Posts by Simon

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

Simon

I have trouble believing that. If you're spending enough time watching his content to convince you to leave the organization, then you already had a foot out the door. It's not as if he disguises the fact that he's a Watchtower critic and apostate. How many diehard JWs are seeing his videos in their 'suggested' feed? None.

This. So many people believe someone "saved them" for some reason, but I still don't believe anyone can be logically convinced to leave the WTS or to even listen to any argument that it's wrong. If you are reading about how it might not be the truth then boom, you're already free even if you don't realize it yet. IMO one of the best questions to ask a JW is "what would convince you it wasn't the truth" and many can't face answering it as to even do so is to confront the possibility that it isn't true.

It's normally some event in their own life and / or the congregation that has triggered their awakening, but it's rarely someone external that did it, other than someone dropping little hints of information. Anyone going to apostate YouTube channels to hear criticism of the WTS? Yeah, I think those people are already out.

What people do go after is validation that they made the right choice. This is where many get stuck. They either can't bother doing the research they need to leave it all behind entirely or they miss the JW life and still want to be immersed in regular "JW talk", because they don't know how to fill their life with anything better.

Of course for all those people there's someone willing to take their money.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

Simon

She has a tonne of financial reasons to stay in that marriage

I agree, I'm sure she helped spend the money and go on vacations. She's spending the fruits of the "grift" so she's part of it.

I have zero sympathy for people who go back for more abuse, especially when they should be thinking about their kids.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

Simon

Discussions about whether religion did or didn't invent marriage is off topic.

Society invented both.

People who are not religious still get married and respect that commitment.

Religion doesn't have any monopoly on marriage just as it doesn't on any other kind of morality, regardless of what both its advocates and enemies would like to claim.

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14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.

by jojorabbit in

another shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.

i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.

but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.

Simon

This thing just continues to get worse.

Details now show there were nearly 400, yes FOUR HUNDRED, law enforcement people at the school. All useless cunts. Everyone and his dog was there, but no one was in charge or made any decisions other than to sit on their hands. These all no doubt act big and tough when stopping people at other times, but when it really mattered they were lacking.

The school itself also bears heavy responsibility with lax security and not sticking to rules there to protect against precisely this thing, because what? It would be slightly "inconvenient" to shut a door? Well done, you cunts failed those kids too.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62200507

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

Simon

A walk down memory lane with Lloyd and some of the OG Activists

Absolutely brilliant - shows up his utter hypocrisy and grift.

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My Prediction Regarding New Space Telescope That Will See Back to 100 Million Years From the Big Bang

by Sea Breeze in

a new space telescope launched a few days age that will supposedly be able to see to within 100 million years of the big bang.

wow... only 100 million years from the big bang.

that is pretty early given the 12 billion year age of the universe assigned by scholars who adhere to naturalism.

Simon

It is refreshing to see evidence that is consistent with the Genesis account. Actually, it was very easy to predict.

Creation Science can make predictions from that worldview as I have demonstrated on this thread over the past 7 months.

Sorry, but this is simply retarded.

The bible has retreated from science ever since it was cobbled together.

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Military Service Confusion

by Sea Breeze in

can someone please call these three guys and tell them that the first gentile christian was an active duty roman military officer named cornelius.

these guys have been locked up for 25 years!.

Simon

Christians are always on the side of Christ. In his absence, we help keep order by bearing the sword as commanded.

would you not help your next door neighbor who was being attacked?

Depends on whether I like my neighbour and think it's worth involving myself in a situation I know nothing about.

But what has a pretend fictional character got to do with the price of milk?

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Are You Concerned About Inflation?

by Simon in

i saw a statistic the other day that something like 25% of all the debt that the us has incurred since 1776 was created in the last 12 months.

that's because they have printed so much currency and instead of letting that stop them, they are going to continue printing more to go on a spending spree on crazy green-new-deal schemes and union handouts.. does anyone think that this can be anything other than inflationary?

they are effectively stealing the wealth of everyone to then hand money out to people.

Simon

current prices will remain the new normal

Yes, like gas prices themselves - the price at the pump goes up when the price of oil rises, but never ever goes back down to what it was even if the price per barrel goes way lower than it was.

Same when potatoes go up - fish and chip shops charge more and will have a little sign saying it's out of their control, price of spuds etc... but once the price spike is over, those are the new normal prices.

People get used to prices and without competition they rarely go back down. We live in a inflationary system that relies on ever increasing debt and monetary supply to keep wobbling along.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

Simon

Leah Remin's 'Good friend" Oh pulleeze.

Grifters gonna stick together and feed off each other.

They really haven't bothered to do a good job vetting people, or are willing to risk their own reputations just for a few more clicks.

Sad.

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Are You Concerned About Inflation?

by Simon in

i saw a statistic the other day that something like 25% of all the debt that the us has incurred since 1776 was created in the last 12 months.

that's because they have printed so much currency and instead of letting that stop them, they are going to continue printing more to go on a spending spree on crazy green-new-deal schemes and union handouts.. does anyone think that this can be anything other than inflationary?

they are effectively stealing the wealth of everyone to then hand money out to people.

Simon

It's really about 20%

Yes, the real rate using the original calculation method is well over 20%. In 5 years the purchasing power of your money halves, and you get to pay tax on the fake gains of the devaluation

Groceries are odd. At the big box grocery store some things have gone up alot and some only a little. For example, the coffee I used to buy there has nearly doubled in price, but if I buy it at ALDI or Trader Joe's, it's only about a dollar more than it was a year ago. Canned goods, the price difference is not noticeable. Meat prices are insane everywhere unless you catch a sale. Produce is hit or miss. Some things like melons are about the same as they are every summer, but citrus is really expensive. Tomatoes, Onions, Cabbage, Potato....may have gone up, i dont remember the exact price a year ago, but not noticeably.

There is more than one way to make you pay more. They can raise the prices or keep them the same ... and just change the packaging so the qty you get goes down for the same price, often so it's not too obvious unless you carefully compare like-for-like. Bigger stores can dictate suppliers do this.

Everything at every store got their via transportation, and with energy prices up that means prices will be higher one way or another.