Posts by AdaMakawee

I celebrate the generic holiday too, so most of my decorations are from nature. You can find such a wide range of an assortment of things to decorate with, there is no limit except to the amount of money you can or will spend. I love the holidays. The only thing absolutely banned with no argument during the holidays is....

NO TINSEL, EVER!!!

Other than that, the sky's the limit.

Ada

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what is xmas dinner?

by highdose in

jw
friends

i've just realised i have no idea what i should be serving on 25/12!!.

turkey?

chicken?

AdaMakawee

Our tradition for Christmas dinner is Prime Rib. But it really doesn't matter what you serve, because it all revolves around being with the people you are blessed to have in your life.

Ada

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Questions for Americans...

by highdose in

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friends

this isn't meant to be insulting, this is stuff i honestly want to know from you guys....

do you call it "fall" rather than "authum" ( spelt that wrong).

"dipers" instead of "nappies"?.

AdaMakawee

I think the British accent thing was helped along by the James Bond movies, not only by the so called "British invasion" in rock & roll in the 60s. The type of accent in the movies came to mean sexy, intelligent, suave, and slightly dangerous. All of those things are pretty intoxicating to American women.

Ada

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No Nativity Scene In DC !!!!!!

by moomanchu in

no nativity .

there will be no nativity scene in washington dc this year!

the supreme court has ruled that there cannot be a nativity scene in the united states' capital this christmas season.

AdaMakawee

heh

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Mom puts heat on my daughter

by purplesofa in

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friends

so my mom came down for a visit a few weekends ago, since i knew nothing about it till she got in town, i opted out on seeing her her.. she did not leave a very good lasting impression on my daughter and my grand daughter would not have anything to do with her (babies have such great intuition).

my mom has not been preaching much to my daughter, but left her quite a library when she left town.. .

yesterday she calls my daughter and grills her about why i don't go to meetings anymore, she is upset that i influenced her to get in the truth(which is not really true) and then give her a book to read (coc) saying bad things about the organization.. my daughter told my mom there were allot of coverups in the congo and older men doing inappropriate things with younger girls(i have not told many things on this board about my congo) my mom said that i did not love jehovah enough to let that bother me enough to keep me from going to the meetings.

AdaMakawee

Your daughter has a good head on her shoulders, you should be proud. She was able to hold her own very well against what sounds like a very manipulative person. I don't know how old your mom is, but she may well be losing some memory, we tend to do that as we age.

Our dub parents, gotta love em, they're absolutely nuts, aren't they? Take my mom, for instance, I guess she thinks that she can't get anywhere with me so she can just go around me to my son. Well she sent him a card that said, 'I'm sorry your mom won't allow you to have any contact with us, we love you and want you to learn about jehovah." hmmm well they are the ones that have DF'd me (never DA or DF officially just dropped out of sight). My son won't have anything to do with them anyway. He told me that until they drop the pretence and make it up to me for all the things they put me through he won't have anything to do with them.

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Worship only counts if you base it on faith, not proof of god's existance?

by AdaMakawee in

i was reading an article online, about the upcoming vatican ruling on a shrine in the balkins.

the shrine is built in a place where people say the virgin mary has been appearing, and people have been going there in the hundreds of thousands sort of like the lourdes thing.

after the article, which supposes that the pope will rule that this is all from satan and meant to lead people away from the church, there were comments from people regarding the phenomena, the expected ruling, etc.

AdaMakawee

Narkissos, thanks for pointing out that faith is not limited to christianity. For instance, I am not a christian, and I would say I have faith, just not in the same flavor of the divine. I feel that proof strengthens and justifies faith, it doesn't turn you into a non-believer if you have seen something that proves to you beyond a reasonable doubt. Or does that make you a knower, instead of a believer?

I'm not sure that this argument can ever be settled, however, those that believe one way will never be convinced otherwise I suppose.

Ada