Posts by Amelia Ashton

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Trying To Leave - Im Going Crazy

by pale.emperor in

this is my first post.

i really feel i need to leave the jw's rather than go along pretending everything is perfect etc.

no friends, me at work.

Amelia Ashton

Welcome to the forum.

You have had a lot to deal with.

You are doing totally the right thing not telling anyone what you are thinking. Take things slow and we will support you here.

Amelia x

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I am leaving the JW's . I am alone and scared. Advice and help needed please

by scared and lonely in

i am sorry that on my first post i am asking for help and advice but i am at my wits end.

i have been brought up a witness all my life and it is all i know.

i am an ex-elder and pioneer and i don't know anybody outside of the congregation.. i have been unhappy for so long and wanted to leave.

I remember coming here when I first left JWdom and was really put off by some posters. "Brutal" is the word I have heard more than once to describe this forum but I believe on the whole we are fair and this is definitely one of the best if not the best pace to come but perhaps a thicker skin needs to be grown for some to fully appreciate what a great place this is. I could not live without it and I love you all.

If you are reading still S & L I too am in the UK.

A great place to get info is jwfacts.com

Please tell us of your progress

Amelia x

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Non JW Related Survey Help. How to start one and preferably free. Any advise would be great. Tia

by Amelia Ashton in

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friends

hope this is ok simon.

i am hoping you wonderful people can help as this group is the best for most things in life not just our shared jw experience.. as many of you know since leaving jwdom i have become totally involved in exotic hedgehogs and now run my own rescue for them.

there is a horrible hereditary disease called wobbly hedgehog syndrome that has appeared in the uk.

Amelia Ashton

Thank you. :)

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Non JW Related Survey Help. How to start one and preferably free. Any advise would be great. Tia

by Amelia Ashton in

jw
friends

hope this is ok simon.

i am hoping you wonderful people can help as this group is the best for most things in life not just our shared jw experience.. as many of you know since leaving jwdom i have become totally involved in exotic hedgehogs and now run my own rescue for them.

there is a horrible hereditary disease called wobbly hedgehog syndrome that has appeared in the uk.

Amelia Ashton

Hi

Hope this is ok Simon. <3

I am hoping you wonderful people can help as this group is the best for most things in life not just our shared JW experience.

As many of you know since leaving JWdom I have become totally involved in exotic hedgehogs and now run my own rescue for them. There is a horrible hereditary disease called Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome that has appeared in the UK. It was known in other countries but this disease is only diagnosed Post Mortem as it is a neurological problem and manifests itself by leaving lesions on the affected hedgehogs brain. Symptoms are similar to muscular dystrophy in humans. We have isolated the lineage of the suspected carrier of this gene but we now need to find out if any from that line have died from WHS in the past or if they are still alive with or without symptoms or if hedgehogs prior to this one died from suspected WHS but no-one was notified. If we can stop it now we can eliminate this awful disease from future UK hedgehogs.

This is where I need your help. How do I start/make a survey, preferably free and get it out to hedgehog owners? Many are on social media so those are not a problem but how do I reach others? Is a pdf the way to go or a website. There are thousands that need to be contacted.

I know this is going to be a mammoth task but there are several of us have volunteered so I don't have to do it alone but I don't even really know where to start and as yet have no funding but if the cost is not too much we can pay for it ourselves.

I really hope someone can point me in the direction I need to go. Thank you

Amelia xxx

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Are Magicians Spawns of Satan the Devil?

by Cold Steel in

i was perusing the internet not long ago and came upon this series of videos by a guy calling himself xendrius.

it declares that many of today's best magicians are in league with the devil.

his claims are based on his observation that the tricks would be impossible to do unless the magicians had made unholy pacts with the devil.. so what's the take of the wtbts?

Amelia Ashton

It was an illusionist who helped set me free from fear of demons.

Science of Scams with Derren Brown exposes the tricks of those making money from gullible people and shows how a ouija board works but back in the 80s our hall believed David Copperfield used demons to make a plane disappear. No mention of illusion at all, it wuz demunz!

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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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friends

hi people,.

i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

Amelia Ashton

Convert. 1st contact and study 1984

Baptised 1998 after 3rd study

Out 2009

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Paradise sharks will eat seaweed and lions will eat pineapples...What ?? Dinosaurs ate patatoes!!!

by Witness 007 in

yes my friends if you went to "witness college" you would know dinosaurs before "eden" ate tomatoes.

and in paradise snakes will give tender kisses to your ankles!!

what would david attenborough animal expert think of this nonsense.

Amelia Ashton

I was told that before the flood the water canopy kept the earth like a giant greenhouse and dinosaurs were needed to keep the grass and vegetation from becoming too overgrown.

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What were Satan and his demons "doing" up in heaven, before being "cast down" in 1914?

by Dunedain in

i was just thinking about how the wts has been spouting off for years that satan and his demons were cast down to the vicinity of the earth in 1914, but really, when you think about it, what was the difference before 1914 or after 1914?.

its not like satan and his demons did not have access to the earth.

satan and his demons always were messing with earth.

Amelia Ashton

They must have been so boooooored all those millions of years with nothing to do except worship Jehovah and tell him how wonderful he is.

Humans to play with was probably just too much temptation to resist. Like a new toy perhaps. Lol

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I just found out that my youngest brother committed suicide

by SnakesInTheTower in

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my middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.

our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.

he hung himself.

Amelia Ashton

So sorry for your loss.

You came here because you know we will understand and support you. It was probably instinct or your sub-conscious took over as you are in too much pain to think straight right now. Many of us on this site have lost some-one close through suicide and the range of emotions and pain you will go through will be the same those here also experienced. We are here for you. (((hugs)))

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heart troubles

by zeb in

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friends

dear all,.

my health took a beating over the years with stress from various sources, not a little from the wt; and dangerous areas of work involving fumes and so on.

the arc also took its toll and i have had recently a heart attack.

Amelia Ashton

Good Luck with your surgery Zeb xxx