Posts by Diogenesister

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I'm now turned off by this site
by purrpurr in
1. jw
2. friends
in one form or another i've been a member of this site for almost 10 years.

in the past this was a great place for debate, news and support for ex jws.

i logged on several times a day and posted several times a week.
Diogenesister

So thats where ExBethelitePIMA ran off too.....
😂😂🤣Oh Syd you are awful....but I like you!(heaves bosom)
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Diogenesister

JM His reaction to events in the JW world lately has been very lacklustre, and that's in part because he's lost the contacts he used to have and also, as others have noted, he's clearly lost interest and is just going through the motions now despite his claims that this is his livelihood and he is committed to his "work".
Loss of contacts is a major problem for him for sure.
However there have been some pretty major breakthrough's recently for activists in various countries - such as Norway - and JW interest stories like the Vardy documentary. There's also a big protest planned for WBTS of Pennsylvania for the first time. Tied in with the huge story there regarding the Grand Jury investigation & Martin Haughs subpoena to testify, together with other witness elders.
But your'll hear none of this from Cedars because for years he's refused to cover stories if they are in any way connected with an EXJW he has an issue with.
Or in fact even if he doesn't have beef with anyone, but is just butt hurt that HE hasn't been invited to play the starring role in whatever is happening. Especially if there's any press coverage.
He really is that petty and perfectly willing to damage his channel - and career - than give a moment's air time to his own personal "book bag of deplorables"!
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Reddit post about elder asking congregation for money to fix his car!
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. friends
yes, there’s a post on reddit.

it says that after a zoom meeting a request was made to baptized publishers to give $20 apiece to fix this elder’s car.. while this sounds highly irregular to me and not necessarily approved by the religion, i am not at all surprised at the nerve.

this, unfortunately, seems to be the direction that things are going there!
Diogenesister

As LitleRockGuy mentioned, if this was something they did for everyone in need I wouldn't have a problem with it (and if the org - worth billions - didn't keep badgering for cash). But it's only for the privileged company men these days.
(TonusOH yes when I was young we were in a group of good people. As I grew older and moved I was shocked at the cold heartedness)
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Diogenesister

his statement right here just confirmed it for me LMsA is a female!!! Men would not know of this variety of menstruation. Welcome to the club LMsA, female here as well. I was always thinking you were a man
Always thought she was a girl😂Much too emotionally switched on!!!
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Diogenesister

The PATREOFF ( and funny acceptance speech would be nice, )
(by the way are you all O.k with the name ?)
Love it!!😂🔥🔥❤️
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Rainbow 🌈 Law Makers will turn on Religion NOT the UN
by JohnTron7 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it should be starting to become more clear to people what i've stated for years on this site.

the threat against religion that becomes pivotal will come from lgbtq politicians forcing through " hate crime" bills aimed at religions.

in the past i have had a " maybe" statement from only one commenter.
Diogenesister

Nony mouse Recent polls suggest that the kids are a lot less interested in all this social j́ustice crap. It has always been for kids to be counter culture, now that it is your 40 year old teacher and the mainstream media and companies taking the positions, it’s not cool anymore
Totally agree. My kids and their mates are the newer school age generation and they think it's bonkers. Just roll their eyes at it all.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Diogenesister

I'll bite. I'm going to guess 511. Unless someone already has so I'll be generous and guess 519.
Edit: my guess is 519 because the first guess is taken😜
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Diogenesister

😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Tobey5 you're a star!!!Love u!🤣
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It's official: JW celeb Nicolas King publicly out
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
after years of speculation, jw movie star & chorus member nicolas king, who ironically starred as the bad guy espousing homosexuality in a jw movie, has coupled up with his performing partner and also performed in a church for pride month.. .

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Diogenesister

He's finally figured out he can become super famous - cha Ching - by writing his memoir & making a movie/documentary, about his JW struggles as a gay man.
Nevermind the suicides he may have triggered or misery he caused after hypocritically performing in that repugnant anti gay JW film.
I feel for him being raised a JW as a gay man but he didn't have to reinforce the suffering of others by agreeing to star in Watchtower's homophobic propaganda.
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God and Unicorns
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. bible
atheist scientists now agree that "elasmotherium sibiricu" lived with humans.

all they had to do was read their bible to know that.

job 39:9 “will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?”.
Diogenesister

Just because the Bible writers used the word unicorn (if indeed that is a reasonable translation) doesn't mean they believed in its existence. Perhaps they were using creative licence in order to make a point or embellish an illustration like any other author?