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Monday, January 10, 2005 warning: the following post may offend. I missed one of my major guilty pleasures of 2004 in the list in the previous post and felt a need to share. I haven't really hidden this guilty pleasure and will proably continue it well into 2005. yes, yes, it's making fun of Awake! magazines. You see, when I was working in the Crowsnest Pass this nice woman would bring us in stacks of Watchtower (click this link, there's an article about the mark of the beast and what it means on there right now - AWESOME!!) and Awake! every month. While Watchtower was always much too boring to hold my interest, I continue to be facinated by Awake! It's even become a way to bond with friends and family - we often make fun of them together, calling each other to share our favourite passages. My aunt mails them up to me from the Pass, knowing what a kick I get out of them. But, seriously, with articles like "Young people ask... what's so wrong with telephone sex" (February 22, 2004), "Satisfying Our Hunger for Friendship" (December 8, 2004) (this article includes a large section about whether or not men and women can have a platonic relationship... and what the Bible has to say about it), "The Bible's viewpoint: Is Your Personality Determined by Blood Type?" (February 8, 2004) and "Young People Ask... What if He Says No?" (December 22, 2004) how can you not be entertained. We've also got great quotes like (this is Kristin's favourite): "Joy comes to all who serve Jehovah, and married people do not have a monopoly on it." ("Young People Ask... What if He Says No?" December 22, 2004, 18). Kristin's taken to paraphrasing it on a fairly regular baisis with the shortened "Married people don't have a monopoly on happiness, you know." I also really enjoy how they randomly quote various versions and translations of the bible, and then sprinkle their texts with quotes from relatively reputable sources to make them appear accurate. It's rad - my favourite parts are when they quote 3 or 4 different passages from different books of the bible after a single sentence - which, to me, implies you must read all 4 together to get the idea. Interpretation.... Or how the bible holds the answer to everything. I'll give you an example from "Young People Ask... What if He Says No?" simply because it's one of my current favourites. One part of this article tells of Marcia, who had a young man in her life who she felt was "showing her special attention" (19). So, she "asked him about his intentions, he told her that he was not interested in a relationship with her." (19). Obviously, Marcia was upset. So she pulled out her handy dandy bible and there was the answer: "Recalling the Bible's requirements for hubands helped her to realize that he simply did not measure up. This helped her to overcome her sadness." (19). Unfortunately for those of us not as familiar with the Bible as Marcia, the Bible passage outlining husband requirements was not given in the article. I guess I'll have to continue using my own, which fluctuate with amount of beer and my mood that day. Darn. There was also a great article in the December 8, 2004 issue titled: "The Bible's Viewpoint: The Internet, How To Avoid the Dangers" (18). Facinating. I won't spoil it for you all, but let me tell you, the internet is an evil place, especially those chat rooms. Lucky for us, Bible principles can safeguard us. And they're detailed. I'll spare you all, though. Anyhow, clearly Awake! (and the Jehovah Witness church) is doing something right - a heathen like me looks forward to reading them from time to time. And I write one of the longest posts in recent history about it. posted by kim | 11:31 p.m.|
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