What films and TV shows couldn't you watch? (page 2)

WildTurkey

D8TA mentioned E.T, I remember here they said that E.T was wrong, because it was putting hope in an alien, and not the real messiah. That may be in a watchtower.

Xena

When they said I couldn't watch "Highlander" that was the last straw!!!!!

"There can be only one..."

Xena

uuummm Fred from ScoobyDoo...what a hottie..

jerome

You know that I was never a witness but I have some to add.

CHARMED

WITCH BLADE

NINJA TURTLES----> kungfu

SUPERMAN---->Jehovah will save the world not the man os steel

BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

YOUNG AND RESTLESS

MELROSE PLACE

DAYS OF OUR LIVES-----> Big no no
I can think of more but I have to go.

The Bible is a two edged sword wield it for evil and it you may get hurt.

144thousand_and_one

"Bewitched," because at one JW's house, they tried to turn this demonic program off and a hand came out of the TV set and turned the show back on.

"Gilligan's Island," because the actor who played Gilligan (Bob Denver) was busted for pot.

"Soap," because homosexuality was portrayed.

"I Dream of Genie," because genies were considered "demonic."

It was much more important for children to study publications of the WTBTS that contained graphic depictions of human and animals being slaughtered by natural catastrophic forces put into motion by the loving god of the Watchtower.

Solace

There were so many but the ones that pop into my head,

[Smurfs]
"Because they were blue demons"

[Felix the cat]
"Because he had that evil bag of tricks"

Dutchie

The Golden Girls, because the middle-aged women were having sex without being married.

dedalus

D8TA mentioned E.T, I remember here they said that E.T was wrong, because it was putting hope in an alien, and not the real messiah. That may be in a watchtower.

See this thread:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=24180&site=3

Dedalus

Angharad

Did you ever wonder why in Scooby Doo that when they split up Fred and the long haired one always disappeared off together

I remember being really annoyed when my uncle came to stay and he wouldnt let us watch Doctor Who (we watched it every week).

I was NEVER allowed to watch Fame either

c5

In our rural MN congregation, everything rated R was out. We even were looked down upon for watching PG and PG-13 movies. I remember alot of older bro's and sis's getting after us because there was sarcasm. I guess that was too much for them.

All soap operas were off limits, as well as and cartoons that hinted of magic or ghosts or any sort of violence. Our presiding overseer got after us for watching "The Little Mermaid"! His daughters got away with watching Aladdin, but could not watch Little Mermaid?????? Something dont click there!

We were always encouraged to watch the societies videos when they came out in the early 90's.

Now that I am out of the org, I do not hold myself to those silly rules anymore, although I do have personal preferences that I go by.

Did any of you ever hear of the JW rating system?

G = Garbage
PG = Pure Garbage
R = Reproachful

We had a brother who was always telling us those "ratings" from the platform. He was one of those brothers who would get all tearful and start sobbing from the stage if something hit him as particularly emotional. He also forbid us to use the word WEIRD because he said it had demonic meaning.

Cari

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