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)
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Mary Magdalene - Movie Review
by cofty inso 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?
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Now That JWs Are Encouraged To Use Ipads Is There Evidence of Getting in Trouble on the WWW?
by minimus ini’d 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.
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What are you most passionate about?
by SplaneThisToMe ini 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.
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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 . . .
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The utter absurdity of the "universal sovereignty issue", chapter 4,786
by sir82 inso 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.
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[ . . .] 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!
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The utter absurdity of the "universal sovereignty issue", chapter 4,786
by sir82 inso 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.
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Did Rutherford concoct this teaching that underpins all JW theology?
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Sunday's Watchtower Study March 18... Another Money Appeal
by BluesBrother injanuary 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?
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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!"
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CO picked the wrong "old lady" to say this to!
by clarity inis 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!
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(((((clarity)))))
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Galileo was so confident that . . .
by compound complex inhe 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).
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Galileo was so confident that . . .
by compound complex inhe 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).
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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)
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The Ides of March - also May, July, and October
by Tara N Seals intoday i learned something new about the roman calendar.. calends, nones, and ides.. education never ceases..
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The Romans did not count days in the month as a simple number, as we do, but backwards from one of three fixed points in the month: the Kalends, the Nones, and the Ides. The Kalends are always the first of the month. The Nones fell on the 7th day of the long months (March, May, Quinctilis, October), and the 5th of the others. (Note that this long-short distinction refers to their length in the republican calendar, not the later version.) Likewise, the Ides fell on the 15th if the month was long, and the 13th if the month was short. The day before the Kalends (or Nones or Ides) was called "pridie" (or 2) Kalends, the day before that 3, etc. Therefore, May 3rd would be the 5 Nones of May; March 17 = 16 Kalends of April, or as you would find it abbreviated in a Latin text: a.d. xvi Kal. Apr.; (a.d. = ante diem).
https://www.polysyllabic.com/?q=calhistory/earlier/roman/kalends