Posts by Amelia Ashton

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No memorable talks at assemblies? Sorry to sound cynical!

by punkofnice in

i used to give public talks from the rigid outlines from borg hq.

i remember altering some talks from 45mins to 30mins.. this was great because before we were given 30min scripts i could take licence and pick and choose which bits i felt were more christian.

before my exit i gave resisting the spirit of the world 30min with my own spin on true christian love.

Amelia Ashton

It's so obvious when you know

Just proves how right the WTBTs are when they quote the ethiopian eunuch saying: “Really, how could I ever do so,(understand) unless someone guided me?”

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No memorable talks at assemblies? Sorry to sound cynical!

by punkofnice in

i used to give public talks from the rigid outlines from borg hq.

i remember altering some talks from 45mins to 30mins.. this was great because before we were given 30min scripts i could take licence and pick and choose which bits i felt were more christian.

before my exit i gave resisting the spirit of the world 30min with my own spin on true christian love.

Amelia Ashton

Well the chicken might be Jesus, but I can't get any further than that.......sorry.

PS. there are some pretty brilliant people visit here so I am sure there will be some-one to enlighten us.

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EUROVISION - Who's Watching It?

by Broken Promises in

it starts in less than 5 mins.... has everybody got their fave country's flag and got their wine/beer and european nibblies ready?.

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Amelia Ashton

We will watch the final Saturday. Plenty of nibbles and beer too but also a pen and paper because we like to score the songs as well and see how our opinions differ from the results.

We are however, completely apolitical in our scoring and if the UK's entry is crap it gets a zero.

We loved Satellite, last year's winning entry despite it being German which just proves how unbiased we truly are.

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No memorable talks at assemblies? Sorry to sound cynical!

by punkofnice in

i used to give public talks from the rigid outlines from borg hq.

i remember altering some talks from 45mins to 30mins.. this was great because before we were given 30min scripts i could take licence and pick and choose which bits i felt were more christian.

before my exit i gave resisting the spirit of the world 30min with my own spin on true christian love.

Amelia Ashton

There are only 3 talks (out of 25 years worth) that I remember with any clarity but only because they were particularly significant and life changing for me.

The first was a talk given by a young brother describing paradise, rolling hills, lush green meadows with streams, trees and deer etc. Typical WT image.

I had just come back from a holiday in Fuerteventura which was completely barren with no trees or grass but the most stunningly beautiful sandy beaches. It was at that moment I realised that green meant rain and barren meant no rain which was my idea of paradise so 8 weeks later I had sold my house and all my possessions and set off with 14 suitcases a bike and 2 small kids to live there.

I am a single mum so no husband to stop me and suffering deep depression. I did clear it with my doctor just to make sure I wasn't completely crazy. His advice was to keep taking my anti-depressants and come off them gradually once I got there. I ditched them at the airport.

The second was an analogy of a broken pencil and how it compared to our lives. Without a point the pencil was useless and if there was no point to our lives then our lives were useless. That was the second to last talk I ever heard. The 3rd talk and last meeting I ever went to was the memorial 2009 which had absolutely no point to it because no-one sipped or nibbled.

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Apostate Artwork

by sacolton in

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for use on any jw discussion/website .... .

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(insert your captions here).

Amelia Ashton

Bumping for newbies

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Favor please - Reuters article :)

by brizzzy in

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hi ladies and gentlemen,.

a reuters article about me and the book just hit the wire.

i swear never to ask this again, but if any of you are big on social media, please feel free to "like" or share it or tweet it or whatever.

Amelia Ashton

Tweeted and put on my FB page for you.

Good Luck xxx

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Why don't Christians believe in the book of Jashar?

by avatar in

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the bible refers to the book of jashar at joshua 10:13. this is when the sun stood still and the moon stopped.. it is also referred to in the 2nd book of samuel 1:18 where it says: "behold it is written in the book of jasher.".

why did they leave it out of the bible yet quote from it as an authority?.

Amelia Ashton

I was amazed the first time I realised a book that was not in the bible was quoted. It was before I had discovered this site and I hadn't been to a meeting for a couple of months so started reading the bible on my own.

I looked it up in the WT CD ROM and it is cited as spurious. Fine, but why would god quote from a spurious book. All scripture is inspired etc etc. This was the first time I questioned who wrote the bible and came to the conclusion that either the book is not spurious so should be included. If it is spurious it shouldn't be quoted.

I could not find any acceptable conclusion other than god didn't write the bible.

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