no one can steal your thunder when you are the fucking storm!
"With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil -- that takes religion." - Steven Weinberg.
"There is no sin except stupidity" - Oscar Wilde
"Le doute n'est pas une condition agréable, mais la certitude est absurde." - Voltair
so, i saw dune (1984) yesterday.
i knew it wasn't gonna be great, but deary me.
i'm not gonna lie - this film is not good, in fact it's laughably bad in places.. first, i'd like to know the thought process that went behind choosing david lynch to write/direct.
Yes, the 1984 version missed the mark. But, I have to consider the times and how poor CGI technology was then. I mean, it was at the level of Pacman. We are now "light years" away from that type of production.
I had the good fortune of reading the trilogy years before seeing the movie. In a way, the movie managed to capture the feel of the book and some of the Reverend Mothers' nuances. But the story couldn't possibly have been told in that movie. It was too short. Without having read the books first, the movie left one confused and incomplete. The same thing applied to LOTR. There was a version back in the 70s that sucked. It had to wait until the present to have been made and made well enough.
Now, it looks like another attempt at the Dune tale will materialize into a movie to be released in a few days! The question is, will the movie be a trilogy like LOTR or another "one-shot" condensed version?
do jehovah's witnesses interpret the bible properly?.
jehovah's witnesses see the bible as an organizational book which only the faithful and discreet slave (currently 8 men headquartered in warwick new york) can interpret properly.
the faithful slave was first appointed in brooklyn in 1919 and given the exclusive right and ability to understand and teach the bible properly.
For me, the answer to the question is: certainly not. The problem is that they mistake one process for another. In their insistence on being precise about the Bible, they mistake an exegetical process for an eisegetical one. They believe that they are being neutrally precise in their interpretation when in reality they are interpreting via the tinted eyes of their subjective preconceived notions. They don't employ any Historical Criticism or generally accepted research methodology. Essentially, they make shit up.
their are millions of peoples all around the world who believe in one god or another christian and non christian.. all of them pray to their gods for this, that, and the other.
by far the majority never hear god answer them audibly ,however most assume he answers their prayers or not , by what transcribes next in their lives.. you pray for what is right according to god and he answers your prayers ,otherwise your prayers are not answered .. those few who who do claim to hear the voice of god audibly are usually found to have mental problems ,either physical or emotional.. if you do good you will be rewarded either now or in the hereafter , if you do bad you will feel the wrath of god and his judgments.
i equate this with superstitious beliefs ,what do you think ?.
Sure. The construct is a very simplistic and ancient way to explain what happens in life. For some, the alternative is too hard to bear, knowing we will die and that perhaps our life is for naught. Sometimes it gets complicated and tautological. But that is usually done by thinkers who confuse their need to be spiritual with the insistence that it takes a supreme being to achieve it.
is there a way to search topics where you and another user made comments?
i'm looking for the interaction i had with another user on several topics.. thanks.. etuce..
Is there a way to search topics where you and another user made comments? I'm looking for the interaction I had with another user on several topics.
Thanks.
Etuce.
i've been out of this loop (or any other) for a while.
can someone tell me if the bethel farm facilities are still there in wallkill county, ny?
i was there for about a year.
mann377:
I was definitely there in 76. I had transferred from Brooklyn with someone who went to work with the cattle, etc. So, I went out there from time to time. Perhaps I knew you. But since we're anonymous, it's OK. Tell you what though, I would have stepped out in front of those sisters buck naked and give them a show.
so my jw father is sick.
my mother uses the opportunity to try and preach to my 16 year old daughter.
i simply told my mother to: "please refrain from trying to lure *my daughter* in with jehovah's witness questioning.
It may seem a bit lame. But, I would write a letter to her with the simple words: "Thank You!" and sign it. It may leave her wondering. It seems that in her letter, she was lashing back at you. She may feel differently later on, or at least not as hard-assed. Consider that she may have had coaxing or guidance from someone else. Think that after months or years of not seeing you or the grandchildren, she may still have some love in her. The "Thank You" would be a recognition that has agreed to stop influencing your children. It may also convey sarcasm for the cruel things she said and for her finality on the subject. Let her wonder.
my wife and i have been together for 12 years.
married for 6. she was born into the truth, i studied for 2 years before we got married.
we would attend meetings on a weekly basis, go to conventions, and memorial every year.
I say, fulfill her worst expectation and TELL THE ELDERS! I can't conceive that she could possibly claim that as harassment. Play the religious card. Bring out the fact that she's the egregious one by fucking another guy. She can ignore the consequences of a judicial summoning, but her reputation will be well deserved. Was the separation formal (done via the courts)? If not, you have a lot of wiggle room to walk in the house and take what you want. Preferably, I would have kicked her ass out and go live with the other guy. There are always two sides to a story. But from what you relate, it's apparent she has no regard for you. Show none for her.
i've been out of this loop (or any other) for a while.
can someone tell me if the bethel farm facilities are still there in wallkill county, ny?
i was there for about a year.
i've been out of this loop (or any other) for a while.
can someone tell me if the bethel farm facilities are still there in wallkill county, ny?
i was there for about a year.
I was fortunate that I was inquisitive and allowed for alternative modes of thinking. Bethel had a dual personality. The super-fine Christian side and the business side. I had the mistaken illusion that the Christian side would overcome any procedural or secular problems. Then I discovered there was a third side, the hypocritical side.
Mostly, I could not understand their adherence to some arbitrary rules that they came up with or followed from somewhere else. This is why I had to leave after 2 1/2 years. For example, I wanted to have my blue jeans pressed as I did in Brooklyn (I spent about 8 months there). I would send them down and pay to have them pressed at the dry cleaners; yes, we all had to pay for that. Apparently, Knorr had this fetish that only homosexuals in Brooklyn Heights wore blue jeans. They would not be banned altogether but were discouraged from wearing them neatly outside of work by making you pay.
So, when I asked for my jeans to be pressed at the Farm, I was told I couldn't because the rule was they just didn't do it. They never gave me a real reason besides that in Brooklyn, they were discouraged. So, I come back with the fact that as it is done in Brooklyn, I was willing to pay for them to be pressed. The response was, "Well, we're not Brooklyn!"
So, on the one hand, they wouldn't press blue jeans with the regular laundry because it was not done in Brooklyn but they would not press them if you paid like it is done in Brooklyn, because they are not "Brooklyn." As you can tell, that was an unwinnable situation. Mind you that this transpired after multiple discussions with the laundry "servant" and even after speaking with the home "servant" who supervised the laundry shop.
I didn't give a rat's ass about the jeans really. It just turned out to be an issue because of their infuriating logic of doing things. I still don't understand the reasoning behind that way of thinking and the unwillingness to change. Well, after talking to a couple of nephews that went to Bethel many years later, they informed me that all that had gone away. I hope that in arguing this (along with many other BAs), I was somehow able to influence and contribute to ending the illogic of such rules. That doesn't take away all the shit I went through just to survive in that place.
