Well ok I was going to edit my post but the website is playing games with me. I was going to add that this type of thing is why I no longer have a land-line. Cell phone only. I only RARELY get a call like that. I'd say in three years I can count them on one hand.
AdaMakawee
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can you tell me how to pronounce your name?
by chickpea inso the caller id keeps showing "concerned women",.
repeatedly calling and leaving no message.... .
so tonight they got to talk to me.... .
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can you tell me how to pronounce your name?
by chickpea inso the caller id keeps showing "concerned women",.
repeatedly calling and leaving no message.... .
so tonight they got to talk to me.... .
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AdaMakawee
lmao I wish they'd call me, I'd give them an ear full!
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Imagine
by SixofNine inimagine this.. well before you are born, your dad plays college hockey at providence college and wears the "c" for friars coach and hockey hall of famer lou lamoriello.
your dad is then a member of the calder cup-winning maine mariners ahl team.
he admits to having little skill, but contributes rough and tough qualities.
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AdaMakawee
This is awesome, thanks for posting it. It's still incredibly difficult to be "out" in professional sports today. I hope Brandon has an amazing career, he sounds like truly nice person.
Ada
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Stumbling Your Fellow Brothers
by dig692 ini just felt the need to express my thoughts on the matter of "stumbling others" in the congregation.
they tell you that you are accountable for your own soul and responsible for your own spirituality, and then they tell you that you can't do something if its going to stumble your brother.. if a brother/sister sees me doing something not condemned in the bible but maybe is a matter of conscience and he/she is stumbled...why is that my fault?
what makes me accountable for that?
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AdaMakawee
When you think about world's fairs, the cities that likely come to mind are London, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Paris, and perhaps even Montreal, Osaka or Seattle.
But in 1974, Spokane, Washington put on a world's fair that was unique in a couple ways: it was the only U.S. fair of the Bicentennial era and no smaller city had ever hosted a world's fair. During the six months it was open, over five million people—roughly 28 times the city's population—visited Expo.
mmmhmm they sure did, were you there?
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Stumbling Your Fellow Brothers
by dig692 ini just felt the need to express my thoughts on the matter of "stumbling others" in the congregation.
they tell you that you are accountable for your own soul and responsible for your own spirituality, and then they tell you that you can't do something if its going to stumble your brother.. if a brother/sister sees me doing something not condemned in the bible but maybe is a matter of conscience and he/she is stumbled...why is that my fault?
what makes me accountable for that?
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AdaMakawee
This one never made sense to me, either. I've told this story before but I'll tell it again. One year while I was a reg pioneer, my pioneer partner and I went to the World's Fair in Spokane WA. We paid our ticket and just as we went in the gate, we were accosted by a clown. Now, this clown had on the full costume and paint, right down to the massive oversized shoes. He starts teasing me, and so of course, I joked back with him. Whole thing took under a minute and we were on our way inside to see the wonders of the world.
I get home and the next day I have a phone call. The JC wants to meet with me. JC?? WTF?? Well it seems the sister was "stumbled" by me "flirting" with this clown.
This is ridiculous to the point of exhaustion.
Ada
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HELP! Sinning Elders can stay as elders if they have blessing! when did this happened?
by cyberjesus inok i have heard that at the beginning of the 80's the instruction said that the elders could remain as elders even if they had sinned 3 years before as long as their lives looked like they had jehovahs blessing.
i heard this instuction was givien in elders meeting.. does any one has more information?
i needed asap.
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AdaMakawee
This is in the archives somewhere, I remember this being discussed before in detail. I'm sure someone will come along and answer, but in the meantime use the search feature and see what happens.
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Donny Osmond?! WTF??
by undercover ini don't normally give a rat's arse what happens on dancing with the stars, don't see it every week even, but i did watch the finale.
having seen the last couple of episodes, i thought for sure mya would win...should win.. but donny osmond??.
maybe the end is near....
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AdaMakawee
I'll admit Maya was a good dancer, but she laid the makeup on with a trowel and she just seemed very fake to me. I'll give her this, she has drive and tenacity, but so did all of them. What made Kelly Osborne so great was that she was/is REAL. You got to see her grow and achieve something, watch her self confidence go from practically nothing to where she was proud of her achievement.
This show isn't about turning out polished professional dancers that will win a contract in Vegas, if so they would advertise it like that. Its about the human psyche and about developing into something.
I don't like the Osmands, never have, but I thought his improv dance or whatever it was, was the best one of all three of them. Plus, I expected all the mormans would be rounded up and vote for him anyway. The mormans couldn't buy better PR than Donny Osmand. He isn't sanctimonious, he isn't pious, he has fun, and he seems genuinly a nice guy.
One thing I know about Maya, she will go far and it has nothing whatsoever about winning the program. Everyone knows that on all of these types of shows (America's Got Talent, American Idol, etc.), most often the most talented person does NOT win. And those in the top 5 usually go on to a pretty decent career. I think she did better off by not winning then she would have done by taking home that tacky mirror ball.
My two cents.
Ada
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What accusations do you have about us JWs? AND what group are YOU a part of?
by theMadJW in.
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i'm one of the few jws that freely admit our faults and mistakes.. let's compare notes!.
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AdaMakawee
Ok, now I have to say this, unpopular as it may be. For an apologist, at least madjw is entertaining. He has no argument, but he has a sense of humor. And who knows, perhaps he'll eventually use that brain of his to understand just how failed the WTS prophecies really are.
Ada
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I'm already starting to feel normal
by doublelife infor the first time today, when my boss asked what i'm going to be doing for thanksgiving, i didn't have to go into this awkward explaination of why i don't celebrate it.
i simply said that i'm going over my aunt's.
it may sound trivial but it feels great!
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AdaMakawee
This thread is a joy to read. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!
Ada
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What are you Thankful for this year?
by lovelylil2 inin the spirit of thanksgiving, thought i ask what everyone is thankful for.. i am thankful for my family's good health and happiness, for the great friends i have, for my job that i absolutely love, for celebrating my 7th year of freedom this month from the wt publishing cult.. anyone else?.
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AdaMakawee
This is kind of different than the others here, but on my mind anyway. I grew up in a very abusive household. I never knew anything else, and consequently my relationships were initially abusive too. I was terrified (as I learned to come out of such things) that my son and I would also have a toxic relationship, I truly didn't know any kids that had a good relationship with their parents. So all I could do was try every day not to make the same mistakes my parents and others I knew, had made.
Fast forward to now... I am thankful that my grown son loves me, that we can have an open honest discussion without threats and violence. I'm thankful that he confides in me and that he and I are friends. I'm thankful that I have two siblings out of the JW madness that I also have a fairly normal, loving relationship with, though we are in varying stages of recovery from the past. I'm thankful that my sister has started talking to me after years of shunning me, and that even though she is not totally out of the mind control, that she is willing to establish a relationship after all this time. I pray that she can not only be finally free from the abusive religion, but also from the abusive relationship she has been in for years as well.
Lastly, I'm thankful to be alive right now. I have had a very serious illness and am just now getting back on my feet again.
Thanks everyone here for this forum and for the support it provides to people coming to their senses after a lifetime (or seems like a lifetime) experience with the cult.
Bless you all and happy Thanksgiving.
Ada