In the 80's I was a Pioneer and trust me...........
All we heard was how these Smurf stories were True...
I know the Elder from the Hall this happened was always why it was true.
I didn't buy it for a second.
It was talked about alot in New England.
Please explain the deal with Smurfs
by not bitter 32 Replies latest watchtower bible
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undercover
Don't know if this was the case everywhere, but I remember that there were scoffers to the rumors. Yet...no one really voiced their skepticism because it was feared that bucking the tide of those that actually believed it would bring retribution.
And that's how the rumors kept getting attention...most people that didn't accept the premise never really stood up and said, "that's a load of horseshit", but instead kept their thoughts to themselves while the gullible ones kept spreading the stories as if true events.
Personally, I never really believed it, but never really took the time to dissect the whole notion of demonic dolls walking and talking. I listened to the stories, probably even re-told a couple but never gave serious thought to if it was really a possibility.
And that also helped the rumor to persist. No one really stopped and thought about it. JWs heard from a "reliable" source that Smurf dolls, cartoons, whatever, were demonized and by golly that was good enough to burn all things Smurf related.
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Darth plaugeis
Undercover you hit it right on the head..
I didn't think they were true but NEVER laughed.... I was a Pioneer
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BluesBrother
From a pro J W messageboard ...I have not recorded his name out of fairness but he said that he lived in Ohio and this happened in his K.Hall at the shared congregation's meeting :
"A sister and her son went to the meeting. The boy was little and brought his smurf toy, one that held a soccer ball, to the meeting. After a bit he got bored and put the smurf on the ground. The smurf then jumped up and ran out of the KH. The boy followed, so did the mom, and a couple elders that saw. As the smurf ran off, it stopped, turned and threw the soccer ball at the mother and shattered her leg. The smurf toy was never to be found. .........................This has been confirmed by elders in our hall at the time. This happened in the early to mid 80's. I was 4 or 5 when it happened. We were told the day it happened that if we had any smurf products to get rid of them. They are demonic anyways..".
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james_woods
BluesBrother, words cannot tell how pathologically insane that story is. Even if all this is pure JW urban legend - we have to remember:
None of this would be possible for the JWs to believe if they were not already paranoid about "demons" due to constant harping on the subject from the WT society.
I really cannot name another established religion that is more afraid of demons than the JWs.
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Leolaia
I love posting these quotes when relevant:
*** w58 5/15 p. 307 par. 8 Does Superstition or Knowledge Govern You? ***
There is only one way to be free of the harmful superstitions and credulity, and that is by gaining accurate knowledge from Jehovah God.
*** w84 11/15 p. 20 par. 18 Cleansed and Zealous for Fine Works ***
We are not the victims of superstition.*** w87 11/1 p. 7 True Religion Dispels Fear — How? ***
Just as the tropical morning sun evaporates the heavy dew of the rain forest, the light of Bible truth dispels all superstitious fear.
*** w93 9/1 p. 6 Is Real Protection Possible? ***
Jehovah’s Witnesses are helping many to free themselves from harmful superstitions.*** g99 10/22 pp. 7-9 Superstitions—Why So Persistent? ***
The superstitious person could in effect be surrendering control of his life to unseen forces.
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Witness 007
LOL that cartoon too real! My dad would buy a Smurf at BP everytime we filled up...I had a good collection in the 80"s but they had to go!
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yknot
I was around during the 80's but don't remember anything about Smurfs other than watching them on TV.
I wish I could say the same..... the horror of the burn pile still scars my soul.... had a nice little collection of figurines and smurfette hat
(Prior to smurf stuff it was my disney collection-- magic is pagan!)
It made such a mark on many of my peers that we still regularly reference it..... heck I know of at least three Brothers who hum the theme song when feeling uber frustrated with theocratic matters.....
I believe troll dollz were after the smurfs
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DagothUr
I was told that heavy metal music CD-s are demonic. And that if I own such music I leave a protal opened for the demons to come into my house. That I was told before my baptism, by a ministerial servant. Needles to say I still have my HM CD-s. JWs are obsessed with demonized objects! I had to destroy a cross-shaped black burr, for sharpening scalpels and razors, because that MS saw it when he visited me one day. Porn media is also demonized. But the most demonized is horror-media: movies, dolls, T-shirts, etc.
I wonder what would happened if a guy with long hair and a goatee and a Cradle of Filth T-shirt would step into the KH and attend the meeting. The first time when I attended a meeting at the KH, I was wearing a orange T-shirt, shorts and loafers. Later I was told that the brothers and sisters were outraged at that time, but no one protested because I was not a JW.
