Posts by Nathan Natas

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Favourite Quirky / Low Budget / Non-Mainstream Movies

by Simon in

so the recent topic about film franchises got me thinking.

sure, we all love the big budget, mainstream releases that are so successful they spawn never-ending (it sometimes seems) sequels.

we could watch marvel and star-wars movies for the rest of our lives (and we might just ...).. but y'know what i love?

Nathan Natas

Simon, I want to thank you for your recommendation of TIME LAPSE. Good pick!

Like you, I and the other crew members aboard the UADNA Orbiting Space Platform are fans of time machine and time travel stories. In fact, if it wasn't for the secrets of time revealed in the first five books of the Codex Sinaiticus, the UADNA Orbiting Space Platform couldn't have been built; Space-X tech will only take one so far.

I'd like to get my furry paws on a copy of "RESET" - the time-travel film made up there in Alberta just a couple of years ago; I've emailed the production team to see if I can buy a US-compatible DVD or Blu-Ray. i hope hey come through, but it seems that right now they are mostly interested in showing screenings at film festivals.

I'm thinking I *might* have seen "PRIMER" a couple of years ago... or maybe a couple of years from now???

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A&E - Cults and Extreme Belief - Jehovah's Witnesses

by Incognito in

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i haven't seen this posted.. tuesday may 29, 2018 @ 10pm (new york time zone).

cults and extreme belief - jehovah's witnesses.

Nathan Natas

For anyone like me who has never heard of NXIVM, they pronounce it just like the drug used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (acid reflux). WHY? Because these damned quasi-religions make you want to puke!

From Wikipedia:

NXIVM (NEKS-ee-əm) is an Albany, NY-based multi-level marketing company that offers personal and professional development seminars through its "Executive Success Programs. NXIVM has been labeled as a pyramid scheme, and a report for the Ross Institute described its seminars as "expensive brainwashing".

NXIVM has also been accused of being a recruiting platform for a cult operating within it (variously called "DOS" or "The Vow") in which women were forced into sexual slavery and branded.

In early 2018, NXIVM founder Keith Raniere and associate Allison Mack were arrested and indicted on federal charges related to DOS, including sex trafficking. A trial has been scheduled for October 2018.

During NXIVM seminars, students were expected to call Raniere and Salzman "Vanguard" and "Prefect", respectively. The Hollywood Reporter states that Raniere "adopted the title 'Vanguard' from a favorite arcade game he'd played as a kid, in which the destruction of one's enemies increased one's own power."

For several years, NXIVM was accused of being a cult controlled by Raniere. In a 2010 article in the Albany Times Union, former NXIVM coaches characterized students as "prey" for use by Raniere in satisfying his sexual or gambling-related proclivities. Kristin Keeffe (a longtime partner of Raniere and mother of his child) left the group in 2014, describing Raniere as "dangerous" and stating that "[a]ll the worst things you know about NXIVM are true."

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Edgar (the Crow) Colludes with the Russians

by TerryWalstrom in

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a couple of years ago, sitting at starbucks outside patio, i became "aware" of a feathered mafioso i eventually named edgar.so weird and varied have been our adventures, i began writing about them.this is only the latest installment in what i like to call: the edgar chronicles_______edgar colludes with the rooskiesi sit carefully selecting which words to use--there are pitfalls to my tale.2 chinese ladies are problematic for a writer who is an olde white male.what if i accidentally stereotype?

i dare not!with your kind permission, i will change the sex and country of origin of my 2 characters to avoid going off the rails.instead, this story is transformed into 2 *russian* guys!

that you crow.

Nathan Natas

Come the Grand Revelation, you'll be eatin' crow, Dude!

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Edgar (the Crow) Colludes with the Russians

by TerryWalstrom in

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friends

a couple of years ago, sitting at starbucks outside patio, i became "aware" of a feathered mafioso i eventually named edgar.so weird and varied have been our adventures, i began writing about them.this is only the latest installment in what i like to call: the edgar chronicles_______edgar colludes with the rooskiesi sit carefully selecting which words to use--there are pitfalls to my tale.2 chinese ladies are problematic for a writer who is an olde white male.what if i accidentally stereotype?

i dare not!with your kind permission, i will change the sex and country of origin of my 2 characters to avoid going off the rails.instead, this story is transformed into 2 *russian* guys!

that you crow.

