The odyssey

[BLEmom]

On 7/22/2026 at 9:49 PM, dljbsp said:

A Christian should be on neither side of the woke argument. They need to be neutral. Woke is either social or political. We take no side. John 17:16

 

Exactly. Using the word “woke” in our current culture is divisive. If your mind leads you to this description quickly, what types of news or content are you feeding yourself?  It’s very hard but we have to stay out of social issues just as much as political ones. 

[Jim Jam]

1 hour ago, Hope said:

Regardless, it's still wild to me that Witnesses would be upset to the level I've noticed here. Are we really so socially/ racially conscious? 🤔

 

Respectfully I think your post, while good intentionned, shows a surface level understanding of Hollywood’s objectives.

 

It’s not about being socially/ racially conscious, it’s about not being ignorant of Satan’s schemes (2 Corinthians 2:11)

 

Are you familar with Blackrock, ESG scores, Barbara Lerner Spectre and the WEF and its relation to Hollywood?

Edited 41 minutes ago by Jim Jam

[Jim Jam]

56 minutes ago, BLEmom said:

Using the word “woke” in our current culture is divisive.

 

Wokeness is what divides. Recognizing something as woke is simply being informed of a political gambit. As Christians we must recognize propaganda if we want to remain no part of the world

 

Some of our publications also comment on how lgbt themes are being incorporated in entertainement. Wokeness is just a word that idenfies this concept by name, it doesn’t make anyone who uses it magically become non-neutral

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[trottigy]

24 minutes ago, Jim Jam said:

 

Wokeness is what divides. Recognizing something as woke is simply being informed of a political gambit. As Christians we must recognize propaganda if we want to remain no part of the world

 

Some of our publications also comment on how lgbt themes are being incorporated in entertainement. Wokeness is just a word that idenfies this concept by name, it doesn’t make anyone who uses it magically become non-neutral

 

Isn't every movie produced by someone part of the Satanic world - propaganda?

 

There is no need to delve deep into more of his propaganda to know and recognize it. It is better to look at the real item (God's word) than taking a deep study in all the counterfeits. I remember seeing "propaganda as far back as a simple movie "To Kill a Mocking Bird". Note: that would have been considered"woke" by today's standards.

 

But we can't be taken out of the world. We just have to be careful.

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[LeolaRootStew]

23 minutes ago, Jim Jam said:

 

Wokeness is what divides. Recognizing something as woke is simply being informed of a political gambit. As Christians we must recognize propaganda if we want to remain no part of the world

 

Some of our publications also comment on how lgbt themes are being incorporated in entertainement. Wokeness is just a word that idenfies this concept by name, it doesn’t make anyone who uses it magically become non-neutral

 

We can recognize propaganda without using the verbiage of politically-bent social-advocates. From the perspective of a native English-speaker, even using the word "woke" comes across as non-neutral and it was actually jarring to see it here. We have to think not only about what a word means, but what it associates us with - in this case, the American Right political spectrum.

 

"Woke" is a condemnation of the Left's political and social views - whereas we should be neutral. If you want to say something is inappropriate because it promotes homosexuality - that's fine - but the second you say it's inappropriate because it's "woke", it becomes a political stance, not a biblical one.

[Michał]

2 minutes ago, LeolaRootStew said:

 

We can recognize propaganda without using the verbiage of politically-bent social-advocates. From the perspective of a native English-speaker, even using the word "woke" comes across as non-neutral and it was actually jarring to see it here. We have to think not only about what a word means, but what it associates us with - in this case, the American Right political spectrum.

 

"Woke" is a condemnation of the Left's political and social views - whereas we should be neutral. If you want to say something is inappropriate because it promotes homosexuality - that's fine - but the second you say it's inappropriate because it's "woke", it becomes a political stance, not a biblical one.

Thank you for this clarification. As a non-native speaker or more importantly someone who isn’t living in American culture, I had quite a problem of understanding this term. 

[Jim Jam]

2 minutes ago, LeolaRootStew said:

 

We can recognize propaganda without using the verbiage of politically-bent social-advocates. From the perspective of a native English-speaker, even using the word "woke" comes across as non-neutral and it was actually jarring to see it here. We have to think not only about what a word means, but what it associates us with - in this case, the American Right political spectrum.

 

"Woke" is a condemnation of the Left's political and social views - whereas we should be neutral. If you want to say something is inappropriate because it promotes homosexuality - that's fine - but the second you say it's inappropriate because it's "woke", it becomes a political stance, not a biblical one.

 

Is Russia a dictatorship ?

 

[trottigy]

Wikipedia says of Russia:

 

Following a constitutional crisis in 1993, a new constitution was adopted, establishing a semi-presidential republic. Since the turn of the century, Russia's political system has been dominated by Vladimir Putin, under whose leadership it has experienced democratic backsliding, transforming into an authoritarian regime. 

 

 

[LeolaRootStew]

4 minutes ago, Jim Jam said:

 

Is Russia a dictatorship ?

 

 

I don't know. There are many ways to classify rulership and some of them seem to be decided upon based on people's feelings about a leader. I'm not sure if Russia is classified as a dictatorship. Here's how ChatGPT answers:

 

Spoiler

Russia isn’t usually described as a full, classic dictatorship, but it also isn’t considered a fully democratic system. Most political scientists place it somewhere in between, often using terms like:

• authoritarian state
• hybrid regime
• or competitive authoritarian system