This is about as realistic as the Thursday-night demonstrations at the Kingdom Hall. I've never been a huge fan of Brenda Lee. Her book title rubs me the wrong way, calling herself a "courageous woman" specifically. I'm sure she is, but if you are it's the kind of thing you let other people say about you. Calling yourself "courageous" just makes you look pompous.
Brenda Lee's Powerful Youtube Video, What do you think about it?
by Scott77 15 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Mad Sweeney
I would like to see a video done of an accurate at-the-door presentation (no camp or ham) with intercut analyses of the social psychology behind the statements JWs use. Then, I would like to see a second video of a home-Bible-study with the same analyses.
In fact, I'm going to work on scripts during my free time this week.
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Scott77
Mad Sweeney : In fact, I'm going to work on scripts during my free time this week.
In other words, are you saying that you are going to make a Youtube video then post it online for all us to see it?
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Tuesday
Mad - You might want to check out my videos "How JWs argue", I took actual responses from an active JW that posted to one of my videos and discuss all of the logical fallacies and the reasoning behind his comments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Q0Cr3tNGI
That's part one, you'll probably enjoy the vid.
For Brenda Lee, she's very nice as I've gotten to know here since my youtube channel launched but when she first came on the scene with the ex-JW newsletter that ended up turning into a pay newsletter which turned out to be a big advertisment for her book I was not a fan. It was genius but I thought taking advantage of the community.
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alias
I haven't seen the video (or have the desire to watch it), but one thing I'm more aware of now than ever is the repressed creative spirit many of us suffered as JWs. We were not allowed to have creative outlets, or a unique voice outside the JW collective. Women, especially, who wanted to spice up a demo or school part always walked the thin line of being counseled for having too much fun. Creative expression and personal voice = same thing?
When people leave the JW world and process their experiences through writing and creating things (activism, making videos, satiring WT covers, creating Web sites, blogs, tshirts, etc.), I believe there's a hugely cathartic thing going on in this expression.
Many of us are finding our voice for the first time while coping with very repressed parts of ourselves (think born-ins) and keeping sane through the anger and bitterness sometimes through humor. Brenda most likely combines a few of these things in the production of her books and videos, with lots of pent-up creative energy that many of us appreciate and have in common.
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PublishingCult
LOL, actually, i thought the JW sister was pretty funny. I knew a few sisters she might have been mimmicking.