Diogenesister

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  Is the ministry really taken seriously by most JWs?

  by XBEHERE in

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  what say you?.

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  Journey Man I said before, I do think the cart witnessing itself was not a bad idea, but the way the org has implemented it is totally ineffective, telling publishers not to engage passers-by unless they are first approached.

  When it was first introduced (here in Europe at least), publishers could offer literature held in their hands, and could engage passers-by in conversation. That seems much more appealing (to those who might be interested, of course) and more potentially effective

  I think worst thing isn't just that they don't actively engage people. The worst thing, at least for me, is the fact that if anyone does approach them all they do - all they've been instructed to do - is direct you to jW dot org!!! They won't seem to discuss anything but their ruddy Website in all its thousand and one languaged glory!!
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  Is the ministry really taken seriously by most JWs?

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  Journey man My favourite part of ministry was actually having Bible discussions/studies, because you knew the person wanted to be there, and it was a chance to really dig deeper and discuss their thoughts and feelings. But opportunities for these got rarer and rarer, partly due to increased lack of interest, but also partly due to the watering down of the study materials we were supposed to use.

  100% I loved my Bible studies. Even the crazy ones! The students who were really interested were so enjoyable. Most of the time you had to hold them back because they'd zip through the books so fast (I mean not surprising given the material). But there was so much more to delve in to back then - even if most of it turned out to be cobblers....at least it was imaginative!!😜

  I think it would be depressing to do a study now. Unless it was a six year old child who was studying. I'd find the material and the questions embarrassing to ask an adult - unless they were literally learning the language!🙄
  
  
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  Dalai Lama asking boy to suck his tongue after kissing the child on his lips.

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  the dalai lama has apologised after footage showed him asking a boy if he wanted to suck the tibetan spiritual leader's tongue.. .

  his office said he wanted to apologise to the child and his family "for the hurt his words may have caused".. .

  the video also shows the dalai lama kissing the child on his lips.. soon after the pope alleged peodo activity .

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  LMsA Totally agree.

  Also, there's another issue with these "spiritual" men living a monastic life. Let's be real here. A monastic life of self denial, among other monks, with no family, no children, no women - is not easy for most men.

  There's a reason the family unit - the more extended the better - is the way humans seem to live most successfully the world over. That's not to say there aren't problems within family's. We know there can be. But total solitude and an asexual life is not something most men - most people - find easy. It's also obvious that it's something that's going to be particularly attractive to gay men. Especially in the days before gay men could marry and live openly in their own family units.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Slim Could I suggest ... The best and most effective response to his recent YouTube begging videos would be a succinct, targeted YouTube video specifically in response to his begging videos. Because most people find him on YouTube it stands to reason that’s where most of his patrons go on to find out about him as well. They are not reading forums or websites.

  Excellent idea! You are exactly right Slim and this is what we need to do
  
  

  An effective video shouldn’t be much longer than 20 minutes or so

  Bloomin' 'Eck Slim, it's going to be hard cramming everything rotten the poncing Git has done in just 20 minutes!!😂🤣🤣

  You're right again though. Succinct is best!
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Debra We should also edit his confession livestream video, not add anything to it I mean but instead of the rambling on keep the key points in his own words where he clearly admits to using prostitutes every 3 or 4 months over the last (was it) four years? How he publicly admits his wife doesn't satisfy him and he can't control his dick all in his own words, he admitted to dating a sex worker

  Great idea....it needs to be titled "The Lloyd Evans Defamation Campaign" so people can find it easily.

  Remember Ex Cult Baby's post on Facebook challenging him and calling him a liar.
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Claiming he didn't go to Thailand for sex! The liar! What about the photos with the massive pupils and that stupid grin, because he's thinking about sex with that girl!

  What about his Facebook post? Andrew Gold ("dating"). What about the fact he told Ex Cult Baby??

  Kim did he admit it to you? That he went to visit sex 'workers' in Thailand?

  I've had it with Dijana. She's obviously prioritising money over principals. I fail to see what she could possibly do for his videos except make a couple of phonecalls.

  My "team"!?! A manipulated ex wife he's humiliated in the worst way publicly and has terrified her the kids will starve if she doesn't put up and shut up. A video editor who would find it virtually impossible to get any other editing job in Croatia. Such genuinely loyalty.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Kim My is my guess that he is out of contract and included that dialog only for the purpose of drama

  Since we know he's not really skint that's a given! Makes total sense since he probably actually signed contracts a year ago (?)
  
  
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  Is English a hybrid language?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  the short answer is no, it is not.. i have heard one or two proposals that it is, including from langfocus, a usually excellent youtube channel.. but no, english is actually a germanic language which has borrowed many words from other languages.

  here are several reasons why english is germanic at its core .... 1. verb forms.

  i play - ich spiele.

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  TD Or cardinal numbers as another example. American English omits the word, "and" for numbers higher than 100, just like German. --One hundred five / ein­hundert­fünf

  Aha! You've explained something I always wondered about!

  I'd imagine the influence comes not only from German settlers, but also all the non Germans whose mother tongue is Yiddish, which of course is German derived.
  
  
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  Has Tony been abducted by Aliens?

  by Mit123 in

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  probably but they’ve sent him back pretty darn quick!

  i have from a very reliable source that he attends one of the poughkeepsie ny congregations.

  i think there are 5 congregations there might be worth paying a visit if anyone lives near there..

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  Can you ask your contact the big question-

  did he partake of the emblems yesterday?

  that is an obvious question that everyone wants to know

  Unless he's lost his faith completely I doubt very much he wouldn't.

  As long as a JW hasn't been DF he would still partake, GB or not. What "privileges" they have doesn't affect anointing (see: women JWs lol)
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  In other words LE wants to back out of a contract and expects not to be asked to pay what has committed in full. If not, he will again claim some sort of unfairness just because he is not being given special treatment.

  I noticed that Slim. What's annoying is that chances are he picked a landlord who is asking a more than reasonable rate. You know Lloyd would never pay the going rate for anything.