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

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  Perfect song Slimboyfat.

  I hope Dijana is able to get out and about sometimes, to meet someone. She deserves a decent guy, even though I guess she did love him😔
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  father was the one that caused so many problems and he still is, at least 3 I know stopped going to the meetings because of him, I supposed his offspring copied his dreadful traits, it was all about his elders position in the congregation and Isuppose after the death of the mother both kids where left to their devices .I don't remember Lloyd causing any problems I always thought polite and quite I suppose all these traits were dormant to fester later on in his adult life

  Whatever we think of what Lloyds done it doesn't mean he's not right about his father being an a**hole towards his grandkids. Ok they are told to shun their baptised kids but we all know loving grandparents who have gotten around that by seeing their grandkids and therefore their kids.

  Lloyd & Dijana even tried to visit him with Jessica, so she could meet her grandad, and he wouldn't answer the door. Those kids will never know their British family or know they are British. Watchtower is a monster for the shunning policy but we all know JWs who have put family first, such as Dijana's lovely parents.
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  Preaching the Good News with Rising Gas Prices?

  by truthlover123 in

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  i fear this could put an end to travelling a territory due to rising prices- where i am located in canada, we are now paying $2.08 per liter .

  now since there is 3.79 litres in one gallon that equates to $7.88 per gallon... .

  how many in a car group will kick in?

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  So in the UK we pay around $10.63 for our petrol.

  As someone posted in another thread cities are expensive places to have a car, my insurance is double that of family who live in Cambridgeshire/Suffolk. Let alone we have to pay a toll just to go through parts of london.I haven't kept my own car since my boys were younger when I really needed one.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  But Zagreb is an interesting choice as it is an hour away and he doesn't need to be there for work. Why not get a place in Sisak, population 47,000? It's not exactly metropolitan but it's not in the middle of a forest either. And it's minutes from the village his daughters live in.

  😔😔😔Exactly. Whatever I feel about Cedars ....I'm so sorry for those kids. I'm sure many of you know how much it hurts when a parent leaves. Kids always love their parents.

  This shows you where his priorities lay. A good social life versus seeing his kids as often as possible. This is not a young man either, he's mid 40s to 50.
  
  
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  Help please.

  by lastmanstanding in

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  recently, in the past few months, and this only applies to in dubs who might have taken note, the watchtower study edition made a change.

  it mentioned the “warning work” where dubs are going to march around and proclaim everyone is going to die.. anyway, this article said it was now only a possibility, not a sure thing.. i can’t find it.

  did watchtology change it already?.

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  Blondie The WTS has always said that when the great tribulation starts, there will be no way any non-jws will escape the judgment of Armageddon, the door will be closed. Then jws would go door to door telling people their destruction is near. It is an old concept that has been tweaked over the years as to details and timing

  Which, if you think about it is not only full on bonkers but pretty unsafe. If your preaching work is now over......stay home!

  If the GT has started, people will be pretty frightened.

  If you then go knock on someone's door to tell them they're going to die and not only can they not do anything about it, but to actually gloat that YOU as a JW will be fine.......you're very likely to get someone willing to try that little theory out!🤕🤕😂
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Vintage Where is Cora's post, please?

  Edit: Don't worry I've found it. I agree Cora writes extremely well. Absolutely harrowing stuff. I don't know what to say..😥
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  Help please.

  by lastmanstanding in

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  recently, in the past few months, and this only applies to in dubs who might have taken note, the watchtower study edition made a change.

  it mentioned the “warning work” where dubs are going to march around and proclaim everyone is going to die.. anyway, this article said it was now only a possibility, not a sure thing.. i can’t find it.

  did watchtology change it already?.

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  Wow I haven't heard of this, sorry lastmanstanding.

  Very interesting if they have changed it, though! Finally... a little humility creeping in maybe???🤔
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  BREAKING. European Court rules for Jehovah's Witnesses in long-awaited "extremism" case

  by Corney in

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  in 6-1 judgment, the ecthr found that the forced dissolution of jehovah’s witnesses religious organisations in russia, the banning of their religious literature and international website on charges of extremism, the revocation of the permit to distribute religious magazines, the criminal prosecution of individual jehovah’s witnesses, and the confiscation of their property unlawfully interfered with their human rights.

  the only dissenting judge is apparently mikhail lobov, who was nominated by the russian government.. .

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  I don't understand why Russia simply removes any tax breaks they get, remove their status as a religion and merely classifies them as a business (which they are).

  Then go all out in organising an official enquiry into their child abuse problem, like CARC. An inquiry Into the shunning of minors, the illegal pressure they put on members to refuse blood, & Watchtower orders not to vote. All on pain of shunning & DF/DA.

  All of these things are legit methods of bringing the organization terrible publicity, driving away converts & making Watchtower in Russia's life difficult & costly.

  They may possibly even force change on some of their behaviours if heavy financial penalties are at stake.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Twitter Lloyd Evans parody posted this. Is this real? If it is....it's painful. She must be hurting. I'd assumed because she hadn't defended him she was p***ed off with him. Not sure.......should we post these kind of messages? Because they're painful (I know I .....I have. I just wanted to know if it's real or not?)

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

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  LMSA Because he doesn't so much as view himself as a victim as much as it has always seemed to be a competition to him and he is constantly on the lookout to "one-up" them.

  Makes sense being that they kicked him out and he's looking to get them back

  You're spot on. He's such a raging narc, I really believe he sees himself in some kind of battle of wills contest with Watchtower.

  His cerebral cortex might be telling him he is trying to debunk everything about this cult.

  But the underlying frail ego cannot help but want revenge for the complete sense of rejection he feels from his replacement "mother".