Posts by Amelia Ashton

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Which of the SEVEN stages of post JW behavior are you in right now?

by Terry in

1. they done me wrong.

2. i'm depressed.

3. i'm gonna act like an apostate (smoke, drink, drugs, sex, outrageous behavior).

Amelia Ashton

No. 7 but skipped No. 3.

Might try it if the opportunity arises. :)

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Dressed for Failure--drab colors in dress code

by WTWizard in

i noticed that, especially for men, that they are required to dress in drab colors for boasting sessions and in field circus.

men are supposed to wear dirty colored suits--dark gray, muddy brown, black, and off-shades of maroon, forest green, and navy/midnight blue seem to be most common.

they get hounded if they wear something in a "loud" color--meaning anything that is near one of the major points in the rainbow and near saturation (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or violet is most likely to result in a major hounding).

Amelia Ashton

We had an ex elder who wore corduroy trousers and a sports jacket deliberately so he couldn't go on the platform.

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You know your an ex J-Dub when...

by Batman89 in

jw
friends

finish the sentence.

Amelia Ashton

Pretty much all of the above but the main one for me is being able to live for now and enjoy all the happy moments I get rather than always thinking "things will be better after armageddon" and putting up with whatever is bugging me.

Plus getting help from "Satan's world" for long term mental health problems and it actually working, not feeling like a freak and being judged and actually loads and loads of stuff.

You know your an ex J-Dub when you aren't waiting for your imaginary sky daddy to fix it all and then discovering it wasn't really broken in the first place, it just is what it is, life.

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Have You Been Invited To The Memorial?

by minimus in

jw
friends

one of my best friend's, who is an ex elder had two elders visit him at his home yesterday to invite him to the memorial.

he was cordial to them because they were'nt over the top.. so far, i have had no invites, thank god..

Amelia Ashton

I have't but I wasn't expecting an invite anyway.

A friend of mine who is disfellowshipped is desperately upset she hasn't been invited. Her next door neighbour, never a jw and never will be has received 2. She is planning on going although she has no desire to be re-instated nor does she believe she has to be to survive armageddon. I wish she would do research but she won't because she is still so trapped mentally by it all :(

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Is this new donation arrangement for real?

by nugget in

just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

Amelia Ashton

That form is the exact one I filled out over 10 years ago.

It was to pay for our brand new kingdom hall because we had previously been sharing with another congregation a few miles up the road.

We were also encouraged to make these monthly donations by direct debit.

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Want to know why people accept evolution ?

by snare&racket in

jw
friends

do you have questions about or want to understand evolution?

it is a difficult concept to communicate and so if it is not explained well , it is understandable that we would dismiss it.. i sincerely want to talk with people who want to learn more or see what all the fuss is about.

we are all learning and increasing our knowledge all the time and it is good to go over facts with critical eye.. evolution we can discuss, looking at the foundational facts and evidence, one at a time for you to go and check, agree or disagree with and return.. no pressure to accept it, you can decide for yourself, also no mocking etc of what you have to say.. .

Amelia Ashton

I only have to look at my 2 axolotls Carlos and Caspar to understand how evolution makes more sense than creation and happened over millions of years of time when I have these amazing creatures in my own home.

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By saying things like magic are bad, do the WTS imply that it exists?

by DuvanMuvan in

i was wondering why they're so uptight about magical things (cough cough sparlock cough) and was just remembering some quotes in the publications about demons and stuff i saw on another thread and i seriously think that they believe this stuff is real.. once i asked my mum why previously she said not to watch magicians because they're bad blah blah when it wasn't real, hence the term magic trick.

she admitted that while most of them are probably innocent, she still thinks some of them (anyone heard of dynamo?

) have some demonic power behind them.. i seriously wanna hear some other views on this .

Amelia Ashton

One of "the anointed" in our cong. said we shouldn't watch David Copperfield because they only way he could make a plane disappear was with Satan's help!!! Thinking back, she must have believed it did actually vanish. Lol

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