"At 379, I will only travel to the local karaoke bar, as I will lack the resources to travel around the world. I will limit my meet-up events to those involving inexpensive 'conversations' with sex workers who are verifiably older than 20. I will also have a short conversation with TED, the bartender at the karaoke bar. I will refer to this as my TED talk."
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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And I thought it was significant to see it drop to 424, figuring that from now on the changes would be small and gradual. He was at 440 or 443 just a few days ago. That is a very big drop. I think the constant pressure is having an effect, especially on those who are supporting him but were refusing to check behind the curtain. It doesn't really take much more than a glimpse to learn (A)the things he admitted to doing and (B)that he has been misleading his remaining supporters about it.
It's tough to support someone with his issues and his way of dealing with them (lie, misdirect, bully people, use his family as props, etc). There are 401 people who either have not yet looked into what is going on, or who will stick with him to the bitter end. My guess is that there are a lot more of the former.
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A Further Land Grab.
by Lost in the fog inhttps://eu.recordonline.com/story/news/local/2022/11/29/jehovahs-witnesses-ramapo-campus-will-expand-growing-hudson-valley-empire/69674158007/.
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Being tax exempt certainly saves them huge amounts of money, as does all of the dirt-cheap or free labor they can command. But they are spending a lot on all of this real estate and the buildings and other improvements, and those will still require steady income in order to remain viable.
They might need to start a YouTube channel in order to generate some income. Imagine the views they would get from "Stephen Lett Reaction" videos. Maybe Tony Morris can do booze reviews? And David Splane can 'splain how overlapping generations works. They could even do "Rebuttal Rebuttal Sushi" videos breaking down Lloyd Evans's breakdowns.
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How things are in JW land right now?
by Hellothere inany news about how going back to kingdom halls and door to door ministry going right now?
are there many people at meetings and meetings before going out in service as congregation?.
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It'd be funny to put on a shirt, tie, and jacket, then sit for the meeting. But if you get up, everyone sees that you did not put on pants.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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Times up?
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Struggling to find a purpose
by My Name is of No Consequence ini spent most of my life in the org.
we were taught that our purpose in life was to serve jehovah.
that never really made sense to me, but it was still a purpose to keep going.
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Nathan: Many JWs I knew in my long-ago youth would have said the purpose in life was to "be happy." I still think that is right
Me too. I think that people want to be happy above all else. The things we do and pursue are based on happiness at some level. I think it's very helpful for any individual to take stock of his/her life and figure out what would make them happy, then plan accordingly.
If I'm only here for a short time and then I am gone, I'd like to have lived a life where I was happy as often as I was able to be. That is the essence of the concept of enjoying what you have, while you have it. One of the more insidious outcomes of religious belief is that people will live a life of suffering and deprivation because they believe that life will really begin after they die. If they're wrong, the collective wasted talent over the course of human existence is staggering.
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Two gems from February 2023 Study Watchtower
by BoogerMan infebruary 2023 study watchtower: .
p. 16, par.
5 - ”when we base our discussions on material published by jehovah’s organization, (not the bible!
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Rattigan350: There was a GB update that said not to look for that cry and it appears that many didn't even notice that.
I think it's because they are so conditioned to look for signs that the end is near. I remember when the UN designated 1986 as the Year of Peace and Security. If ever there was a moment to recognize a sign, that was it. It may be that, after nothing came of it, the WTS decided to be a bit more circumspect. That was only a few years after they finally made a grudging concession about 1975, and they would not have wanted to stall growth after it had picked up again.
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Christine McVie has passed
by Las Malvinas son Argentinas inchristine mcvie of one of my favourite bands of all time, fleetwood mac, has passed away.
i don’t think she got as much credit as stevie nicks and lindsay buckingham as she should have, but she wrote her fair share of hit songs.
such a beautiful and smooth voice to go along with stevie’s unique style.
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She and her husband always struck me as the only sane members of Fleetwood Mac. Great band with a lot of memorable songs. Sad to hear of her passing.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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I am curious to see if he mentions it. I don't think he would defend it as much as he would lie about almost every aspect of it, but I also think he would need to be very careful how he covers that part of his life. His legal actions in Croatia won't amount to anything, but if he makes false and defamatory claims in his book, he might be on the other side of a legal case. And if he is selling his book internationally, his sales from the book could be within easy reach of a plaintiff looking to collect on a judgment.
And there is also the issue that others apparently have more pictures and messages that he would not want to be made public. Information that could wreck his attempt at salvaging his reputation. Does he really want to risk that? For a book that won't make much money?
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Struggling to find a purpose
by My Name is of No Consequence ini spent most of my life in the org.
we were taught that our purpose in life was to serve jehovah.
that never really made sense to me, but it was still a purpose to keep going.
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"Has anyone else felt this way? What have you done, or am doing, about it?"
I am catching up. There were two specific things I wanted to do when I was growing up --draw comics and write horror stories-- that I always avoided because they did not fit with my perception of a good JW. When I finally freed myself mentally, it still took some time to accept that I could now do both of those in good conscience. So now I spend some of my free time drawing and writing. It has come along very slowly, but I can recall the day I sat down and asked myself "what it is that you want to DO? What would give you a sense of fulfilment?" And the answer was easy: tell stories.
So I've worked on doing that ever since.
So my advice is: sit down and have a long talk with yourself about what you really would like to do. What do you want to accomplish? What gives you a sense of joy, of fulfilment? When you find the answer, start working towards those things as a goal. In other words, find something that makes you happy, and do that thing. And be happy.
