Good thing they don't say crazy things like this anymore about current pop culture like "Avatar" and "Twilight".
WT cautions against playing pac-man 1982 Awake
by EndofMysteries 57 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Witness 007
Yeah don't go to the arcades full of pedopliles when we have plenty at the Kindom hall.
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blondie
My mother told me about how the WTS presented television in the early 1950's, as the devil's eyeball.
Here are some quotes about how TV was viewed and how the WTS demonizes any technology.
*** w51 3/15 p. 164 Time Better than Money ***
To illustrate, consider television. It is a marvel of human ingenuity in putting to work invisible forces of the universe, and if used to best advantage could be a real boon to mankind. But many low-quality programs and much immoderate use combine to undermine its value. Nevertheless, even now its moderate use in viewing the better programs may offer a measure of relaxing diversion. Used with wise limitation, it can provide relaxation for Christians right in their homes, without their having to seek diversion in worldly audiences that may in these tense times rise up against the Christians in their midst that maintain integrity.
But instead of a moderate use of television by people generally, what do we frequently find? The evening meal over, the family rush for their seats before the television screen, there to sit for hours, till bedtime. No time for family conversation. No time for study. No time to serve God. Only time for television. Just time to sit before the screen and soak up propaganda and entertainment. So absorbed are they that they may refuse to leave their seats before the television for an hour a week, to share in a home Bible study.
But will television deliver them at Armageddon?Will their little god of the living room shelter them from Jehovah’s wrath? Time consumed on it might have been used to study, to transform their mind, to make it over, to gain godly wisdom, which is not to be compared to rubies, silver, gold, money or television; but instead they will be “destroyed for lack of knowledge”. (Hos. 4:6) The marvelous invention has been misused by them till it has become a satanic snare to capture their mind, to keep their eye glued to a television screen, not allowing them time to see the sign of the second presence of Christ or to mentally discern the import of such sign and learn what they should do to successfully meet the crisis.
*** w52 1/15 pp. 42-43 pars. 21-22 Training Children for Life in the New World ***
Furthermore, modern theocratic parents have to combat a rising tide of old world propaganda calculated to capture and twist the minds of the young. The radio, the television, the cinema, the comics and the press in general are all full of untheocratic, unwholesome instruction. The prudent parent must minimize these sources of demon-inspired utterances and shield the minds of their young from their evil influence. (1 John 4:1, NW) If and when the radio, television and the cinema are resorted to the wise parent should be selective.
22 At this point we must consider the matter of “family responsibility” as legally presented in the Scriptures. Under the Biblical principle of “family responsibility” where the father or the mother or both become iniquitous, adverse judgment comes upon the entire household of minor children. Take the example of Achan, who committed a fatal trespass against Jehovah. By so doing Achan brought condemnation upon his whole family of children and they were all stoned to death with him. (Josh. 7:1, 24, 25) Paul speaks of this principle in the reverse, which might be referred to as “family merit”. If the father or the mother of a family is a believing and practicing Christian he or she brings merit to the entire family of children. Paul writes: “For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in relation to his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in relation to the brother; otherwise, your children would really be unclean, but now they are holy.” (1 Cor. 7:14, NW) Therefore this proves that minor children of Christian parents are indirectly sanctified or counted worthy of protection in God’s sight until they reach the age of individual responsibility. Hence in this day of final judgment since 1918 parents are responsible for the final destiny of their minor children. When Armageddon strikes all minor children who are not under such “family merit” arrangement will meet annihilation with no hope of a resurrection. This is strongly indicated at Ezekiel 9:6 (AS), where it is written: “Slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark.”
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designs
Wts Commandment #11 'If its fun its Wrong'
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Mad Sweeney
They can't discuss anything without throwing in a loaded word or phrase, either.
the atmosphere remains largely the same. Outbursts of bad language, fits of anger, screams and kicks
"Fits of anger" are a direct reference to "the works of the flesh" from Galatians chapter 5. The phrase is never used by normal people in normal conversation or writing. The connection in the Dub reader's mind is then, "those who practice such things will not inherit God's kingdom." Control via fear. If we let our kids play PacMan we all die. Sorry kids, no more quarters for the arcade and we're burning Pong in the backyard as soon as your father gets home.
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transhuman68
Gotta love those old watchtowers! Pure comedy! Blondie has struck gold again.
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JimmyPage
Does it say anything specific about "Galaxian"? That was my true favorite back in the day.
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transhuman68
If you Google 'mame' on the internet you may be able to play Galaxians again on your PC. All the hardware that was in those old arcade games can be emulated by software. I have hundreds of those old arcade games on my pc.
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JWoods
Michael Jackson supposedly had an electronic game arcade in the kiddy circus ranch.
Maybe this was where he started to go wrong as a witness?