is worth a good look.
(The rise of Reason, Science, Art, Philosophy replacing superstition and 'belief.")
For millennia emperors and Popes enforced compliance in our world.
How? Propaganda backed by armies and Inquisition.
The Enlightenment sought to purify.
"Get the corrupt rascals out!"
Reform!
Revolution!
Good intentions!
Good intentions led to the THIRTY YEARS WAR.
Alas, we live in a Post Enlightenment technocracy.
Who has replaced Emperors and Popes?
Propagandist sociopaths and corporate narcissists.
Who will SAVE us? It's still some "LEADER" who promises exactly what we want to hear.
Democracy is voting.
Democracy is "two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for supper."
It's out of our hands, folks. Don't kid yourself.
Our conduit of factual evidence is choked off and polluted by money-grubbing news venues corporately poisoned.
(Pick and select your independent news sources v-e-r-y carefully!)
The best "choice" is always a "lesser of two evils." Right?
(Hint: you always end up with evil.)
I do not fear the future because I've read so much history.
Revolutions and Reformations are really house-cleaning good intentions run amok
as blood runs in the streets and propaganda drunk children leading the charge.
Good intentions and true believers are willing to destroy in order to "improve".
True Believers (in just about anything) are the most dangerous species on earth.
WHAT IS A TRUE BELIEVER?
The one who won't let you speak because you don't say
the "right words".
The people who shut you up, label you, marginalize you, and shun you are dangerous to civilization.
Always let an idiot and bad guy speak.
If you remove the rattle from the rattlesnake - you are in greater danger than ever.
How do you defeat Bad Ideas?
Not with censorship but with BETTER ideas.
A fair hearing has been disappearing for the last decade. S-l-o-w-ly.
In fact, it is all but extinct.
All of us here on the Jehovah's Witness Discussion forum lived under such mentality and power for way too long to not be able to recognize it in secular society.
Politics is filled with self-righteous Puritans.
Ideologues are Elite. The Elite simply know they are better and smarter than others.
Why let "ignorant" people speak? They surely have nothing worthwhile to offer.
Yes, it sounds so reasonable. But it is the knell of the bell at the crack of doom. -
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Another Hollywood Memory
by TerryWalstrom inanother hollywood memory____________________“thanks for the pink chablis, marta.
who’s that singing?
sounds familiar.”.
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I just heard Michael Franks song Popsicle Toes and once again my thoughts turned
toward Marta and this little story I posted.
Wherever you are, my dear, I wish you all the best. -
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How a young Jehovah's Witness found an escape and a Teacher suddenly appeared.
by Terry inhow a young jehovah's witness found an escape and a teacher suddenly appeared._____________.
1974____i escaped texas in my mid-20’s -- a fugitive of my own life--fleeing westward into california with a dream of- i know not what.i knew nothing useful - it was only bible knowledge.what i did know, i was full of in the same way foie gras is made.
(in france, ducks are force-fed until their liver bursts.
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How a young Jehovah's Witness found an escape and a Teacher suddenly appeared.
by Terry inhow a young jehovah's witness found an escape and a teacher suddenly appeared._____________.
1974____i escaped texas in my mid-20’s -- a fugitive of my own life--fleeing westward into california with a dream of- i know not what.i knew nothing useful - it was only bible knowledge.what i did know, i was full of in the same way foie gras is made.
(in france, ducks are force-fed until their liver bursts.
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1. Why did you use the stamp with Godzilla on it?
In a sort of Carl Jung way, I think Godzilla is the Japanese Monster from the id (Forbidden Planet reference). It represents the result of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
It is a way of confronting mindless destruction and wrangling with it consciously, then transforming it into a commercial win. (The enemy, Godzilla has become beloved.)
The very fact the Japanese have created a stamp commemorating the atomic beast is really (to me, anyway) interesting as symbol of turning defeat into victory.2. Why did you think using it would arouse condemnation ?
We live in a time when trolls practice outrage on behalf of others by labeling things and weaponizing words and ideas just for the sake of creating a platform for virtue signaling. It's self-empowering in a twisted way.
I'm really quite pleased at this Ex-JW community's maturity and ashamed of my own false sense of a need to 'brace myself' for being deliberately misunderstood. Thanks for asking. -
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Once Upon A Time In ... Hollywood (My review)
by Terry inonce upon a time in... hollywood my review.
i rode my bike through 3-digit temperature and watched quentin tarentino’s new film.the title harkens back to sergio leone’s trilogy titles.. i wanted to see it for personal reasons.
the time span covered is the background to much of my life.
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My grandparents (who raised me) were movie goers. My Mom and Uncle were too.
Between the lot of them, I saw every movie released throughout the 50's.
In the 60's I never missed a movie opening. I was completely indiscriminate.
Looking back to that era I, of course, see the differences in that time and now.
Only the Big visual spectacles can tear people from their supersize TV's and home theater viewing.
Video on demand means you can't really "miss" or even risk missing any film at all.
As Box Office receipts ebb and autonomous technology surges in popularity and availability, I think movie theaters will have to scramble to lure an audience.
The Movie Tavern franchise makes a good stab at it. Being able to nosh and sip suds is an inducement. But, ordinary movies just aren't worth the trip, the ticket price, or the frustration at ill-mannered people surrounding you with talking and text messaging.
I have fond memories of that whole movie era in the Golden and Silver Age of Motion pictures. But alas - everything changes. -
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How a young Jehovah's Witness found an escape and a Teacher suddenly appeared.
by Terry inhow a young jehovah's witness found an escape and a teacher suddenly appeared._____________.
1974____i escaped texas in my mid-20’s -- a fugitive of my own life--fleeing westward into california with a dream of- i know not what.i knew nothing useful - it was only bible knowledge.what i did know, i was full of in the same way foie gras is made.
(in france, ducks are force-fed until their liver bursts.
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Theonlyoneleft:
Great stories. Have you ever thought of writing a book? If not... you should
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Thank you. I have written three books. The last one will publish by the end of the year.
The other two are available on Amazon. -
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How a young Jehovah's Witness found an escape and a Teacher suddenly appeared.
by Terry inhow a young jehovah's witness found an escape and a teacher suddenly appeared._____________.
1974____i escaped texas in my mid-20’s -- a fugitive of my own life--fleeing westward into california with a dream of- i know not what.i knew nothing useful - it was only bible knowledge.what i did know, i was full of in the same way foie gras is made.
(in france, ducks are force-fed until their liver bursts.
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I was worried my use of the Godzilla stamp would arouse condemnation.
Apparently I was wrong. It didn't even arouse interest :) -
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Once Upon A Time In ... Hollywood (My review)
by Terry inonce upon a time in... hollywood my review.
i rode my bike through 3-digit temperature and watched quentin tarentino’s new film.the title harkens back to sergio leone’s trilogy titles.. i wanted to see it for personal reasons.
the time span covered is the background to much of my life.
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I can understand this film not being everybody's idea of a good time.
It doesn't follow a beaten path.
I got the same sort of vibe from films by the Director Robert Altman (particularly
NASHVILLE and Pret - a - Porter.)
My eldest son (who has his own Podcast, Entertainment Landfill) urged me to see it and
his was a positive review.
I'd say the word "catharsis" is applicable and accurate to express my exact feelings at
seeing the Manson killers extinguished before the holocaust we know as actual history.
What a different world for those few minutes!