Posts by Amelia Ashton

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Do you think "Blondie" is addicted to reading Watchtowers and Awakes?

by booker-t in

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friends

i remember when i was a "devout" jws i could not wait to get the new watchtowers and awakes from the wednesday nite theocratic ministry school.

i would actually salivate thinking of the new information jehovah had in the magazines for us.

i was "franatical" and i would go home still in my three piece suit and devour the magazines that very nite.

Amelia Ashton

I love Blondie's comments and read them every week.

I am not great at critical thinking (probably why I got sucked in so easily) and without these articles I would not have learned so much so quickly about how they operate to brainwash all their victims and twist scriptures etc.

How can we help newbies without keeping up with their ridiculous changes in doctrines if we don't know what the changes are? If our knowledge of WT ended on the last day we attended a meeting anything we said to try and help some-one exit would be considered old light and dismissed without a discussion.

Blondie is great and her work is needed and invaluable!

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Talking to a JW extremist

by Kool Jo in

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friends

so i had a conversation with a jw whom i communicate with via skype...the conversation went like this:.

kool jo: hey there, how have you been keeping?.

they're imperfect, but we need to obey them regardless.. kool jo: ok, i see.

Amelia Ashton

I was told that even if we totally disagree with an instruction from either the GB, an elder or your husband but obeyed it any way even if they were proven to be wrong and the result was disasterous jehovah would bless you for your obedience later.

Now you have no excuse not to obey!

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Wheat and Weeds artwork in July 15th Watchtower

by Indian Larry in

on the back cover of july 15 watchtower magazine is an article entitled look at the artwork!

it tells us that:.

"the beautiful pictures and photographs that are painstakingly produced are there for a purpose.

Amelia Ashton

I have a possible explanation for why "other sheep" are not in the illustration.

The bible was not written for them it was written only for the anointed and the other sheep are saved by their show of servitude and worship towards the GB.

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First post venting

by Freethinking76 in

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friends

hello ,i am a jw,been in the "truth " for about 6 years.i have to be very careful because i know the witnesses monitors sites and report to the elders ,i know cause that is what my blood sister does,she spends hours trying to find apostates in the closet.i know stuped.. so this is my situation.i have known about jw almost all my life and heard that only them have the truth,lots of my family are in it.i was the one taking too long to baptize ,i knew it was expected from me.and i always had a need to make ppl like me .so i took the dip.i started to notice that there are lots of jws that belong to little groups.i wanted friendship so bad and at the time had a need o tell ppl about my horrible childhood traumas i guess i was not over it yet,and needed some to lisent since i had drove my spouse nuts already .what happend this ppl pretend to want to be close to me so they can know all my business and then tell everyone at the hall.then you realize uhhh,they never confided their personal stuff to me.is like a game " you can tell me your stuff,but do not expect me to keep it to myself and do not think i will tell you my dirty laundry.a lot of mind games.. so i was alone ,invisible ,i still can't believe i put up with so much !

i can't wright not even half of what i when through.i feel paranoic now.so i came across a youtube video by jwstruggle and blow my mind ,now i can't stop researching,my spouse is not a jw,and is very shock too.so i decided that i want to fade,i guess it won't be so hard since the sis and brothers did not had a close relationship with me.i have kids and i suffer from pts ,anxiety attacks,panick attacks and severe depression.i moved to the next town of my hall,so i have change hall too.i have not been to my new hall,and wanted to know,will the elders in my old hall contact the elders in my new hall just to see if i am attending?..

my spouse told me " i will tell them i am not letting you go" "and "i found out that your liars!

Amelia Ashton

Welcome.

Vent away. This is the place to do it and most here will understand and sympathise with your dilemma as they too share your experience.

It is quite a shock to learn the the truth about the truth but we are here to support and help you any way we can.

It is fantastic you have your spouse supporting you.

I am a 4 year fader. I went to my new hall once after moving. I even knew some of the people there but no-one has been back to check on me or ask if I am OK.

I would say don't go at all if you don't want to. Spend some time here researching. It will be much more enlightening than anything at the KH.

Amelia xxx

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Read it and Weep

by cha ching in

recently, we were challenged when we told someone that the wt itself says that it is not inspired, and we then were asked is that something you recently started to believe?.

how many people just forget what the wt has said?

well, read it and weep.. .

Amelia Ashton

Jesus said " I was hungry and you fed me naked and you clothed me.

sick and you visited me..." And then said that if you did these acts of kindness to others

it was as if you did it to Jesus personally. This was the central identifying mark, how

we would treat and interact with other people.

If you actually do any of these things the elders will counsel you and tell you to offer Bible studies only or else they may come into "the truth" for the wrong reason.

FACT!

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Wheat and Weeds artwork in July 15th Watchtower

by Indian Larry in

on the back cover of july 15 watchtower magazine is an article entitled look at the artwork!

it tells us that:.

"the beautiful pictures and photographs that are painstakingly produced are there for a purpose.

Amelia Ashton

The illustration is very clear that there are only two crops growing together in the field, the anointed christians and the imitation christians.

No Jehovah's Witnesses of the earthly class anywhere.

Oops!

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Your views and ideas on forum areas and organization?

by Simon in

this may come as a shock to some people, but the current forum structure was kind of thrown together without much real thought and then evolved a bit over time.

there are a few things that particularly grate on me and areas where i don't think the subjects work particularly well.

'friends' is a bit vague and becomes a dumping ground, news & world events vs politics & current affairs is hard to decide sometimes, child abuse is a scandal but isn't contained withing 'scandals & coverups' etc.... with a new forum platform imminent, it's a good time to solicit ideas to improve things.