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Is it me or is John Cedars channel becoming a self important circle fest

by phoenixrising in

i still like the commentary on the jw.org monthly’s, i can skip through some parts.

but it seems like he is pushing too hard to put out videos and the quality is getting very low on the content..

1234

"For me also. If all on this board were as zealous (and as articulate as Lloyd), the exJW community would make tremendous strides toward awakening loyalist JWs to their plight."

I agree, however as they say "you only one chance to make a first impression." and frankly if I was a lurking JW and saw him for the first time and his grooming I would think to myself this guy looks like "I don't give a shit" There is a reason why JWs dress up when they go to their meetings and in service....they want people to take them seriously. I'm not saying he needs to put a suit on, however how about running a comb through your hair and maybe something besides a T shirt.

When I see all the Star War figurines and paraphernalia in his "Bunker" I think this someone who hasn't quite grown up yet.

Sorry, but if your real purpose is to help as many people as possible out of the Borg and to make adult decisions in their lives, please look like one.

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Watchtower Literature for Sale

by Paul Bonanno in

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watchtower bound volumes from 1950 till 1993. awake abound volumes from 1968 till 1993. yearbook 1950 till 1993. many more items from rutherford till 1993. any one interested kindly send a message or email:.

paul bonanno.

malta.

1234

I burned every bit of it (all thirty years worth). I didn't want any of that file information to fall into the hands a child or a child like minded person....were it might do some harm.

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Is it me or is John Cedars channel becoming a self important circle fest

by phoenixrising in

i still like the commentary on the jw.org monthly’s, i can skip through some parts.

but it seems like he is pushing too hard to put out videos and the quality is getting very low on the content..

1234

I don't know I just mentioned him in a tread a couple a months ago and asked "what had happened to him" and the whole thread was removed.

So I guess we can talk about him now.

All I can say is he is NOT "The Reluctant Apostate" He is doing very well $$$ making his living by attacking the Watchtower.

Which is fine by me.

I wished he did a little more grooming, he always looks like he just woke up sleeping under a bridge. If there was ever a preconceived notion on what a Apostate looks like...I'm afraid he would be it.

Also he needs to get rid of the whole "This Lloyd from the Bunker" thing.

The only person you think of hunkered down in a bunker is that guy that died at the end of WWII.

P.S. Not like the rest of us here the worst that could happen to Lloyd is the end of the WTB&TS because he would be out of a job.

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In love with disfellowshipped JW

by Amberlou in

i started dating a coworker who is a divorced jw.

found out he was disfellowshipped, and he was trying to figure out how to make things work.

i am not a jw, and his family is not supportive of the relationship.

1234

I'm afraid this is an old story.

I think of the line from the Fiddler on the roof.

"Yes a bird can fall in love with a fish but where will they build their home."

Good luck!

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Thunderous Applause Around The Stadium

by Number 6 in

growing up in the 70's and 80's in the jw religion who remembers the massive stadium gigs the watchtower used to hold?.

we used to denounce false religion in the starkest of terms.

we were right and by god we were letting anyone who listened know it.

1234

Yes, I too miss the good old days!

"We use to take the old ladies...and tie their boots around their necks and shoot them with our Lugers!....ha ha ha those were the good old days....ya for sure."

Yes and let's not forget the torch light parades

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Tips for a Slow Fade

by Huxley1979 in

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i'm a born and raised witness.

i was an elder for almost 20 years.

almost the same in fulltime service.

1234

Since you have been in the organization a long time you know how it works. The only time they really have any interest in you is when you are coming into it or leaving it.

Like all cults, they really don't like you leaving it. You say you still want these people in your life but you don't want to believe the way they do....that makes sense to you of course because you have stop drinking the Kool Aid but it wont to them.

Bottom line it can be done but it's going to be tricky....It's like making love to the Black Widow spider you might be able to do it but you might get eaten too.

Good Luck

Keith Casarona

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I am starting to think there is more to these riots than just some meets the eye.

by phoenixrising in

the fake news wants us to believe that one cop who murdered one person sparked all this.

i am seeing this crap in london and around the world.

this does not make any sense.

1234

Yes when things get really bad all we'll need is someone to raise from the ashes to save us....maybe his name will be Adolf.

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Lingering doubts and internal debates

by Huxley1979 in

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hello, i am in the beginning stages of a slow fade.

over the years i have become more and more dissatisfied with the beliefs, teachings, and organizational practices of the organization.

i no longer have faith in it.

1234

You got a point. Maybe you should stay in. You sure don't want to be on the wrong side when your loving god Jehovah (that you still believe in) comes to Earth to kill 8 BILLION men, women and children, even though vast majority of those people he'll be killing never even heard him.

Just because his organization is corrupt I sure he is still a cool guy.

If you want to believe in god that's OK but Jehovah....

Time to deprogram yourself my friend.

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Organized Rioting Across America Due To A Black Man’s Death

by minimus in

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cities across america have been pillaged and destroyed these last few days.

a white policeman has been charged with murder of a black man.

protests have been organized across major us cities and horrible riots have occurred.

1234

If you go behind the scenes there seems to be more to this story than just police brutality.

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J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

by IWant2Leave in

i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

1234

Reading "Babylon the Great Has Fallen, God's Kingdom Rules"

You are a glutton for punishment. I was 14 when it came out.

Here is something fun you might want to do. Read the book but pretend you know nothing about the Jehovah's Witnesses and their teachings.

Pretend you bought it from a door to door salesman as thousands of people did. Read it with the eyes and mind of a non Jehovah's Witness.

I'm your sure you will come to the same conclusion a friend of mine did after reading this book that is no longer in print.

What is this conclusion? That the people who wrote this book (probably Franz) and the people who did believe in its pontifications are BAT SHIT crazy.