Posts by slimboyfat

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

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

slimboyfat

His stupid redubbed wildlife videos are struggling to get 2K views. They’ve got to be among the most unpopular videos he’s produced yet. No wonder over 98% of his 109K historic subscribers have tuned out.

I don’t think patrons are donating because they enjoy the videos these days. All the interesting people on the channel are gone. Many patrons are donating because they felt sorry for him in the begging video, or because they forgot to refresh their subscription preferences in the last couple of years.

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Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

by slimboyfat in

have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

have you got any views on the information?

i find it worrying at least.

slimboyfat

1 in 35 have heart injury following Moderna mRNA vaccine? Is this true? Will the media report on it? Will governments react to it? Will the company pay or anyone be held accountable for this?

https://youtu.be/cd_RTf_ForA

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acts 13:12 "Jehovah" or the "Lord"

by enoughisenough in

acts 13:12 nwt......at the teaching of "jehovah"....i was reading in acts and the apostles were teaching about jesus, and so when i saw the word "jehovah", it seemed out of context with the other context in acts.

( i think there may be some instances where the name jehovah may fit into acts--but the jury isn't in on that ) i went into bible gateway which lists how the verse is translated in other versions and the several others i read all translated "the lord" ( not all capitols so meaning jesus) which i think is more fitting with the context.

i really need to get another bible besides the nwt...i keep thinking i may end up with my dad's large print bible.

slimboyfat

Could be - it looks like a case that could go either way. New Testament scholar James Dunn categorises it as an ambiguous use of kyrios that could apply to either God or Jesus. The NWT study Bible makes a reasonable case for their inclusion of Jehovah in the verse based on the context:

In the preceding two verses, Kyʹri·os occurs twice. In both cases, it refers to God and can be viewed as a substitute for the divine name. (See comments on Acts 13:10, 11) The expression “the teaching of Jehovah” is synonymous with “the word of God,” used at Acts 13:5. That verse says that when Paul and his companions arrived in Cyprus, they “began proclaiming the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews.” As a result, the proconsul Sergius Paulus was “eager to hear the word of God.” (Acts 13:7) So it is natural to conclude that after witnessing what Paul said and did, Sergius Paulus was astounded at what he had learned about Jehovah God and the teaching originating from Him. Some translations of the Christian Greek Scriptures into Hebrew use the divine name here. So in view of the context and the background of the expression and the ambiguity of the term Kyʹri·os, the divine name is used in the main text.

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

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

slimboyfat

Nah I don’t think the thread will be done until his channel is. At current rate of attrition that could take a few years, but he might give up earlier if the relentless decline gets to him. I suppose it depends what we mean by “give up” because I suspect he’ll keep his Patreon page open so he can keep raiding the bank accounts of any who forget to close their Patreon subscription long after he has all but given up and moved on. Maybe we should define “giving up” as below 50 patrons and/or fewer than 1 video a month, or something like that. If we agree a definition of collapse of his channel maybe we could run a prediction pool on that too - say put me down for February 2026.

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

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

slimboyfat

Minus -33 down to 474 just to give him a good fright. 🦇 👍

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Did anyone really enjoy assemblies?

by SydBarrett in

jw
friends

the twickenham post made me think of this.

i have a few jw family members on facebook and being summertime, their pics of the convention have shown up in my fb feed.

along with their comments about "i wished it would never end" or "what a glorious weekend".

slimboyfat

I liked the book releases best. They are really missing something without the book releases. I guess they want to save money, but they are probably underestimating how much it motivated people to attend all the sessions and speculate on what themed talk was a book title.

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Where Does Watchtower Doctrine Contradict Scripture?

by Vanderhoven7 in

here are some areas that i have found:.

not only is watchtower eschatology offbase, which is not critical, but so is watchtower soteriology … which is critical.

the bible says not to put trust in men who cannot save.

slimboyfat

Phil 2.11 says that everyone bending their knee to Jesus is “to the glory of God the Father.”

I’ve yet to read any statement in scripture that even hints that worship of God is “to the glory of” an another. Clearly Jesus is distinguish from God in this verse because worship to God is his alone by right, whereas bending the knee to Jesus is for the purpose of elevating Jesus’ God and ours.

God is the source of everything and the rightful recipient of worship.

Jesus is God’s Son through who God created everything and through whom he will reconcile all creation. Thus all honour and praise to Jesus is, as scripture plainly says, “to the glory of God the Father.”

Paul spells out the difference between God and Jesus extremely clearly again in 1 Cor 15.27 and 28:

27 For “God has put all things in subjection under [Jesus] feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

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

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

slimboyfat

I think that website scrapes the data from the Patreon site, so if it is no longer available on Patreon then the graph site might stick at the last known count of 508

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

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

slimboyfat

It looks like the patron number has been removed from LE’s Patreon account?

I guess he didn’t enjoy the monthly speculation about how far his support would drop, or the reminder that his boost from the begging video was only temporary.

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Where Does Watchtower Doctrine Contradict Scripture?

by Vanderhoven7 in

here are some areas that i have found:.

not only is watchtower eschatology offbase, which is not critical, but so is watchtower soteriology … which is critical.

the bible says not to put trust in men who cannot save.

slimboyfat

The Watchtower magazine bases its articles on Bible teaching. If you are questioning that then you are undermining the basis for believing it is the truth. Honestly, sometimes I think this discussion forum is beginning to develop apostate leanings. 😁