Posts by longday

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R movies

by longday in

ok i know from being in the cult for many years some will watch r movies and just do it on the down low at home.

i know of some who would walk out of a room or leave if someone played an r movie when they were visiting.

my ex partner who was an elder would walk out of a room if anyone played anything that was remotely questionable.

When I got married in 80 I took my wife to her first R movie. Stir Crazy with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. I have never stopped. Ratings mean nothing to me. Content does. I have seen family movies that are great and R and higher that are great and ones that are crap. But its subjective, what is crap to me may be the greatest thing to you.

My movie tastes have changed over the years. When I was young I loved blow em up and shoot em up. Now not so much. I enjoy twists such as The Others, things with a Hitchcock twist. Good Horror and I agree anything Freddy or Jason of Halloween is crap. Good horror like The Exorcist, The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, The Thing, It, to name a few. The crap teen slasher movies I would not give you a dime for a dozen.

But I was wondering if there was any new teaching on what a cult member can see or if its subjective unless there is a rating on it?

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R movies

by longday in

ok i know from being in the cult for many years some will watch r movies and just do it on the down low at home.

i know of some who would walk out of a room or leave if someone played an r movie when they were visiting.

my ex partner who was an elder would walk out of a room if anyone played anything that was remotely questionable.

longday

Well I know that you can get removed as an elder or MS if you are seen going to an R movie. I think they can even remove a pioneer for it. I don't believe it is a DFing offense but you would be considered not a mature JW for going to see one.

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R movies

by longday in

ok i know from being in the cult for many years some will watch r movies and just do it on the down low at home.

i know of some who would walk out of a room or leave if someone played an r movie when they were visiting.

my ex partner who was an elder would walk out of a room if anyone played anything that was remotely questionable.

longday

OK I know from being in the cult for many years some will watch R movies and just do it on the down low at home. I know of some who would walk out of a room or leave if someone played an R movie when they were visiting. My ex partner who was an elder would walk out of a room if anyone played anything that was remotely questionable.

But when we were on a job several times and had to wait for something and the home owner was not home if I saw a movie that I knew was over the top I would play it on the VCR to see what would happen. One day we had to wait a few hours and I popped in Clock Work orange. This is almost an X, or in some cuts it is an X. Any way We waited for our supplies and watched the whole movie. For the next several years when ever we would get screwed by a customer or shop he would start singing, Singing in the rain and do the kick like the movie. On a couple of occasions I put in a porn take with fisting and anal an he would sit there mouth open and just watch shaking his head as if to say, I did not know you could do that, but never walk out.

So to my mind the R rating was for show for many JWs. But I was wondering what do the dubs do today with the rating system so convoluted? No you have TV MA among others and a lot of not rated. Any official dogma on this?

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Tony Morris buying Scotch.

by Lost in the fog in

by now we have all seen the video of tony morris iii buying his scotch and recommending his wife's choice of irish whiskey to the other man.

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which is why i thought this meme was hilarious when i stumbled upon it on an entertainment facebook page.

longday

There is no way that is a faked video get real.

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Enjoyed the Memorial

by ScottyRex in

probably not a popular opinion on here....and haven't been actively attending meetings since 1988....(i know i know a submarine attender) however thoroughly enjoyed attending this evening...was good to see lots of people i remember whilst growing up in this faith, they were genuine and the whole atmosphere was one of love.

sure if i suddenly wanted to become active again and didn't change my lifestyle they would drop me like a bomb.....however i haven't and won't and they didn't and don't.

this works for me.. i cannot demonize the witnesses on what i have seen tonight.

longday

Don't be a fool. If you are not trolling us you are very naive to think you were getting anything but BS to suck you back in. There is no "genuine love" in the cult. Its conditional love at best and a recruitment tactic at worst. I bet if you were around the Manson family you would say the same thing. Think for a min.