Nathan Natas

T, you're gonna HATE me for this - I hate myself for doing it!

How to serve EDGAR

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EXJW Tattoo

by blownaway in

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if anyone has any ideas or pictures of a tattoo that would sum up being an ex jw please share.

Nathan Natas

or, of a more recent vintage, THIS from the book "The TRUTH That Leads To Eternal Life":

because the time is SO SHORT, you know!

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EXJW Tattoo

by blownaway in

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if anyone has any ideas or pictures of a tattoo that would sum up being an ex jw please share.

Nathan Natas

The chart of "dispensations" from THE DIVINE PLAN OF THE AGES by "Pastor" Russell might be delightful:

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Why is the finished mystery of 1917 so expensive compared to other JW books?

by blownaway in

i see these on ebay from time to time and they go fro 150 to 200 dollars.

seems like a lot.

other old jw books go for much less.

Nathan Natas

The Watchtower organization was much smaller then, so the initial print run was small, also, that was long ago, and lots of dogs have eaten a lot of homework in that time, also, no doubt many copies were destroyed when the US gov't cracked down on the Watchtower for violating the Espionage Act.

Today a heavily-revised version of the book is kept in print by people who think that Pastor Russell was the man with all the answers - never mind that NOTHING Russell predicted came to pass - unless you count INVISIBLY, in which case it ALL CAME TRUE.

As pointed out, if you simply wanted to satisfy your curiosity, you can do so for free. If you are jealous of antiquarian booksellers making a killing, work on improving your character. Envy is ugly and you are better than that. (Yes, I don't know you from Adam, but envy is ugly on EVERYONE, and EVERYONE is better than that.)

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went to see MOM for MOTHERS day and jw dad showed up

by JunkYardDog in

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i surprised mom with flowers and cake ,candy etc.

she was so happy, i told her i was going to work.

and couldn't see her for mother's day, she said she was just staying home,as none of my non jw bro's or sisters were taking her out for dinner.

Nathan Natas

Maybe you could bring your Dad a bunch of good, tastyJERKY for Father's Day and not explain the symbolic significance of the gift until a few days after he'd eaten it all. Not the real hot spicy habanero stuff - unless that is what he likes. In addition to Beef, there is Pork and even Fish, not to mention the exotic meats you can get from Cabella's or other expedition suppliers.

I'm sure you get the joke, but don't tell him what it is until After he's eaten it all.

"Take, eat... this is my fish."

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I went to this elders home this morning ready for war, just like I said I would

by JunkYardDog in

i knocked on his door with 2 bibles and a 1984 wt bound volume in hand.

i was ready for war!

he surprised me and invited me in.

Nathan Natas

I love the way speechless cowards are so quick to criticize JunkYardDog for his direct style of "counter-witnessing." Some of these same speechless cowards are great fans of the prevaricating phony who calls himself Cedars.

I consider JunkYardDog a personal friend whose feet I am not worthy to wash. Maybe his method isn't always as polished as a used-car salesman's or a Circuit Servant, but his FACTS are incontrovertably CORRECT - ALL OF THE TIME. I think that is what the speechless ones hate the most - that my friend JunkYardDog knows what he is talking about, while the speechless ones only know how they FEEL.

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Even elders don’t know their beliefs

by Addison0998 in

i had a deep conversation with my elder father today about the bible.

first i talked to him about luke 16:19-31. the one where jesus makes this crazy illustration regarding the afterlife.

of course he had to look it up on the watchtower library to be spoon fed his beliefs.

Nathan Natas

I'm reminded of the comment made by WTB&TS President Nathan Knorr, who said that all he was sure about was that Jehovah was God; 1914 and all the other stuff... well he wasn't sure.

It is GOOD that Knorr lived to see the grand hallucinations of Freddy Franz fail. It is a shame that so many were disfellowshipped for voicing their doubts before Knorr decided to voice his doubts.