When a Muslim journalist needs Police protection from her own fellow muslims because her views differ from theirs leaves not much hope for the rest of us.
Amelia Ashton
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What do Muslims Really Think - UK Documentary
by cofty inchannel 4 have commissioned a study into attitudes among british muslims.. the documentary starts in an hour from now at 10pm.
if you watch it live or on 4od please share your thoughts.. unlike many other surveys of muslim opinion, which have predominantly been done by phone or online, icm used face-to-face, in-home research to question a representative sample of 1,000 muslims across great britain.
icm also used a “control sample” to compare what british muslims thought with the rest of the british population.. at the top-line level, the survey suggests that a mainstream british muslim majority have similar values and attitudes to the wider british public on issues such as support for british institutions and a feeling of belonging to britain.. but looking deeper into the results, a chasm develops between those muslims surveyed and the wider population on attitudes to liberal values on issues such as gender equality, homosexuality and issues relating to freedom of expression.
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2016 Memorial Done & Dusted
by steve2 inwell on this side of the planet, the southern hemisphere/ new zealand, the 2016 memorial service in local kingdom halls will be over for another year.
another great big anticlimax.
some family and relatives will have gone - but unless i ask my sister, i generally have no idea about attendance and partaker numbers.
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Amelia Ashton
I missed it. I am normally aware of when it is but this year I was oblivious even though I use the memorial as the anniversary of being "clean" as it was the last meeting I ever went to. :) -
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Any cool tattoos out there???
by brandnew inheres one on my arm.....i pull up my sleeve.....a chick will read it.....i pull down my sleeve.......and the chick is like why did you cover it up??????
duh thats all ya get......just 1 😂😂😂😂😂😂.
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Amelia Ashton
My life has been completely taken over by hedgehogs so at age 55 I got my first.
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Trying To Leave - Im Going Crazy
by pale.emperor inthis 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.
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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 ini 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.
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Amelia Ashton
I hope S & L hasn't gone.
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 inhope 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.
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Amelia Ashton
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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 inhope 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.
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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 ini 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?
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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 inhi 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?.
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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 inyes 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.
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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.
