Leolaia

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  My Sparlock T is here----BUT

  by NewChapter in

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  the only colors that came out were the blue and the white.

  everything else is black, but i can see see it because the design is shiny---just no color.

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  Leolaia

  can you post a pic so we can see what you got?
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  Is the new brochure cover a ripoff of a Lord of the Rings book cover?

  by fugue in

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  this was actually first spotted by a good dub over on jw talk.

  i find it amusing, to say the least.. .

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  Leolaia

  Wait...so LOTR (with its wizards and orcs and Sauron and magic rings and nazguls and God knows what else) makes Jehovah happy while Sparlock makes him sad??
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  Jesus ALSO a great "Magican" like Chris Angel and Sparlock??? Define MAGIC?

  by Witness 007 in

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  define magic = "the production of an effect through use of incantation {prayer} that cause human control of the supernatural agencies or the forces of nature...".

  sounds alot like jesus time on earth to me....can we really say as the mom in the video to caleb does that "only satan likes magic" when jesus was known after a prayer to turn water into wine....taaaa daaa!!!!!!

  or afew loaves and fishes into baskets full of food taaa daaaaaa!!!!!

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  Yup. There was even a match between Simon Magus and Peter in the Christian apocrypha:

  The apocryphalActs of Peter gives a more elaborate tale of Simon Magus' death. Simon is performing magic in the Forum, and in order to prove himself to be a god, he levitates up into the air above the Forum. The apostle Peter prays to God to stop his flying, and he stops mid-air and falls into a place called the Sacra Via (meaning, Holy Way), breaking his legs "in three parts". The previously non-hostile crowd then stones him.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Magus#Acts_of_Peter
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  Everybody sing along... "Sparlock, we love you!..."

  by cedars in

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  i've uploaded a song i've written to youtube, here it is.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wvo71qg7k4.

  here is the link to my blog article on the society's new dvd, for those who haven't yet read it:.

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/the-watchtowers-new-toy-story-what-parents-need-to-know.

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  Leolaia

  Awwww, what a sweet video cedars.
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  Jesus ALSO a great "Magican" like Chris Angel and Sparlock??? Define MAGIC?

  by Witness 007 in

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  define magic = "the production of an effect through use of incantation {prayer} that cause human control of the supernatural agencies or the forces of nature...".

  sounds alot like jesus time on earth to me....can we really say as the mom in the video to caleb does that "only satan likes magic" when jesus was known after a prayer to turn water into wine....taaaa daaa!!!!!!

  or afew loaves and fishes into baskets full of food taaa daaaaaa!!!!!

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  Leolaia

  BTW, don't forget that the Bible says that other people may also perform the same miracles by invoking Jesus' name (Matthew 7:22, Mark 9:38-39, 16:17-18, Luke 9:49-50, 10:17, Acts 3:6-7, 4:7-10, 30, 19:13-17, 1 Corinthians 12:9-10). Those miracles aren't exclusive to Jesus alone.

  And here is a pretty amusing statement condemning illusionists who might to imitators of what demons ACTUALLY DO:

  *** w64 10/15 pp. 639-640 Questions From Readers ***
  
  It may be that a person has a hobby of performing tricks that have nothing to do with real magic or demonism. It may be that one simply employs sleight-of-hand tricks or those involving illusions. So if one were merely showing how adroit a person may be with his hands, with no pretense of any magic, there may be no objection to such entertainment. However, whether a Christian will be involved in things of this nature or not is something that should be thoughtfully considered. One might start out performing simple tricks, but this could lead into practices that, knowingly or unwittingly, mimic the magical arts. One might duplicate by trickery real magical feats that are performed by demons, such as levitation, moving objects mysteriously, ectoplasmic materializations, and so forth. Such could lead into involvement with wicked spirit forces because it is playing at what the demons actually do.
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  WatchTower damages more JW families & children with Sparlock video :(

  by mind blown in

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  another disgusting attempt of the wts controling attempt to know it all.

  you can totally see the wts did not consult a therapist, getting professional help/advice on how to handle the situation or message they were trying to convey to the child.

  the facial expression of the mother ( is disturbing even to me) while evoking guilt to the child.

