Just to say the link to best of Mexico and Malawi isn't working. Is there a way to resurrect it please?
Diogenesister
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Best of Topics
by Simon insome people had a penchant for posting their topics directly into the "best of topics" area.
it seemed more than a little arrogant to me that some imagined their every utterance was immediately a greatest hit but maybe people weren't clear on what that area was intended for .... from now on you won't be able to start new topics there.
if anyone wants to submit a topic to be added there (perhaps an index to a curated list of other topics by a user or on a certain subject / theme) then just start one in "suggestions" and pm me and, if it is suitable, then i'll move it into there.. existing topics posted there recently have been moved to more appropriate areas..
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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Is begging for money against you tube terms of service?
It bloody should be.
lets say) £10 - £20 a month
That's quite a lot I doubt most will be paying that. On the other hand he'll have one or two who donate a lot (like the person who donated £1000 when he said he was skint last time).
Most of these people won't be well off and will have to stop at some point. There's probably a lot whose first language isn't English and have no idea about this and/or the atheist community. He's a scumbag of the highest order. But it can't last forever.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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Good job u/callsign_viperr (no idea who that is!)
Seems like you woke "the 'Guvnor" up lol
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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Omg. 447 Patrons. 60 in the last 3hrs.
Fighting a loosing battle.
More creators are coming along, better creators are coming along and he no longer gets his "leeks," nor will decent people (when they find out) work with him.
He'll get a few more patrons. Sure. But if he keeps begging every few months people will cotton on to him. Eventually. God it's so like the Borg it's unreal! I used to think people were being extra when they compared his technique with the Borg but... jeese Louise....he can't bloody help himself, can he?!!!
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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It's only sheer laziness that stops him firing Tibor ....there's got to be a real race/battle going on his head between his total greed (sack Tibor) and his consummate laziness (keep Tibor) 😂😂
Now that's what I call congnative dissonance!
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Almost got caught lying about listening in to yesterday's Memorial
by RULES & REGULATIONS ini have not attended any kingdom hall meetings in 10 years.
the elders gave up on me a while ago.. the last 3 years i get phone calls to listen in to zoom meetings.
listened in several times... nothing has changed!
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Plot twist: There WAS no Bethelite or slide presentation. She already knows.
Fortunately she's a real sweetie (hence R & R doesn't have the heart to tell her no).
If it were my family that's exactly what they'd do!!😜
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Court case Jehovah's Witnesses Norway kicked off
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://cne.news/article/2827-court-case-jehovah-s-witnesses-norway-kicked-off.
norwegian jehovah's witnesses are in court this wednesday and thursday.
they are fighting the government's decision to remove their registration as a religious community.. .
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Samcats don't recall any articles with parents not eating with their children.
Samcats I've been looking for it but I'll tell you what it looked like so it may jog your memory.
There is either a fairly small photo or a drawing (bluish in tone?) of an older man (the father) sitting alone in the kitchen, at a small table (that may be attached to a wall) with his back to the door. He is eating alone in the house because his teenaged son has been disfellowshipped. The angle is sort of from above.
It is a sort of life story I believe of a JW father whose young teenage son still living at home has been disfellowshipped. If I remember rightly the father was what we would probably call 'soft shunning' his son in the home because he believes it's what God wants, Is the moral thing to do and (of course) will bring his son back to watchtower. It intimates the son expects a normal relationship because he's still at home but the father makes it clear - by eating alone and keeping contact to a minimum - that that will not happen.
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Court case Jehovah's Witnesses Norway kicked off
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://cne.news/article/2827-court-case-jehovah-s-witnesses-norway-kicked-off.
norwegian jehovah's witnesses are in court this wednesday and thursday.
they are fighting the government's decision to remove their registration as a religious community.. .
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Not being a JW a father may not want a son to use druxs or live a amoral lifestyle. The gov protects a person’s right to be free but a parent wants his son to be happy and to be healthy and to prosper. He won’t tolerate conduct that he believes is devastating to his child. The group lives by a moral code and allowing conduct outside the morality harms the offender and the group. The group should not be forced by the gov to tolerate conduct outside beliefs and practices of the group.
And they are not forced to tolerate conduct outside their beliefs and practices. They are even free to shun. As adults.
But the government has a duty to protect minors and social isolation is one of the cruelest things you can do to a social animal.
If the father who wanted his son to stop drugs started beating him with a whip, the government would step in and stop it because it's child abuse. Even if the result was the child stopped drugs.
But all of this is moot because, again for those at the back (Fisherman!) no one is stopping them practising their faith as they see fit . The government has certain criteria that any religion applying for the hand out must adhere too. Freedom to leave without consequences is one and child protection is another. Watchtower simply does not meet that criteria.
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In the 70s 80s & even 90s I knew Witnesses with real careers and good jobs give it all up to go out in the ministry as full time pioneers. There was none of this counting time by dumping a watchtower in the launderette then going on a two hour lunch break, either. So yes, I knew people who took it very seriously. Many others who put in good hours were were wracked with guilt at not being able to pioneer full time.
Nowadays I've no idea because I'm not in close touch with anyone. I expect they excuse the ineffective cart witnessing as direction from the chariot so there must be a good reason to do it. Right? 🙄
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We're you regular at all the meetings?
by Hellothere inwe're you regular at the 3 meetings days watchtower hade?
i remember our was tuesday, thursdays and saturdays.
in reality it's crazy they hade so many meetings.
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Or as my rancher friends from Texas would say -- Big hat. No cattle.
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In Sarf London we say "All mouth and no trousers"☺️
If there was such a hurry with preaching, why not have less meetings and let JWs be out more in service?
Good point hellothere