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I agree, that was good. It's not surprising that his writing can be bested by someone's parody on a forum.
I'm almost tempted to watch his upcoming videos once he gets on his new twice-a-week schedule. We can compare how bad the bags under his eyes get with each one, or how many times he sighs and rubs his neck, or looks around the room as if he wishes he was somewhere else, and any other signs that he's just had it with making videos for a shrinking donor pool.
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Also, "it's Kim's fault" has surpassed "I'll have to add you to the litigation" as my favorite meme.
Also also: one thing I just thought about- when announcing the letters to the seven, Evans griped that they could not send letters to all twelve because the translation costs were prohibitive. But what was sent to them was pretty much the same letter, wasn't it? None of the seven received examples or addenda with the letters, did they? If they were receiving the same basic letter, why would it cost more to prepare twelve instead of seven?
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LMsA: The real news is when the case gets dismissed. That’s what will make a difference if any.
What was revealed about the lawsuit is also highly damaging to him, though. The dismissal (and that is inevitable at this point) would have been a disappointment, but he would have tried to play it off as "the courts let me down, I thought our case was solid, this isn't over! Forty years, Kim! Forty yearssss!"
Instead, it is an embarrassment. I'm very curious to see how he tries to spin it. I expect that he will try to ignore it, but will have to say something about it. The story he concocts to try to explain it should be epic.
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That explains why he deleted his Twitter account and decided he needed more time off. After all of his talk, he didn't even file the suit properly or amend it when he needed to. All the while, he was smugly telling people to lawyer up and get ready for a legal fight. And he wasn't even bothering to make sure the suit was filed properly.
So he was putting on a show for his supporters, and once he realized that the truth was about to be revealed, he ran. He came up with a lame excuse about Twitter not removing an offensive tweet and deleted his account. And his recent note to his patrons did not mention the "campaign" against him. He desperately wants everyone to forget about it now.
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I've no interest in his book, but I am curious why it would take so long to revise it for a second edition. Yes, it's a very long book, but revisions are usually just that- fixing grammar here and there, updating a few passages or notes to reflect changes or knowledge since the original was published, and so on.
If he wants to add anything about the past two/three years, that would require a sequel, not a revised edition. It's way too much info to cover as an addendum or update, especially with his inability to control is penis word count.
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Sounds like Mouth Breather Night Open Mic night didn't go so great.
pardon all caps on original post title.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/176336/blondies-comments-you-will-hear-05-31-09-wt-study-praise-forever.
comments you will not hear at the 05-31-09 wt study (march 15, 2009, pages 24-28)(righteous forever).
"Biblical proof" or "scriptural proof" is a misnomer; the Bible makes claims. Proof or evidence must be sought out if one seeks to validate (or invalidate) those claims.
In any case, this level of navel-gazing is fascinating to me. As if we're supposed to be concerned that god, when he caused a magical conception, made sure not to break any of the laws that he had given to the Israelites. The method is also of no real interest, save for the fact that it makes this claim impossible to corroborate. God could have waited for Joseph and Mary to wed and bed, and then replaced the fertile egg with one that contained his godly essence. He could have waited until their child was of a certain age, then transferred the child's soul to heaven and infused the body with his own intellect. And so on.
It's academic, in light of what god wanted to accomplish. If the important thing was to preach the word of the new covenant and then sacrifice his life as a ransom for humanity, that could have been done in any of a number of ways. After all, the whole thing was being set up so that god could pay a debt to himself on behalf of humanity. He could have accomplished the very same thing by simply saying "you're all off the hook." The flair for the (gruesomely) dramatic made for a bit of drama (and a very graphic film by Mel Gibson) but was unnecessary.
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I can't see his improv career going anywhere. He was getting used to doing TV interviews and rubbing elbows with people outside of the exJW pond. Now he is doing amateur night in a bar in Croatia, with a crowd that doesn't care that he's a sex-addled cult escapee. If he cannot find the energy to make content for people who practically worship him, he definitely doesn't want to keep going on stage and being ignored.
it's not too early to place your bets for how many patrons his royal thighness will lose in october.
as of this writing, his tally stands at 457. so, where do you think he'll be on october 2?
lucky number 420?
It's a strange month because of the bump he got mid-month. 458 to 435 would be a loss of 23, which wouldn't be shocking given how things have been going. 478 to 435 is a loss of 53. But with the recent content being mostly him crying into his beer (Oktoberfest!), I'm wondering if the slide will continue into the first week or two of this month.
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MillennialDawn: He’s an especially gifted liar.
The most effective liars are the ones who are convinced that they are being honest. Not about every detail, but about the overarching narrative. I think Evans can lie convincingly because he is certain that he is a good person and a good family man. He is certain that he didn't do anything too terrible, and that he made amends. Thus, he is also certain that he is being unfairly persecuted by people jealous of him.
Any lies he tells are in service of what he believes is true, and so he can lie without guilt or remorse. When he lies to his supporters, it's not like he's really lying- they just need to understand what is going on. When he lies to his family, it's not like he's really lying- they're being unfair and he's just fighting fire with fire. When he lies to everyone else, it's not really lying- and besides, the public doesn't need to know any of this stuff, so what difference does it make?
The most effective liars lie to themselves the most.
