Amelia Ashton

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  Survey---who is inactive, disfellowshipped/disassociated or active?

  by minimus in

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  i am inactive for about 10 years now..

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  Amelia Ashton

  Inactive 5 years out mentally 4.
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  Would Your Family Stone You to Death?

  by cofty in

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  ot law required jews to take the lead in stoning a family member who became apostate.. the watchtower has lamented the fact that the law of the land now forbids them from doing so.. if the law permitted it, as it does in some musim countries, and if the watchtower required it, would your family obey?.

  my parents are good people and i believe their love for me is genuine, but i think they would follow orders.. what about yours?.

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  Amelia Ashton

  "Let him who is without sin, throw the first stone,"

  This scripture has been removed from the new Silver Sword Bible.
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  which other JWN members have you met ?

  by bigmac in

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  as the title asks---which members on here have you actualy met ?.

  ive met.

  cantleave and nuggett.

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  Amelia Ashton

  I have met carp diem a couple of times but never knew it till I saw Punkofnice's post.

  I went to see Derren Brown with her last month and we had a wonderful time.

  And of course I have also met Punkofnice and Mr. and Mrs Cedars too. It is actually quite a long list now and I love that phrase that "only another exjw knows and understands the insanity that we all share".

  I sometimes forget who posts on which sites now. I have met some past posters too who have moved on which is wonderful but we still stay in contact and try to see each other once a year.

  I have stronger feelings for my exjw family than any other people on this planet.
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  New to The Jehovahs Witness Faith and need some help

  by jnjburkett in

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  hello there i am new to the faith and have been studying for about a month.

  i am very excited and hungry for the truth and have not missed a meeting or study since the memorial.

  we do about 2 bible studies a week.

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  Amelia Ashton

  I never knew about the YMCA thing till after I left but then there wasn't one near us for it to be an issue that was ever discussed.

  I was accused of being a troll once because although I was having "doubts" I still believed it all so was still quick to defend the religion apart from the little niggles I had.

  Whether they are a troll or not there are always "lurkers" on this site who are jut reading and whenever I have recommended JWN to newly exiting JWs I always feel the need to warn them that it can sometimes get brutal on here. I wish I didn't have to as it is still the best exjw forum on the net but as a sensitive and woosy southern Brit I feel it can get quite harsh here at times.

  I hope they come back.
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  Whats with TROLLS posting on this forum ,dont they just expose themselves as less than intelligent?

  by smiddy in

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  2. beliefs

  i mean to say it only takes a couple of posts to identify a troll , what do they hope to acheive ?

  they only convince me, how stupid they are, with not a thinking cell in their brain .. do they think its another avenue to get fs hours in ?

  do they think their going to convince one of us to go back to the kh.?

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  Amelia Ashton

  I wonder how many are testing us to see if what they have been told about those who have left is true and to see if we do have coherent and valid reasons for rejecting their doctrines and beliefs.

  To defend a belief to others who do not hold that belief will open up any flaws not previously noticed and could help that person develop critical thinking skills.

  It is hard to believe any true JW would deliberately come here for a fight or try to convert us back. I hope they are doubting but don't know where to go or how to break free so need to either reaffirm their beliefs by trying to convince another person they are right or find out tatt.

  As it is rare to find any-one home on d2d work the only other place to talk "religiion" is sites like this.

  Whatever their reason I hope they find the answers they need.
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  which other JWN members have you met ?

  by bigmac in

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  as the title asks---which members on here have you actualy met ?.

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  cantleave and nuggett.

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  Amelia Ashton

  I have met all on BigMacs list except Hotspur and plenty more but they don't post here.

  Most are on Facebook so we can chat directly to each other rather than post on topics. There are some from across the pond I would love to meet and a few in Australia and South Africa too. Maybe one day...
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  Frozen and Sparlock the warrior wizard

  by NewYork44M in

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  given that magic is from satan, this is what we learned from the horrible story about the little boy and sparlock the warrior wizard.

  i am curious to know if witness kids are allowed to see the movie frozen.

  i am not a big disney fan, but this movie was wonderful.

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  Amelia Ashton

  I was "persuaded" to get rid of Disney's Ariel when I was studying being indoctrinated as it had a demon in it but then years later when Pirates Of The Caribbean came out we all watched it.

  Lord Of The Rings was OK but Harry Potter not.

  It all seems to depend on what the strongest personality in the hall allows but even then some watched "verboten" films in secret.
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  What TV Show(s) Do You Just Love?

  by minimus in

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  i regularly watch family feud.. homeland is a great show i watch every week, when it's in season.. metv has so many great programs---from taxi to the twilight zone.. what do you like watching?

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  Amelia Ashton

  Just getting in to Lie To Me about a guy who reads body language Derren Brown style to assess who is lying.
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  Memorial 2014: Wrong date?

  by AnnOMaly in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this was meant to have nice inserted pictures and tidy hyperlinks but the forum's being glitchy today.

  so unfortunately it's going to be a messy post where you're going to have to exercise your tapping fingers and click on the links to the pics to see what i'm referring to.

  sorry about that.. in the article recently studied "do this in remembrance of me" (w13 12/15), there is a box on p. 23 giving the date of this year's memorial and how that date is arrived at.. http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2013926.

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

  by Terry in

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  1. they done me wrong.

  2. i'm depressed.

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

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  Amelia Ashton

  No. 7 but skipped No. 3.

  Might try it if the opportunity arises. :)