Hey cedars, who's the old dude in your avatar?
A film that is analogous of the Watchtower's demonization of the Internet and isolation from the outside world...
by cedars 33 Replies latest watchtower bible
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Iamallcool
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ScenicViewer
As I recall from seeing the movie years ago, the monsters that lived in the woods did not exist. When the monsters were seen, they were village elders dressed in monster suits. They did it to keep the villagers frightened so they would not dare venture beyond the village boundries and into the woods. There was no outside world. The only real world to them was their small, secluded community of people.
Yes, I can see definite similarities to the way the Watchtower demonizes the internet and the outside world to keep it's followers secluded. JWs are frightened. When an internet experience is related in a magazine or other publication, it is aways a hand picked, negative experience designed to keep the loyal followers frightened in.
Only the few who are courageous enough to venture beyond the boundries discover the real truth. Of course when a few discover there is no real harm out there, and that they have been controlled by manipulation, it is inevitable that more will follow. This is the struggle the Watchtower now faces.
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cedars
Mickey - good question! It's actually a relative of mine (now deceased).
ScenicViewer - thanks for explaining some of the similarities. Another analogous situation arising in the film is that somebody gets wounded, and the only way to save him is to leave the perceived safety of the village to get medicines from the "towns". Perhaps a metaphor for the need to abandon the ridiculous stance on blood transfusions?
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Mickey mouse
Weird. He looks sort of familiar.
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cedars
Well he wasn't a celebrity (at least to my knowledge), and you would need to be really old to remember him the way he looked in the pic!
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Azazel
Just watched the clip you posted. will have to try and find now.thx
How appropriate the last line "close the door , dont let them in!" made me think of some people..............
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Mickey mouse
I was thinking more that maybe we've met and there's a family resemblance, I ain't that old!
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cedars
Mickey - No! I doubt it. Would be nice if we had though. One of the reasons I picked this person is that he looks nothing like me, even though it's a relative.
Azazel - You will enjoy the film, but watch out it's a scary flick. Mind you, my idea of scary films and REALLY scary films are probably 2 different things.
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Violia
I have never had any problems opening you tube videos before but can't open these. I am getting a page that says "the content cannot bedisplayed In frame. try opening in another window and a link is provided and then when I click that I get the500 internal server error.
what settings do I need to change in IE? I know it is just some setting I have accidentally changed.