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| portcontrol7 |
 Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject: On Jehovah's Witnesses and Smurfs |
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Can any active Jehovah's Witness explain to me the process by which a Smurf comes to life and threatens people in a Kingdom Hall? I'd like more information so that I can write a paper on the physics of Satanic doll possession.
To anyone who doesn't know, Jehovah's Witnesses had an unofficial ban on all Smurf paraphenalia in the 1980's. There were stories of Smurf dolls coming to life in the Kingdom Hall (JW church) and making foul mouthed comments, others more dangerous such as Smurfs biting children while they slept.
http://shanmonster.net/rants/rant53.html
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| Pong |
| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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The most popular telling has this evil smurf withered by the Truth until it walks out saying, "I've had enough of this shit."
It's a perfect fable. The smurf represents the disbeliever. You don't want to be like that ridiculous little creature do you?
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| Hanuka |
| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:51 am Post subject: |
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Man... These Jehovas witnesses are really &$*%ed up in their brain!
Perhaps there is some special JW drug that causes them to see these nonesense... 
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:24 am Post subject: |
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That sounds odd. Very odd. But then again, just because there are stories in the distant past of wierd things, doesn't mean they're going to stop today. Are there any eyewitness accounts of this event other than Jehovah's Witnesses?
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| Scifor Refugee |
| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:42 am Post subject: |
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Heh. You all must be too young to remember this. Back in the 1980s there was fairly wide spread (and utterly hilarious) fear about this, mainly in some of the more superstitious, hyper-christian Latin American countries. Remember, these are the same people who completely flip out because they see an image somewhere that looks vaguely like a person and conclude it must be Jesus (or Mary).
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During 1983, rumors of the Smurfs' Satanic activities spread across Puerto Rico. Those who believed the theory claimed seeing Smurfs below plants in their houses, next to their beds, dressed as the devil, etc. As Telemundo Puerto Rico had just begun to telecast Smurfs programs that year, a possibility exists that a rival television channel started the rumors.
The rumors spread like wildfire through the religiously conservative Latin America, where people went so far as to claim that small, demon-like Smurfs propagated through their recorded albums and attacked those who would play their music. This was very much in tune with the prevalent belief of the 1980s of satanic propagation through recorded music, as many rock bands made open references to satanism in their work. |
http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/The_Smurfs_-_Rumors/id/2114807
Most people in the US thought it was all just hilarious, but I wouldn't be surprised if groups like the Jehovah's Witnesses took it seriously. To put it as politely as possible, they seem to live in a world that's much more interesting that the world you and I live in. |
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| portcontrol7 |
| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Yes the 1980's were a strange time in this regard.
Living in southern California, I personally felt these effects. I was very young, but I vaguely remember my box of Smurf cereal being thrown away. I also remember my niece who was my age had a Smurf board game that went out with the trash.
Jehovah, you owe me one box of sugary cereal! 
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| KALSTER |
| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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The same kind of thing has been happening with a bunch of other cartoon characters as well. These include He-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja(Hero) Turtles, PokĂ©mon, Thundercats, Power Rangers, etc. I had to get rid of a variety of figurines. What nonsense!  People’s priorities has always been severely screwed-up. One kid does something and blames it on Ash from PokĂ©mon and a whole country goes crazy, while twelve-year-old children in African countries shoot at each other with AK47's and the same people might occasionally maintain a prolonged frown.
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| Scifor Refugee |
| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah...as much as people complain about the nuttiness of christians who try to get intelligent design taught in schools etc, there was really a whole different level of crazy going on in the 1980s. Lots of people were seriously worried that bizarre satanic conspiracies were everywhere, demons were waiting to possess you if you listened to the wrong kind of rock music, evil toys could come alive and attack your children, playing certain games could give you magical demonic powers, various big companies were secretly owned by Satanists etc. I'm sure some of those people are still around, but they seem much less common and don't get nearly as much press time. |
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