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

  by Simon in

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  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  LMsA I doubt there’s much more to the Tibor dispute than money.

  Yup. At bottom, Just like Watchtower, with Cedars it's really only about the ¢a$h mon€¥
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  Former Kingdom Hall is now a Swaminarayan Temple!

  by Atlantis in

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  this former kingdom hall is now a hindu swaminarayan temple!

  to the far right of the picture, the two tower pillars are obvious by the red and green flags.

  https://pdfupload.io/docs/d8e6115a .

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  Makes sense for the devil to pool his resources

  More Christian bigotry Sea Breeze?

  NGL Nic it is kinda funny though😂😂
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

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  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  LMsA Not saying he should drop the G entirely as they do in the American South

  As they do around here in the London Sarf, too👍🏻

  Derek M I love how he makes it a JW Watch bulletin, as if that website is still relevant. O'Donnell did most of the writing in past years and the last entry is one of his from August 2021.

  Honestly he should have trading Standards after him for false advertising.....JW Watch my arse!! Without O'Donnell & Kim it's rubbish
  
  
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  Question on an article back in the late 90s

  by greenhornet in

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  a "sister" that was in "truth" was a discussion one sunday at the meeting .she was in an iron lung ,anyone here might give a link.

  i dont want a j dum dot com link.

  just curious.. thank you .

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  Wow Green hornet - did you ever put your life story down for posterity??

  That story is absolutely heartbreaking rending. Iron lungs were a kind of terror when I was young. We would read such stories with awe. Not that anyone my generation had to suffer the terrible effects of polio....thanks to vaccines. Those were the days when medicine was not so profit driven. I had a great aunt with the condition. She walked with calipers and sticks.
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  I Wrote a Young Adult Novel About Being a Witness...Looking for beta-readers

  by pr0ner in

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  hey everyone, i posted this over on reddit as well, but recently i wrote a young adult novel about the pressures of growing up as a wtiness.

  i am looking for some volunteers who would be interested in reading it and giving me feedback.

  the novel is a little over 75,000 words and would be around 200- 250 pages in book form if i were to guess roughly.

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  Well I'm available for 'editing'. So I'm fairly good at grammar, etc. I could have a look at your draft for that kind of thing?

  Not trained or owt😉

  Are you aiming for the Micheal Morpurgo type age group?
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  Finding Neverland

  by Freeorange in

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  add bookmark.

  #1. i have to start off this post by saying i am not intending to insult or offend.

  these are just our observations over our entire lives in the org.

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  Magnum I observed all that the whole while thinking that my wife and I will have nobody - not one single soul. I worry that I will die first and leave her completely alone in the world.

  Reading this breaks my heart. I only wish I lived near you. I'm longing for family, too.

  You know what hurts too? My own beautiful boys were shunned by my own mother. They have no other living grandparents and all the extended family they had died of cancer. I would have given anything to have a surrogate couple to be grandparents to them. They are lovely kids, would have brought pleasure and joy wherever they went and I know they feel bad they have no family.

  Where was "Grandparents R US' when I needed them?

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  OP Orange I have noted similar "arrested development" in witnesses. I think I suffered from it myself before I left. A child-like state is "safe" - because we are not allowed to grow into adults emotionally, after all we may develop adult 'interests' which are generally forbidden as JWs!!! There's no temptation if you don't stray from the preoccupations of your average 9 year old.
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

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  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  Jw have just lost the appeal in Norway.

  Probably another nothingburger for Lloyd

  ......mainly because he's got the arse ache with Jan Frode Nilsen - surprise surprise🙄

  Here's an excellent interview with Jan by another arse ache victim, Avoid JW. Both real activists - or exjw advocates - that make a difference in the world.

  https://avoidjw.org/news/advocacy-norway-trial/

  even if he keeps his nose to the grindstone (and c'mon, he should! LOL)

  Simon that was a banger😂
  
  
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  For all JW's: Stop calling others "apostates."

  by BoogerMan in

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  if you don't want to be thrown into gehenna, read what your own faithful evil slave & christ say:.

  cj chap.

  3 p. 110 chapter 3 - "jesus christ said: “whoever says, ‘you despicable fool!’ (apostate) will be liable to the fiery gehenna.” (matt.

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  The great majority of JWs couldn't begin to show you what a genuine apostate is from the Bible itself.

  Well that's it. They're mostly apostates themselves.
  
  
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  Changing Avatar

  by MillennialDawn in

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  i have tried several times but my avatar won't change.

  any suggestions?

  thank you.

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  Diogenesister

  You could try posing in the technical help section. That way Simon will see your question and hopefully help you sort it. I'm guessing you've posted refresh?? Sometimes it takes a moment.
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  Again, More confusion about the direction of the Watchtower Society

  by Truth and Justice in

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  hi friends, i have not been on this board in awhile, and i would like to get some thoughts from some of you.

  i have noticed a change within my 4 siblings in approximately the last year and a half to 2 years regarding their communication with my mother and i. they have either phoned us, texted, emailed, or written a letter or card to us.

  the conversation has been good, and on any topic that comes to mind.

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  And up until recently, I never thought that the GB would try to reform the Church ... and yet now we are seeing signs of them trying.

  But do they have the courage, to do a good job of it? Or will the reluctance for change, make them want to drag things out, too long? I just don't know.

  No Zombie My old pal I think it's all about money (as usual!). Donations are going down and their 'outside consultancy firm' has probably told them if they want to keep the coffers coming in, they need to stop hemorrhaging JWs and lighten up.

  Of course we also have plenty of PiMOs not donating now, too!