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  Can someone put Sparlock on WIKIPEDIA

  by Witness 007 in

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  i found it too hard but he should be in there!!!

  anyone know how?.

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  I see that Pharyngula has picked up the story http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/06/05/episode-cccxxxv-the-sparlock-thread/

  Can any one add that to the list of references? I know it is a very popular site. Now it's probably only a matter of time before other reputable sites pick up the story. There are also some news stories about the 2012 District Convention that might make appropriate references.

  I was wondering if this passage, "Also, many elements of the entire video perpetuate outdated sexual stereotypes and manipulative, coercive child rearing techniques." should be changed to something more like this, "Also, some critics have suggested that certain elements of the video perpetuate outdated sexual stereotypes and manipulative, coercive child rearing techniques." to make it sound more nuetral.
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  Demons and the Witnesses

  by corpusdei in

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  ok, this one is a little long, but i think it's worth reading.

  in putting this together, i came across a fair amount of interesting information about the witnesses and their belief in demons.

  there's a lot that i'll be interested to put to the next witness i come acoss (if any of them still quite dare to talk to me after last time.

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  DT

  Good article. It's crazy the way the Watchtower Society tried to use fear to control us. I recently came across a blog post that discusses this in relation to the Sparlock video. http://junkdrawerofthought.blogspot.com/2012/06/this-is-sparlock.html
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  New Sparlock (TM) action figure collectibles? Ideas.

  by AnnOMaly in

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  sparlocktm can't be on his own.

  he needs some wizardy comrades, right?

  sherlock - the logical one with an inbuilt bs meter;.

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  DT

  I'm glad you started this thread. I was thinking about this.

  Sparloch - Scottish Sparloch with a kilt

  Sparloque - French Sparlock wearing a beret

  Sparlock Spock - Sparlock with Vulcan ears

  Sparlock Holmes - Magnifying glass and Sherlock Holmes outfit

  Sparlockus - Gladiator Sparlock (Someone else had this idea. I saw it on a meme.)

  Spartan Sparlock - Dressed like one of the 300 (again based on a meme)
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  Showed the new JW cartoon to my non-witness Girlfriend- Take 2

  by KidKool in

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  2. friends

  allright my first post messed up and i lost it some kind of way.

  haven't posted on here in along time, obviously don't know how to anymore.. trying again.. so i was raised a jw, da for over a decade, of course estranged from parents and jw family, have a teenage son from a previous relationship.. anyways, i wanted to see what someone who had no first hand knowledge of the jws would think.

  so i showed my non-jw girlfriend the obey jehovah (go sparlock!

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  DT

  "The weird thing about the release of this video, was the convention talk. There was a message to the audience to not question the teaching methods that the GB are utilizing at this time."

  Do we have any videos, recordings or even transcripts of this talk? We should get some videos up on Youtube. It might be another copyright fight, but apostates have proven that they can handle it.
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  Sparlock: The Sociology of the former Jehovah’s Witness community

  by Las Malvinas son Argentinas in

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  thewatchtower bible and tract society has unwittingly unleashed quite a viral sensation within the ranks of its former members.

  to summarise what has happened so far:- become jehovahs friend dvd is released.

  it is an animated feature aimed at children with modern computerised graphics.- the antagonist of the relatively brief cartoon is a self-described warrior wizard by the name of sparlock which was obtained by caleb, the young subject of this material.- the unnamed mother in this dvd guilt-trips young caleb into disposing of his sparlock toy.- the video goes viral within the ex-jw community, with youtube videos being posted of the video.

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  DT

  "The Ex-JW community has handled it beautifully, having a lot of fun along the way. I hope we can keep it going!"

  I keep reminding myself that most Witnesses haven't even heard of Sparlock yet. Most District Conventions haven't happened yet. We know the EXJW reaction to Sparlock, but we really don't know what the reaction will be from loyal Witnesses. It may seem that Sparlock mania has already peaked, but we can't predict what the ultimate reaction will be.

  It's a grand social experiment. Other religions and cults have invented villians in the past (like Satan), but I'm not aware of any that have tried this in the age of the Internet, certainly not in such a ridiculous manner.
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  Does Sparlock The Warrior Wizard Play With Sparlock Building Blocks?

  by DT in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naitcnknu5y.

  i wonder if they use sparlock building blocks for kingdom halls in some countries.

  if so, does that make them demonized?.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaITCnKNU5Y

  I wonder if they use Sparlock building blocks for Kingdom Halls in some countries. If so, does that make them demonized?
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  Sparlock Links And Artwork

  by DT in

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  we already have at least fifteen threads about sparlock the warrior wizard at last count.

  it's getting difficult to keep track of his exploits.

  i thought it might help if we can consolidate the links and artwork about him in this thread.

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  Here are some blog posts about Sparlock. I'm sure they would appreciate comments, tweets, likes and so forth.

  http://www.atheistgeeknews.com/what-is-sparlock-the-new-ex-witness-meme-2567.htm

  http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/beware-of-sparlock/

  http://junkdrawerofthought.blogspot.com/2012/06/this-is-sparlock.html

  http://martianmigrainepress.com/submissions/the/chronicles/of/sparlock/the/warrior/wizard
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  Will The Bethelite Who Created Sparlock Be Sparlocked?

  by DT in

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  what do you think?.

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  DT

  What do you think?
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  Here's the thing. Nobody actually cares about sparlock. It's a meme only to us.

  by JonathanH in

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  at first the sparlock thing was just a cute little diversion.

  the icon of an amusingly out of touch cheaply produced dvd.

  somehow it has spiralled into a kind of focal point of society bashing.

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  DT

  I have been seeing a lot of comments about the videos by people who have never been Jehovah's Witnesses. I also hear that it was on the first page of Reddit for a while.

  I actually think this is one of the few things that can capture the interest of people who were never Jehovah's Witnesses. Doctrinal discussions, false prophecies and damaging practices are of little appeal to outsiders. However, these videos are both funny and heartbreaking. It makes it easy to laugh at Jehovah's Witnesses while beginning to comprehend how damaging they are.

  There will be a lot of bland, local media coverage this summer about the various District Conventions. I don't see why we can't spice this up with talk about Sparlock. There should be plenty of commenting opportunities. This is bound to be far more interesting than any other aspect of the conventions.
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  The Summer Of Sparlock Has Just Begun!

  by DT in

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  how well do you think about we can get the word out about the watchtower's embarrassing pr disaster before witnesses attend their conventions?.

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  DT

  Here are some protest ideas from Reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/uhuwe/occupy_sparlock_lets_bring_sparlock_to_the_medias/