Diogenesister

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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Bet Yes. It is."

  TiM Okay, Lloyd thank you for your reply.

  I'm Lloyd!!

  ......no I'm Lloyd!!!
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  Will Ukraine win?

  by Fisherman in

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  i was under the impression that it was going to be a short war, that russia’s military would indeed subdue ukraine’s forces quickly but that is not happening.

  seems that russia’s military power is much less than it’s reputed to be.

  no guess how it will all end..

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  Bet all they have to show for their time on earth is a cellar full of shitty dried food and 100,000 rounds of moldy ammo spilling out of every closet.

  TonusOH3 minutes ago

  On the bright side, no JW has managed to make it to his doorstep alive in the past eleven years.

  Betty, TonusOHYou're both a gas😂😂🙌😭😭
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  Vince Deporter has passed away.

  by Las Malvinas son Argentinas in

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  exjw and artist (sponge bob) vince deporter has passed away at 63.. vince was an intense yet sweet guy.

  we didn’t always agree but he’d always swing by later and either smooth things out or just move on.

  he held no grudges.. he’ll be missed...

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  Vince was a sweetheart. As talented and successful as he was, he would encourage me with sketch work. Humble and warm.

  Too young to go, too. Anyone know how? Very tragic.
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  Will Ukraine win?

  by Fisherman in

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  i was under the impression that it was going to be a short war, that russia’s military would indeed subdue ukraine’s forces quickly but that is not happening.

  seems that russia’s military power is much less than it’s reputed to be.

  no guess how it will all end..

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  One little factoid I discovered yesterday that really surprised me is that Russia's economy is at the same level as Australia's. I assumed it was an economic power house with its natural resources, land mass and population.
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  It was good enough for C.T. Russell.....

  by BoogerMan in

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  ....but not for jw's!.

  w70 4/15 p. 250 -"in 1870 charles taze russell...was not satisfied with the sectarian [jw's are sectarian] explanations of the bible given him, so he started a bible-study class with several of his friends....".

  km 9/07 p. 3 question box - "does “the faithful and discreet slave” endorse independent groups of witnesses who meet together to engage in scriptural research or debate?

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  JW's are sectarian

  Ain't that the truth
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  My Prediction Regarding New Space Telescope That Will See Back to 100 Million Years From the Big Bang

  by Sea Breeze in

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  a new space telescope launched a few days age that will supposedly be able to see to within 100 million years of the big bang.

  wow... only 100 million years from the big bang.

  that is pretty early given the 12 billion year age of the universe assigned by scholars who adhere to naturalism.

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  Nonny This is exactly why I absolutely hate media sensationalism of scientific discoveries. I understand it, I worked in academia and we had a dedicated full time media person just to hype the latest discovery for the next funding round.

  I would imagine this is the case. The data will be unintelligible to most people so they put it into simple to understand terms, which can end up kind of being incorrect.
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Matt Dillahunty and some of the others are just as creepy.

  Damn straight. I cannot bear that man.
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Thisismein1972: He says he dreams of leaving Twitter. Well why dream when all he has to do is hit that deactivate account button.

  TOH Just like his relationship with his penis, he has yet to master the "log out" function.

  (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)🙌🙌🤣🤣I'm dead
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  The Jehovah's Witness religion has gone for good !!!

  by snare&racket in

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  i am not sure how you all feel as we all left at different times for different reasons.... but this new bible seems to have put some final nails into a coffin that was once my jw life.

  the religion is so far and so different to the religion i grew up in that it has become something i feel no affiliation with anymore, no bond, no shared ideas or even sentimental views.

  different teachings on when the end is coming.

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  What a brilliant post Snares !!! I chuckled at so many of them. When I looked at the date I had a good snort, too! I only noticed because of the new Bible comment ...I thought does OP mean a new foreign language translation? Or have they gone and done a new, completely loopy translation complete with Governing Boobies in Jerusalem that Paul (definitely did) visit. And a wicked and adulterous overlapping generation that keeps getting the sign wrong (shurely shome mishtake....Toni (hic) M.)
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Some thoughts on Lloyd, Russia and aggressive activism:

  I think Lloyd forgets it was only the organisation that was under ban in Russia. Believing as a Witness is not under ban... so refusing blood won't get you in trouble per sa. for the naysayers I always think Imagine if Watchtower had been stopped before your family had joined...how good would that have been?! There are arguments against the methods Putin uses, but that doesn't necessarily make the end result bad.

  I think Lloyds conflating Russia with his grudge against aggressive activism in that video was more born from not being centre stage.

  Anyway how does he define so called aggressive activism? Was the ANC aggressive? Was ML King? Gandhi?! Yes! By Lloyds measure they were! Even a "sit in" would count as aggressive.

  I don't believe all activism must be physical. That documentaries or written articles are not effective or don't contribute.The pen really can be mightier than the sword. I would certainly say Barb Anderson's campaigning website and Marc O'Donnell's work on CSA for sure count as effective activism.

  What about Lloyds"Passive" activism? Does it exist? Perhaps signing an online petition would count, for example. Or as Kim mentioned making you tube videos.

  But is it really "activism"? Or is it mainly information with some opinion? And If it is activism is it effective?

  Just because I don't see it as activism doesn't mean i discount all Lloyds work as unimportant. The video he made about the Dutch reclaimed voices, for example, was excellent because it got the information out. But was it activism? Or was it about activism?