Sparlock seems to be the Society's belated attempt to combat the Harry Potter films and Pokemon craze. I remember getting in trouble for Pokemon in the late 90's, and now there's this whole vampire movie/book/serial fad. 'Sparlock' is a poor attempt to roll all of these into one and use as a tool to teach the masses to steer clear of these addicting phenomenons and focus more on preaching. J.F. Rutherford hated the clergy and government, and his books are full of venom towards these subjects. If I am to believe what the video says literally, they now view 'magic' related forms of entertainment as a huge threat to their control over their remaining members. A Society in full decline is what I see if 'Sparlock' is what they fear. A tacit acknowledgement that perhaps their members want to have lives, hobbies, and interests of their own, disconnected from the dictates from up high.
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OK, I am too old and missing it - but what is this SPARLOCK phenomenon?
by james_woods inat first, i thought it was some legitimate cartoon character (disney or such) that the society was putting down as "demonized".. then, i started getting the idea that perhaps (unbelievably) the society had made him up as a negative "teaching device" to warn jw kids about "worldly demonism".... can this possibly be true?.
surely not even the wtbts could be that stupid!!!.
can somebody explain this to me, please???
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Love of video games = love of violence? August 2012 Awake!
by sd-7 inpage 4-5:.
"video games: 'the uncomfortable fact is, videogames have an unhealthy obsession with bloodshed,' stated a british magazine for video-game enthusiasts.
it added: 'to some degree, a love of videogames demands a love of violence.
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- Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H.L. Mencken
People relieve stress in different ways. For some, all it takes a video game where you wipe out an opponent. It can be as simple as Mario jumping on a turtle shell or graphically blowing someone apart who's trying to kill you. I don't buy into the whole 'fomenting violence' thing. It largely depends on how you feel after playing the game. Does it make you angry or upset you in any way? Do you play it all the time and does it consume your life? If so, then you need to stop playing it and deal with your obvious anger issues. Granted, I can think of a hundred more creative things to do than playing a violent video game. I just can't condemn someone for doing it anymore than I can get all pious on someone who's had too much to drink. That's the only thing I liked about being disfellowshipped. Now all this time was mine, and it was up to me on how to spend it.
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Love of video games = love of violence? August 2012 Awake!
by sd-7 inpage 4-5:.
"video games: 'the uncomfortable fact is, videogames have an unhealthy obsession with bloodshed,' stated a british magazine for video-game enthusiasts.
it added: 'to some degree, a love of videogames demands a love of violence.
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My nephew introduced me to playing Scarface on the Wii. Now I have a grudge against those cockaroaches and Columbians, mang. Should have listened to the ¡Despertad! magazine.
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Did You Feel Like A Pest When You Went House To House?
by minimus ini hated going from door to door.
it was really bad when the neighbors would call each other and say that we had arrived.. what pests we were!.
now, i don't bother anyone if i can help it!
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I felt it was dishonest to sneak into a block of flats. Only people with invitations from tenants should be allowed in. That defeats the entire purpose of the magnetic lock and buzzer. Since we were always dressed properly, most tenants held the door open for us and assumed that we were coming home from work. When we rang the individual flats, people usually thought we were a neighbour or a family member that got accidently locked out. They’d say “¡Entrar!” (Come in!) and we’d just buzz again. They’d open the door with a puzzled look on their face, and would just lose it when they found out what we were up to. I couldn’t blame them. We violated their privacy using a ruse to get in, and circumvented their security systems in what was for many a high-crime neighbourhood. Despite warnings from the police and flat managers, we kept on doing it like Jehovah’s instructions superseded anyone else’s.
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"You will live where you are told to live!"
by irondork inone of our most dogmatic, authoritarian elders at the congregation i used to attend made this comment.. .
the wts has beat the drum of absolute authority so long and hard that the idea of free will, or even the notion of a god who might take in to consideration the wants, likes, and desires of his own people has been strangled out of the jw psychology.. .
in one of his talks, brother that's final informed the congregation that it is pointless for us to engage in speculation about how our lives will be in the new system.
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you will live where you are told to live doing the assignment Jehovah gives you
Assignments? Being told where to live? Take out the word 'Jehovah' and I'd assume that I am reading the famous Chairman Mao Red Book's instructions given to the proletariat.
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Fistfights for seats at DC?
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The one assembly I attended in the USA was a lot like that. I am too young to have been able to to witness the food distribution, but the rush for the seating! I didn't want to be there at all, regardless of whether I had a good seat or not. We spent a small fortune on travelling costs alone, and just to see the same thing we could have seen at home? Take me to a museum or an opera please! All the rush for seats to hear the same boring program year after year? Luckily we were at an indoor stadium. Something is wrong with an organisation that expects mothers with small children to sit at an outdoor stadium in the full heat of summer for 8 hours. Football matches last up to two hours. I don't know about baseball games. But I doubt they last anywhere near as much a JW assemblies last. All that for a good take at the donation boxes and to distribute more literature.
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Have you ever been falsely accused or blamed?
by Fernando inread this on the internet today:.
