Amelia Ashton

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  Unemployment is down, but why did America set a record 47.8 million on food stamps?

  by moshe in

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  in the usa a new record was set on food stamp enrollments, which seems ironic.

  you would think as unemployment drops , food stamp usage would be dropping, too.

  maybe those government unemployment numbers are fake numbers.

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  Amelia Ashton

  They have just introduced food stamps in the UK to replace crisis loans which were repayable but you could spend the money on what you wanted.

  Food stamps are redeemable only in Asda (Walmart) and ony for food. (Not cigarettes or alcohol. Not sure about any other restrictions).

  Food banks are the biggest growth industry in the UK next to our welfare costs.

  Our government too keep saying unemployment is down but the welfare bill is rising. Only 13% of the bill is unemployment payments.

  The cost of living is so high often a family with both parents working still need help towards rent and bills but the government do nothing to raise the minimum wage and vilify those who do qualify for help as lazy and scroungers.
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  Easter - Important!

  by free2beme in

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  easter, celebrating someone rising from the dead.

  stop!!!

  if they rose from the dead, it is a zombie and you need to know a couple things.. 1. do not let it bite you, as it trying to eat you and if it doesn't the bite will turn you zombie.. 2. shot for the head!!!!

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  Christ is a myth very often seen on toast
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  Watchtower Society knows they are beat

  by outsmartthesystem in

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  2. child-abuse

  in regard to the conti case......i have a new hypothesis.

  i think they know they can't win this one.

  but for the sake of damage control, they must litter the court with appeals and extensions.

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  Good for you saying something.

  When the Panorama programme on paedophilia amongst JWs was shown I didn't believe a single bad word that was said about the society and although had always enjoyed and trusted Panorama prior to this episode I stopped watching it I was so disgusted with them.

  Nothing in that programme made me question the religion I was in and the only difference it made was to keep a close eye on my girls around the brothers.

  Once out I revisited that programme and watched it again knowing that what was said was the truth. It helped in my escape and in the same way anything said now to someone still in may appear to have fallen on deaf ears I know once some-thing like that is in your head, it doesn't leave.

  She may do nothing now but if something else crops up she may decide to research it then and if you hadn't said anything she wouldn't know where to even start.

  You did a good job.
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  GB member Anthony Morris in serious auto accident, accepts life-saving blood transfusion.....new light on blood to appear in August 15 Watchtower

  by sir82 in

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  ...or maybe not.. .

  what's today's date again?.

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  Amelia Ashton

  I knew it wasn't real but I still clicked.
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  Easter - Important!

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  easter, celebrating someone rising from the dead.

  stop!!!

  if they rose from the dead, it is a zombie and you need to know a couple things.. 1. do not let it bite you, as it trying to eat you and if it doesn't the bite will turn you zombie.. 2. shot for the head!!!!

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  Amelia Ashton

  Never put me in the same room as a politician and an axe. I know exactly where I would put it.
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  Easter - Important!

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  easter, celebrating someone rising from the dead.

  stop!!!

  if they rose from the dead, it is a zombie and you need to know a couple things.. 1. do not let it bite you, as it trying to eat you and if it doesn't the bite will turn you zombie.. 2. shot for the head!!!!

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  Amelia Ashton

  Thanks to this series being suggested on another thread I am hooked on Walking Dead.

  I have found a violent streak in me I never knew existed before and am delighted when a baddie "gets it"!
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  Challenge for JW's - how do you arrive at 1919 using the Bible alone?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  any takers?

  jw apologists or anyone, convince us why you are sure that jesus appointed the watchtower society in 1919 using the bible alone.

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  Amelia Ashton

  *** km 2/94 p. 6 par. 19 How Beneficial to Recount What Jehovah Has Done! ***

  19 See the Opportunities Open to You: As you read and discuss Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom, you will find unfolding to your view the grand fulfillment of Isaiah 60:22The little one himself will become a thousand, and the small one a mighty nation. I myself, Jehovah, shall speed it up in its own time.”

  The book states on page 519: “Fulfillment of the promise that ‘the little one would become a thousand’ has surely come to pass, and abundantly so! In each of more than 50 lands where there was not even a ‘little one’—where there were none of Jehovah’s Witnesses back in 1919, where they had done no preaching at all—there are today more than a thousand praisers of Jehovah. In some of these lands, there are now tens of thousands, yes, even more than a hundred thousand, of Jehovah’s Witnesses who are zealous proclaimers of the Kingdom of God! Worldwide, Jehovah’s Witnesses have become ‘a mighty nation

  Best I could find. There was another one in Ezekiel, something about sticks but it really was like clutching at straws.
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  More Darwin Award candidates

  by glenster in

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  darwin award candidates.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/darwin_awards.

  argh!

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  Amelia Ashton

  I never knew there was so much stupidity. What makes it scary is that's what was caught on camera. How much more is there that wasn't filmed?
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  Confused about Satan's plan according to WTS

  by new22day in

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  2. beliefs

  my rudimentary understanding of jw beliefs is that satan is leading traditional christian religions and the wild beast of the un is his tool.

  is the wts concept that the un will eventually ban all religion and this will start the big a?

  wouldn't satan be working at cross purposes if 'he' is leading the false religions too??

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  Amelia Ashton

  I was told Satan's most successful strategy to date was to get people to believe he doesn't even exist.

  No religion = no Satan and then the end will come.

  If I was Satan I would be hiding demons in charity shops, ouija boards and guaranteeing those attending seances all got an appearance just to prolong the "short time" until my ultimate demise, coz don't forget although he gets locked up for 1000 years he will be let loose for a short time afterwards. However I am starting to feel this short time might actually be quite a long time if it is the same amount of time as soooooon.
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  Please Give Me Ideas For Easter Drinks Made With Alcohol

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  on sunday, i voluntered to make some drinks on easter sunday afternoon/evening.. if you have any suggestions, including blender drinks, please share..

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  Amelia Ashton

  Eggnog?

  Original recipe makes 12 servings

  • 4 cups milk

  • 5 whole cloves

  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • 12 egg yolks

  • 1 1/2 cups sugar

  • 2 1/2 cups light rum

  • 4 cups light cream

  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

  Directions

  1. Combine milk, cloves, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and cinnamon in a saucepan, and heat over lowest setting for 5 minutes. Slowly bring milk mixture to a boil.
  2. In a large bowl, combine egg yolks and sugar. Whisk together until fluffy. Whisk hot milk mixture slowly into the eggs. Pour mixture into saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly for 3 minutes, or until thick. Do not allow mixture to boil. Strain to remove cloves, and let cool for about an hour.
  3. Stir in rum, cream, 2 teaspoon vanilla, and nutmeg. Refrigerate overnight before serving.

  If that is too complicarted buy a bottle of Advocaat and mix it with lemonade and a dash of angostura bitters topped off with a cherry on a cocktail stick.