Posts by Amelia Ashton

in recent weeks the jw’s here in the uk have been setting up their new portable watchtower literature displays in my local town square on a saturday morning.

as they hadn’t knocked on my door for at least five years, and consequently feeling somewhat neglected, i thought that i would pay them a visit instead.. .

the first thing i needed to do was arrange my literature.

They are so used to being in control and free to walk away when questions get awkward with a promise of returning that this is a way we can have a proper discussion with them. They can hardly tell you to "go away" that would be very rude.

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NEW BIBLE RELEASE

by The Searcher in

had a brief chat with an elder from a distant congregation today: long story short - he has spoken to "someone" at london branch regarding the 'famine' of bibles within the org, and was told by this "someone" to just wait until nearer the end of this year.. he said it sounds like we're going to get an announcement via the annual meeting!!.

i said that it was strange that two world wars, the spanish 'flu, the wall street crash & the great depression couldn't stop the society producing bibles, so something major must be causing it now.. does anyone have any more info on the new york court action against the wtbts and the nwt writing committee?.

Amelia Ashton

Some of the older dubs have many handwritten notes in their Bibles and won't want to start again. I cannot see it being changed too much as I am sure it's these "amendments" wake some people up.

The updates in the Revelation book were the start of my doubts on doctrine. Perhaps the large reference bible which must be quite expensive to produce will be discontinued completely and if the smaller bibles contain more appendixes they will no longer be necessary.

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Since leaving watchtower what has been your biggest act of rebellion?

by 3rdgen in

jw
friends

i'm in a pissy mood and would love to hear your stories.

personally, i'm thinking of getting a tatoo on my rear end saying wbt$ kiss this!.

Amelia Ashton

My first rebellious act was to buy a lottery ticket. I did it on-line so it wasn't quite as wild as brazenly going ino a shop and buying it but I didn't get struck by lightening when I won a tenner either.

Buying a birthday card in a shop was a bit scary, returning seasonal greetings at xmas gave a real sense of freedom, singing the xmas carols in my head in shops with no guilt, getting involved in local politics, signing petitions, swearing...............a lot, meeting my first apostate and realising he didn't have horns nor a forked tail.

And so much more rebellion still to enjoy.

Lovin' it!

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Former Unbaptized Publisher, New Here

by GloomySunday in

jw
friends

former unbaptized publisher, here.. i'm new to the forums and have hesitated for months to join this forum.

i was raised in a jw family, and was never baptized, because one of my parents didn't think i should be baptized early.. my mother became inactive, but i eventually went back for social contact, eventually starting a study.

i raised a few questions, only to find that the conductor would get irritated and defensive when my questions would get deeper into the topic.

Amelia Ashton

A very warm welcome Gloomy Sunday.

Well done for coming here before getting dunked.

You have saved yourself a lifetime of pain and can live life free from their ridiculous restrictions.

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Another Suicide

by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

there wouldn't have been any good way to hear the news i suppose.

it's just so strange to recall the conversation yesterday.

my "still in" parents are with me and my inactive sister having a pleasant conversation.

Amelia Ashton

So sorry for your loss, Billy.

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WTS in trouble in Denmark

by zed is dead in

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friends

http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/andre_sprog/english/2013/07/25/132435.htm.

zed.

Amelia Ashton

I have thought that for a while Rip.

There has to be persecution to prove they are "the true vine".

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The Mermaid Goes to the District Convention and this is what She Hears

by Cadellin in

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Amelia Ashton

Name calling is all they have.

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Here is an NBC story that discusses the Child Abuse Telememo

by nonjwspouse in

i am not sure which thread this was debated on, but in this memo: 'in reporting states, the form instructs officials to advise local elders to make an anonymous phone report from a neutral location, such as a phone booth '.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21917798/ns/nbcnightlynews/t/new-evidence-jehovahs-witness-allegations/#slice-3.

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Amelia Ashton

It was in this thread from 3 years ago:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/180508/1/Its-WT-leaders-not-elders-who-are-responsible-for-all-the-harm-My-Geneva-Switz-lecture-posted-here-for-new-ones-Sola-Scriptura-to-read

When local laws require elders to report allegations of child abuse, why has the Watchtower Society never disclosed to JWs that it directs elders to make the reports anonymously from public telephone booths? Why keep this information secret? If elders want to trumpet their moral stance, they should have proudly identified who they were and who the perpetrator was.

I have a copy of the telememo which I showed to the Police because I was so disgusted and horrified by question #9 "How many elders felt that the victim was somewhat at fault or willingly participated in the act".