#personal-testimony

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Philosophy
fromBuzzFeed
1 week ago

People Share The Buckwild Things That Happened At Church That Made Them Leave Their Religion

People leave churches for many personal reasons, and those experiences may reflect community treatment rather than faith or beliefs.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The guards could not speak without yelling': life as an 85-year-old ICE detainee

The wailing at the Louisiana immigration detention facility began at night, Marie-Therese Ross-Mahe remembered, back at home in France. Children crying, and even babies. The 85-year-old's detention last month as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown made international headlines. Now, nearly a month after her release, she was ready to talk about it and the late-in-life love story that had brought her to the US.
SF parents
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

I was pressured into refusing a blood transfusion aged 11. The Jehovah's Witnesses' new policy changes nothing

Beatrice Jones faced a life-threatening decision at 11 due to Jehovah's Witnesses' blood transfusion doctrine, ultimately refusing treatment and later leaving the faith.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: That's the way back to Africa'

I went to the school for a year between 1980 and 1981, starting at a mere nine years of age. I was in the most junior class (JC) at the time, in a college that was so large, consisting of lower, middle and upper schools with an age range from nine to 18. My hardworking parents celebrated with pictures as proud parents would do when their child is so privileged to attend such a well-reputed educational institution.
UK politics
fromIndependent
10 months ago

'He was a psychopath, a narcissist - I thought that I could change him,' says ex-partner of jailed former garda Ian Gillen

Jennifer Clinton recalls the beginning of her relationship with Ian Gillen, an officer at Blackrock garda station, who first contacted her in an official capacity.
Social justice
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