"within jungian psychology there is a concept known as the shadow.
most of us encounter our own shadows in the form of projection.
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One of the elders who was on the judicial committee that disfellowshipped me had aggressively courted me in the past. I went on one 'date' with him, and quickly found that there was no connection with this man. He forced a kiss on me when he dropped me off, which I still reel from when I think about it. Since I didn't kick him between his legs or slap/push him, he must have taken that for a 'yes, we're together now'. So the very next day my mother congratulates me on my new 'relationship'. We had a meeting that night, and so he goes straight up to me, takes my hand, and leads me to where I was to sit with him. Everyone knew we were 'together', and I just wanted to throw up. So I was forced into the unenviable position of 'breaking up' with someone I wasn't even with to begin with. His family then accused me of leading him on and of being a loose woman.
So there he pops up again, on the judicial committee. Not to my surprise, he was the one who asked all the dirty questions. I could almost see him getting aroused while talking about it. I didn't play his game and refused to go into details. They knew what I had done. They could draw their own conclusions from that without the full scoop. Since I refused to humiliate myself further, he stood up and said that there was nothing further to discuss, and that I was being uncooperative by refusing to answer these probing questions. I was to get my answer soon, he said, couldn't wait to get me out of the room.
I still feel that it was his way of getting back at me since I had publicly rejected him. To me it was never that way at all, and he brought the 'public' part of it on himself by announcing it to the world without bothering ask how I felt about it.
Emilie
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JW Celebrities , Do you think they have anything more than a superficial understanding of Watchtower beleifs ?
by smiddy inthis is just something that has crossed my mind in the past , with ones such as the williams sisters ( tennis stars ) george benson ( music ) prince (pop star / music ) and the like, do you think they have any real indepth knowledge of the teachings of the watchtower bible & tract society ?
( jehovahs witnesses ) or are they just superficial beleivers ,what`s the latest fad in religion scenario , and once in, it`s not cool to break with it in a hurry.
maybe you can think of a few more celebrities that can be added here.. what`s your thoughts ?.
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I have never understood the whole Prince conversion. How someone goes from 'f*cking the taste out of your mouth' to arguably the most sexually repressed religion is not a dot I can connect. I read something about his mother being a Witness and her dying wish was for him to convert. If that were true, then he did it out of pure guilt. This leads me to believe that eventually he'll just fade or be DAed. Whatever it is, guilt is not a stable foundation for faith. I doubt they want the bad publicity of disfellowshipping Prince all for everyone to see. The Society probably has handlers assigned to him who not only check up on him, but are ready to diffuse any situation should it come up.
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by Las Malvinas son Argentinas inso in speaking to a non-jw relative the other day, i find that my mother has been quite active on the gossip circuit.
my relative knew certain details about me that only my mother and a couple others knew.
of the three, my mother is by far the most inclined to speak maliciously about it.
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It it were only my mother, I would probably turn my back and keep walking. But it's difficult to give up on your entire family like that. My favourite brother has a non-JW wife, and his children that aren't too involved at the Hall. I am particularly close to them. My, do they throw some great parties! They don't judge me or anything, but my mother does still have some influence over people. I feel that I just want her out of my life, and not throw everyone else away with her. But it might not be possible. I don't know. I suppose I'll see what everyone is made of in the months to come.
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by Las Malvinas son Argentinas inso in speaking to a non-jw relative the other day, i find that my mother has been quite active on the gossip circuit.
my relative knew certain details about me that only my mother and a couple others knew.
of the three, my mother is by far the most inclined to speak maliciously about it.
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So in speaking to a non-JW relative the other day, I find that my mother has been quite active on the gossip circuit. My relative knew certain details about me that only my mother and a couple others knew. Of the three, my mother is by far the most inclined to speak maliciously about it. Putting it more succinctly, she has a big mouth. She has never taken my side and always assumed the worst about me. When she found out that I went to a ska concert when I was 15, she threatened to have me tested for marijuana and report the results to the elders. So now there are ugly rumours circulating about me in family (and I would suppose JW) circles. All but one have some element of truth to them, but they are exaggerated and made to look like I have done these things knowingly and purposely to bring shame on ‘Jehovah’s name’.
I think I am done with her for the rest of the year. I refuse to deal with having such a close family connection speaking vicious things about me behind my back and telling everyone I am a horrible person. She wrote me an email 5 days ago and I still haven’t responded. Now that I know something else, I’m thinking up something proper to say to her. I was going to go to the Hall this Sunday, but I don’t even want to look at her. I’m in the process of getting a new mobile phone, and I think I will change my number, giving it out to people whom I want to keep in contact with.
As I look down from the 7 th floor here, I see normal people walking, conversing, and living life on the busy street. Most of my family won’t speak to me, I live in an unfamiliar district, and the car that I once had is at my brother’s home over 100 kilometres away. I really need to get out of the city this weekend. I think I’ll take the ferry somewhere and find lodging for a couple days. It’s time to just get some people out of my mind.
Emilie