Posts by slimboyfat

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JW Obession with the trinity
by Riley in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so a few years i watched a lecture series by a man named dr. micheal heiser called the two powers in heaven, jesus in the old testament.

funny thing was it wasn't even very evangelical in nature, so i turned off my religious binders and just watched it like a regular person.

it turns out that the new testament is a hinge point in the bible.
slimboyfat

Why wouldn’t JW teaching on the identity if God and Jesus not attract more people than otherwise?
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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).
slimboyfat

If I remember right, Mark O’s statement said that he wouldn’t work with LE out of respect for the feelings of others, kind of like the “not to stumble others” JW idea. Almost as if to say he didn’t have a problem with LE personally. Neither has LE attacked or litigated against Mark. Perhaps they are both leaving it open whether they can work together again in future, if and when the scandal blows over.
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JW Obession with the trinity
by Riley in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so a few years i watched a lecture series by a man named dr. micheal heiser called the two powers in heaven, jesus in the old testament.

funny thing was it wasn't even very evangelical in nature, so i turned off my religious binders and just watched it like a regular person.

it turns out that the new testament is a hinge point in the bible.
slimboyfat

They hardly ever mention the Trinity these days. Their new study book mentions the word once in passing. Compare this to the old Let God Be True book that had an entire chapter on the Trinity. The old Trintiy brochure has not been updated or replaced since the 1980s. I don’t think JWs are particularly interested in doctrinal issues like the Trinity any more, partly because many householders are less religious these days, so it doesn’t come up on the ministry as often as it did in the past.
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Mormon abuse allegations
by RolRod in
1. social
2. current
mormons in the news covering up abuse allegations.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/us/wirestory/mormons-meet-salt-lake-city-biannual-conference-90816632.
slimboyfat

Doesn’t work for me. 🤔
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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).
slimboyfat

Are there still people on Facebook groups sticking up for him? Bizarre. What about Reddit, what’s going on there? I can’t navigate Reddit at all.
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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).
slimboyfat

According to graphtreon his peak patrons was 897 last year, so his current 439 is under half of the peak. Since a few of the 439 will be new patrons, he must have lost well over half of the original patrons at the start of the year.
Even so, as long as his patrons are counted in the hundreds, he will probably be motivated to keep on going. Because 400 patrons is worse than 900 patrons, but it’s better than nothing, probably, in his mind, and better than an alternative way of making a living.
I wonder who the remaining patrons are. A few of them will be die hard fans, but at this point I wonder if a substantial number are just people who subscribed a few years ago and have forgotten about it. Sometimes people just forget to delete old subscriptions they don’t use any more. I know I have.
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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).
slimboyfat

It’s that time of the month again. Happy patron drop day! I wonder how far it will drop this time …
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Vince Deporter has passed away.
by Las Malvinas son Argentinas in
1. jw
2. friends
exjw and artist (sponge bob) vince deporter has passed away at 63.. vince was an intense yet sweet guy.

we didn’t always agree but he’d always swing by later and either smooth things out or just move on.

he held no grudges.. he’ll be missed...
slimboyfat

Very sorry to hear this. All I know of him is one interview he gave a few years ago but he made an impression.
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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).
slimboyfat

Wow LMSA that was a crazy thread. I had completely forgotten about it. He claimed to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown just because of some comments on an Internet forum. Wow! Compare that with the genuine upset he has caused so many people who have had the misfortune of crossing his path in life.
I took a mild dislike to him early on, but I never imagined how unpleasant a person he truly is. If it wasn't for his own confession video I would have had trouble even believing it.
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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).
slimboyfat

Somebody mentioned why he used an English address for the speed dating event. It’s worse than that. Didn’t he use the address of a former supporter who he stayed with, for free, on a previous trip, without even asking their permission?