Diogenesister

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  Randall Watters our old friend

  by new boy in

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  does anyone here know his where about or have any updates on him?

  he hasn't been active his face book in over a year.

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  I really hope he is ok! 70 isn't massively old, so hoping he's ok? Do you think maybe Rick would know how he is??🤞

  I think it's an incredible shame free minds is no longer available and that no one was able to archive it.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  I think this is more to do with him not being so popular with exjws, with still being supported by the Athiest community who probably aren't aware of his history and of course those who were once in other cults.

  I haven't seen what this is about, but I do know there is a comradery between exMos and exjws, with much in common.
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  I made a Website to examine the scriptures/words usage in every JW publication since 1950/1970

  by ComingOutaMyCage in

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  hi everyone!i'm new here, but have been active on the reddit r\exjw community.

  i have just published a website where i analysed the last 50-70 years worth of watchtowers, awake, books, brochures, and kingdom ministries/work books.. i have collected all the data and published it at the link below.

  you can also see below an example of genesis.

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  Absolutely fascinating!! Really great work!

  I noticed those top 3 words are different combinations depending on publication eg on Kingdom ministry top words are Bible then God then Jehovah.
  

  I wonder where in the world using "What 3 words" you would find yourself with the combo jeeehovah, God and Bible?☺️
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  2 Peter and Jude and 1 Enoch

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  i'm new to the forum and i have a question about what was said in a 16-year-old thread at this forum.

  a poster by the name of leolaia said.... the author of 2 peter did not recognize that jude 6 was an allustion to 1 enoch (just as he did not realize that jude 9 was an allusion to the assumption of moses and thus rephrased it incoherently in 2 peter 2:11), or he may have objected to the enochic reference (just as jude 14-15 was omitted in 2 peter 2).

  in either case, the author overlooked the enochic allusion and instead recognized the passage as an allusion of hesiod and thus embellished the passage from jude with an allusion to hesiod's tartarus.. .

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  BelisemdeBelimakom Wow! I had no idea! Thank you.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Vintage One more title idea,... "How to Respond when your Children ask to change their last Name."😎

  Ouch! 😂😂
  
  
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  2022-Secret Watchtower Disfellowshipping Reference Manual.

  by Atlantis in

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  massive new document written by wt, 837 pages, meant for arguments vs officials and media to defend the disfellowshipping arrangement.

  found in the casefile in norway.

  meant to be secret.. .

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  Diogenesister

  I think I really missed the big news here!😕Atlantis really sorry could I bother you for a new link?😬

  Ok, let me serve up some Bar-B-Que and Cold Beer for everybody and tossed salads, and Garlic Bread. Let me see what kind of dressing we have here for the salads. (Thousand Island, Italian, Catalina with Bacon, Ranch, Vinegar and Oil.

  Grandpa!😎

  Always the Great Gourmand!!! Thank you😋👏
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  New Title:

  Freud Evans...My Life as Speakpipe's Top Problem Solver
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Take The Truth Hurts channel. He’s got 50,000 subscribers but many of his videos have over 100,000 views and some are over 1 million.

  Love this guy...perfect for new leavers. Why? Because he presents his research based ideas clearly and adds absolutely hilarious sketches into the mix

  He's another person that was hammered by Lloyd for not fawning over him, post scandal.
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  He's going to write about how cults mess with your sexuality.

  Give me strength.

  If he were gay, I'd understand. Even as a woman, being intimately questioned is f***ing abuse.

  But as an elders son? As a heterosexual man???! So they tell you you shouldn't masturbate. You shouldn't watch porn. Sex after marriage is optimal & the safest option, you shouldn't use hookers

  Oh boo bloody hoo!!!

  Thousands of societies, religions, cultures, faiths, philosophies have said the exact bloody same thing🤦🏻‍♀️ . Doesn't give you carte blanche to be an asshole.

  Kim, if you ever have the strength, your book would be far more compelling!!
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  something a good content creator will not do. He would be listening to his audience. What did Lloyd do? He started uploading the same content TWICE but in long and shorter format. Now that is one of the worst errors you can make on a social media platform: you NEVER create duplicate content.

  The reason he does this is purely financial. The same with the long rambling videos - you can cram more ads and more ad revenue in. It's not as if longer videos are more expensive for him to make.

  All his videos are incredibly cheap to make!

  He makes them at home. He doesn't even have to spend time researching anything (except watching JW broadcast, which is free). All the info is in his head .....growing up in the org it's all seared into your brain. There's only a few books that are "required reading" to gain you extra insight after you leave. He now gets free content from people sending in questions(god help us🤦🏻‍♀️)seeking help, agony aunt style.

  His ISP bills and, more recently, Tibor are literally the only ongoing costs to making his videos. Which, lets face it, are completely repetitive because once you've seen one convention you've seen them all. The Watchtower's message is the same year in year out, therefore so is his.

  Even his most expensive content was relatively cheap - aside from the flight costs - getting to film around Warwick was free & Interviewing the Dutch reclaimed voices activists was free. He even gets the kudos of calling himself a "filmmaker" over essentially a home video, in the case of the Warwick vid🙄🤣