Posts by Amelia Ashton

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Ricky Gervais on atheism & some ideas we can relate to

by alecholmesthedetective in

i found this article really interesting because of the similar thoughts ricky expresses i could relate to and think are good food for thought irrespect of what you believe at the present time.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/19/a-holiday-message-from-ricky-gervais-why-im-an-atheist/.

for example.... people who believe in god dont need proof of his existence, and they certainly dont want evidence to the contrary.

Amelia Ashton

When it became a stick to beat people with. “Do this or you’ll burn in hell.”

This line is brillliant because until God says it to me himself it is only the words of men.

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Commanded To Stop Thinking. WHY?

by clarity in

hitler produced a cleansed nation of people, german women.

bred by blond blue-eyed german soldiers produced aryan babies .

who were brain washed from birth.

Our politicians here in UK certainly don't care about our disabled, elderley and vulnerable. There were 57 demonstrations yesterday throughout the country and the main one was in Trafalgar Square London and there was nothing in the mainstream media whatsoever. A complete blackout on it.

Did any of you guys over the pond or down under see anythng reported on your news? I would love to know.

BBC here in UK didn't mention anything and only a couple of on-line newspapers gave it a few paragraphs.

100s of thousands took to the streets with placards yesterday regarding the new bedroom tax or spare bedroom subsidy to give it it's correct title which takes away on average £14 a week from the poorest citizens leaving them with less than £20 a week to live on.

This new tax is directed at only the poorest and most vulnerable in our society and comes into effect 1st April which incidently is the same day the millionaires are given a tax break giving them an extra £100,00 a year and for those MPs claiming for second homes they also get an extra £100 a year to cover inflationary costs on electricity for their second homes whilst our poorest lose £750 a year.

George Carlin speaks a lot of truth.

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Do You Believe In ANYTHING That The Witnesses Taught At This Point In Your Life?

by minimus in

jw
friends

for example, they pride themselves in what they don't believe such as immortal souls, the trinity, hellfire, etc.. some exjws still believe it is the "truth" and support the basics.. .

Amelia Ashton

(Ecclesiastes 12:12) .?.?.To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion [to them] is wearisome to the flesh. (The JW stuff was certainly wearisome)

But possibly they are running out of new material and are having to recycle their old stuff.

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Do You Believe In ANYTHING That The Witnesses Taught At This Point In Your Life?

by minimus in

jw
friends

for example, they pride themselves in what they don't believe such as immortal souls, the trinity, hellfire, etc.. some exjws still believe it is the "truth" and support the basics.. .

Amelia Ashton

*** w02 9/1 p. 26 “I Would Not Change a Thing!” ***

Religion Is a Snare and a Racket.

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Do You Believe In ANYTHING That The Witnesses Taught At This Point In Your Life?

by minimus in

jw
friends

for example, they pride themselves in what they don't believe such as immortal souls, the trinity, hellfire, etc.. some exjws still believe it is the "truth" and support the basics.. .

Amelia Ashton

The dead are dead and conscious of nothing. I believe that.

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Rabbi Makes Outrageous Comment About Child Abuse

by metatron in

http://forward.com/articles/172957/yeshiva-rabbi-bluntly-warns-sex-abuse-reports-put/.

oy vey!

such tall tales these children tell!

Amelia Ashton

Semen is the "second witness"

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"They went out from us, but they were not of our sort..." - worst ever scripture to lead an anti-apostate talk?

by cedars in

the program for the 2013 convention series has been drawn to my attention.

here is a link to it.... http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=pdf&output=html&pub=co-pgm13&langwritten=e&option=trgchlzrqvnyvrxf&txtcmslang=e.

there is a saturday morning symposium on "apostates.

Amelia Ashton

The more they talk about us the more impact we must be having on them. IMHO

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In All Honesty Would You Have NOT Given Blood To Your Child If He or She Needed it?

by minimus in

jw
friends

as a "faithful witness", i never had to deal with this on a personal level.

i imagine the pressure must be extreme with the elders and others "supporting" you to do the right thing.. do you think you would have given blood to your family member, especially your child if you were in that situation..

Amelia Ashton

I am ashamed to say I would have watched my child die rather than make Jehovah sad.

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Apostates are blown out of the water by an elder's response to my e-mail

by never a jw in

jw
friends

the following are two emails (one mine, one from an elder) that are part of an exchange regarding the unfairness of shunning.

he is an elder and a substitute of the c.o.

he comes from a "highly decorated" family of jw's.

Amelia Ashton

Others have stopped caring about the public in general and no longer witness about God's truths as they used to before.

Caring about the public in general is not allowed unless it is in the form of offering magazines.

Anything more and you are likely to get counselled by an elder!!!

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VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA | The Age newspaper | March 16, 2013 | Slamming the Door on Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

the age newspaper | fairfax media | saturday, march 16, 2013. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/slamming-the-door-on-jehovah-20130315-2g6fo.html.

slamming the door on jehovah's witnesses.

she is an apostate, which sounds like a strange disease, and in many ways it is.

Amelia Ashton

Tax 'em!