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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

Writing another insipid, poorly-done 'tell all' full of confessions and lies ...
But he probably has so many more stories to tell of his amazing wanks ...
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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

If his translators translated "word for word", he got what he paid for, i.e., professional translators don't do that. It would have been hilarious,... like reading a menu from a Chinese restaurant translated to English... in South America. Some ex missionaries and I used to read those menus like comic books. We laughed till our sides ached.
I saw an example the other day of a technical document that had been translated. The original was something like:
"any child processes will be terminated when the parent exits"
... and it turned into:
"if you leave we will execute your children".
Brilliant!
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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

Remember "I'll let you be the judge"?
More people took him up on his offer!
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Policy on beards
by Anna Marina in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if a newly interested goatee bearded person has a bible study - what encouragement might be given regarding facial hair?

obviously brothers shave off their beards but what if they say they are not male?.

any ideas?
Simon

I wonder if that lady pays extra for pink colored razors so they can complain about the patriarchy?
I don't know if it's idiocy by the police or genius. If their intent was to have his face be spread far and wide and recognized by all, they did a good job.
If they are just joining in with the mental, then they should be fired. They are there to do a job, not pander to the mentally ill and criminal.
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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

@JWBeliefsDiscussed - your videos make me laugh so much! :D
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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

Soon this thread will surpass your dwindling Patrion donations and I'm sure you will be a very angry little boy when that happens.
Shit, do I have to send him a plaque or something?
"Achievement unlocked"
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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

His atheism has the same roots; if there is no god then there are no moral standards.
Is this your personal opinion or just how you perceive Evans justification of his abusive behaviour?
I read it to be what Lloyd uses as justification. I think there are quite a few people who take their rejection of a religion with typically conservative moral values as justification or even reason to live opposite to those values.
It's an easy argument to show that humans have come up with better moral codes than most religious texts have.
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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

What is the new book going to even be about?
I think the title may be "From Bethel to Brothel"
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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

If somebody made a channel that summarises the conventions in about 10 to 20 minutes it would be much more successful. You might even get active JWs watching it because it would be easier than watching the real thing. Faders could watch it as a cheat sheet so they can pretend they watched the actual convention in conversations.
This is true, but also highlights that all that's really happening is these people are giving the WTS message further reach. They think they are "anti" but there they are, rebroadcasting it. I don't care that they add a little criticism - usually it's all been said before already. There is rarely anything new, the point of WTS broadcasts isn't to impart news or information, it's the repetition of the beliefs and they are simply helping with that.
What I think are more useful are the videos I've seen where people have practical advice on life issues related to leaving the WTS. These take more time to do though as you can't just "wing it" by playing a 3 hour video and pausing to add some comments to it (that every exJW already knows).
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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

Are x-Witnesses so desperate for something to justify themselves that they cling to this man?
There is a degree of this. A lot of people prefer to have their ears tickled rather than hear truth.
Something that often highlights it to me is if you voice any fair praise of the WTS or give them credit for something. e.g. maybe the upbringing had some benefits and wasn't all bad.
Some people just can't bear to do this. They don't want an objective view. They want a constant diet of "WTS bad, grrr!!!" and of course it makes them easy to manipulate and someone to churn out that content with one hand out asking for money to enable it.
I have an opinion
Great video. I hate the resort to comparing people to JWs or Elders or whatever it is. It should not be tolerated unless someone clearly is demonstrating some blatant JW / WTS behavior.
People use it for all manner of things. Don't like seeing freaky rainbow adorned men waving their genitals in front of children? Oh, "you just haven't let go of the JW thinking" ... erm, no - I don't wan't to see perverts grooming children and being applauded for it!
These people that think you have to live "opposite life" to somehow prove your exJW credentials are deluded and dangerous IMO.