Happy, non-miserable atheist here. I've got to go with "Scientologists" for $800, Alex. Those freaks make the JWs look mild. They're dangerous STALKERS.
brizzzy
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Woman jumps into pool during Long Beach DC!
by puffthedragon inhttp://youtu.be/dht3cedgg6e.
watch the right hand side of the screen.. .
i am trying to imbed it but can't make it work.
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brizzzy
I used to attend DCs at Long Beach with my family, so I recognized the convention center right away when I saw the video and sent it to my boyfriend (who is faded and a former member of this forum) for a chuckle.
Then, last night, he heard the story from his aunt (still a JW), who was at the convention, and whose friend was the one filming the vid. The JWs are like "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon"!
From what the aunt was saying, the woman seemed pretty loopy...they had seen her earlier in the convention. A talk was being given and she walked up in front of the stage and started bowing and praying and all this hallelujah-type stuff. So I'm not sure if she's an ex-JW specifically who converted to some other sort of Christian sect and was protesting, or just a crazy person who wandered in off the street. Although, she was awfully prepared with the bathing suit and the shower cap, so who knows.
In any event, though I think the vid is hilarious (especially the version set to the Benny Hill theme music), I really do kind of hope that my parents weren't at the convention, though they probably were. Though I'll probably never see or speak to them again, it sort of irks me to think of them going, "Oh, now Bri is one of those crazy apostates just like this lady, probably jumping into baptism pools and stuff".
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Sparlock on Wikipedia! Help editing?
by brizzzy insomeone has put sparlock on wikipedia somehow:.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sparlock.
i know there was a submission by a fellow jwn-er waiting for approval with some cited sources:.
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brizzzy
Yes, I linked to that above. I just found it curious that his made it through right away (though it was deleted) and yours has been pending review for several days. My idea was to edit the one that made it through with your info and citations (and add the Pharyngula citation for credibility), but it was taken down too quickly.
Here is a screenshot of the submission that made it through for a while. I was surprised that it got through right away, as it's not exactly going for a neutral tone. But it did go through without being waitlisted, strangely.
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Sparlock on Wikipedia! Help editing?
by brizzzy insomeone has put sparlock on wikipedia somehow:.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sparlock.
i know there was a submission by a fellow jwn-er waiting for approval with some cited sources:.
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brizzzy
It's not mine, somebody else did it. But it looks like it was just deleted after about 10 minutes because he didn't cite any sources or explain why it was significant...it was more biased/partisan than the original JWN member's entry. But it made it through for a few minutes, instead of being waitlisted for review like the first one! Not sure why...
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Sparlock on Wikipedia! Help editing?
by brizzzy insomeone has put sparlock on wikipedia somehow:.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sparlock.
i know there was a submission by a fellow jwn-er waiting for approval with some cited sources:.
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brizzzy
Someone has put Sparlock on Wikipedia somehow:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparlock
I know there was a submission by a fellow JWN-er waiting for approval with some cited sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Sparlock
It strikes me that maybe this entry that made it through, somehow, should be edited to reflect cited "official"/"credible" sources - such as the Reddit post, the Pharyngula article, and the official video itself...before they delete it for being unsupported or maybe un-neutral.
Does anyone know how to do this? Alas, I do not :`(
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Ray Bradbury Died today
by NewChapter inhe was 91. he wrote fahrenheit 451 and the maritan chronicles.
i loved the martian chronicles.
i didn't read the other but saw the movie..
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PZ Myers has posted about Sparlock!!!
by brizzzy ini wrote a letter to pz myers about the sparlock vid and asked all of my ex-jw pals to do the same if they had a few moments.
and he posted about it!.
pz myers is huge in the skeptic/atheist community, so the vid is spreading to non-jws as well.
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PZ Myers has posted about Sparlock!!!
by brizzzy ini wrote a letter to pz myers about the sparlock vid and asked all of my ex-jw pals to do the same if they had a few moments.
and he posted about it!.
pz myers is huge in the skeptic/atheist community, so the vid is spreading to non-jws as well.
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brizzzy
I wrote a letter to PZ Myers about the Sparlock vid and asked all of my ex-JW pals to do the same if they had a few moments. And he posted about it!
PZ Myers is HUGE in the skeptic/atheist community, so the vid is spreading to non-JWs as well. Squee!
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/06/05/episode-cccxxxv-the-sparlock-thread/
