Topics Started by Amelia Ashton

Shunning is "the naughty step" for adults!
by Amelia Ashton in
1. social
2. family
this is an excerpt from stephen fry's new book.. having said all this, you may find that, despite all of your best efforts, your little ones' behaviour may still be a cause for concern.

should this be the case, you may actually need to impose some kind of punishment.

one popular sanction among child psychologists is the naughty step.
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Is it possible there will have to be "noo lite" soon regarding The Memorial?
by Amelia Ashton in
1. jw
2. friends
my understanding is that all jws originally took the emblems.

then when numbers went over 144k "noo lite" showed not all were destined for heaven but the leftover surplus were now going to live on.

earth.
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Has anyone else been contacted by the BBC?
by Amelia Ashton in
1. social
2. current
about 9 months ago cantleave did a brilliant interview on the radio.

i know many responded to it by writing to them and it seems like they are now responding and i wondered who else has had a reply in the last couple of days regarding being interviewed?
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Member of Parliament's reply to my email regarding "Mentally Diseased" Watchtower
by Amelia Ashton in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
if i could offer my perspective.

issues around free speech are some of the most difficult.

balancing the right of someone being able to say what they want against the "harm" that might cause.
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"Mentally Diseased" are confirmed as offensive words of hate crime. Help needed, please.
by Amelia Ashton in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
my youngest is studying law.

browsing through one of her books i came across a chapter freedom of association.

it covers the well known categories, colour, race, religion, sexuality etc.
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I think we should all pretend the #rapture is happening so that when Harold Camping gets left behind later today he'll be livid
by Amelia Ashton in
1. jw
2. friends
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What was the correct protocol for first name/last name usage from the platform?
by Amelia Ashton in
1. jw
2. friends
some brothers at my last kh just could not pronounce the surnames of other members of our congregation especially african and dutch surnames so they used their first name or an abbreviated version of their first name.. i was wondering why we weren't all called by our first names?

much more friendly.

the only time my surname is used outside the kh is by strangers or authority figures so why the use of surnames from the platform by people who would at all other times be using your first name?.
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Anti Apostate Blogspot!
by Amelia Ashton in
1. jw
2. friends
i have no idea how this happened but i was blocked from accessing all the websites named on that blogspot.

i was blocked by a filter placed on my computer.

this website is one of those named so i was unable to come here either to get help.. my screen turned black with a message "website blocked by filter".
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Counting Time
by Amelia Ashton in
1. jw
2. friends
i tried to do a minimum 30 hours a month field service.

however, if we had only been allowed to count the time of "the actual conversations" we had with householders at the door i wonder what the real figure would be?.

i think mine would easily have been less than 1 hour per month.
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Bethel have just DENIED Jehovah's Witnesses shun ex members!!!
by Amelia Ashton in
1. jw
2. friends
i can't believe it.

probably haven't been out long enough to know they lie like this.

now i just heard it with my own ears.