half and half

rubistlouis

I shall give this movie a rating of 5, to be quite frank I am one of JW, some parts were actually funny and I could relate to the "cheers" part lol, anyway A lot of people are not seeing this from OUR point of view, lets get one thing straight, this girl was not an unbaptised publisher (when your not baptised but still go to meetings), this girl made a PROMISE to Jehovah that she will serve him!(at the beginning you see the girl being baptised) Another extremely important point the elders, I repeat the elders would NEVER "spy" on you or "suddenly" turn up at your door step that is NONSENSE!!! When I was going through a rough time when i was 13 yes the elders did come to see me but only to encourage and they were very caring about the whole situation. Now fast forward, when I stopped going to meeting for a while i didn't get any visits, I was engaging in sex, my mum probably knew but again there's nothing she could do, The elders only come to you if YOU APPROACH THEM!!! I wasn't "expelled" because I was not baptised, I didn't make a promise to Jehovah. AGAIN the elders WOULD NOT "expel" you if they have not spoken to you, what ******!!!! Yeah this is getting me even more upset. I've been in the world yeah I had some fun times but I had rough times, at the end of the day no one FORCES you to get baptised its your own choice, you cant make a promise to the grand creator and then suddenly decide "this isn't for me", see it from our point of view please. YOU PEOPLE WHO ARE LYING TO OUR OWN CHILDREN ABOUT A MAN COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY AND GIVING THEM PRESENTS, AN EASTER BUNNY, TOOTH FAIRY??LOOOL at least we stick with our beliefs and don't lie to our children. I was never "brainwashed" when I was younger yes i was forced to go to meetings but its what my parents know what is best for me, as Im older now and still living with my parents I go to meeting because its what I want, YES I, AS IN ME want to do, and I believe it 100% I've been to other churches and they are damn well brainwashing, so don't come like JWs are brainwashing people I made my own choices thank u very much and yes it caused my family loads of stress my mother still loves me and talks to me, YOU are only DISFELLOWSHIPPED not "EXPELLED" if you are not sorry for what you did, get your facts right. The fact still remains she was not baptised..... How the elders are portrayed in this movies is ridiculous lol when they visit you they are friendly and not "daunting", im going to stop cuz ill only get more angry, on a last note I am happy worshiping Jehovah God, you can say that my parents were JWs yes but I KNOW its the truth, I have been to other churches and what Jehovahs Witnessess are preaching is the truth, we are loving people, if you want to make a movie about JWs then get it right, and we are ALLOWED TO WATCH TV AND PLAY COMPUTER GAMES THE ELDERS DO NOT TELL US WHAT WE CANT AND CANNOT DO!!!, obviously they put it in that movie to make us seem so boring and strict, I have LOADS of fun being a JW with my friends we drink, dance, listen to CHART music like Rihanna, Beyonce all of that we are free to listen to what we want its just up to our conscience......

score 5/10

rubistlouis 13 July 2013

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