Posts by TonusOH

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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).
TonusOH

If Christians practice Christianity, do Masons practice... Masonry?
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
TonusOH

I don't think it's effective to try to buy Patreon supporters. Unlike Twitter or YouTube, where you are buying a few clicks (which can be automated, if needed), a Patron is sending you money. I doubt Patreon wants to let people goose the numbers any more than Twitter or YT. And I think it's easier for them to prevent it.
It would be funny if they checked his donor list, and it was filled with $1 donors whose email addresses were all "lloyedevans" and a sequential number. But if it was possible to buy Patrons, I bet he would have done so instead of watching the number drop so much, so fast. At least some of his Patrons must have discovered Evans's personal issues when they wondered why his supporters were leaving in droves.
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2022-07-01--Additional Contribution Box!
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
the watchtower wants more money!.

https://we.tl/t-jyt0susog5.

atlantis!.
TonusOH

I would love for them to put labels on the two donation boxes: DONATE and DONATE MORE.
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Sixteen years later and wow is life different
by BlackSwan of Memphis in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have no idea if this is the right place to post this.

if you're just leaving the witnesses or questioning and toying with the idea of leaving..... life goes by fast.

and either you rip the band aid off and deal with it or let it fester and eat you alive.
TonusOH

I'm in my early 50s, faded quietly over the approximate time period of 1997-to-2012, at which point I was far enough away that "leaving" was painless, as I was already long gone. I don't know if I would have had the fortitude to just rip the bandage off, but I was always a planner.
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Did the ransom sacrifice even work?
by Sharpie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
shower thought entered my mind the other day... jesus christ.

as per doctrine.

is still alive in heaven right now correct?
TonusOH

The concept seems odd to me. I think it always did. I am allowed to kill some lesser creature and spill its blood upon the ground, and God will forgive me my transgressions. We bypass this today because God offered to sacrifice a human body, one that he (or His son) temporarily inhabited before returning to Heaven. To a being older than time itself, this interlude was so short, it is difficult to imagine that He even noticed it.
What I wonder about it is... could Jesus have failed? Was there a possibility that he would sin, and thus condemn humanity to an eternity of sin, suffering, and death? What would happen to Jesus/God if this had happened? What would have happened to Satan? If Jesus's triumph was inevitable and Satan's defeat guaranteed, why was the sacrifice even necessary? Who did Jehovah feel He needed to impress?
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Did the ransom sacrifice even work?
by Sharpie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
shower thought entered my mind the other day... jesus christ.

as per doctrine.

is still alive in heaven right now correct?
TonusOH

I think I once had a jacket made from noahide.
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
TonusOH

Didn't Evans make an attempt at having translators work for free translating his first book?
Well, he certainly got his money's worth. Others have explained that he made life difficult for the translators, which is peak Lloyd Evans: find the cheapest way to do something, then make an effort to reduce the quality even more. Hmm, I'm not feeling too confident about the odds of his legal issues working out for him...
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2022-July-S-147-Announcements-English and German!
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
2022-july-s-147-announcements and reminders .

in english and german.. .

https://www.filemail.com/d/vzdsfllhgxpkdmc.
TonusOH

We have received reports that personal slideshows and videos presented before or after some wedding talks have not been dignified and, in a few cases, were outlandish.
LOL, someone hosted a stag party.
Oh, wait, this is a JW publication. Someone probably said something rude, like "golly!"
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
TonusOH

It's not as if belonging to a religion that had strict moral rules regarding sex made any difference to Evans in the first place.
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
TonusOH

WingCommander: OMG, Hemorrhoid Evans is going to write at least 2 MORE long-winded, gas-bag books about HIMSELF?
Apparently he is going to revise the first one? He could get away with it, because no one wants to read either book, much less compare them to see what he changed. And if he's going to revise the first one, why bother writing the second one? Oh, wait-- he's not going to try to crowdfund a second autobiography, is he? lol
Maybe he can title it The Unrepentant Reprobate.