My Cong= Even Anointed Sisters and Pioneers watching "The Bold and Beautiful" why do women like melodramatic crap??

by Witness 007 17 Replies latest jw experiences

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  blondie

  It only proves that "mature" jws don't listen to the WTS counsel...........

  *** w07 10/1 pp. 28-29 pars. 11-13 Deliverance From the Traps of the Birdcatcher ***Nearly a quarter of a century ago, The Watchtower lovingly warned the household of faith about TV serials. This observation was made about the subtle impact of popular soap operas: "The search for love is used to justify any conduct. For instance, one unwed pregnant youth says to a friend: ‘But I love Victor. I don’t care. . . . To have his baby is worth everything to me!’ The soft background music makes it hard to consider her course to be so bad. You too like Victor. You feel sympathy for the girl. You ‘understand.’ ‘It is amazing how you can rationalize,’ stated one viewer who later came to her senses. ‘We know that immorality is bad. . . . But I realized that mentally I was taking part.’"

  12 Since those articles were published, this type of heart-corrupting programming has become increasingly available. In many places, such programs are broadcast 24 hours a day. Men, women, and many teenagers frequently feed their minds and hearts on such entertainment. We, though, must not deceive ourselves with false reasoning. It would be wrong to reason that depraved entertainment is no worse than what is seen in the real world. Can a Christian really justify choosing to be entertained by the sort of people he would never dream of inviting into his home?

  13 Many benefited when they took to heart that warning provided by "the faithful and discreet slave." (Matthew 24:45-47) After reading the straightforward, Bible-based counsel, some wrote to tell how the articles had personally affected them. One confessed: "For 13 years I was a soap-opera addict. I thought that I was safe simply by attending Christian meetings and being semiregular in the field service. But I adopted the worldly soap-opera attitude that if your husband mistreats you or you feel unloved, adultery is justifiable—he brought it on himself. And so when I felt ‘justified’ I took this bad course and sinned against Jehovah and my mate." This woman was disfellowshipped. Eventually, she came to her senses, repented, and was reinstated. The articles warning against TV soap operas gave her the strength to refuse to be entertained by what Jehovah hates.—Amos 5:14, 15.
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  aSphereisnotaCircle

  (sigh)

  while a dub I had some serious life problems, I was raised in a poor abusive family, I married a man that was gay, abusive and very emotionally distant.

  I remember the first time in my married life that i went to an elder for help. He immediately told me to stop watching soaps. I told him that I didn't watch soaps and again tried to explain my situation.

  He again admonished me that soaps were destructive and how women would watch them and get a distorted view of how men should treat them.

  I told him again, "I don't watch soaps"

  He again started ranting about how bad they were and how i should NEVER watch them, not even occasionally.

  I assured him, that I NEVER watch them, I am not even tempted as they hold NO interest to me.

  He didn't seem to believe me. I walked away just confused, why the hell wouldn't he listen to me?

  Fast forward a few months, I finally picked another elder to approach and ask for help. And unbelievably, I had the same convo with that elder too.

  So there you have it, I was beaten and sexually assaulted by my stepdad, my husband was emotionally distant and abusive, but the real culprit was that I watched soaps, case closed.

  Damn, I'm so glad I get to make my own decisions now, cause there a hell of a lot better then what the elders would pull out of their collective asses.
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  Heaven

  I don't watch them as they hold no interest for me either. I'd rather watch a comedy, adventure, sci-fi, or a Western.
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  White Dove

  The queen bitch that has been causing me a lot of grief since we landed here loves her soaps.

  I think she tries to re-create the stories in her real life.

  Real life is meaner than TV.

  The consequences for our actions in real life will last a lifetime, not 2 hours.

  I tried to watch soaps because others were watching them, but just couldn't get hooked. They held no interest for me, either.

  And, watching a rapist and his victim get married was not a priority. That sounded repugnant!
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  Think About It

  So there you have it, I was beaten and sexually assaulted by my stepdad, my husband was emotionally distant and abusive, but the real culprit was that I watched soaps, case closed.

  aSphereisnotaCircle ......what a horrible experience to go to such men for help, then have them go off on unrelated tangents. Doesn't surprise me as I've seen several elders who just were not well rounded enoungh or had the people skills necessary to truly help people.

  Think About It
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  cyberjesus

  It's been my experience the JW women relate to this even more then "Worldy women" because it most accurately reflects the backstabbing, gossiping, and underhanded dealings of the Kingdom Halls more than any other shows on TV.

  Yeah that doesnt happen anywhere else, the writters of the soap operas think of JW demographics for their shows :-)

  women are more interested than man in that kind of shows, regardless of their religious affiliations, emotional people are attracted to emotional shows... I am a men and I used to like some soap operas in Mexico :-) and they are even more melodramatic
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  yknot

  Like I said.......for a JW woman it is .......................... (: EMOTIONAL PORN :)

  If you really wanna throw some cold water on the situation, you can point out that taking such time away from the harvest work is blasphemous based on Blondie's find ......

  Or

  Simply insist that if FS is going to be done it must be at the expense of said programing in light of the end being so near! I mean does the Sister really want to have to explain in the New System why she allowed that hour of emotional porn to distract her from providing the life saving message to (figure 10 households per 30 minute episode times years spent leaving FS to watch) who didn't make it!......for shame!

  If she protest still you can point out that the B&B is available to watch on the internet and full episodes are under 20 minutes that can be watched after a full day of FS and personal study.

  http://www.cbs.com/daytime/the_bold_and_the_beautiful/
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  poopsiecakes

  I suppose some women like soaps the same way that some men like tractor pulls and making you smell their dirty gym bags....it's an outlet for immature escapism.

  Whatever floats your boat!!