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

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  He broke down when he was reading one of his messages implying that he was feeling suicidal. When he began to talk about his family, the tears stopped and he quickly regained his composure. That's why I think the emotion was real-- he was feeling pain and sorrow for himself. When it came time to acknowledge his family, his emotions dried up and he got back on track.

  You will notice how frequently he uses his family as a club to attack his critics with. How many times has he tried to make the point that his detractors are not concerned about his family? His wife and children are useful insofar as he can use them to pretend to be a caring family man and insofar as he can use them to distract his critics. But I don't think he really cares about them, certainly not as much as he cares about himself.
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  I'm Not Saying Americans are Stupid

  by Simon in

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  but maybe they over-value their own abilities.

  c'mon, imagining you could fight a gorilla, lion, elephant, or bear with your bare hands?!?.

  this could be an amazing new reality tv show though ... "ok, bubba, you've just beaten a dog ... now for $16,000 do you want to fight a chimpanzee?

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  Well, I'd definitely want to watch the unedited video of someone battling an elephant, lion, or grizzly bear.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Exactly. He wants to focus on whether it's really that bad that he 'spent some time with sex workers.' Most people think it's awful that he cheated on his spouse and can't seem to bring himself to even appear to be remorseful.
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  I'm Not Saying Americans are Stupid

  by Simon in

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  but maybe they over-value their own abilities.

  c'mon, imagining you could fight a gorilla, lion, elephant, or bear with your bare hands?!?.

  this could be an amazing new reality tv show though ... "ok, bubba, you've just beaten a dog ... now for $16,000 do you want to fight a chimpanzee?

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  Errr... why is anyone even conducting this survey? We have far too many idiotic reality shows as it is...
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  It was good enough for C.T. Russell.....

  by BoogerMan in

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  ....but not for jw's!.

  w70 4/15 p. 250 -"in 1870 charles taze russell...was not satisfied with the sectarian [jw's are sectarian] explanations of the bible given him, so he started a bible-study class with several of his friends....".

  km 9/07 p. 3 question box - "does “the faithful and discreet slave” endorse independent groups of witnesses who meet together to engage in scriptural research or debate?

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  That has been the view of the WTS for decades now. If you are not a JW, they encourage you to question your religious leaders and beliefs because the truth will always shine through. If you are a JW, they strongly discourage questioning anything or trying study on your own, because truth only belongs to the GB. Many of their statements about searching for truth are contradictory like that. Question everything until you become a JW, then question nothing... or else.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Simon: It's still staggering that someone who relied on his online reputation for 100% of his income had so little regard for it

  I think it's a lack of self-awareness. He really isn't capable of seeing things from the point of view of someone outside of his situation. His hard-charging, take-no-prisoners style of operating can work over a short period of time, and it did for him. He grew his channel and protected it by going after anyone who criticized him, and he was relentless. And he also alienated people who were on his side because he demands unconditional support. So, when he finally stumbled badly, he lacked a support network- the people who could have helped him were on the other side of all of those burned bridges.

  Even now, he won't give an inch and continues to turn on people who supported him. You have to wonder how many of the ones that are left -the real diehard supporters- will end up in his doghouse because they couldn't keep navigating the minefield that is his massive and fragile ego.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Thisismein1972: He says he dreams of leaving Twitter. Well why dream when all he has to do is hit that deactivate account button.

  Just like his relationship with his penis, he has yet to master the "log out" function.
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  He really does love him some adverbs, doesn't he?
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  Twitter is where people spend all day talking past each other.

  I'm sure there are people who use it productively, but for so many people it's a battleground. That has to be mentally and emotionally exhausting after a while. I don't have the wherewithal to keep up with it.
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  For Born-Ins - If You Were 18 Again, What 7 Things Would You do Differently?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  here's mine:.

  1. go immediately to college and study construction management.

  2. set up an ira and start contributing every year.

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  1. I would start saving every bit of money that I could, instead of spending it all.

  2. I would develop my art and writing skills early, and seek to do that as a career. (I came close to entering the field of comic book art, but there were too many hurdles for a JW to overcome to work in that field, so I gave it up. Still regret it to some degree.)

  3. Once the opportunity came, I'd start investing all of the cash I managed to save.

  4. Once I was financially secure, start to enjoy my good fortune... responsibly. I'd move out of the city and to a quiet suburb in the Midwest, and enjoy the nicer people and the serene environments.

  I've sort of done those things over the past ~15 years or so, and have mapped out a retirement path that hopefully works out. I just wish I'd started early. Can't do that when you're prepping for the end of the world, though.