i reported the other night that we sat down to watch the new video, and while my wife was smiling and laughing while watching the first part, she stiffened and became quiet during part two.
it disturbed her deeply:.
"this is ridiculous.
breakfast of champions, I suspect the reaction of your wife will be that of many witnesses, though they may deny it. The video was extreme, even by Watchtower standards.
askduane wrote: Maybe it's because Satan is your real god and not Jehovah.
After much spiritual reflection, I've decided that Sparlock is my real God!
he's baaack (or maybe he never left).
i've been working on an idea for an online apparel shop (featuring offbeat art and culture), and for my first shirt i decided to go with my favorite warrior wizard.
sparlock is the ultimate rebel with a cause, and his cause is to disobey:.
Thanks for the compliments on the design, everybody. I had fun creating it. I might put it on some other products like mousepads and mugs, I'll keep you posted.
...then what else should a jw parent forbid under the same rationale?
jehovah hates magic).
i started a mental list and it boggles the mind.
neverendingjourney wrote: It's a slippery slope. When I was growing up, the Sparlock rationale was always promoted by the hardliners, but deviations from orthodoxy were tolerated.
Yeah, same here. My family was pretty lax, but I knew others whose parents had to measure the 'demon' factor of everything they watched and played with. Still, I knew JWs who read 'Lord of the Rings' and watched cartoons with magic. It was considered a 'matter of conscience'.
I'm guessing after the success of Harry Potter and other movies, the org is taking a harder line. Too bad for the kids.
dear fellow members,.
after hard labouring and a huge pile of creative and artistic (philosophical) deccisions, i finaly finished a 13 min short movie.. at the filmschool (wich i'm attending) the jurry was impressed by story (and movie in general).. .
this short movie tells the story of thomas, who has to chose between being loyal to the congregation, or his elder (shunned) brother.. it mainly foccuses on this feeling we might all had, that the discreet slafe, stands between god and man, and is messing up familly relations.. (math 10:37).. .
The stills from the book look very impressive and artistically well-done! I would be very interested to see this, keep us posted!
he's baaack (or maybe he never left).
i've been working on an idea for an online apparel shop (featuring offbeat art and culture), and for my first shirt i decided to go with my favorite warrior wizard.
sparlock is the ultimate rebel with a cause, and his cause is to disobey:.
He's baaack (or maybe he never left). I've been working on an idea for an online apparel shop (featuring offbeat art and culture), and for my first shirt I decided to go with my favorite warrior wizard. Sparlock is the ultimate rebel with a cause, and his cause is to Disobey:
Here's a link to my shop on Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.com/zenomad
Here's the sample, the standard is on an American Apparel all-organic cotton shirt:
peace.
i'll always remember this issue of the awake warning jw parents about comic books and why they were so dangerous.. the cover had a kid on the front sitting indian-style reading a comic book, wide-eyed and smiling.
came out in the early 1980's.. i'll always remember it because it screwed up one of my favorite past-times: i was around 13 years old and a hardcore collector.. after this article, it was a continual tug-o-war with my dad over comics....and it lasted until i was 18 and moved out.. .
here's what was telling about that article:.
Yeah...memories! I remember the Awake about comics. Fortunately, I didn't have a "Caleb's Mom" either (though a true believer, my mom was cool and pretty laid back on entertainment issues). It did put me on a little guilt trip about my favorite pasttime, but then I realized how much cooler the latest issue of X-Men was over the Awake, and my overactive conscience subsided.
...have a lot of appropriate lyrics given my current situation.
i coincidentally have been listening to a lot of their tracks lately, and started noticing that i identified with a lot of them.
"every day is exactly the same".
NIN is awesome. Pretty Hate Machine got me through the remainder of my JW days. Flat_Accent, "Right Where it Belongs" is one of my favorites too.
i was having a discussion elsewhere on the internet about why people believe and why people don't believe in god.. i am of the opinion that people believe in god, not for evidential reasons, but instead because they have some emotional feeling that god exists.
no amount of logic will make someone like this stop believing (any more than trying to talk someone out of being in love).
the same goes for athiests.
You don't have to believe in God to be a Christian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheism
Likewise, I don't think you have to be Christian to admire Jesus. I don't believe in original sin or any of the other trappings of Christianity, but respect Jesus as someone who challenged the status quo. Like the sages of Hinduism, I think Jesus realized that 'God' was cultivated through the self. In my view, his experience was constrained by the theology of his culture.
smiddy wrote: The reason a person is a christian ,basically is because they were born to parents who were, if not practicing christians then at least nominal christians and so they go with the flow.
I agree. Most of the people who claim to be Christians would be Muslims if they were born in the middle east, or Hindus if they were born in India. Most people are accommodationists, and adopt whatever beliefs that are most socially convenient for them. The bold few step out of line to explore other ideas.
while visiting with a workmate the other day i got to thinking.
my friend has had the lowest of morals of anyone ive ever met.
she was an illegal drug manufacturer for 20 yrs, jailed 3 times, junkie for 17 years, has been a topless waitress, made porno movies and prostituted herself.
Perhaps because of her background, your friend sees the 'stability' of a JW upbringing in a positive light. I also often find that people who 'take a walk on the wild side' often take to the ideal of a strict lifestyle later on in their lives. But they fail to see the destructive side to this sort of life - shunning, absurd standards, repression, etc. It's the other extreme. A middle-way of moderation is the best way, in my experience.
And after seeing what happens to JWs after they leave - disfellowshipping, broken families, etc. - I can see where resentment is justified. I think forums like this can be very cathartic, and part of the process of eventually moving on. I think the sort of reflection shown in your post is part of the process as well (seeing the big picture!).
i have a feeling i am going to have to explain to my jw folks why i have decided to allow my children to participate in holidays at school.
theyll probably be wondering too why i will get together with our non jw family for the holidays.. .
we know jws avoid holidays because of their pagan origins.
mP, sure, democracy in ancient Greece was much different from how we currently practice it. But so was American democracy for a long time, as certain citizens were not allowed to vote for much of its history. My only point is that the origin of democratic thought began in culturally pagan Greece (though in practice earlier forms of democracy developed in India and Mesopotamia).
