by Las Malvinas son Argentinas 33 Replies latest jw friends
I just got a new television and ditched my entertainment center which is full of videos. My brother yanked them all out, and I still have a pile of JW videos! They were all dusty and most of them still had the wrapper on them. LOL Sparlock may end up a dusty and forgotten vid in the back of dubs entertainment centers.
NC
Just like Steve Hassan says in his books on cult mind control you can just see this DVD reeks of the fear & guilt tactics used by the WT society to try keeping young people in line. It's disgusting. And the mother in this DVD is sickening and passive aggressive. Poor kids that have parents like this will never be allowed to think on their own. They will be dominated unless they break free of this perverse, wicked, insane organization
NC it's like that at my (very active) parents' house. They have pretty much all of the videos and DVDs the WTBTS ever made...but they only pull one out when it's on a Q&A part for the Service Meeting. A lot still have the wrappers on them.
I don't see the video and its message as facile at all. Dissecting its teachings and approaches are necessary to uncover its harmful effects on the lives of those touched by it.
The number of threads or comments about the video is hardly overkill. Lurkers and posters probably don't enter every thread. Therefore, if someone wants to comment on a topic, they may post on an existing thread or simply start their own (such as yourself) instead of wading through previous threads. It may be that simple.
I ain't no amputated limb either... ouch!
While Sparlock may seem like an idiotic thing to latch onto for some here, for a lot of us it's therepeutic. For me, it's a symbol that the amount of control and manipulation I experienced as a child was not a figment of my imagination. The video itself with it's characature of the JW mother is proof that my memory does not exaggerate. This is important to me, not just in matters of my childhood, but also matters of my marriage and divorce. My husband SPARLOCKED ME. Threw me away because I no longer fit the mold of the "perfect" JW wife. I "made Jehovah sad", and so he and got himself a new model that lined up just so. And now my children are being raised with this disgusting cult mentality.
For me, this isn't just about a lost childhood. It's not about having my toy car thrown out the window of a moving vehicle because my aunt noticed that the wheel rims had star shapes in them (OH MY GOD!! A PENTAGRAM!!!). It's not about my mother mangling some of my toys to remove their offending parts. It's about the mindset behind it. The organization that's causing this insanity. The fact that some of my family are still held captive by such idiotic ideas as plastic being able to be a conduit for demons or make their god sad.
Sparlock is a symbol of what we have lost. But also an affirmation that no, we aren't crazy...and that yes, we have every right to be pissed the hell off.
NC said "He has been sent to us to help the healing. LOL"
Yes!
UGh that is such an unnatural position to give birth in...
I just asked my kids if they had seen it at their dad's house. They said no. Thank goodness for now!
We all have our symbols to take away from that train wreck we just hobbled out of. My symbol more than anything was Jesus coming at me with a drawn sword (Book of Bible Stories) and that my father served Satan, hated me, and was going to die a deservedly horrible death at Armageddon. The more I read into the history of the JWs, the more spiteful I become toward the people responsible for this rubbish. I find even the most degrading and filthy producers of pornography more excusable than this. At least they are filling a 'need' somewhere, be it lonely old men, sexually charged couples, or young voyeurs. This religion fills no such need. It's a parasite which feeds on your money and your life, and leaves you with very little of either by the time it is through with you.
I will toast to that.
