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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).
ozziepost

Lloyd's accent is more of a posh Cheshire accent and is nowhere near a proper Manchester accent.
That fits if, as I understand it, he hails from there.
Not the “posh” bit though.
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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).
ozziepost

it shares the same "ex-jw" mindset we supposedly all have.
Now I am so much older, I have seen at first hand how easy it is to fall back into the legalistic mindset of the dubs.
Will we ever be completely free of the jw mindset ?
Oh, I do hope so, I want to.
The reality is, that we exited a cult and it ain’t easy.
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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).
ozziepost

I know because I've helped raise money to get them for other channels. It's possible lesser known academics may not charge if they're promoting a book or something, though it's doubtful. It's how many of them make a living.
Is it any wonder that we’ve become suspicious of all types of media?
“Follow the money” reveals a whole grifter scene.
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To All Those Keen To Tell Us About Their Beliefs
by Simon in
1. forum
2. announcements
we seem to have had an influx of religiots - the people who want to tell us all about how we / the wts / whoever are wrong, wrong, wrong about everything and how right they are.

they obviously have special insight, or voices (probably voices, right?

) telling them the real truth.. as proof, there is inevitably a wall of random scripture references and quotes.. sorry, but we're not here for that.
ozziepost

You're one of the nice ones, Jan
Hey, wot about me ? !
Locally near me in the U.K there are some vibrant Churches with wonderful, loving communities of members, which some may confuse with the more extreme types of Church, but they are not, they don't even pressure preach when you display lots of interest, it is all very loving.
It’s all about the label it seems.
Downunder we view evangelical chiristians differently and certainly not like those in the USA who claim that label.
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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).
ozziepost

Okay, okay, let’s get back to the beginning.
Since old Chuck Russell was into numerology (say, ain’t that pagan?) I’ll go for LE claiming the Devil’s number.
So, 666 can be a “type”, so 6+6+6 = 18
My ‘prophecy’ is he’ll drop 18 sycophantic supporters.
What’s that? 507 - 18 = 489
Ok, peeps, put me down for 489

Cheers all
Ozzie🍷
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JWs unrecognisable compared to my grandfathers time
by ExBethelitenowPIMA in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my grandfather who has been dead for 37 years would not recognise the borganisation today.

he would turn in his grave if he knew the end didn’t come by 2023.. back in the 1970s he really believed in the 75 thing.

he was so disappointed and almost blamed everyone else why the end didn’t come.
ozziepost

@ Reasonfirst
When I saw and heard Nathan K's talk to elders at Sydney's (then) Greenacre Assembly Hall,
I remember that meeting. Remember how we had to have tickets to gain entry ‘cos it was a restricted event?
I was an attendant on the door checking people’s tickets so that they could gain entry.
Nathan Knorr turned up in a big Cadillac that had been loaned to him by a sycophant. He was wearing his trade mark light suit and said to me “I don’t have a ticket, are you going to stop me coming in?”
I replied in a suitable ocker voice, “Nah, mate, you’re the reason they’re all here so you’d better come in anyways”.
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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).
ozziepost

So have I been acclaimed yet?
Bloody hell, this is really something, you realise that it’s “worldly” to get honours?
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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).
ozziepost

Brinkmanship for me
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Just wanna see the reaction at 500
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would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?
by ExBethelitenowPIMA in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a good question is would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?.

were you more happy pimi?

are all the pimis more happy than the the pimos or the pomos?.
ozziepost

From what I have seen these past decades is that the borg has thoroughly brainwashed the R&F to think in terms of “the Troof” or nothing. What I mean is that getting the R&F to buy into the whole concept of the WT being the only embodiment of christianity means that PIMO are left stranded. It’s being in the Troof or nothing.
As evidence of that, I point to the seeming majority of ex-Dubs identifying as agnostic or atheist. I would suggest it’s because of what the Borg has conditioned its adherents to view as its interpretation of Christianity that’s given PIMOs no alternative. It’s classic mind-control.
And we pay the price.
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Need help - the Revelation Climax book
by ozziepost in
1. watchtower
2. bible
is it an original from the graphics department?.

anyone know?.
ozziepost

Further, wt can get permission to use original art or they may otherwise have the right to use non-original art. Did you forget to read that? The only point is that wt artists have the resources to create original art and logically that is what they do. If they don’t, you wonder what is the reason.
I presume that they would acknowledge the origin of any art-work in the publication. That would be the ethical thing to do.
For me it was almost a lifetime ago but my understanding at the time of its publication was that the artwork in the Revelation Climax book was original i.e. from the Borg’s own graphics department in Brooklyn.