Amelia Ashton

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  New ANTI-GAY video for Kids on jw.org

  by ttdtt in

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  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/one-man-one-woman-marriage/.

  disgusting!.

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  Amelia Ashton

  http://www.gaystarnews.com/

  The video is here

  I have been contacted by The Mirror and so have several other ex jws about this video.
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  WT's expert on blood!

  by Joyzabel in

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  2. medical

  the january 8, 2000 awake magazine published an article "the growing demand for bloodless medicine and surgery".

  this article has been quoted extensively by jws as support for their "scientific" justification for refusing blood products.. a quote from that article that is familiar to most jws and exjws is this one:.

  “all those dealing with blood and caring for surgical patients have to consider bloodless surgery.”—dr.

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  Amelia Ashton

  If the Watchtower does not inform members of the fraud and someone dies after making a "bible based decision" ( I use the term loosely) backed up using his statements as an authority is that not corporate manslsaughter?
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  Any thought behind your " Avatar"

  by The Rebel in

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  i think that's the correct phrase?

  anyway when i first came here, that little picture that "the rebel" hides behind, was a self portrait of a very sad man, who simply had too much knowledge.

  now i feel after 7 months here, i should repaint that " avetor" give some happiness to the eyes, and a contented smile to the lips.. in short my " avetor" was a self portrait of a man with too much knowledge.

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  Amelia Ashton

  My hobby is breeding and rescuing hedgehogs. They have taken over my life.
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  WTBTS vs. Islam

  by kairos in

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  2. friends

  the articles and meeting parts have been missing something all along, as far as i can see.. jws are taught to demonize all 'worldly' ( not jws) organizations, individuals and religions as having no value only to be destroyed by god at 'harm-you-gettin'-( armageddon ).. why do they not mention islam?no scathing denouncements?.

  the only publication i really remember, was the "mankind's search for god" book that touched on the beliefs and practices of muslims.. why do you think this is the case?.

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  Amelia Ashton

  When I lived in Spain most of the guys who work on the markets were Muslims and we even had the magazines available in Arabic. We went every Saturday to speak to them as they were all English speaking and our target audience. We were instructed to concentrate on finding agreement within their belief system and the JW's. I dont think anyone got further than Paradise and it's location.
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  What do Muslims Really Think - UK Documentary

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  channel 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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  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.
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  2016 Memorial Done & Dusted

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well 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 in

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  2. friends

  heres 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 in

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  2. experiences

  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.

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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 in

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  2. experiences

  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.

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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 in

  1. jw
  2. 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.

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  Amelia Ashton

  Thank you. :)