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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).
TonusOH

KatKat: Does anybody know why the site is suspended?
That usually happens if the domain/site owner does not keep up with hosting payments.
DerekMoors: the jwwatch.org site shows the account suspended message.
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Christmas, yes or no ?
by jhine in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have just started to steep the mincemeat for my mince pies in dark rum .

christmas is a big deal in my family and circle of friends.

however among ex jws it's a bit different or so l understand.
TonusOH

It's ironic that it wasn't until after I stopped being religious that I felt comfortable saying "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" to people. Buying Christmas cards. Buying gifts. This year will be the one where I am most invested in it: I actually have plans for the gifts I will buy for several friends, instead of buying one or two things at the last moment on instinct.
I might even decorate!
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Request----2022 Circuit Overseer Guidelines in PDF!
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
2022 circuit overseer guidelines pdf.. .

https://www.filemail.com/d/kphgslnjfxwgjxk .

atlantis!.
TonusOH

Thank you, Atlantis. Are these and future documents going to be added to the site your friend is hosting?
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Living your life according to the bible
by TTWSYF in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have heard it said [numerous times] that jws live their life according to the bible.. i have also heard [numerous times] that jws have restored the correct christian practice following the great apostasy [?which is a different topic].

my question is 'is there any proof anywhere in history where jewish or christian people lived their life according to the scriptures?".

ttwsyf.
TonusOH

It can be argued that there were people who lived their lives according to the Divine will, before they had Scriptures to depend on. Moses, Enoch, Job, etc. Granted, they purportedly had something a bit more direct than a written guide.
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List of Things We Were NOT Allowed To Do as JW's
by Sea Breeze in
1. jw
2. friends
here's my list of jw no-no's as i recall: .

1. no giving or accepting valentine candy for students.

2. no going to home coming football games.
TonusOH

Sea Breeze: 45. Not allowed to participate in most extracirricular activities at school
Or work, either, as I learned when I played a season with a softball team in a corporate league. I got a 'friendly' talking-to about how I was in good shape to become an MS and it just wouldn't look good if I was spending leisure time with worldly people. I dutifully informed my co-workers that I would no longer be on the team, became an MS, and coincidentally began to fade.
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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).
TonusOH

It does show that the efforts of people to expose him are acting as an irritant, at the very least. I do hope he does not stop referring to the lawsuits. I want him to keep reminding everyone about them, so when they end up going nowhere he won't be able to pretend that they never happened.
And LOL at him thinking that "there were only 17 of us there" was an effective comeback to someone explaining that anyone could show up. Maybe you can respond by wondering out loud if the reason only 17 people were there was because they found out Lloyd was going to show up.
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Why isn't this forum growing like reddit exjw??
by nowwhat? in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
admittedly it 90% crap over there but still they are up to 80k in subscribers.

over here it's the same half dozen or so that posts something, including myself.

why is that?.
TonusOH

I also found this site by accident, and there was a long topic about people who had served in Bethel, where they pulled back the curtain on what it was really like. I haven't found it again but it was fascinating to read at the time. I had already been out for some years but in some ways the image of Bethel as a small Christian utopia was still in the back of my mind. So, on the one hand, I was not surprised at what I was reading. But on the other hand, it really brought down the walls that protected my view of the HQ.
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2022--Library-One!
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
for those that may want to have this for research.

i think pretty soon the elder letters will be included.. .

https://jws-library.one/ .
TonusOH

Wow, that is impressive Atlantis! Great work, and thanks!
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Australia 2021 Census: why did JW grow?
by shepherdless in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi all, some may remember about 5 years ago, i did a few articles on what the australian census of 2016 said about jw and some other religions.

i have been meaning to add a bit on the 2021 census; the more detailed results have only been available in the last month or so.. an obvious question is why and how did jw numbers increase between 2016 and 2021. it is reasonable to assume the pandemic had a role.

the data doesn't fully answer that question, but it does show that a lot of over 35 y.o.
TonusOH

Difficult times tend to favor the JW efforts, as people are more likely to hedge their bets. Older JWs in particular might be more inclined to return 'just in case.' Then, as time passes and nothing happens, the numbers will dwindle again.
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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).
TonusOH

His version of rock bottom is very deep. I expect him to keep swinging and fighting until well past the point where he is alone and should have realized that he ruined himself and his family. He has a long way to go.