Posts by Amelia Ashton

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Man on the High Castle

by Gorbatchov in

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g. was binge watching on amazon prime the serie the man on the high castle.

because my interest in history subjects a good choice!

what i mentioned was the family of john smith, the obergruppenfuhrer.

Amelia Ashton

I've only just started watching this. It's very atmospheric, the characters are very believable and overall the atmosphere is quite chilling.

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Facial Hair

by new boy in

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since i have been out for seventeen years what is the currant society policy concerning beards and mustaches.. in the sixties and seventies facial hair was forbidden at bethel if you white.

if you were black you could have mustache but no beards.

so obviously you could not be elder or pioneer if you had a beard.. any updates?

Brothers didn't have to wear ties on field service in Spain. The reasoning was illegal immigrants wouldn't hear the message as only authority figures wore ties out there and they would deter them from listening.

Personally, I think the elder who made that rule up (corrupt in many other ways) just didnt like ties himself so made it ok to remove them. The other brothers kept theirs on.

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Strange first names among jw's

by fulano in

do you remember those families where all the sons and daughters had weird biblical names?.

i recall a " machlon" , "eunice" , even a "jehosafath".

can you believe it..

Amelia Ashton

We had a Zipporah in our congregation. Zippi for short.

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A Question About Elders Knowing About Child Molesters

by new boy in

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supposedly the society sent a letter out on march 14, 1997 to all elders contained an instruction that inadvertently admitted they had a big problem: “the body of elders should give the society a report on anyone serving or who formerly served in a society-appointed position in your congregation who is known to have been guilty of child molestation in the past.” .

can anyone here confirm/or not that this was a real letter that was sent to elders?.

Amelia Ashton

"A consenting minor"!!!!

There is no such thing. They made that up. A minor cannot consent because.......they are a minor.

Under 16 its rape.

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What JW habits do you still have?

by Exelder in

since leaving the jw's after over 4 decades, i can see exactly what it is and hate everything it stands for.

however, there are still some jw habits and traits that i can't get rid of:.

1. i can't swear in general conversation (i'd have to be really angry).

Amelia Ashton

I know I still struggle with black or white and all or nothing kind of thinking but everything else is done and dusted with now.

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Here is what silly looks like

by Sour Grapes in

for shits and grins, i looked at an online sunday meeting a few days ago on youtube.

i was in disbelieve on just how silly everything looks with the watchtower reader reading from his little iphone and the watchtower conductor holding up his iphone to ask the questions.

then the conductor asked the reader to read a bible verse and of course, he reads from his little phone.

Amelia Ashton

I got counselled by an elder for reading my bible on my computer back in the late 90s. He informed me I could not get Holy Spirit from a computer only from a proper Bible.

I've been out so long I'm wondering if rank and file even get their own portion of Holy Spirit still or is it all reserved exclusively for the GB now?

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Were You Close To Your Non JW Family?

by minimus in

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i was thinking of how little i know about my father’s side of the family.

i recently inquired about ancestry.com and i’ve come to the realization that even the closest sides of my family via my father, are unknown to me .

what a shame that jehovah’s witnesses kept us apart.

Amelia Ashton

My family were not close (estranged on my mother's side) and I didnt meet my maternal grandmother until my mid twenties. She was lovely. I only knew her 7 years before she died so then I was pretty much alone again and easy pickings when JWs called. I thought I was gaining a loving supportive extended family something I craved and after joining was relieved to "dump" my blood family who I seemed to constantly disappoint. After leaving JWs I am pretty much alone again. I seem to sub consciously repel people but for the most I've learned to accept I am actually happier alone now.

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Two Gods seen in the Bible

by Ireneus in

a careful reader of the bible can see depiction of two gods in the bible—one that of a loving father figure, and the other an impulsive sort of who has been copied thoughtlessly from other cultures.. 1) god of love (as seen in genesis chapter 1) who creates humans (men and woman simultaneously) “in his image” (which means he gave the best he can to his children, the potential to become like him) as a crown of creation with a command to take care of all species, and goes into silence unconcerned of mankind’s response [gratitude or worship] to him, yet with a presupposition to “renew” in case humans deplete/destroy the resources (mathew 19:28; revelation 21:1-5).

thus god’s action defines him as “the servant of humanity.” (luke 22:26, 27) this is in contrast to the second god (as seen in genesis chapter 2 and 3 and throughout other books) who makes the planning for suffering and death for humans in co-operation with his adversary.. 2) god of impartiality (deut 10:17; mathew 5:44-48) who asks us to love/greet everyone.

this is in contrast to the second god who commands his worshippers not even to greet those who do not share their beliefs.

Amelia Ashton

I never saw God as giving humans the best he could. I always wondered why many animals have superior hearing and sight to us. Why did he minimise our running capabilities to be far inferior to any of the big cats. Why could our offspring not be independent at birth like fish or even grow in an external egg so child birth complications would be reduced. Why did he not foresee denying us the ability to fly would cause us to invent planet polluting machines to carry us instead. I do not feel as a grand designer, humans, his supposedly pièce de résistance is his best effort at all. Don't even get me started on the personal waste disposal system he gave us. :P

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"A faithful and discreet slave"

by Sergey Antonov in

that is, the "faithful and prudent slave" admitted that he is not a channel between god and people, but a group of ordinary people who have themselves appointed themselves and interpret the bible by themselves ??

?so why did they then decide that in 1919 they were chosen by jesus christ.after all, jesus clearly said how to distinguish a false prophet (deuteronomy 18: 20-22).. who will help to find quotes from the watchtower, that the words "faithful and discreet slave" come not from him, but from god.and that everything he writes in publications is true and true.?.

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