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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

Nearly three decades ago, I hired a young man who had a wife and a couple of children to help me transport my belongings (not furniture) from the house of my relatives to an apartment I'd rented in another town. A friend had recommended him to me. Well, he helped me, finished the job, and I paid him. Weeks later, I heard that he'd relocated his wife and children from the apartment where they had been living, back into living with his wife's parents, had claimed his $4,000 dollar income tax refund check from the government for that year, and had disappeared from the lives of his family. So, yes, that can happen.
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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 cute, Anna Marina,... lapsed patrons. How would they describe their status in their own words? Would they say, “I’m a lapsed Lloydivian. I lost faith briefly over trivialities like sexual morality, misuse of funds, and extortion. But I’ve recovered now, and I’m ready to accept all of Lloyd’s teachings. I’m re-initiating my Patreon support for the greatest Atheist activist who ever lived.”
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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

Istria looks like a beautiful and fascinating place to live. Croatian, Italian, and Slovene are the main languages there. Let’s all chip in and get Evans a little three-language travel dictionary.
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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'm glad Dijana left Watchtower. I'm not atheist. I believe in God, Jesus, and the Bible, ...hence my need to leave Watchtower. Has Dijana converted to Atheism along with Lloyd?
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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

So, watch out Baptists, Methodists, Kabbalah, and Baha’i. Evans may soon be soliciting tell-all stories from your members. He will give priority to secret recordings of the meetings of those in your highest echelons. Maybe he will revise that awful “God’s Buffet” title to, “Down with Babylon: Bring it on”.
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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

Now if only his counter-part would do the same.
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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

Watchtower declares itself the owner of each person's "publisher's record card". Watchtower makes it clear that the publisher doesn't own the "publisher's record card" on which Watchtower keeps its record of that person's activity, or lack thereof. (Long before waking up,) I once moved to a far distant location, and I requested that my publisher's record card be transferred to the congregation of the territory to which I had relocated. The Society left my publisher's record card at my previous congregation for (as I recall) over a year, until those elders at my previous location were finished with me. I could "declare myself" the Queen of Sheba, but my standing with Watchtower would still be "mud".
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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

NCC, it finally occurred to me to put my tablet in "desktop" view, and now I have my little notification bell again, back where it belongs. Also, now I can choose "sort by" most recent first when reading the youtube comments under a video. What a relief. Now if we could only help Slimboyfat get his "like" button to work once again.
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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

Then, well done, LMsA. You're a professional journalist....Wait... inspired by Gin & tonic? and by Paul Blart: Mail Cop 2? (I need a 'scratching my head' emoji.)
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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

LMsA, you are too funny. Yes. Sadly, I believe that that is how Evans sees himself.