Wow! Thanks for all of your replies to my last topic! Since it was so popular I thought we could use another one. Like Jomavrick pointed out, te Smurfs. Ahhhhh yes, the Smurfs. I'm sure we all remember that we were told that the word Smurf meant "little demon." I certainly was, and I was not allowed to watch that show growing up. I don't know if that explains why I've never liked the Smurfs, or if I never would have liked them. They always struck me as stupid. Anyway, a couple of years ago, I had occasion to go shopping with my son and his nanna. This was the woman who raised me and my siblings for many years in the troof. She recalls the "little demon" story. ANYWAY, my son sees some Pokemon merchandise and starts to ask about it. His nanna turns to him and says, so help me,
"Zachary, what did we learn about Pokemon? Pokemon means 'little demon.'"
I looked at her, mouth agape and said "HEY! I thought SMURF meant little demon!" She had no reply to this.
And what about K.I.S.S. standing for something sinister? Anyone remember what AC/DC supposedly meant?
Does anyone remember a little side-bar article in the Awake! about the movie E.T. and whether the filmmaker was trying to portray E.T. as a Christ figure with it's healing touch, etc?
And why is it that JW's everywhere will refuse to go see a wizard in a movie levitate things with his magic staff and some incantation, and yet they find nothing at all wrong with watching Yoda levitate things using "the force?" It's like, you can have any type of magic you want so long as it is depicted under the banner of science fiction, then somehow it's allright.
What about all of those "experiences" we used to hear about? These "true" stories about people who, because of the WTS's desire not to make one person sound more important than anyone else, could not be named? The most they could narrow it down to was "a brother in Africa."?????????????? I remember being told one about this "quick build" project was in desperate need of sand and there was a huge pile of it in the adjacent lot, but there was a fence seperating the lots and the owner of the lot was fiercely opposed to JW's. The JW's were meek and asked repeatedly to be allowed to buy the sand and the man refused and ridiculed them. One night, this freak storm pops up and in the morning every ounce of sand has been magically transferred from the opposers lot to the JW's lot. Or what about the "2 pioneers in Africa" who encountered a witch doctor who was trying a spell on them , they shout "Jehovah is stronger than you." at the man, and he falls to his back as if he was shoved down. They actually put THAT "experience" in one of thei publications, I forget which one. If anyone remembers please tell me. I remember seeing an illustration of it. An "artists rendering" of the event.
I'm pretty much out. Please, feel free to share. I'm sure freded will be all "I was THERE when those 2 African pioneers yelled at....I saw it all...." Just kidding. Later all!