AdaMakawee

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  Horrid Perfumes and Nasty Nairspray

  by Elsewhere in

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  2. friends

  why do people wear these things?.

  don't these people know they make everyone else sick?

  for those who wear perfume: please do not spray it directly onto yourself.

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  AdaMakawee

  http://www.immuneweb.org/articles/perfume.html

  What people with compromised immune systems are reacting to includes a long list of toxic chemicals. Unlike the food industry, unlike any industry remotely connected to medicine, the perfume industry does not answer to ANYONE regarding carcinogens in their products, which include cleaning products in addition to perfumes, colognes, hand and body lotions, hair products, etc.

  I have asthma. Perfume is a known trigger for me. They have also been known to give me migraines immediately. Not every single perfume does, but I don't feel a need to start a survey to ask which one it is that doesn't bother me.

  My one question is, why do so many people feel the need to marinate in the stuff?

  Ada
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  Abuse and JWs

  by babygirl30 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what bothers me most about df'ing is not only the shunning, but the constant verbal reminders (by elders and the jw pubs) that jehovah has 'taken his holy spirit' away from you.

  its sad cause the whole scenario of being a jw is like living with an abuser:.

  abuse: abuser comes on strong - is sweet and falls in love quickly vs jws: love bombed and drawn into the org by association.

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  AdaMakawee

  Yes, both abusers and cults use these same tactics. It's all about power.
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  What is the meaning of life according to you?

  by Newborn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since the meaning of life has change for most of us here, i thought it would be interesting to hear your answer to this question now.. for me, the meaning is to be close to family and friends, enjoy life as much as possible and follow my heart while being as good person i can be.. your turn.

  /newborn.

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  AdaMakawee

  Eagles may soar in the clouds, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines. ~Attributed to both Jason Hutchison and John Benfield

  It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others. ~unknown

  There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. ~Oscar Wilde

  Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~Truman Capote

  Don't ask me why, I just got the urge to see some quotes about life, I thought I'd share some funny ones.

  Ada
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  Why does the media leave JW alone?

  by Aussie Oz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  largly, i found over the years, the media seldom runs stories on jws.

  sure there is the odd sensation in a paper about a child not having blood or something or some brief mention.. why has the media not got hold of the child abuse situation?

  with the mainstream church's in australia and globally, they had a field day.

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  AdaMakawee

  Media news is a high dollar business conglomerate. Their business is not news, it's ratings and whatever drives up the price of their stock so that investers can have a higher return. They seek out the sensational and play to their base. News about JWs does not generate revenue for them either in stocks nor in advertising revenue. Hence the news conglomerates do not care.

  Most people in the world don't care either, after all, they figure that JWs are a bunch of wacko's, and as such there is a certain amount of, "well thats what you get when you join a cult" mentality.

  Ada
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  Are You a Closet Apostate Weenie?

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you count 10 hours per month but havn't even mentioned your beliefs to a non-dub in years.. you underline your study articles at random and write fake notes in the margins.. you smoke joints to get through meetings, field service and assemblies.. you're secretly banging an elder's wife.. you stuff monopoly money in the contribution box.. you keep your eyes open during prayer and giggle.. when everyone else says "amen" at the end of a prayer, you whisper "what bullshit.".

  you have a copy of crisis of conscience in a box buried in your back yard.. you play with an ouija board and watch smurf cartoons when no one is around.. you think "thriller" was the great music video ever made.. you read comic books in the kingdom hall bathroom during meetings.

  when questioned about your long time spent in the bathroom, you whisper "i'm constipated.

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  AdaMakawee

  never mind, can't figure out how to enter HTML.

  carry on
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  What is the meaning of life according to you?

  by Newborn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since the meaning of life has change for most of us here, i thought it would be interesting to hear your answer to this question now.. for me, the meaning is to be close to family and friends, enjoy life as much as possible and follow my heart while being as good person i can be.. your turn.

  /newborn.

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  AdaMakawee

  To make a differance in whatever small way I can. To leave as small a footprint on the earth as I can. To live with grace, to learn patience, and to learn something new every single day.

  Ada
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  New Tricks (BBC on PBS) Last Night's Episode JW Plotline

  by AdaMakawee in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  anyone see this program last night on pbs?

  i don't know when it shows on bbc.

  in case you aren't familiar, three old geezers are brought back to the force to work cold case files.

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  AdaMakawee

  Anyone see this program last night on PBS? I don't know when it shows on BBC. In case you aren't familiar, three old geezers are brought back to the force to work cold case files. In last night's episode a black soldier was murdered in 1991.

  Turns out his family was JW, and though there were lots of twists and turns to the plot along the way, bottom line was, they forgave him for joining the military (huh??) but when he came out to them as gay, the father murdered him.

  The wife said after he did it he knew he lost his everlasting life and she would never forgive him, so he quit eating and drinking and killed himself that way (the father).

  It was pretty good, acutally.

  Ada
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  Things you would like to do that you havent yet done

  by carpediem in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as i am new this may have been asked before.

  but it is something i have been thinking about since i left the religion.. .

  things i havent yet done but would like to do include:.

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  AdaMakawee

  Ah a bucket list. Mine includes:

  1. Visit Germany to meet my penpal, I wrote to him when I was in Jr High many many years ago, from the time I was around 12 until I was 19, then lost track of him until earlier this year.

  2. Learn to speak German. My father never kept up with the language from his parents, though I will admit speaking German in his youth might not be a smart thing to do.

  3. Visit New Zealand, I've wanted to ever since the LOTR trilogy. Absolutely beautiful and I'd like to meet and learn from the Maori.

  4. Drive across the US. I've always wanted to take a road trip completely across, but never really had the where-withall to do that.

  All I can think of for now.

  Ada
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  Feed a cold? Starve a fever?

  by AdaMakawee in

  1. social
  2. family

  i'm down with the flu right now, and of course the first thing i want is my chicken soup.

  so that made me wonder.

  when you were growing up, did your mom give you anything special when you were sick?

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  AdaMakawee

  I'm down with the flu right now, and of course the first thing I want is my chicken soup. So that made me wonder. When you were growing up, did your mom give you anything special when you were sick?

  I thought most people got chicken soup as I did, but we talked about this at work recently and I was pretty surprised by the answers.

  Ada
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  so many questions...

  by Aussie Oz in

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  AdaMakawee

  Welcome Aussie! Yes I'm surprised at the amount of JWs that come here too. Some come out of curiosity and actually learn something that assists them to start thinking. Others come to "tell us off" and then stay awhile to argue before going on their way. One or two spend a considerable amount of time trying to convince us the errors of our ways and spout of jw-speak and jargon that we have all heard ad-nauseum.

  You'll get more posts after a few days of posting when the admins see that you aren't some type of flaming troll here to curse and damn us.

  I look forward to hearing more of your story.

  Ada