Amelia Ashton

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  Headaches vs. Migraines

  by Coded Logic in

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  a while back a coworker was telling me she had a migraine in the morning and had to take some aspirin before coming to work.

  i was like, "yeah, that wasn't a migraine dear.

  that was just a headache.

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  Amelia Ashton

  Coded Logic that is the exact description of my migraines. Lying down in a dark room motionless is the only option and even when the migraine has gone I could feel fragile for a further couple of days.

  I used to get them a lot when I was younger and they were hormone related but now as a "mature" woman past child bearing age they have thankfully stopped. They were completely debilitating though but if someone can take an aspirin and it leave in 20 minutes that wasn't the kind of migraine familiar to me and I am thankful that person is recovered and not experiencing what I did.
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  To UK members that go to meetings - did Brexit cause a spike in meeting attendance last weekend?

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i went to the mid week meeting and looked at the attendance figures on the noticeboard for the three congregations that share the local kingdom hall.

  i wrote down the three previous sundays attendances and this sunday (after the referendum) too.

  cong c. (95 pubs) 74/82/73/90.

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  They have so few friends they went to the KH just to get others opinions on it.
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  People named after Jesus ? / people named after Jehovah /Yahweh ?

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in catholic dominated countries many people are named after the messiah jesus , are their any that are named after his god jehovah / or yahweh ?

  anywhere in the world ?.

  i have only come across one , in america of all places.. his name was yahweh ben yahweh , and i don`t think he would be used as an example by the wt society.. google him.. has their been anybody else ?

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  When I first moved to Spain and met my first "Jesus" it was a bit weird but after 3 or 4 you start to get used to it but when I spoke to one bro in UK he thought it was "blasphemous" they used it for their children.

  The pronunciation over there of "Hey Zeus" I found quite amusing tho.
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  "Just don't overthink the truth"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so after almost a year of complete inactivity and non attendance, i ran into a nice brother from the local congregation.. after some nice chit-chat, he says "we really miss you and your family...etc...you were always the kind and supportive one, the approachable and encouraging one in the congregation.

  your absence has confused so many".

  i thanked him and said "oh no, no individual has stumbled us.

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  That's like saying don't use your brain and follow like a dumb sheep!

  Just thought that statement through. Lol
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  A Man about a Dawg!!!

  by Defianttruth in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one of the things i could never understand is people handing over absolute control to these charlatans.

  i know over the years they have bashed owning pets for various reasons.

  complete stupidity.

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  I have had animals close to me all my life. My chihuahua is on my lap as I type. I was told when I was "recruited" people who feel they need animals in their life are compensating for lack of human love and companionship and we won't have such need for them in the paradise.

  But we will be able to pet lions!
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  Anti-gay Kid video in European Parliament

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ms. elena valenciano, chairman of human rights commission in european parliament has been informed about this video:.

  https://twitter.com/elenavalenciano/status/728122799336775686.

  she is taking care to bring and claim about this situation within european parliament.

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  http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/as-a-gay-child-of-fundamentalist-christians-i-was-horrified-by-the-new-jehovahs-witnesses-video-a7014916.html

  I have just been interviewed by The Mirror here in UK. Hopefully an article in there soon too.
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  New ANTI-GAY video for Kids on jw.org

  by ttdtt in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

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

  disgusting!.

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  Pink News have it too

  http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/05/03/watch-jehovahs-witnesses-are-using-this-creepy-anti-gay-cartoon-to-indoctrinate-kids/?utm_source=PNT&utm_medium=SocialTwitter&utm_content=TwitterN&utm_campaign=PNTwitter

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  New ANTI-GAY video for Kids on jw.org

  by ttdtt in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

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

  disgusting!.

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  Can it really have had this many shares?
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  New ANTI-GAY video for Kids on jw.org

  by ttdtt in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

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

  disgusting!.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  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?