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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).
Journeyman

Time for another begging video ..
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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).
Journeyman

Down to 481 now!
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Journeyman

So far, he's lost 106 since his peak after the "Things Are Bad" video in April. That's about half of the increase that it generated.
At this rate of losses (about 20-30 a month), he will be back around his lowest level to date (387) by the end of the year, give or take a month.
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Journeyman

As he falls below 500 (492 as I type), I think it's the right time for this image from Toblerone again!
🤣
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Who the JW's governing body USED to be! 😂😂😂😂
by BoogerMan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
w50 1/1 pp.

10-11 par.

2 - the watch tower bible & tract society, the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses,... .
Journeyman

Everyone knew what was meant when someone said that "the society says this/that."
Yes, you can tell the relative age of a publisher by whether they still say "the society says this/that" or they say today's phrase "the organisation says this/that", or worse, "Jehovah's organisation says this/that" when talking about instructions coming down from higher levels, whether in talks, publications or letters.
The modern-day org have been very successful among the R&F at directly linking God's name to "the organisation" in individual's minds. I can't recall the previous JWs using phrases that linked the two so closely.
There is also the phrase "Jehovah's people" which was used a lot and still is sometimes, but that was usually broader, meaning anyone who was a JW, not just the senior hierarchy.
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Journeyman

Someone should find that poor girl in his photo in Thailand to see if she’s ok...
I wonder if he's been back to "visit" her again since, or does he make a new "friend" each time he goes... (checks notes) scuba diving?
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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).
Journeyman

2.penis master (level one)
Found my old console copy of "Super Penis Master" and thought I'd start again at level one, try and beat my previous high score...
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I wonder whatever became of the JW 'don't masturbate' guy?
by SydBarrett in
1. jw
2. friends
this guy: how embarrassing.it's also sad that when it was being filmed, no one thought to tell him "you don't have to over do it..they'll get the point.."now he lives forever in internet infamy.

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Journeyman

Hmm... I don't remember that campaign slogan: "New Labour, new wankers"?

But I suppose that's instead of the Tory Party, who are the same old wankers! 🤣
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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).
Journeyman

2.penis master (level one)
That was never one of my favourite arcade games... 🤣
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New NWT
by NotFormer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is it very different from the old version?.

has it changed much?.

how can i get a copy?
Journeyman

As someone has has no claim to being any kind of Hebrew or Greek scholar, I broadly feel that there is something more bland and soulless (nepheshless? pardon the pun) about the 2013 RNWT (Revised NWT, as I think of it).
The supposed benefit of more 'up-to-date' language is over-rated IMO, especially when accompanied by the general dumbing down of all the other teaching and meeting material from the org. What's wrong with encouraging readers to learn a bit more, improve themselves and stretch their linguistic knowledge rather than 'lowering' the standard of a text to the lowest common denominators? What next? Slang, street talk and gender-neutral pronouns?
The language of the 1950s-80s NWT, while perhaps a bit dated in places now, is a good compromise between the old texts of the likes of the KJV (which I do agree is less relevant today, and besides, is not really that accurate a translation by today's standards), and the contemporary free-translations of recent decades. It retained enough of the poetry and symbolic language of the text to provide colour and meaning, without being too obscure or complex in language or too far removed from the contemporary vernacular.
Now, the RNWT is too far in the opposite direction and as some have said, too many important contextual footnotes have been removed (eg: nephesh/soul, hades/sheol/grave, etc), and expressions and possible alternate or modern renderings have been interpolated directly into the text to lean towards current GB teaching and JW terminology. "Older men" to "elders" being just one example.
Also, working against the GB's claim of wanting to improve readability, some features which actually made understanding easier in the previous NWT have been removed, such as the plural YOU which was a useful feature, and the removal of which was never explained.