at 18:21 features old watchtower headquarters in a slow scan.
for many of us its the real dark tower.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1648190/.
I saw it a couple weeks ago but had to go online to recall it.
Idris Elba was very good as The Gunslinger; otherwise, the film was rather dull and dark. Matthew McConaughey was a cardboard cutout villain.
The reviews indicate the Stephen King books are chock full of action and detail, difficult to properly translate to an hour and a half on film.
As I wrote, I'd all but forgotten it . . .
so mrs cofty and i went to see the new movie last weekend on the gospel story told from the perspective of mary magdalene.. the first ten minutes are excellent and then jesus turns up and it's all downhill from there.
it was pope gregory who decided in 1591 that mary m was a penitent prostitute, even though the gospels contain no such reference.
was she the mary from whom seven demons were cast or was she just unlucky to share a name with a different mary?
Jesus died at age 33 and they cast Caucasian Joaquin Phoenix, who looks like a chain smoking 45 yr old. šš Really Hollyweird?? You couldn't find a Mediterranean younger looking actor of sorts from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, N. Africa or Israel ect to portray Jesus more on the money??ļ»æ -- Kristina Romano, comments on trailer page
so mrs cofty and i went to see the new movie last weekend on the gospel story told from the perspective of mary magdalene.. the first ten minutes are excellent and then jesus turns up and it's all downhill from there.
it was pope gregory who decided in 1591 that mary m was a penitent prostitute, even though the gospels contain no such reference.
was she the mary from whom seven demons were cast or was she just unlucky to share a name with a different mary?
Be that as it may, Jesus looks Jewish (quite unlike the WT Jesus) and the principal actors are Academy Award Nominees!
(Trailer was removed by Youtube)
iād imagine that if you have a ipad or ipad that some witnesses will get into trouble.. what say you?
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[ . . . ] instead of doing the 'right' thing and shutting it off while looking away in disgust, she lingers and moves on to other threads. -- neat blue dog
Enlightenment just waiting to happen.
i had an interview today and was asked a question o have gotten in the past: what are you most passionate about?
it was a struggle to come up with an answer on this one.
as a jw, the things i was passionate about were chosen for me.
Analyzing the grammatical and syntactical elements of the English language and implementing that knowledge into editing the work of other writers. The challenge, of course, is my not permitting the technical aspects of so-called correct writing to supplant the author's voice.
When reading for pleasure, I struggle to derive the sense of the writer's message, his beautifully crafted expression, and not bog myself down in mentally "diagramming" his every sentence.
The physical things I loved doing are on the wane -- hours daily playing the piano or painting at the easel or digging in the garden -- but my brain still works.
Well, so far . . .
so on the jw broadcast channel, there is a new 4 minute video entitled "why does god permit suffering".
i won't give them free advertising by linking to it, but you'll find it under the "latest videos" section.. it looks like it will be something that will eventually be used in field serve-us as a video to show householders.. anyway, it gives the illustration of the teacher and a "rebellious student" who says he has a "better way to solve the problem".
the infinitely wise teacher allows him to try, he fails, and the teacher is "vindicated".. other posts on this site demonstrate how inane the illustration really is - it breaks down nearly effortlessly.. anyway, the video goes on to explain that god allowed "rebellious humans" to continue on because (more or less direct quote) "millions of angels were observing.
[ . . .] it became rather suspicious to me that a legalistic, lawyers mind was behind it. -- Wasanelder Once
Yes, Wasa, I believe your reasoning ties in with what I vaguely recall reading
elsewhere, long ago. Something about a courtroom case -- in heaven!
THANKS!
Too cool, undercover!
so on the jw broadcast channel, there is a new 4 minute video entitled "why does god permit suffering".
i won't give them free advertising by linking to it, but you'll find it under the "latest videos" section.. it looks like it will be something that will eventually be used in field serve-us as a video to show householders.. anyway, it gives the illustration of the teacher and a "rebellious student" who says he has a "better way to solve the problem".
the infinitely wise teacher allows him to try, he fails, and the teacher is "vindicated".. other posts on this site demonstrate how inane the illustration really is - it breaks down nearly effortlessly.. anyway, the video goes on to explain that god allowed "rebellious humans" to continue on because (more or less direct quote) "millions of angels were observing.
Did Rutherford concoct this teaching that underpins all JW theology?
january 2018 issue "why give to the one who has everything?
an unashamed contribution appeal... this one with the most manipulative language i can imagine... it may have been commented on before, but i am going to anyway.. p5 quote.
"would you not agree that jehovah is worthy of all the glory and honor that we can give him by offering the best that we have?
Never heard them spout the line about giving = prospering. Must have missed that gem. -- LV101
Another "gem," although totally unrelated (just thought of it), is what a zealous but metaphoric-mixing sister enthused:
"When we find a spark of interest, we want to be sure to water it!"
is this the latest bs to pacify the multiple thousands of singles who are made veritable eunochs because of this organization?
...when i tearfully blurted out that i just couldn't carry on any longer!
i mean almost three decades, for g*ds sake!
(((((clarity)))))
he never bothered acting out his "thought experiment.".
i can watch this over and over and remain thoroughly transfixed by the translation of the horse's forward movement to the hand to the ball.
(see galileo's battle for the heavens).
