Posts by TonusOH

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

TonusOH

I don't think the stand-up video affected the Patreon numbers. But people here have been commenting on the relative lack of content he produces, and that he seems to be late with any topics he covers (ie, others already made videos about whatever he finally got around to). If you are a supporter and you are getting less than you were before, you might be inclined to look elsewhere.

I think he will still lose people mostly because they learn more about him and decide they do not want to support someone like him with their dollars. But a few will simply decide that it's not worth the money anymore. It's not just the loss of patrons. It is also the loss of people who did so much of the background work, that allowed him to produce the content at a certain pace and quality level. They are the ones who also need to be aware of who he is.

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DISSOCIATION - Based on Covid 19

by gavindlt in

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dear friends,.

i think you all know me as a person who has always strived, despite my imperfections to only ever wanting to be and remain in the “truth”.

it is in fact what i so desperately want for my son ashton and my baby girl honey bee, to be lovers of truth and grow up to be a loyal servants of jehovah god and his son, jesus christ.

TonusOH

MeanMrMustard: I don't see where, in that screen shot, they were recommending active JWs be prevented from attending via zoom if they were not vaccinated.

I don't think it says that explicitly, but it may as well. It says that only individuals who are fully vaccinated will be eligible to attend the theocratic schools, and that there will be no provision for teleconferencing. In other words, if you're not up-to-date on shots, you cannot attend in person, and you cannot attend remotely.

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Stress of Going to a Summer Convention

by LostintheFog1999 in

spotted this picture on a friend's page, he was highlighting the mental health issue.

however,we thought the magazine on stress was deliberately placed in the summer months because for any jw going to a convention, paying high season hotel rates for themselves or their whole family to stay near the convention centre, fighting coworkers and managers to get the time off work, travelling expenses, buying their own meals for the family, buying new shiny suits and dresses to impress (particularly if you have teenage girls who are looking for their prince), and more.... by the time they come home again and straight away back to work, their nerves will be so frazzled that their stress levels will have sky rocketed!.

as brother elder says to them, "don't worry.

TonusOH

I kind of remember the 1979 convention, which was a five-day international convention. Not as 'exciting' as the seven-or-eight-day conventions of the past, but the chance to sit outside in the sun for a few hours wasn't the worst way to spend a few summer days in New York City.

I admit to being quite surprised at how far they have scaled back the magazine frequency. A total of six issues of the magazines all year, with only two of them being new? They used to produce two new issues twice a month! I guess Jehovah has run out of things to discuss with his chosen people.

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Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

by WingCommander in

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this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

this is not a joke.

anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

TonusOH

llubrevlis2000: do you think it’s even possible they can just carry on nobody ever finds out the reasons he was removed?

They will try. How well it works depends on a lot of factors, primarily how Morris himself feels about it. Ray Franz wrote Crisis of Conscience at least in part because he felt that the WTS was dragging his name through the mud in order to cover themselves. So, they will try to keep it as quiet as possible. I don't think it will work, but it might be a long while before reliable info gets out.

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deep thoughts

by lancelink in

this afternoon i drove by an old hall i attended ( barrington illinois) and noticed that it had been sold, it is now an adventist .

church !

now here is my drive-home thinking.. back in the 80's when i attended i was newly married, and had a young child.

TonusOH

I found that elders would often tailor their advice to be as conservative as possible, even if it didn't make sense. But that is how the organization would present itself, too. They strongly discouraged people from doing work that might benefit the military, for example, even if this work was not done directly for them. Better safe than sorry, was the approach that they wanted us to follow.

...unless you were a young JW man in Mexico, offering a bribe to military officials in order to get a military card illegally, even though that made you a member of the armed forces and first in line to be called to serve during a time of war. Or any of a number of other questionable approaches taken for the sake of convenience.

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Every JW Elder In State Of Pennsylvania Subpoenaed

by JW GoneBad in

breaking news!

every jehovah’s witness elder in the 67 counties of pennsylvania are being given notice by state attorney's office to turn over any & all documents relating to child sex abuse cases!

watch attached video beginning at time-stamp 101:00...pay particular attention to what is said after 103:00.this is wild!.

TonusOH

Philip Brumley: "I don't apologize for that & that's not why I'm calling.

I LOL'ed for real.

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Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

by WingCommander in

jw
friends

this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

this is not a joke.

anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

TonusOH

Right now, it looks like the only things known for sure is that the WTS posted a notice that 'Brother Morris' was no longer serving on the GB, and that they took the notice down. Everything else is speculation. I'll give them this much, there really hasn't been much info leaked as far as I can tell. For something this momentous, the rumor mill is starving for any tidbit, but there's really not much being tossed out there.

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Japan Bethel police raid

by llubrevlis2000 in

i just heard japan bethel has had a police raid?.

something about children but i don’t know the details .

anyone here got any info on this latest police raid?

TonusOH

There is a reddit post that describes the police raid as an unsubstantiated rumor: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/11dokuq/japan_news_today_japan_copy_the_prosecutor_of/

Mostly, what you can find is about a group of lawyers representing JWs or exJWs who are accusing the organization of promoting or condoning child abuse by encouraging parents to refuse blood transfusions. Others are claiming that they were beaten as children by their parents (presumably as a disciplinary measure) which they consider to be child abuse.

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May 23 Watchtower

by Listener in

study article 22 is headed.

"keep traveling on the "way of holiness".

this article states that since 1919, having left babylon the great in that year, jws today are traveling on 'the way of holiness" (a figurative highway) as it takes them through the spiritual paradise and leads them through to future kingdom blessings.. they say that 'preparatory work' of that highway began centuries earlier.

TonusOH

I was under the impression that we can't really know the exact spelling of the Hebrew God's name, since the way they wrote it was abbreviated for any manuscripts that we have found. And the ancient Hebrew language did not have the letter "J", so any name that uses that letter in English is 'wrong' in the same way that "Jehovah" is wrong. Is any of this incorrect?

I would think that there is a bigger concern with promoting the idea of a God who wants a personal relationship with us, but doesn't seem to care if we get His name right. Or maybe that's the point: God is God, the name doesn't really matter because He knows what you mean when you speak of Him.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

TonusOH

Almost anything can be material for a stand-up routine. What makes some comedians successful is the ability to tell a funny story. Simply pointing out absurd or funny things won't impress an audience-- ordinary, 'non-funny' people do that all the time. You want a comedian to entertain you. Dave Chapelle is successful because he's a master storyteller. Think of the comedians who make you laugh, and they know how to tell a story.

"My religion didn't let me masturbate" is not, in and of itself, a funny or non-funny concept. It has a ton of promise, though, because people love taboo subjects. And someone who has a talent for telling funny stories would never run out of laughs. The idea of preaching door to door? Put that in the hands of your favorite comedian and imagine what they could do with it. They'd probably have the room falling out of its chairs from laughter.

Evans might be able to learn the craft. I tend to doubt it, mostly because he cannot laugh at himself and he bristles at any kind of criticism, which he would need to heed in order to improve. I just can't imagine someone being good at comedy if they cannot laugh at themselves.