Posts by blondie

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Killers of The Flower Moon by David Grann

by smiddy3 in

i am presently reading this book and so far have read only 100 pages and it boggles my mind !!.

has anybody on the board read it ?

if so i would like to hear your views on it,if not now after i have finished reading it myself lol.

blondie

https://deadline.com/2017/04/martin-scorsese-leonardo-dicaprio-eric-roth-killers-of-the-flower-moon-movie-david-grann-book-1202073488/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/7581191/killers-of-the-flower-moon-leonardo-di-caprio-david-grann-book/

We should know more towards the end of the year or early 2019 who else is in the cast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKjvrSS-UXU&list=PL0LKIR5xtjNF3mz1-a00FDLj3T4MALWbH&index=3&t=0s

I have been reading this book as well; I am 12% (1/8) Native American (great-grandmother 100%). I saw a history news item about this event and have been reading the true history of the killings. In WI, I have been researching the Blackhawk Wars, the killing site is very near where I live. It lead me to the Osage story.

https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS393

https://www.historynet.com/black-hawk-war

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Finding a faith that is stronger than death — or my family’s rejection

by Tahoe in

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friends

my mother would be surprised that i did not die alone.. and that, in the end, about 25 people had volunteered to take care of me when i couldn’t do that for myself anymore.. it’s one thing, after you find out you’re going to die from metastatic colorectal cancer, to ask people to bring your favorite kind of gatorade.

it’s quite another to ask them to stand in the place of dna-sharing family and walk through hospice with you, but that’s what i had to do.. at the age of 23, i turned away from the family of jehovah’s witnesses who raised me.they had wanted me to be an uber-witness.

so my family forbade me to go to college and instead raised me to be a full-time, door-to-door minister who converted people to their way of thinking — i actually succeeded with one in about 15 years of trying — and to pay my bills by working menial jobs.. every meaningful connection in my life was through a local congregation of witnesses, known as the kingdom hall.

blondie

Here a few more comments about Heidi's life:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6303791820308480/heidi-hall-life-after-wts-good-read

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The serpent in the Garden can’t be secretly Satan

by Doug Mason in

we know that the serpent in the garden can’t be secretly satan, because the first time satan is mentioned by name is in a story chronologically after this one, and in that, he is said to be walking.

remember that the serpent was cursed to crawl on his belly all the rest of his days, but in the book of job, satan is still walking around and chatting with god as if they’d never had a falling out.

this is when god had to ask satan where he’s been, because his infallible omniscience obviously didn’t know.. so if he had to ask that of satan, who is later described as the lord of lies, then why would god believe him?

blondie

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2007448

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/141619/snakes-had-legs-until-eden-curse-watchtower-1880-till-1974

See this detail from an illustration in the 1943 book "The Truth Shall Set You Free"

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see this page https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4b/e4/3c/4be43c2185b1b1cf134923033ee4137e.gif

Image result for watchtower pictures snakes legs

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I need sources for all the times JWs have expected Harmageddon

by Etude in

i expect that 2 new jw guys in the area are going to revisit me.

the left some brochures emphasizing how bad the world is and talking about the end.

i need to break through with examples (wt articles, publication excerpts, etc) so that they can gag a bit.

blondie

You might find this website helpful regarding dates.

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/quotes/end-soon.php

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1975.php

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/failed-1914-predictions.php

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1925.php

https://jwfacts.com/watchtower/changed-watchtower-teachings.php

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1800s.php

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You May Now Embrace the Bride!

by jp1692 in

just yesterday, a pimi jw that i've known for years told me that at the end of a wedding they recently attended in pennsylvania, usa, the "brother" that officiated the ceremony concluded by saying to the bride and groom, "you may now embrace the bride.

no kissing.

just a hug.

blondie

jp1692, I bet Atlantis has a recent copy.

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As Seen On TV....Have You Ever Tried Any Of Their Products?

by minimus in

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friends

if you have , was it worth what you paid?

?.

blondie

Does vinegar help eggs peel easier?

That means easy peel boiled eggs! Add salt and vinegar to the water before cooking. ... The salt permeates the shell a little bit, and the vinegar helps to break down the shells, making them easier to peel. Cool the eggs in ice cold water for ten minutes.Mar 5, 2018

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See you in a couple weeks

by Biahi in

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friends

leaving today for rome, and then a mediterranean cruise.

will not be online, i will miss you all.

hopefully, when i get back, the wt will have declared bankruptcy.

blondie

Edited, have a good trip. I have never taken a cruise. I was once invited to one full of jws (when I was still a believing jw). I could not afford it, but it made me wonder how these people could spend this kind of money and time but not have the "circumstances" even to auxiliary pioneer.

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Heidi Hall: Life after WTS Good read

by blondie in

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friends

https://religionnews.com/2019/09/26/finding-a-faith-that-is-stronger-than-death-or-my-familys-rejection/.

in my search, i left behind conditional, behavior-based love and traded it for the unconditional grace shown by a true family, whose bonds have nothing to do with dna.. and i’m dying grateful for that.. (heidi hall, who died sept. 25, 2019, at age 49, was a veteran journalist whose award-winning career took her from the standard democrat in sikeston, missouri, and the southeast missourian to the tampa tribune and the nashville tennessean before landing her at vanderbilt university’s public affairs office.

the views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect those of religion news service.

blondie

https://religionnews.com/2019/09/26/finding-a-faith-that-is-stronger-than-death-or-my-familys-rejection/

In my search, I left behind conditional, behavior-based love and traded it for the unconditional grace shown by a true family, whose bonds have nothing to do with DNA.

And I’m dying grateful for that.

(Heidi Hall, who died Sept. 25, 2019, at age 49, was a veteran journalist whose award-winning career took her from the Standard Democrat in Sikeston, Missouri, and the Southeast Missourian to the Tampa Tribune and the Nashville Tennessean before landing her at Vanderbilt University’s public affairs office. The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect those of Religion News Service.)

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Ruin those Ruining th Earth

by peacefulpete in

it has been mentioned before but since we have been discussing environmental issues on another thread, i thought it might be timely to discuss rev 11:18 which has recently become a popular text for those christians concerned about environmental threats of pollution and climate change.

is this passage being interpreted correctly?

did the writer somehow anticipate the modern environmental situation, or did he intend something more in keeping with the bible's general concerns of morality and sin?.

blondie

smiddy3, I don't reconcile it, it just makes me realize how ridiculous those stories are.

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Demonic Possession

by Nihilistic Journey in

i am looking for articles that i recall reading from the magazines.

i recall getting the magazines through subscription so it must have been in the 1980's.

they were "biographies" from sisters that dealt with demonic possession and attacks.

blondie

smiddy3, I would think because most of the human "authors" in the bible are presented as male. In a male-dominated world, why would a demon want to appear as a woman.