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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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Toblerone5 said,
"And instead of going to the Gym, or sing in Karaoke bar ,he could have also go back to college..."
Yet, people turn to Evans for advice on how to handle crises in their lives when exiting Watchtower. JW's who are exiting the horrible "high control group" don't know where to go for information on their new situation. They had previously thought that "the elders" should be consulted in a crisis. Evans presents himself as the "go to" guy for all things "exjw". Kim Silvio has done a huge favor to exjw's by providing insight into the "qualifications" of Evans as a "counselor".
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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

Wanting to see Kim's credentials fades into insignificance and even more so when her standard of work speaks for itself.
Well said. I always do a mental adjustment of my own opinion whenever Kim pops in to explain some phenomena relating to the Evans Debacle.
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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

Websters
athe-ism
1.a. a lack of belief or a strong disbelief in the existence of a god or any gods
1.b. a philosophical or religious position characterized by disbelief in the existence of a god or any gods
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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

Lloyd seems, to me, to be angry with “God” in general. Exposing Catholicism as a false religion does nothing to wake up Jehovah’s Witnesses from “their” Watchtower false religion. Neither does exposing Catholicism as a false religion protect any CSA victims from Watchtower’s counter-productive judicial meeting rule book.
Wiki gives a newly minted term: slacktivism.
”Performative activism is activism done to increase one’s social capital rather than because of one’s devotion to a cause. It is often associated with surface-level activism, referred to as slacktivism. The term gained an increased usage on social media in the wake of the George Floyd protests.”
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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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I had to search back to see what I'd been commenting on, ozziepost.
DerekMoors had commented,
"That's exactly one of his hypocrisies, back when he was calling protestors and anyone who disagreed with him "regressive activists" and said that they were "setting the movement backward."
I can't think of anyone I've come across in the past few years who has done more damage to any xJW "movement" than him."
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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

Derek, Kim, Tonus,...I agree. On the premise of "keeping the peace", people will muzzle the one speaking truth. They will even lable the person who speaks truth as being the trouble-maker. This happens both within Watchtower and outside of Watchtower. Truth is what matters. A "movement" only has value if it is based on truth and integrity.
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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

Jeremiah was talking to Jerusalem here. But anyway, Jeremiah 13:22, 23 says,
”22 And if you ask yourself,
“Why has this happened to me?”
It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity
that your skirts have been stripped off
and your body has been exposed.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin,
or the leopard his spots?
Neither are you able to do good—
you who are accustomed to doing evil.”
And verse 27 says,
”27 Your adulteries and lustful neighings,
your shameless prostitution
on the hills and in the fields—
I have seen your detestable acts..”.
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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

Still, Tibor is on thin ice. "Sorry, Tibor. It was you or my child's haircut."
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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

Thanks for explaining that to me, Vienne. (Several pages back.)
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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

Thanks, DerekMoors. It would be logical for Tibor to be looking for a source of dependable income.