How about, Deadwood
Homeland
Westworld
Boardwalk Empire
Fargo
True Detective
The killing
The bridge
The tunnel
Prisoner
House of Cards
Designated Survivour
Just to name a few.
Posts by smiddy
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by Berengaria indon't post much lately, but wondering what folks are watching.
i'm enjoying the heck out of "penny dreadful", "outlander", and "grace and frankie".
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God’s silence teaches more than what the “revealed scriptures” do!
by anointed1 inobjective reading of scriptures can see many human thoughts in them.
objective analysis of religions would show that they exist primarily for their own benefit.
is science too travelling in the same direction?
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smiddy
The reason God is silent could be that God does not exist except in the minds of those who want to believe he/she exists.
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TV commercial seen in the United States, from a Law firm "Asking if you were ever sexually abused by JEHOVAHS WITNESSES, please call".
by Dunedain inok, so i don't know if this is "old news", and if this has been seen, and or mentioned already.
if it was, i do apologize, but i feel i have to mention what has been seen on tv, within the past 24 hours.. first off, i would like to say that i did not personally see this commercial.
however, it was seen by someone that i can verify 100% is telling the truth, as it was my own father who saw it.
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Personally I dont care if these lawyers are labelled as sharks that see blood in the water or ambulance chasers who can make a dollar ,the fact that they are putting the spotlight on the JW religions failure to protect the children as opposed to protecting their image as a" Christian" religion is a great thing and all the publicity they make abou it all the better.
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Not very zealous as before
by anointed1 inwhat i sense from the conversations of my family members and relatives who are jws is that at least some jws are not as zealous before with regard to the major subjects such as “sanctification of god’s name,” “vindication of his sovereignty” etc.
they begin to feel that such subjects are imaginary issues.. this is a good sign.
it shows people are worried about their own day-to-day worries.
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The JW religion is now no more than a social club and nothing more.
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Geoffrey Jackson 2006 Convention Talk - Keep In Expectation As Jehovahs Day Draws Near
by pale.emperor intwo ironys here... first of all the title "keep in expectation as jehovahs day draws near" - (this talk is from 2006!!
) i suppose 11 years isnt near enough.
second is that geoffrey jackson, of all people, is giving a talk that goes on and on about liars and how jehovah never lies.
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Rev.22:20
" He that bears witness of these things says "yes i am coming quickly"
"Amen ! come,Lord Jesus "
That was over 2000 years ago.
How quick is quick in scripture ?
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2017 Circuit Assembly: Lesbians at school demonstration
by darkspilver insteve2: is there some way this can be presented so that it is crystal clear what was actually in the demonstrations and what was added?
i guess some will think it should be obvious - but this is where misunderstandings arise because we end up wrongly attributing something to jw organization that was never said.. circuit assembly theme: maintain love for jehovah!.
note to speaker: warmly encourage young ones to prove their friendship with jehovah by observing his commandments and defending his standards.
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How many young guys have ditched their tight trousers has anybody noticed a trend to wear baggy pants at meetings nowadays ?
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Spiritual paradise or proverbial straitjacket?
by UnshackleTheChains innoas a current or past jehovah's witness, do you / or did you feel part of a spiritual paradise with full liberty in christ as the watchtower society/organisation describes?.
or do you / did you feel you were wearing a proverbial straitjacket in the sense you feel / felt restricted and controlled by the watchtower society / organisation?.
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smiddy
I was a convert at 19/20 years old. So I would fit in your former group I guess .Being ignorant of what the Bible actually contained relished the" Paradise Lost" book simplistic as it was it gave me a foundation for accepting their beliefs ,then "Equipped For Every Good Work" that was a commentary on each book of the Bible convinced me they had the "truth" along with the green book "Your Will Be Done On Earth" dealing with Daniels prophecy which at the time did seem to fit in what was taking place in world affairs at that time.
The King of the North the USSR and the King of the South the Anglo American world Power..
Remember this was in the 1960`s when nations were exploding Nuclear bombs in the atomosphere ,both Atom and Hydrogen. such as the USA ,USSR ,UK ,and France in those early years .
Russia today is not to be confused with the USSR (United Socialist Soviet Republic ) as it was back then.
For young people who dont understand that I recommend watching the satirical movie Dr Strangelove its a classic yet identifies us oldies who lived through that era.
We now have far more nations that have Nuclear capabilities such as India ,Pakistan ,China ,possibly Israel .
Others that are working towards nuclear capabilities are North Korea ,Iran ,and these are a worry.
How many more are working towards it ? who knows but its a worry and its not going away.
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2017 Circuit Assembly: Lesbians at school demonstration
by darkspilver insteve2: is there some way this can be presented so that it is crystal clear what was actually in the demonstrations and what was added?
i guess some will think it should be obvious - but this is where misunderstandings arise because we end up wrongly attributing something to jw organization that was never said.. circuit assembly theme: maintain love for jehovah!.
note to speaker: warmly encourage young ones to prove their friendship with jehovah by observing his commandments and defending his standards.
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No nic homosexuals will die at the big A not because we hate them but because their gay, whats so hard to understand about that ? we love these people we just hate what they practice and its what they practice, what God will kill .
Get it ?
The mind boggles with such reasoning.
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Orwell's 1984. Turned into a theatre stage play performance!
by stuckinarut2 inhttps://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2017/1984.
this looks interesting!!
a modern take on orwell's classic 1984.. we all have found the comparison of orwell's book to witness life to be fascinating, so this could be a great play to see!.
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smiddy
Even the "old" movie had two different endings if I remember correctly.
The 1984 version with Edmond O-Brien ,Michael Redgrave ,Jan Sterling and Donald Pleasance. 1956
Their have been a number of movies with alternate endings and this was one of them.
Often times though the book is always better than the movie .
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A Free Public Event given by JW`s to the general public.
I was a JW from 1960_1993 , attended national and International Conventions along with Circuit Assemblys and Congregation invitations to public talks and NEVER was their any PUBLIC of any significance that ever attended any venue that I ever attended .
They were attended by JW`s and relatives of JW`s or JW`s from other areas not assigned to that particular venue.
NEVER was their any public of any significance that came along ( except maybe for one or two who came out of curiosity)
What are your observations about this fact.? Did you ever see great numbers of the general public ever to attend a JW meeting via an invitation ?