If I remember that kingdom news about false religion with the lightning on the cover it was the same one that condemned other religions that tolerate homosexuality. The GB hasn’t changed the rules on that, yet, anyway.
slimboyfat
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Prediction: no more changes for a long while
by slimboyfat ini’ve noticed a pattern where things don’t go the way i expect them to go and/or whenever i realise there is a trend and, i mentally adjust for the idea that the trend will continue, the trend stops in its tracks.
so on that basis, and given many people, including myself, and active jws, have been asking ‘what changes will the governing body make next?’ perhaps the (disappointing) answer is: ‘nothing much for a while to come’.
maybe they’ve made the changes they want for now, and will wait a while and see how it’s received.
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Prediction: no more changes for a long while
by slimboyfat ini’ve noticed a pattern where things don’t go the way i expect them to go and/or whenever i realise there is a trend and, i mentally adjust for the idea that the trend will continue, the trend stops in its tracks.
so on that basis, and given many people, including myself, and active jws, have been asking ‘what changes will the governing body make next?’ perhaps the (disappointing) answer is: ‘nothing much for a while to come’.
maybe they’ve made the changes they want for now, and will wait a while and see how it’s received.
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I’ve noticed a pattern where things don’t go the way I expect them to go and/or whenever I realise there is a trend and, I mentally adjust for the idea that the trend will continue, the trend stops in its tracks.
So on that basis, and given many people, including myself, and active JWs, have been asking ‘what changes will the Governing Body make next?’ Perhaps the (disappointing) answer is: ‘nothing much for a while to come’. Maybe they’ve made the changes they want for now, and will wait a while and see how it’s received. Unless there’s a majority on the Governing Body eager to dump 1914, then now might be a good time to do that. Otherwise is there anything big on the to do list? I can’t think.
I am a bit disappointed with the shunning change because it goes nowhere near far enough. In a way it has unhelpfully underlined that you’re not supposed to have meals / holidays / social events with DFed people. Because, for people with DFed relatives, being able to say hello at the meeting doesn’t cut it. You want to sit down, have something to eat, or go on a trip together. I reckon many JWs were already doing those things with DFed people, just avoiding doing it conspicuously or at the Kingdom Hall. So the new rules are much harsher than what they were doing up to now and restating them in this way only serves to underline that you’re not supposed to socialise.
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Do COs and Branch Officials Have A Rulebook?
by NotFormer inelders have a rulebook.
do cos and their superiors have a similar written set of guidelines setting out everything they're supposed to be on top of?.
what prompted the question was a statement by jehovax that there is a new elders manual coming out due to the new changes.
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slimboyfat
Yes, COs have a book, and there are branch books too. Don’t know where to find them. Atlantis will know!
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Beautiful photos
by LoveUniHateExams inso, i thought i'd start a thread about any beautiful photos of places you've been to, or just beautiful photos.. i'll go first .... .
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copyright: daniel burton.. this is bøur, a little village in the faeroe islands, population 74.. i've never been there but i'd love to visit one day.
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slimboyfat
St Lucia looks amazing 👍
I’d love to visit New Zealand too nice pictures
This is Bruges last year. Going again soon. It’s once of my favourite places
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon inuh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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I don’t know how you can say it’s a British thing. It was the US that inflicted American Pie on us in the 1990s. Never understood the humour in that. 🤔 -
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Beautiful photos
by LoveUniHateExams inso, i thought i'd start a thread about any beautiful photos of places you've been to, or just beautiful photos.. i'll go first .... .
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copyright: daniel burton.. this is bøur, a little village in the faeroe islands, population 74.. i've never been there but i'd love to visit one day.
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slimboyfat
It’s Castlerigg stone circle near Keswick in the Lake District.
Here’s another from the same day
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Beautiful photos
by LoveUniHateExams inso, i thought i'd start a thread about any beautiful photos of places you've been to, or just beautiful photos.. i'll go first .... .
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copyright: daniel burton.. this is bøur, a little village in the faeroe islands, population 74.. i've never been there but i'd love to visit one day.
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slimboyfat
I would love to visit the Faeroes they look amazing. I follow a photographer Nigel Danson who has some great photos of the Faeroes.
https://www.nigeldanson.com/gallery/faroe-islands
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Beautiful photos
by LoveUniHateExams inso, i thought i'd start a thread about any beautiful photos of places you've been to, or just beautiful photos.. i'll go first .... .
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copyright: daniel burton.. this is bøur, a little village in the faeroe islands, population 74.. i've never been there but i'd love to visit one day.
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slimboyfat
I was here yesterday
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon inuh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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slimboyfat
Speaking of costs, what the hell did he need fundraiser for?
Because he’s greedy. No other reason than that. Oh, and because he thinks people are stupid, and it turns out he is right.
Amazon’s sales rank updates regularly and reflects recent sales only. His sales rank before the scandal broke was much better than it is now.
I’m a little surprised you have got so many reviews from that number of sales but I take it on board as an indication of a reasonable ratio.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon inuh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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slimboyfat
You are correct that there are some reasons to suspect that more buyers would have left reviews of his book than for other books. Even taking that into account 600 reviews is still a very high number of reviews and indicates a high number of sales.
Crisis of Conscience is the most high profile ex-JW book ever, people have also been highly motivated to praise and promote that book, it has been around much longer than LE’s book, and yet it only has 35% or so more reviews than LE’s book on Amazon. (Plus another factor, for people who know Amazon well, is that CofC has been around since the beginning of Amazon, when writing reviews was much more common than it is now. By 2017 purchasers were less inclined to leave book reviews than they were in the early days.)
Another factor is that LE’s reviews count has been artificially suppressed because he, or someone acting on his behalf, has succeeded in getting many negative reviews of his book removed from the site over the years. So the actual number of reviews left for his book is higher than the nearly 600 reviews that remain on the site.
He has many more reviews of his book than other near competitors - Eric Wilson has 65 reviews for example. Don Cameron’s book, which was very popular at one time, has 100 reviews. Neil Gardner, a more interesting YouTuber, and probably much better writer than LE has 84 reviews.
I doubt his sales are as low as 10,000 but I can’t prove you wrong. Even if that is the ballpark figure it’s still a phenomenally successful self-published book by any standard.
Again, I’m not arguing it’s a good book. The parts I’ve seen are crap and people who think it’s any good are dumb in my opinion. But the idea LE needs to take lessons on writing a book that sells is for the birds. If the argument is that it’s a crap book despite its success then I’m on board with that. But I don’t think he cares about that.