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  They Don't Know dubs

  by Farkel in

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  it's interesting how dubs are portrayed in tv shows.

  what's interesting is how little the people who write those scripts know about the religion.

  i'll give two examples and then solicit others you folks may recall.. the first example comes from the pilot episode of the tv series "lie to me.

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  I saw the Practice episode a few years ago. He also argued that she wasn't a JW because she didn't carry a No Blood card, saluted the flag, etc. etc. It was very well researched. Actually, I thought the attorney who argued the case proved pretty conclusively that she wasn't a JW anymore (even my JW parents, who I watched the episode with, agreed). But the judge ruled in the mother's favor, and there was no blood transfusion. It ended up not mattering anyway, because miraculously, everything was alright and she woke up from her coma (of course - it's TV).

  Strangely, nobody in the episode thought to ask her upon waking whether or not she actually considered herself a JW or would have accepted a blood transfusion. So there's no plot resolution there.

  The pilot episode of Lie to Me really botched the JW portrayal bad. They got the lingo wrong and everything. My parents watched that episode (because they thought the show looked interesting) and then vowed never to watch again because of the way JWs were represented.

  Scrubs also did an episode with a JW character who refused a blood transfusion (transcript here: http://scrubs.wikia.com/wiki/My_Half-Acre_transcript). I thought Dr. Cox's frustration in dealing with this woman was very well represented. Although, of course, in the end they found a way to treat her and she lived and all. Because it's TV.
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  Are Jehovahs Witnesses the biggest set of miserable bastards known to man?

  by jambon1 in

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  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.
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  Woman jumps into pool during Long Beach DC!

  by puffthedragon in

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  http://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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  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 in

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  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:.

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  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 in

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  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:.

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  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 in

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  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:.

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  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 in

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  he 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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  Nooooooooooooooooooooo!

  Here's to you, Ray! (Possibly NSFW warning...profanity and mild sexiness contained therein):

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IxOS4VzKM
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  Is Sparlock a violation of this companies copyright?

  by UnConfused in

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  http://www.sparlock.com/.

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  Sure, if anyone's got $375 to blow.
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  Is Sparlock a violation of this companies copyright?

  by UnConfused in

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  http://www.sparlock.com/.

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  Currently, it doesn't appear that anyone has trademarked the name "Sparlock", per a search of the U.S. trademark database. Though it's probably only a matter of time before the WTBTS does so, given the current apostate furor :(
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  PZ Myers has posted about Sparlock!!!

  by brizzzy in

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  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.

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  Haha at the "Crocoduck". I just read Dawkins' "The Greatest Show On Earth" and he talks about how someone made him a Crocoduck tie and he wears it all the time!

  It would be awesome if Sparlock achieved similar status ;)