Oprah is on at 4 pm here, so I will tape it and watch it. I want to see how honest they are with the big O and if they "thank Jehovah" for being there!
Venus and Serena on Oprah Today!
by teenyuck 6 Replies latest jw friends
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LuckyLucy
I never liked Oprah.
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teenyuck
I would not shrivel up and die if she went off the air tomorrow. I could care less.
However, when I see a commercial saying "see Venus and Serena, honest and open", I want to see what they say.
PS...Lucy, What do you like? Just curious....
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freedom96
Don't care too much for Oprah, but from what I hear she does a lot of good out there, so I wish her well. As far as Venus and Serena, again don't much care for them either.
I guess it kinda bugs me for when someone claims to be a witness, but doesn't want to follow their teachings like everyone else has to.
The normal witness cannot go out there and date worldly people. The Williams sisters make far more money than they need to in order to survive until the end. And pursueing a career that involves missing meetings, and such worldly contact, is just not conducive with the normal witness.
However, that being said, I am in favor of anyone who has talent to go out there and be the best they can be. Lets just not be hypocritical in the process.
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mike047
OPRAH spelled backwards is HARPO!!!
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moman
freedom96, are you serious with this statement?
"However, that being said, I am in favor of anyone who has talent to go out there and be the best they can be. Lets just not be hypocritical in the process."
The Williams sisters are great tennis players, but they had some crazy upbringing!
The father, who rules with an iron-hand(beats the wife now & then),moves them to the ghetto so they can learn tennis while ducking gang gunfire, this to tuffen them up. The emother is a Dub, drags them to the meetings where they stand out as freeks. The father tells them they are the best in the world & to go-for-it,and the Borg tells them its bad. All the while everyone is diggin the $$$$$$$$ and you don't want them to be hypocritical,lol.
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freedom96
moman-
My point is this. We were brought up to believe that the end is going to happen at any second. Therefore, schooling, pursueing a career, is not encouraged by the WTS. In fact, if you really pursue it, a witness could be counciled, and not advance in the witness ranking.
As a good gung ho witness, you are not allowed to date people other than witnesses, and you really are not supposed to have any friends that are not witnesses, hence worldy association.
A gung ho witness would not put themselves in that situation. A gung ho witness would not put themselves in a position where people would idolize them. False worship. These girls are pursuing acting, competitie sports, etc.
I have not seen anything from them that shows that deep in their heart they are witnesses. Meanwhile you have witnesses that truly believe, and are janitors, etc, that are meek and humble, and are told not to pursue the "things of this system."
That being said, I have nothing against the Williams. I think if one has talent, go for it. There is just so much double talk among the witnesses. Does the WTS say nothing because of money they get? Who knows if they have ever gotten a dime from the Williams.
I just don't see them acting like the WTS says to act.
In my opinion, they should go all out for their career, and not try mixing the WTS into it. They are not the normal witnesses.