Posts by Simon

All round, he's setting himself up for more awkward questions by including the begging banner totals every month. Unless he realises and drops the idea after just a month - but then that will also look odd. Another failed attempt to inflate his numbers.

He'll double (triple? quadruple?) down on the claim that it's due to the defamation by those dastardly CRIMINALS, forgetting his promises that they would all be brought to justice by his "litigation", and where exactly is that at / why isn't he giving updates about it?

Everything he does creates questions for his supporters - why is support dropping? Why are other people stopping their contributions? Why am I going to be the only one sending this guy money?

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Exes: Would You Rat On A Current JW?

by NotFormer in

it's an interesting thought.

if you are an ex jw, presumably dfed, and you see a current jw in good standing engaging in behaviour that would concern their elders, would you pass on that information to interested parties?

do accusations from exes and other outsiders carry any weight?

Simon

Depends, was it a self-righteous jobsworth that took delight in throwing others under the bus?

Time to learn how it feels ...

Otherwise, no, I'm not doing their dirty work for them.

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Voting thumbs up

by peacefulpete in

is anyone else having problem giving a thumbs up?

it has been happening for a long time.

i vote up , it appears, then disappears when i return to page.

Simon

Simon, if you ever have issue with what I post, please just message me so it can be sorted out. TIA

That's not how it works.

I make a decision based on what I see, I don't have to inform you about it. If you can't figure out what wasn't acceptable then "tough-titties" - it's usually obvious and typically intentional, which is why I rarely get into protracted debates about what specific clause of what rule was or wasn't spelled out sufficiently in advance and contravened or not.

Refer to the guidelines and posting rules, especially the part about if you think we made a wrong decision. It's all about principles, and hopefully people recognize the intent behind how the forum is run, and accept decisions - even if they may not fully agree with every call, they can see why it's impossible to constantly re-litigate every one ... and when people try to do that over multiple years, I start thinking they are just unhinged and become less inclined to waste time on them.

And if the accusation is that my decisions aren't 100% perfect and consistent ... well, I never claimed to be Jesus.

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Why do JW apostates tend to be activists against the religion?

by Vanderhoven7 in

j. arden writes.

first of all an apostate is literally just someone who left.

most jws are technically apostates from the religions they were raised in.

Simon

It's a self-selecting population - the only people you tend to "know" are exJWs are vocal apostates, but the ones that aren't you don't know are exJWs

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Voting thumbs up

by peacefulpete in

is anyone else having problem giving a thumbs up?

it has been happening for a long time.

i vote up , it appears, then disappears when i return to page.

Simon

My posting have always been on-topic

No, it hasn't. You have previously hijacked topics to pursue a grudge, just as you're doing with this one, claiming that your account was deleted just for disagreeing with me, which is untrue.

You can either accept it, or leave. What you don't get to do is constantly re-hash it. If you do, your account will be deleted, and in future you will no longer be tolerated at all but deleted on sight.

If I could be bothered, I'd undelete your off-topic comments as proof (oh yes, they are still there), but I really have better things todo with my time than waste it trying to prove anything to someone who simply can't be reasoned with.

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Voting thumbs up

by peacefulpete in

is anyone else having problem giving a thumbs up?

it has been happening for a long time.

i vote up , it appears, then disappears when i return to page.

Simon

I have also been censored this way. My opinion has not been approved. Let's see how I will be disciplined for this post.

Tell me you don't know what censorship is without telling me you don't know what censorship is ...

You were posting off-topic comments and being a dick. If you waste my time and misuse the forum features, don't expect to be allowed full use of it.

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Is Tony Morris a Nonce / Pedophile

by MebyonKernow in

jw
friends

this has just been posted on youtube regarding tony morris and the reason why he was removed as a gb member and 'relocated'.is tony morris a pedophile / nonce?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahj9vxygkelet me know your thoughts down below.celtic.

Simon

Doesn't really sound at all credible IMO.

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Is Tony Morris a Nonce / Pedophile

by MebyonKernow in

jw
friends

this has just been posted on youtube regarding tony morris and the reason why he was removed as a gb member and 'relocated'.is tony morris a pedophile / nonce?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahj9vxygkelet me know your thoughts down below.celtic.

Simon

You can take actions such as AM being replaced and them re-producing some videos as "proof" of practically anything, yet really it's not proof of anything unless you have some other specific proof. At that point it could become evidence of them covering something up to protect image before welfare, but without that proof all you have are allegations.

It's really no different than accusing him of being an alcoholic because someone bumped into him while he was buying multiple bottles of liquor. Pure speculation with no basis, and lots of innocent explanations (plus common sense, do alcoholics "stock up" like that? wouldn't they drink it as they bought it?). Ultimately, this sort of thing doesn't make us look smart of balanced - it makes us look desperate and too willing to believe anything that matches biases.

Accusations for crimes like this only count of they are made in court. A youtube video is proof of nothing. If someone genuinely has evidence they should get a lawyer and sue, and if they have evidence they will have people's full support I'm sure. But there are too many nutters about to go believing every accusation someone makes.

So be careful of making claims ... all you can say is that someone has accused him of this, but not in the legal system as far as we know.