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  What the video fails to address at all, among many other things, is how the guilt can be internalized. Yes, Caleb is shown as oh-so-happy and yippee after getting rid of the toy. But in real life, after being shown so starkly how so very wrong it was for him to want the toy, he would more likely feel stupid or guilty for feeling so happy like he did for wanting something Jehovah hates. Especially if, as in many real life things, he still desires it. That would then mean that he is still making Jehovah sad since Jehovah knows what is in his heart. So that sets up an internal self-hating complex that could last far beyond whatever happy resolution this little story supplies.

  I wonder how much poor little Caleb's friend paid for the toy? Wouldn't it be a better lesson to at least return the toy rather than throwing it away?

  Yeah I thought of that too. What if his friend wants it back?
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  I didn't get to play School Sports :-( ...did you?

  by tresdecu in

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  just started watching 'friday night lights' .... great show, but it's making me a little bitter!

  17 years after high school, i am still bummed i didn't get to play football or baseball.

  i knew my elder dad would get busted from the others in the elders club.

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  Leolaia

  Yes, we were all part of the Caleb class. Playing school sports makes Jehovah sad, and you don't want Jehovah to be sad! You won't like him when he's sad!
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  Sparlock - the aposta-superhero

  by Lady Viola in

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  i don't know about you, but i would love a sparlock t-shirt!!

  any creative apostates who can make a digital drawing of the wizard??

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  laverite...I know what you mean. When I saw the video, I pm'd a friend of mine online and asked her to watch it, I told her it summed up my childhood, the kind of controlling fun-sucking guilting pressure I had to grow up with in the org. And I had it relatively easy; my dad was an UBM. I keep thinking about this family I knew in my congregation with Mr. Super Stern Severe Elder as dad and his two daughters were dutiful pioneers, and always seemed so depressed and browbeaten. The video seemed to sum up the whole experience of being a "JW kid". In my case, my mom converted when I was 6 so I had the full gamut or normal childhood to have all that taken away from me. Not just a toy like Sparlock but EVERYTHING kids enjoy.... just think of everything covered in the School and Jehovah's Witnesses brochure. Anyway my friend thought it was a parody too, I had to say No this is real!!! She said, "Wow, really? This is messed up". The Society has no clue how this looks to outsiders. When the Society in the past tried to impress on young folks that, say, Christmas was wrong, at least they would try to give reasons and try to persuade (as well as pressure). But this video simply states that it makes Jehovah sad, and therefore DON'T DO IT. You don't want make Jehovah angry sad, you won't like him when he's angry sad. Look what happened to Adam and Eve! I showed my friend the Selma and Steve article and she was similarly aghast. And she is just a regular person who couldn't tell a JW from a Mormon. The more the Society moves to online distribution of its content, the wider exposure things like this will get.
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  Sparlock - the aposta-superhero

  by Lady Viola in

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  i don't know about you, but i would love a sparlock t-shirt!!

  any creative apostates who can make a digital drawing of the wizard??

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  Leolaia

  Thanks, fedup. Old memes never die. You may notice that Sparlock's sword lost its star. Not to worry, it was responsible for the deaths of 120,000 Persians. It's just regenerating.

  laverite....Apparently, if you are a good boy Jehovah would multiply this snack into a large healthy pile of chicken nuggets and french fries. Seems like Caleb was a bad boy. Jehovah does not like bad boys. Caleb disappointed him....so no miracle snack for Caleb!
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  I attended a friend's birthday party, and no one was beheaded!

  by keyser soze in

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  it turns out that this isn't a common occurrence at these things.

  don't get me wrong, i still had a good time.

  but i was so looking forward to seeing my first decapitation..

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  Leolaia

  Be sure to impale whoever baked your cake. But you might want to ask if they had any interesting dreams before you execute them.