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  Am I at the right place?

  by AnotherJohn in

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  i’m still a good christian.

  i still believe the bible.. i don’t like the wt society, but some of the people, as individuals are good.

  there are many nasty jws also.. i have concerns about current events and how close the end actually is.

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  Simon

  Please don't state things as facts that simply cannot be proven. Any "prophesy" in the bible comes down to interpretation and, usually, hindsight ...
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Does he want to sue people who are not going to pay him regardless of the judgment or does he want that home on an island he told Andrew Gold he dreamt of getting? Can't have both.

  I think a win that doesn't give him any money is going to be a pyrrhic victory because not only would he be out of pocket, he'd also create a free-for-all for anyone wanting to talk about him. I don't think he's though through the implications of his escalation, I think he's become used to other people backing down because of his bullying behavior.

  If the intent is to prevent people talking about him, failure to successfully litigate will produce the exact opposite effect he claims to have wanted.

  He'll be the Barbara Streisand of "activists".

  Lloyd is notorious for creating an illusion that they are hurting for money and needing everything to be crowdfunded. On his last trip to Australia a collection was taken up amongst the locals that ended up covering his entire family's trip when you damn well know he could have afforded it.

  I can't imagine taking money of people, who may not be particularly wealthy and are there only because they have already been a victim of something, just to be able to live it large and go on vacation.

  Totally amoral IMO, which means he has a matching pair when it comes to not being moral (amoral + immoral)
  
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  Am I at the right place?

  by AnotherJohn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i’m still a good christian.

  i still believe the bible.. i don’t like the wt society, but some of the people, as individuals are good.

  there are many nasty jws also.. i have concerns about current events and how close the end actually is.

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  Simon

  A lot of these things were foretold and be pointed out in the Bible.

  ... Keep it truthful ...

  I don't think these things are compatible.

  And I believe the WT society has led the JWs off track ...

  My last communication with an overseer went badly and I don’t know what I said that made it political and then Apostate.

  I think these things are linked.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  I think I posted a few pages back (or maybe it was in a private discussion with someone?) it appears that the law is on the books for use by politicians to prevent journalists reporting on them. Most of the very few times it's used are suspended sentences or fines, i.e. it's to get people to back off from their reporting. There's apparently a campaign to get it struck off for that reason, but that relies on ... the politicians who might use it.

  Now back in the real world, I see there is a WAG libel case going on in the UK right now. One case is going to cost someone $2m. The only way a lawyer is going to take that on is if:

  1. They know you are good for that kind of money if you lose
  2. They think you have a clear-cut case and the other person has that kind of money if you win
  3. They are a clueless schmuck who doesn't know what they are doing and you and them both lose
  4. They think you are a clueless schmuck and want to take whatever money you are willing to spend

  That's one case. You don't get to do libel as a two-fer, let alone a seven-fer. Each. Case.

  The idea that Lloyd is going to launch SEVEN expensive, multi-national cases is just so far past the point of stupid I wonder if even his dumbest patreons are still fooled by his pantomime performance. And yes, at this point, anyone still giving him money has to be friggin' dumb. My favourite question to ask JWs about the WTS also applies to patreons and Lloyd:

  What exactly would they need to do for you to NOT support them anymore? If nothing, if you'd support them no matter what they do, then you are just brainwashed.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Back in the day, somewhere in between the duelling and the litigation it would "kick off" in a polite manner by someone forcibly stating:

  "I'll bid good day to you, Sir ... I said GOOD DAY TO YOU!!!"
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  Am I at the right place?

  by AnotherJohn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i’m still a good christian.

  i still believe the bible.. i don’t like the wt society, but some of the people, as individuals are good.

  there are many nasty jws also.. i have concerns about current events and how close the end actually is.

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  If you're here for real honest discussion, yes. If you just intend to vomit bible quotes, no.

  But yes, leaving the WTS doesn't make you a good person or a bad person, an atheist or a christian. You'll find examples of all those. A mistake is believing that everyone who leaves is the same, or left for good reasons. Equally, we shouldn't imaging all JWs are bad, sad or whatever, just because they haven't left.
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  Are You Concerned About Inflation?

  by Simon in

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  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.

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  The latest inflation again beat estimates, even for the doctored number!

  8.3% now. Imagine believing this classes as a "fall" just because it's down slightly from the previous months record peak when it's really the 2nd highest for the last 40 years?

  Remember: Inflation compounds. If you have money in the bank it's now a melting ice-cube and someone just turned the heat up.

  Try this inflation calculator to see what it does and remember - if you manage to protect yourself from inflation they then ding you by claiming you've made capital gains even if all you achieved was standing still.

  
  
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  Vicarious Liability: Court of Appeal dismisses appeal from religious organisation following sexual assault

  by yalbmert99 in

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  https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d0a1ca63-2027-4702-9f6d-3c3da5fd9c5f.

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  Simon

  Police also possess credentials and garb and weapons and powers which they can wrongfully use without authority

  That's why IMO police should have both better legal protection and more legal accountability

  You should face a much higher judgement for killing a police officer and a police officer should face much harsher sentence if they abuse their position.
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Simon

  Because we like watching train wrecks.

  Lloyd is like a train wreck ... that a plane then crashes into ... on a fault line so everything is swallowed by an earthquake ... before an asteroid strike obliterates everything.

  Apart from that he's a straight up regular kind of guy.
  
  
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  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Simon

  Must one touch their forehead to the monitor for that to work, or will it work from say, two feet away?

  It will work from a distance, but if you touch your forehead and the monitor, you'll possibly improve the resolution - especially if you place a slice of ham in between. The exact science behind it is difficult to explain.