Posts by Nina

i remember once talking to a brother at the kingdom hall, who was a car mechanic, and i asked him a little question about my car, and he replied, we don't talk about this at the kingdom hall, meaning we should only talk about spiritual things.... .

gee, i couldn't believe what he told me, when just about everyone at the hall talks about anything butt religious stuff..

Nina

In one congregation several elders and ministerial servants ran a marble business. They wanted my pioneer son to work for them. I said no, I wanted him to continue to pioneer. The money would have been nice but we were managing.

The same elders were on the committee which DF'd my then-husband. The night they announced the disfellowshipping they surrounded me after the meeting and hounded me to let my son work for them. I literally couldn't walk away. Only after I said yes did they open a space so that my children and I could leave the hall.

Eccl. 7:7

Nina

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Wonderful Words from the CO

by roflcopter in

wonderful words from the co at the assembly.

not only are we in the last days, we are in the "last days of the last days", and that the fall of religion and the start of the great tribulation is so close.

hah, even went so far as to say "possibly within a year".

Nina

even went so far as to say "possibly within a year"

Possible is the key word here. Anything is possible.

He didn't say "probable".

He's covered.

Nina

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Tell us about something that you liked to do when you were younger

by MsMcDucket in

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i'll start.

i used to love to dance and sing.

i could dance my arse off (black folk style).

Nina

I went to the library.

Nina

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Is this an isolated incident?

by Honesty in

an image taken from a los angeles union rescue mission surveillance video camera shows carol reyes,...

l.a. investigating alleged patient dumping .

friday, march 24, 2006 1:08 pm est .

Nina

At one time I worked for a medical practitioner in Littlerock, CA which is near the Palmdale/Lancaster area, a good long drive from downtown Los Angeles or from the San Fernando Valley (over the hill from Los Angeles).

One of the regular patients kept telling us stories about the LA Police making raids on the homeless district, putting the people into vans and police cars and dumping them in our area. We thought the patient was making it up.

Fast forward to the day I spent running errands in Palmdale. There, on the sidewalks, were *many* of the homeless people we had placed literature with in street work in the Los Angeles area! Now how is it that so many of the LA homeless suddenly decided to relocate to cardboard boxes in the desert?

More and more homeless appeared as the months went on. One morning I met up with a congregational favorite, "James the Bum"! James dressed in African-style robes, wouldn't wear anything made of leather, wore red nail polish, and gave the most fascinating lectures on math and science to people waiting for the bus. He wouldn't speak with women, but he would lecture in their presence. My children and I would watch for him then start our time on "his" corner just so we could hear to what he had to say.

Rumor had it that James was once a professor, that he once had a home in our (LA) area, and that he had taken a pioneer brother in to live with him and....the brother was never seen at the Kingdom Hall again!

Sadly, I think the LAPD caught up with him and, tiring of his outbursts (he occasionally went ballistic in the neighborhood liquor store), relocated him without his consent.

"If you want to do the algebra you got to know the signs!" (James the Bum)

Nina

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Questions You'd Like To Ask DOZY & Does Dozy have enough faith to answer?

by whyizit in

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dozy seems to be okay with the un deal.

i've got some relatively simple questions that i would like answered from the bible, by dozy!

if dozy has enough faith to do it.. i would like to see one verse from the bible that actually says jesus & michael the archangel are one and the same.

Nina

I've got some relatively simple questions that I would like answered from the Bible, by DOZY!

Well then why don't you PM Dozy and ask?

Take the discussion(s) offline and report back with a summary IF there is anything to report.

Spare the rest of us the agony.

Nina

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Need Therapy from the Watchtower?

by Lady Liberty in

until recently i used to be just a lurker.

but since i began posting, i am finding it very theraputic!

seems getting out my feelings, and sharing with others my experiences, and the things i personally have discovered, is helping me alot!

Nina

What's really cool is when you say something "controversial" and everybody jumps your shite for it. And you get to come right back, and...nothing happens.

Nina

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Anyone heard these and know where to download them?

by Jodo in

http://www.watchtower.cc/internet.htm .

the first paragraph on the page: .

"a number of publishers have telephoned the branch office regarding certain recordings of kingdom songs sung in a popular style that are presently being circulated among jehovah's witnesses.

Nina

Limewire has the Prince version of song 15 and the "Celine Dion/George Benson" version of some other song. Do a search for "Kingdom Melodies".

Nina

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Ever BUILD a Kingdom Hall?

by Gregor in

i was involved in several, starting when i was about 10 or 11 with jobs like sweeping up sawdust or picking up loose nails.

i loved it.

once, when i was about 22 we were building the kh south of santa barbara in carpinteria.

Nina

It seemed that she was getting wound up with the thought that any money at all was paid to anyone for whatever 'line item'.

You're not quite correct on that so I will elaborate:

Quick Builds utilized "unpaid volunteers", or so I thought. It now seems that some volunteers were unpaid while other volunteers received payment for the use of the various equipment and supplies they voluntarily provided as well as payment for the expenses they voluntarily incurred.

Quick Builds also utilized contractors, suppliers, etc. Obviously these are paid.

It's the unpaid volunteers who were entitled to submit requests for reimbursements that I am sad about. It seems a contradiction in terms AND out of line with the information JW's were given at the Hall during meeting parts.

Rank and file JW's do not have access to the Branch Manual. While it may be informative, it doesn't figure into my discussion.