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mentally ill/delusional or con artist?
by enoughisenough in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
maybe this has been discussed in the past and i wasn't here... what do you think?

are the gb members knowingly pulling a con, or do they have delusions of grandeur?

i will go out on a limb here to say that i think they are con artist.
Simon

I actually find it difficult to accept that anyone truly believes things, but I'm willing to suspend my disbelief and go with the hypothesis that there are those who are sincere and maybe do.
Am I willing to accept that someone sincere would do what is necessary to climb a corporate ladder? (because all corporate ladders are the same)
Am I willing to accept that someone who is aware of all the crimes, sins, corruption and coverups is still "sincere" when they have reached the top?
No, no I am not.
It's all an act, no different to all the other TV evangelists who put on a show but clearly don't believe what they are selling - it's an act to take money from the sincere believers at the bottom.
Anyone who was sincere would shut it down when they reached the top. The fact that there has only been one GB member who had a Crisis of Conscience tells you how rare that is, and how self-selecting the climb to the top is. Maybe he was an anomaly as he might have got their from family relations.
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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).
Simon

Here's how I respond to "oh noes, poor me, someone else pay for my misfortune".
Fuck off, you fucking free-loading layabout!.
I work, I save, I buy insurance, I act like an adult. I don't expect fundraisers or benefits because I don't need them because I plan, prepare and set aside funds to pay my way and support my family even if the unforeseen happens.
Seriously, there is way too much misguided charity that simply rewards grifters and opportunists - those who seem to spend most of their time filming advertorials about how much they need your help and your money, more time and energy then they spend working on solving their own problems.
Save your money for those who would truly benefit because their environment means they lack the resources to get ahead, who don't live in wealthy western countries, who don't have banking, who would benefit from a loan (and work to pay it back!)
https://www.kiva.org/
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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).
Simon

I remember when we were hit by the Manchester Earthquake, but we rebuilt without having to rely on anyone else.
Those were dark days.
So much destruction.
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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).
Simon

He say then : I'm gonna say...2 or 3 months in between...
His "I'm gonna say" was the equivalent of when a Dr asks you how many units of alcohol you drink a week. Everyone thinks "shit, I can't tell the truth, what was the limit again? I need to be somewhere close to that at least".
That was his "thinking" before he answered. If you are visiting prostitutes so regularly for such an extended period of time, I suspect you know exactly how often you're doing it without having to think.
Especially as that was the whole subject of the video in the first place.
If a Dr arranges an appointment and says "we'll talk about your alcohol consumption" there is no way you don't mentally prepare and know the answers before hand.
But the whole thing was an act, that's why he kept pausing the performance when "Mr YouTuber" couldn't work a video feed.
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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).
Simon

He immediately labels his survey as some sort of public service to the forum
His surveys were never anything but complete bullshit. Anyone who believes that you can take an accurate measure of how current JWs are feeling via an apostate website is off their head.
But it wasn't about the survey, it was about an opportunity to claim that something was costing money that he wanted donations for.
Some "worthy cause" even though it made no sense.
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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).
Simon

I wonder why he made that Big Deal on Twitter about "Struggling"
It's never a bad time for a grifter to solicit donations. Same as the WTS, they always pleaded poverty and that they needed money, there was never a time they said "actually, we're doing OK right now".
If he thinks he can take someone's money, he will.
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Staying in physically for all the benefits
by Indoubtbigtime in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i wonder how many are like me staying pimo for the great association and gathering etc.

also find it very interesting having a front row seat watching the collapse of borg.. im not wasting any more time or money on anything i don’t want to do like preaching and mostly just go on zoom .

there is nothing i want to do that would be considered disfellowshiping sin, i’m married and want to live by bible principles but i have serious doubts that the gb were chosen by god and are his one and only spokesmen on earth.
Simon

Sigh, NASA conspiracies? Really? Don't you think Russia would be all over it were it all to be faked? Or are they all now part of the conspiracy too?
At some point you have to be reasonable and sensible - people saw rockets launch, and come back down, we have satellites for communication, imagery, monitoring, and GPS. All demonstrably real things.
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ChatGPT and all the data in this forum
by StephaneLaliberte in
1. forum
2. suggestions
hey simon, have you considered pushing all the knowledge gathered in this forum into an instance of chatgpt?

since its open source, i believe you could download, install and configure an instance of it.

would be quite interesting to interact with the data gathered in this forum through that medium..
Simon

Imagine what kind of twisted creature we'd be creating ...
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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).
Simon

From his begging:
"PayPal (most urgent)"
My first thought was "wow, I never knew hookers accepted PayPal ..."
I'm guessing it's more todo with payout time or taxes though?
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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).
Simon

TL;DR version of his tweets:
"Give me money NOW or else I give up my failing 'work'"
Who can pas up on that offer?!? (apart from everyone with a brain or moral compass)