Posts by TerryWalstrom

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MAD MAX FURY ROAD

by TerryWalstrom in

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i went to see the new mad max movie last night: "fury road.".

this post-apocalyptic world is not recycled gray, it is blazingly colorful australian desert terrain with wide shots that will stop your heart.have you ever seen an heironymous bosch painting of hell with its where's waldo panoply of brutish, demonic, figures inflicting torments willy-nilly as far as the eye can see?

well, fury road makes bosch look like a knit-one-purl-two doily maker at a sunday brunch.. director miller has thought about this movie, planned it, sketched it, worked it, perfected it millisecond by millisecond before scene one was ever shot.one second of onscreen activity has more interesting business happening than two hours spent by a voyeur in a nudist colony of playboy bunnies.. what is watching this film all about?

TerryWalstrom

I went to see the new Mad Max movie last night: "FURY ROAD."

This post-apocalyptic world is not recycled gray, it is blazingly colorful Australian desert terrain with wide shots that will stop your heart.
Have you ever seen an Heironymous Bosch painting of hell with its Where's Waldo panoply of brutish, demonic, figures inflicting torments willy-nilly as far as the eye can see? Well, FURY ROAD makes Bosch look like a knit-one-purl-two doily maker at a Sunday brunch.

Director Miller has thought about this movie, planned it, sketched it, worked it, perfected it millisecond by millisecond before scene one was ever shot.
One second of onscreen activity has more interesting business happening than two hours spent by a voyeur in a nudist colony of Playboy bunnies.

What is watching this film all about? I'd compare it to giving birth while having a heart attack in an electric chair while discovering fire and dropping a tab of LSD simultaneously.
To steal a phrase from the advert poster of The Who's TOMMY, "Your senses will never be the same."
I feel like Moses probably felt after his encounter with the 10 plagues in Egypt. I've witnessed miracles unimagined, and I've been touched by the hand of divinity.

We all know Michael Bay is known for non-stop action flicks, right? Well, those films give me a headache. I'd rather stand next to a jackhammer while sipping vinegar than sit through another Transformer movie. But, George Miller can take Michael Bay to the woodshed and give him a whooping because I loved every moment spent in my theater seat--it was unforgettable in every way.

This is a WORLD. Every atom, quark and molecule is invented and original.
The characters are amazing, brilliant, and breathtakingly zealous in pursuit of their quarry.
Take a tank of oxygen, you'll need it to catch your breath.

This is LORD OF THE RINGS quality moviemaking.

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what is the best line to say to a JW handing you an invite to the memorial

by nonjwspouse in

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i have some ideas, but want more to choose from..

TerryWalstrom

"That would be like accepting an invitation to a dance where 99% of the guests are forced to be wallflowers."

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God's supposedly chosen earthly organization (WTS/JWS) doesn't pronounce or spell god's name correctly !!!

by Finkelstein in

this came up on terry walstrom thread topic recently and i thought it would be good to explore this further.

the jws are quite boisterous and arrogant that they use the proper name of jehovah as the divine name of god.

but a little investigation discovers something quite different.

TerryWalstrom

I have a saying, "You can't scratch an itch that isn't there."

For a J-Dub to listen, engage, and turn over in their mind ANY fact which debunks their beliefs---there has to already be an itch for the real thing. Without it--you are just going to leave welts.

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Am I wasting my time?

by mrhhome in

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i am the husband of an ex-jw.

she left when she was 18, because she was dating a non-jw.

they got married, and he began openly cheating on her.

TerryWalstrom

Human beings are remarkably resilient!

We are at the top of the Food Chain for a reason.

Sooner or later the time will come when even the most deeply entrenched person of religious or superstitious character comes face to face with REALITY. It will smack them in the head and get their attention!

When that time comes, all the little seeds of rational doubt you have planted will present the ALTERNATIVE to false and mystical wishful thinking.

Depending on how intellectually honest the person is--the right choice will be much easier to make.

Think of an Alcoholic. You can rant, rave, lecture, threaten and such til you are blue in the face--nothing will matter---UNTIL, the drunk hits rock bottom. That is the moment of reckoning.

If you have offered tough love (but LOVE none-the-less) who do you think will be seen as a faithful ally and a source of nurturing truth unfettered by cultish mind control?

Don't lose hope and optimism, they are the rain which brings forth life and growth and beauty.

Be realistic, steady, encouraging and factual and as surely as day follows night, the clouds will break and the daylight will pour in.

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Maintaining Faith In God As An Ex-JW

by pronomono in

as i fade further from the jws, i'm finding it increasingly hard to maintain faith in god.

i've been exploring many alternatives from atheism, agnostic, apathetic, pagan, and satanism (not devil worship, but the promotion of self-indulgence) to name a few.

i'm thoroughly intrigued to learn how those of you who remained christian managed to maintain your faith in god and christ, especially after enduring all the lies that we've been told about them.

TerryWalstrom

I compare it to having once been very superstitious and then finding out black cats aren't bad luck, broken mirrors won't give you seven years of awful prospects, 13 is just a number, etc.

