Posts by notsurewheretogo

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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?

notsurewheretogo

I'm a big fan of horror films and whilst the supernatural kind are alright I prefer pyschological horror.

And some of the low budget films/ not mainstream are astonishingly good...I think the original Blair Witch Project was a masterclass in producing fear without seeing anything.

One of my favourites is a film called Megan is Missing. It's a brutal subject but it is about two girls aged 14 and 15 and the dangers of internet chatrooms and is based on a true story. The last 20 minutes are pretty hard to watch but again the film masterfully captures the fear.

The film was endorsed by the parent of the child that the film was loosely based on.

As for The Abyss surely that is mainstream? It has a cult following and is deemed a classic?

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Canada Branch Financials are Posted (The Bleeding Appears Very Real)

by berrygerry in

posted here:.

https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=740aq85115d1a04174c4d867e056351ad6836.

biggest changes:.

notsurewheretogo

Slim...when the WT is still here in 5, 10 years at what point will you accept you were wrong?

Whilst I believe they have money issues in no way do I believe that money will bring them down.

To quote The Matrix: "There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept."

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Material such as the film at the end of this years convention confirms that I was right to take my kids out the religion

by jambon1 in

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it’s quite affirming to see the horrific material that they’re serving up at the convention this year.

aside from blatant homophobia, the scenes at the end of the convention that are discussed on another thread stoop to new levels of fear mongering.

it seems to occur to nobody inside the organisation that this kind of material could trigger fear, deprsssion, anxiety, stress.

notsurewheretogo

I've just watched this for the first time and my wife and kids are still in.

I've deeply troubled as to the message this is portraying to my kids.

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Posters You Miss

by minimus in

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anyone that you miss from this site, dead or alive??.

i miss farkel, blondie and a host of others!.

notsurewheretogo

Can I miss the crazy ones?

When I joined this site 6 years ago there was a funny black cross dressing guy who was a singer and professed to be Jesus.

His posts cracked me up...can't remember his name.

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Motherly Love, that "Unbreakable Bond"

by Simon in

my father died a couple of months ago.

he'd been ill for some time and had many health scares and heart troubles over the years but always managed to keep on going.

then one time he didn't.. i'm glad i got to know him again and spend some more time with him after so many years missed because of the wts but those years will always be lost forever.

notsurewheretogo

I like Simon, he does a great job with this site and most of his views and thinkings are very similar to my own.

It's nice to read experiences like this to see the people behind our usernames...sad though on the actual contents.

To lose a parent in death is hard but to have a parent make themselves dead to you as in the case of Simon's mother is tragic considering she still has life.

I feel fortunate that none of my family are "in" because I was the only convert.

It is stories like Simon's that need to be reiterated to those that say the WT does not harm or split up families.

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How many people have been woken up by the A.R.C??

by karter in

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i know of 1 that watched the video and never went back.. i think for some it was a the sum of the total or the "last straw" if you like.. karter..

notsurewheretogo

In the UK many have never heard of the ARC or what occurred.

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Major Article in Today's Philadelphia Inquirer on JW Child Abuse

by Room 215 in

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-sexual-abuse-children-beliefs-rules.html.

notsurewheretogo

I emailed the author of the article expressing my appreciation of it...he replied back thanking me and expressing his surprise at how none of this info is widely know.

It seems he will follow it up...it's a cracking article.

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Noah`s day Flood ? ( again) Waters Covering Active Volcanoes ?

by smiddy3 in

i know their have been many posts dedicated to this subject already and i apologize if this aspect has been handled before.. apart from the many other absurdities relating to the flood of noah`s day being literal as jehovah`s witnesses believe and already thrashed out here by the many posts previous.. i was wondering if this aspect has been considered that the waters would have had to cover over active volcanoes with what result ?.

their are a number of" active and resting" volcanoes at any one time around the earth and i`m just wondering if anyone more knowledgeable than me about the subject would like to weigh in and give their 2 cents worth in what effect a global flood covering volcanoes would have ?.

i am aware their are fissures in the deep oceans where volcanic activity occurs ,but is this the same ?.

notsurewheretogo

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-noahs-ark.html#georecord

Doesn't mention volcano's but mentions a fair amount on the geological impact of a "flood".

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Do any of the 144,000 in heaven take part in the destruction at Armageddon?

by Bonnie_Clyde in

i wondered about that when i heard garret loesch state that shortly before the tribulation the governing body would be taken up.

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if this is the case, it seems like garret and the other seven would be there just in time to help out in the killing of billions.. i thought they used to say that some would survive armageddon before they were taken up..

notsurewheretogo

I thought the story was the GB go after the GT starts but before the Big A occurs since there is a period of time between the two?

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What are the "inner rooms" of Isaiah 26:20? The answer may surprise you !!!

by jwdoctrine in

"go, my people, enter your inner rooms, and shut your doors behind you.hide yourself for a brief moment until the wrath has passed by.

"(isaiah 26:20).

one of the questions that seem to trouble the governing body of the jehovah's witnesses in recent year is this: what will jehovah's witnesses be doing during the destruction of babylon the great?

notsurewheretogo

The interior rooms were never physical...the society said in a 98 WT that they denote the inner room of each congregation...then they added if there is anything else to this prophecy then it will be revealed at a later date.

They have never said it is KH...in fact they have said the opposite in that it is not a physical location.

I quote an old public talk I used to give:

Can I read you a quote from August 15th 1998 Watchtower page 19 paragraph 14. This was quoted at our recent district convention.

In the near future, the greatest time of tribulation ever to strike the human race will break forth suddenly. (Matthew 24:21) When it does, servants of God will need as never before to display confidence in Jehovah’s righteousness and in the direction provided by his organization. In a symbolic way, they will then confidently obey God’s injunction: “Go, my people, enter into your interior rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for but a moment until the denunciation passes over.” (Isaiah 26:20) Already they have entered into the protective atmosphere of over 85,000 congregations in 232 lands. Whatever may additionally be included in the injunction “enter into your interior rooms,” we can be confident that Jehovah will help us to carry it out.