Where did the token black guy go?
Amelia Ashton
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Two New Governing Body Members ???
by possible-san intwo new governing body members ???.
http://governingbodyletters.blogspot.com/2010/12/two-new-governing-body-members.html.
i know nothing with regard to this matter.. .
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Beware of things to come!
by Hortenzie inthis is an excerpt from awake!
march 2011 page 22. it's an experience of jw who used to be a real shepherd and he is talking here about real sheep.
why is it reminding me of something and why does it give me shivers?:.
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Amelia Ashton
So stubborn sheep = goat now does it?
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It's midnight in Australia, so...... HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!
by Broken Promises inwishing you all a very happy and prosperous 2011. may we all be able to live in freedom and peace, no matter what.. happy new year one and all!
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Amelia Ashton
9 hours and 15 minutes to go here in UK. Happy New Year everyone.xxxxxxxxxxx
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Cancer Vaccine Developed -- And Ignored
by glenster inthe food and drug administration has just approved a. vaccine that helps protect against anal cancer in men.
and women by targeting the human papillomavirus (hpv).. about 90 percent of anal cancers are believed to be.
caused by hpv, and the vaccination also helps prevent.
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Amelia Ashton
We didn't ignore it when my daughter was offered it at school, we made an informed decision to opt out.
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What emotions have you been coping with?
by mochamint22 ini wanted to dedicate this posts to just talking about the emotional scars we all have had or maybe still have.
was there a gap of time between you thinking you didn't want to continue and actually, consciously, deciding to no longer continue as on of jws?
it's amazing to me the strong hold this religion puts on you.
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Amelia Ashton
I feel my emotions are still a bit off kilter. No longer defend the witnesses at all so I know I have made massive progress. In less than 2 years I have gone from being the best little dub I could to complete atheist. Love the freedom and that is the best feeling ever. All guilt has vanished. The only thing left is a little bit anger at falling for their crap for so long and a bit of of fear of being d'fd but I havent been to a meeting since March 2009 and no-one has enquired as to why so not sure why that even bothers me. Probably because my not speaking to them is MY choice and I don't want that taken away from me.
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Did your parents make you tell people (at xmas time) that you got gifts throughout the year
by myusername ini see people saying this online.
my parents made us tell people tha we got gifts throughout the year and that we probably got more presents than kids get on birthdays and christmas.
however, it was a complete lie.
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Amelia Ashton
My kids got the same amount of presents from me as they did before I became JW but they didn't get any presents from any people at the KH ever. And because I was a single parent I didn't receive a single present from anyone the whole time I was in.
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December 15th WT gives example of sister who quit her job so she could go to an convention.
by life is to short ini was beyond mad when i heard this.
it is on page 30 of the wt.. it says "a pioneer named roxana is one who has seen how jehovah provides for his people.
when she asked her employer for permission to take some days off to attend one of our conventions, he angrily retorted that if she went, he would fire her.
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Amelia Ashton
" Five of them, including the manager, accepted the truth and were baptized."
Now what are the chances of that happening? Five new converts including the manager. I find that totally implausable and impossible to believe. Not that I would dare call the gb liars!!!
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Where did you sit in the KH?
by Evidently Apostate inthe official wt understanding on where to park your butt during the meeting is to move around from meeting to meeting in order to get in more association or whatever but i never really saw things that way.
the kh seating arraingment at my hall went as follows;.
if you sat in the front you were really late or wanted to seem really spiritual.. the elders and pioneers always liked the same seats every meeting.. shiftless ones and those who wanted sympathy for thier back ailments would stand in the back during the talks.. ever had a sister in your hall bring in their own chair and footstool?.
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Amelia Ashton
Alone!
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Ever Disturbed by Something an Elder Said to You Personally?
by Cthulhu ini used to go out in service with this particular elder and after a while he developed a habit of saying...disturbing things.
i remember one occasion where he reminisced in rather graphic detail about a handjob some other guy gave him in school.
i recall another service venture when we passed a woman out walking her dog and he asks "do you ever wonder how many women who own dogs have sex with them?
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Amelia Ashton
When I came out of hospital but still wasnt completely 100% social services needed my youngest daughter's older sister to "keep an eye". When she told an elder he advised her to "not get involved". The love they have for one another is so underwhelming! So glad to be free from all that hypocrasy.
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jehovahs witnesses giving a "bad witness "
by looloo ini was talking to a workmate yesterday about my jw experiance and my daughters abuse , she told me that she works as a counsellor and had been discussing jws with a colleage , this person had given counselling to a jw woman who was a victim of domestic violence by her jw husband , the elders had done nothing to help the woman and simply told her to stop moaning about it !
the counseller was disgusted that in this day and age women are still treated like that !
the jw lady eventually left her husband , took the children with her and got disfellowshipped !!!!
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Amelia Ashton
My neighbours were given a very bad witness when I was in hospital. To come home I needed someone to take responsibility for giving me my medication each day. The witnesses were all too busy so my lovely worldly next door neighbour signed the form so I could be discharged.