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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).
JeffT

In a bygone era "Crime of insult" was the sort of thing that led to pistols at dawn. If we still did things that way this thread would be about 250 pages shorter.
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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).
JeffT

He's pretty inactive for somebody that calls himself an activist.
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JeffT's Mystery Novel
by dropoffyourkeylee in
1. jw
2. friends
jefft, a frequent poster here, asked me to review his recent book published in 2021:.

--- armageddon's disciples, when prophecy fails --- by jeff thomas.

i found it very interesting and well worth the time to read.
JeffT

Thank you for the wonderful review. As a writer, it is always nice to get a pat on the back. I created a religion for the books because I didn't want this to be about one religion. I had hoped to provide my readers with a glimpse of the emotional impact of cult life, something that is hard to convey in academic discussion.
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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).
JeffT

It's possible that his lawyer has asked him to keep the details quiet,
Again, drawing on the times I've been involved in such matters. Either there is no lawyer, or Lloyd isn't paying attention to him. My experience tells me the conversations sound like this:
Lawyer: Lloyd stop talking about this, I will handle it.
Lloyd: But...
Lawyer: Shut up.
Lloyd: But...
Lawyer: Shut the fuck up.
Lloyd: But...
Lawyer: Go find another lawyer.
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
JeffT

If he thinks the lawyers are now going to "handle" everything and leave him free to do his activism (whatever that is) he is sadly mistaken. I've been on both sides of lawsuits, they are soul-sucking monsters that will take over your life.
Maybe the legal system in Croatia is different. I've never heard of a "criminal lawsuit." It will be interesting to see what happens. I hope the seven defendants counter sue.
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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).
JeffT

What does it take for a girl to get noticed around Lloyd? 🤣
Are you sure you want the answer to that? I thought of several things, none of them nice.
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Caleb & Sophia - The Watchtower gets weirder
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the latest video release 4/4/22 (lesson 44 'don't give up') in the comic series of caleb & sophia just got weirder.

the plot is about caleb & sophia preaching door to door, caleb with his father and sophia with her mother.

it shows each of them having doors slammed on them four times.
JeffT

Dad sounds like he hit the edibles before field service.
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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).
JeffT

Come on, who does a video telling his patron to keep donating even though he won't do what they patrons signed up for?
If this isn't against Patreon's rules it should be. Even if it isn't, it may be against the law in the US, or certainly a good case could be made for a civil suit.
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Disfellowshipping
by jhine in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so last night my bible study group was discussing the healing of the blind man in john's gospel.

ch 9 .

the man's parents were reluctant to say much on the subject.
JeffT

LongHairGal: I saw something very like that. At the time (70's) I was in the Pullman, WA congregation. We had a visiting speaker from some tiny town in Idaho. That Congregation probably hadn't seen a new person in a decade or two. Speaker made a snide comment about Catholics that would have gone unnoticed in his own congregation. Unfortunately one of our pioneers sisters picked that day to bring her (Roman Catholic) study to the Hall.
Study was offended and left in huff during the song between talk and Watchtower study. Pioneer was seriously ticked off, after the meeting ended the elders had a meeting which ended with a letter to the Idaho congregation telling them to not send that guy to speak at our hall. Ever. I heard through the grapevine that the visiting speaker never did understand what he'd done wrong.
Another perfect example of how insulated JW's are. That was not the last tone deaf thing I heard from a witness, not by a long shot. For that matter I heard similar offensive remarks at a main stream church, before I stopped going to religious meetings entirely.
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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).
JeffT

A book recommendation, I think you will find academic support for a lot of what we're talking about:
"The Sociopath Next Door" by Martha Stout, PhD clinical Psychologist and former faculty member at Harvard Medical School.