DC Observations: Sat & Sun (page 3)

BreakingAway

Oh yeah. The guy giving the talk after the kid's Rap/Hip-Hop guilt fest said this:
"One more iPod hits the trash!"

Because,as we all know, iPods only hold rap and hip-hop music ! DC's often seemed to be one big bashfest.Just about everything the Society has gotten all worked up about during the previous year is going to get "discussed".It's like a lunatic father who sits his kids down and gives them a good tongue lashing for supposed offenses.All the kid wants to do is get up and run off but they know the consequences for doing so will be severe...so they just sit there and take it.I'm glad I haven't been to a DC in years !

sf

Absolutely rivoting. And from the active elder apostates. Bravo!

sKally

95stormfront

Sunday was a real borefest but there was some interesting stuf fin the drama. I did try to picture myself as Sciolo (or whatever the hell that made up character was). I really didn't think that as an ex-elder, I could have any influence with anyone but apparently I can. Got to really step up my game! Also, nice touch on having the girl that had put "worldly interests" ahead of WT "Godly interests" have her potential boyfriend ripped apart by wild beasts in front of her. Way to give the 12 y/o kids nightmares!

Yeah....I was LMAO through that whole drama and pissing my wife off.

I thought "wourdly girl's" problem would be that she would be sexually assaulted or something. Then they toss out that, Yeah, she went to the amphitheatre where see gets to see her boyfriend ripped to shredds by the lions. Whatever!!!!!

I think that all that was was a pre-emptive strike against all those potential murmuring elder who will stand to lose their positions over this new anti-education policy.

the Bethel speaker name was Max something. He had a mild voice, but, he went on and on with his manuscripted guilt lashing imploring the r\f to get out, preach and make desciples.

The whole thing was the big prophaghanda piece.

Doubting Bro

Sorry, I should have explained it a little more. In the drama, their are 2 principal families. The first we'll call Perfect JW drones. The second we'll call Average JW. Sorry, I don't remember all of the characters names since the drama wasn't based on any Bible passage.

Anyway, Perfect JW Drones' daugher and Average JW's daughter are friends. Average JW's daughter ends up moving to Laodicea (apparently there were no openings at the "University of Athens") to take a job working for Mr. Bad Wordly Guy who has done business with Average JW Dad for years. This is of course against the advice of Perfect JW who tries to talk her out of it. Incidently, there's a hot JW, er Christian, boy that attends the Laodicean congregation, maybe at their double hall complex? Petros is his name. Also, Mr. Bad Wordly Guy is a big supporter of the theater(Average JW daughter loves going to plays).

Mr. Bad Wordly Guy generally likes Christians and employees "many of the brothers". I think we see him in just one scene. Basically, the main bad guy, Sciolos (an ex-elder who is a proponent of "helping the poor" and has no "sense of urgency about preaching") is getting into it with the apostle John at an elder's house.

One of the final scenes involves John telling off Sciolos who is getting rich from making idols. Average JW Dad (who I guess is an elder who's a little bit of a slacker) is getting counseled by John and decides he needs to do more. Just then, a report comes in that his daughter has returned. We find out that Mr. Bad Worldly Guy took the daughter (his new employee) to the theater, only it was at the amphitheater where the Romans let some lions out on some Christians. Petros was the Christian who faced the animals and according to the report Average JW dad received, was torn apart in front of his daughter.

To summarize, if you're just an average JW who is cruising along, still going to meetings and service but also interested in having a decent job or taking advantage of any secular opportunity, only bad things will happen to you. At least, that's what I thought they were trying to communicate.

95stormfront

To summarize, if you're just an average JW who is cruising along, still going to meetings and service but also interested in having a decent job or taking advantage of any secular opportunity, only bad things will happen to you. At least, that's what I thought they were trying to communicate.

Also, if a recently deleted elder is prospering use him for all he's worth monetarily, but, don't look to him for spiritual advice.

That whole business of taking Sciolos, or whatever name it was that fictional farce was given, to task because as a matter of doing business, he was selling supplies to people using those supplies to make idols was as hypocritical as you can get. The whole drama, I think, was a pre-emptive strike against all those potential murmuring elders they are about to delete, since they are valueing their kids education more than the organization does.

sir82

Average JW's daughter ends up moving to Laodicea (apparently there were no openings at the "University of Athens") to take a job working for Mr. Bad Wordly Guy who has done business with Average JW Dad for years.

That is so hysterical! I can't even count all the historical inaccuracies & anachronisms in just that one sentence (Unless I take off my shoes! )

Such as, the idea that people in the 1st century could up and "move to another city" as easily as they do in the USA now...the idea of a woman "working" for another man (unless she was a prostitute)....the idea of a 1st century Christian (99% chance of him being an illiterate farmer or fisherman) "doing business" with another Christian businessman...shall I go on?

Why do they even bother to put the setting in the 1st century? Years ago they had "modern day dramas". Did people really "complain" about not having the opportunity to pose & take pictures with dudes wearing middle school drama class level costumes, props, & fake beards?

sweet pea

OM I think you are doing a great job with your kids in teaching them critical thinking skills - I wish my parents had taught me to think that way from an early age.

DaCheech

My guess is because there will be international conventions (a nice little profit center for the WT - check out the cost on these trips!)

they already made announcements that the society will be taking a special contribution from every congregation to pay for missionaries expenses on getting home......... so they can talk and brag at these internation bragfests

Open mind

Thank you sweet pea.

I owe most of what I'm passing on to stuff I've read right here.

om

Awakened at Gilead

The drama sounds awesome... makes me want to go out and see it...

just so I can point out all the holes in it to my JW family....

A@G

DC Observations: Sat & Sun

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