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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
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I read somewhere that Evans’ second book was more like a pamphlet.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
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vienne said,
Writing another insipid, poorly-done 'tell all' full of confessions and lies .... Not worth the price to read.
Really, what exjw stuff is even left to put into his new book? Will he try to twist his wife’s disgust with his “open marriage” idea into a “Watchtower aberration”?
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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).
Vintage

If his translators translated "word for word", he got what he paid for, i.e., professional translators don't do that. It would have been hilarious,... like reading a menu from a Chinese restaurant translated to English... in South America. Some ex missionaries and I used to read those menus like comic books. We laughed till our sides ached.
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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).
Vintage

Didn't Evans make an attempt at having translators work for free translating his first book? It's hard to imagine a worse waste of a translator's time and skill.
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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).
Vintage

🥳 That's progress. Does Tibor still get paid the same as before? And, ...maybe Evans is looking for a ghost writer for his videos, so that he can dedicate himself full-time to his book revision and writing his "new" book? JWBeliefsDiscussed, in his video, offered Evans an impressive list of titles for his new book. Simon's suggestion made the cut. And, JWBeliefsDiscussed told Evans to use any of them he wanted.
One more title idea,... "How to Respond when your Children ask to change their last Name."
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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).
Vintage

TonusOH, "The Unrepentant Reprobate". Cute. And, I'm glad you liked my word. ;)
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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).
Vintage

It does look as though that's Evans' strategy. But, I had a Russian friend who was a hard-working, loyal, wife and mother... and was atheist. We should do a poll of atheists' opinions of Evans' behavior.
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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).
Vintage

I also bought both of Ray Franz' books. My eyes got dry from reading them both straight through, one after the other. It was a learning extravaganza. Ray had meetings in his home, and his wife cooked for those who attended. He was such a contrast from the "activist" under consideration in this thread.
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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).
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The Reprobate Apostate.
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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).
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vienne said,
Are x-Witnesses so desperate for something to justify themselves that they cling to this man?
It pains me to say this, but, yes,... I think that's the problem. In 1973, Awake! had an article called, "Are you learning to think clearly?" I remembered (just now) the title, but I had to search for the article to get the "year" and that it was in Awake! I bring this up because I remember praying to be able to think clearly, but feeling like I really didn't have a goal (as the article recommended) and wasn't thinking clearly. Well, duh. NOBODY in Watchtower can think clearly. People wake up and escape from Watchtower, but their thinking process has been in cold storage for a number of years. And some, like me, were "born in". I did have the desire to go to college. I knew a brother who had been a lawyer for the Society and argued before the Supreme Court (USA). I knew two JW chiropractors. I eventually went to college myself. That probably helped me not to fall under Evans' spell.