Amelia Ashton

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  Do Not Calls is it about control?

  by hoser in

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  elders are supposed to call on do not calls once a year to get their ass chewed on by the householder.

  why does the borg make them do this?

  humiliate them and make them more loyal?.

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  Amelia Ashton

  Not been called on for 4 years.

  They don't know I am here and don't bother with the area I live in at all.

  I would imagine Do Not Calls are often people with more knowledge about jwdom than the average householder and so are prepared to make a stand against them.

  The ones who know nothing have a moan but are not pro-active to stop the intrusion.

  Would the bOrg want unsuspecting publishers calling on houses where the occupier might know more about watchtower history than the person selling the religion?

  Control, always.
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  Another Newbie?

  by DJS in

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  i guess i'm a newbie.

  i've been reading (lurking) for a looooonnnnnggggg time, but have finally joined and this is my first post.

  my story is of course very similar to all the others.

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  Amelia Ashton

  Welcome!
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  Stickers (complete with QR Code) for Laundromats

  by nicsfreedom in

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  according to one of our friends who visits our local laundromats the literature is out of control.

  guess its time to do some real educating aka jw un-witnessing.

  throwing the mags away just keeps the dubs bring back more (and counting placements) so with my friend and husbands help we are going to "stick it to the watchtower" literally:).

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  Amelia Ashton

  Could you take a screen shot and then post it here as an image?

  I would love to see your design.
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  good times we had when we were JWs

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  both my wife and i were talking about some of the good times we had when we were jw`s ......and we did have good times socialising ,going out for meals ,hotels ,/ wedding functions /,with groups on barbequres /,camping at national parks , and beaches ,/enjoying fellowship at one anothers house on many an occassion ,/video nights / thearter nights with who we thought were good freinds ,our children grew up with their children and vice versa .i was a ms my wife was a people person who liked to entertain at home and many people responded to that.and i would say that apart from the first 5 years of our involvement and discarding the last few years of our leaving their was at least 20 + years of our relationship with our brothers and sisters who we considered our intimate freinds.. once you leave the religion they dont want to know you ,i tried a couple of times with no response.. whatever happened to trying to get you going again ?

  (not that we ever would but they dont know that )and no neither of us were disfellowshipped.

  i just think it`s a pity that in their veiw freindship is conditional on staying with the organization.

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  Amelia Ashton

  Same here Rip.

  Used to hear of gatherings, trips and dinners etc. but never got included.

  The worst experience was when there was a "congregational BBQ" except it wasn't. There was about 100 bros and sisters but me and the other single sister I went with and our kids were asked to leave. We had brought food and drink but still couldn't stay.
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  Supernatural Or Coincidence? YOU Decide.

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  okay, this is pretty weird.

  is it really supernatural?

  or is it just my imagination?.

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  Amelia Ashton

  Definitely Pareidolia ( / p ær ? ' d o? l i ? / parr-i-doh-lee-? ) a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant, a form of apophenia. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon or the Moon rabbit, and hearing hidden messages on records when played in reverse.

  The word comes from the Greek words para (παρ?, "beside, alongside, instead") in this context meaning something faulty, wrong, instead of; and the noun eidolon (ε?δωλον "image, form, shape") the diminutive of eidos. Pareidolia is a type of apophenia, seeing patterns in random data.

  Professor Richard Wiseman collects such images and posts them on twitter if you are interested.
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  What's Your Opinion Of The News Media?

  by minimus in

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  i believe they are very powerful as a group.

  if they dig in and go after someone or something, they are relentless.. conversely, if they choose to ignore something or somebody, the public may never be aware of a matter.. i support freedom of the press and i think they should be applauded for their convictions.

  on the other hand, perhaps more should be expected of them..

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  I always trusted the BBC and local stations to report a balance view of current affairs, news and events.

  Silly me.

  Anything our government do not want the wider general public to be aware of will not be reported!

  There have been numerous demonstrations and protests every weekend recently against the Bedroom Tax, deaths because of austerity cuts , the breaking up and privatisation of the NHS and this last weekend the huge march against Monsanto, Margaret Thather having a state funeral, laws being pushed through secretly taking away our human rights and parliament has just given itself the right to hold trials in secret if deemed embarrassing to the governement or any of it's ministers and there is probably loads more that I am unaware of because they were not reported on.

  The News media is a puppet of the government making people think they are well informed when in fact they are ignorant of almost everything if that is their only source of information.
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  Do You TRUST The Police, The Government, People In General?

  by minimus in

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  i think most people lie.

  some more than others.. we are taught, as children to trust the police, the authorities, our teachers, the clergy, our doctors, etc.. do you easily trust and believe in people?.

  i don't, but i do try to look at the good in people..

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  I do not trust any British politicians especially the ones in power now. They are proven liars but nothing happens and they carry on.

  The Police are good for catching speeding motorists and confiscating uninsured cars. Real crime, not so much.

  Real people, yes.
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  Any input gratefully received. :)

  by Amelia Ashton in

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  i have changed my car and the sparlock bumper sticker has gone so i am making a window decal for the rear windscreen.. i have one more line of text available for this and it has been suggested i put something to indicate survival after the borg but i cannot think how to word it.. .

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  Amelia Ashton

  I am banned from JW struggle so dont know it very well. I only posted once.
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  Any input gratefully received. :)

  by Amelia Ashton in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have changed my car and the sparlock bumper sticker has gone so i am making a window decal for the rear windscreen.. i have one more line of text available for this and it has been suggested i put something to indicate survival after the borg but i cannot think how to word it.. .

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  Amelia Ashton

  

  This is the next size up and slightly dearer but there is more room for text.
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  Any input gratefully received. :)

  by Amelia Ashton in

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  2. friends

  i have changed my car and the sparlock bumper sticker has gone so i am making a window decal for the rear windscreen.. i have one more line of text available for this and it has been suggested i put something to indicate survival after the borg but i cannot think how to word it.. .

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  Amelia Ashton

  

  Is this better?