At first, a superstitious person can't let go--it just doesn't feel safe or right. But, once the mystical mumbo jumbo clears away like bad weather, the sun shines through.

Suddenly, it is so easy to see astrology, palm reading, Ouija boards, and all the other nonsense as having NO POWER to harm or affect anybody.

When you are superstitious the fear is real, but the object isn't.

The one great thing rational thinking does for you when you get use to it is that it blows the whistle on the burden of rituals, incantations, charms, fetishs, and imaginary woo-woo of all kinds.

Giving up and letting go of Pre Enlightenment, Pre Scientific thinking is nothing short of a RELIEF.

But, it certainly takes time to be able to do that.

So, put away your lucky bowling shirt, and your copper bracelet, and learn to laugh at the Evil Eye--and don't hesitate to pet that black cat.

(Knock on wood:)

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LOCAL mini-APOSTAFEST (Sunday 3 /15) Fort Worth (Camp Bowie Starbucks)

by TerryWalstrom in

it looks like 5 of us will get together tomorrow at a starbucks on camp bowie in fort worth, texas.. this is one of those impromptu occasions which either suddenly come together or else just get jaw-jacked into a non-event:).

ricky g is a recently minted ex-jw who is moving to my vicinity from denton.

he has posted his story and other videos on youtube.

TerryWalstrom

Mr. Cellophane, I don't even have a car--but my bicycle gets me where I need to go:)

We'd love to have you come out next Sunday. We decided to make it a regular thing.

PM me with your cell number or e-mail, of you like.

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God's supposedly chosen earthly organization (WTS/JWS) doesn't pronounce or spell god's name correctly !!!

by Finkelstein in

this came up on terry walstrom thread topic recently and i thought it would be good to explore this further.

the jws are quite boisterous and arrogant that they use the proper name of jehovah as the divine name of god.

but a little investigation discovers something quite different.

TerryWalstrom

Let's make an analogy.

In my town, street signs have names like MAPLE BLVD.

Now, what happens when somebody asks where you live?

Don't you supply the vowel sounds when you say, "Maple Boulevard"?

You automatically do that, just as you'd say "Street" if it was MAPLE ST.

I live in Ft.Worth, TX.

I say, "Fort Worth, Texas."

So far, so good.

A thousand years from now, if you dug up that street sign, whoever is alive at that time may not be aware what BLVD or ST or FT. or TX means or HOW TO SAY IT.

So, as in the case of YhWh, they might well guess.

MAPLE BiLoVud

FaT Worth, Texas

____________

None of the above is a crisis of any major proportions, of course.

But, it becomes more serious when it comes to a HOLY NAME which represents the Almighty Living God.

YaHOO WaHoo

______________

Would you introduce your fiancee's parents to your friends without being absolutely certain of the correct pronunciation? If not--why not?

What would you think if your wife misspelled your name?

How about getting letters in the mail with your name wrong?

Would it annoy you? Why?

________________

The Watchtower Corporation has made T-shirts for all its members to wear day and night since 1931, so to speak, in which it has rolled the dice on the TRUE name. If they are wrong, then their attitude is "Big Fucking Deal".

Now that is what's going on :)

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Does Anyone Have Any Information on Jane Ulrich (Painter Margaret 'Keane' Palfrey's Daughter)?

by r.a.m. in

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famous painter margaret keane's 1975 awake!

life-story speaks about her baptism with her daughter jane ulrich.

she mentions how her daughter progressed quickly and wanted to be a missionary.

TerryWalstrom

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/286860/newspaper-interview-jehovahs-witness-margaret-keene-future-movie-art-fraud

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Does Anyone Have Any Information on Jane Ulrich (Painter Margaret 'Keane' Palfrey's Daughter)?

by r.a.m. in

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friends

famous painter margaret keane's 1975 awake!

life-story speaks about her baptism with her daughter jane ulrich.

she mentions how her daughter progressed quickly and wanted to be a missionary.

TerryWalstrom

Some random thoughts in the comments here:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/286849/how-jehovahs-witness-participated-one-great-art-frauds-20th-century?page=1&size=20

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Your Expert Research is needed!

by Atlantis in

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doug mason needs no introductions here.

we all know him to be an excellent writer, such as: blondie, terry, jwfacts, barbara anderson and countless others on this board.. doug is asking for assistance on a new project he is working on to explain in terms easy to understand, the changes the watchtower now expects jehovah's witnesses and others to believe.. your expert knowledge on these subjects such as: 144,000, great crowd, order of special full time servants, and governing body would be greatly appreciated.

TerryWalstrom

One important distinction is the New Covenant being only between Jesus and the 144K. The Master's 'belongings' are the Great Crowd--which incidentally, we've recently discovered--were NOT given to the FDS as previously taught, in 1919.

How many current J-Dubs are aware Jesus is NOT their Mediator directly, but that the FDS is in that role? The Bible is not for Other sheep directly, either.

Great Crowd huddle like starved mongrels at the table of the FDS begging for scraps!

It hasn't yet been clarified (at least, not to me) WHY other sheep go door to door since the Great Commission was directed at the FDS.

Perhaps we'll see this as part of the flood of 'New Light' in Watchtower as yet unpublished?