Posts by redvip2000

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Will God resurrect our beloved pets? What do you think?

by Pallbearer in

the watchtower doesn't hold out any hope for us ever seeing our beloved animals again.

i find it very difficult to believe that god -- a god of love -- would refuse to resurrect an animal that we had become so attached to.

over the years i have bonded with no less than four (4) dogs, all of which were/are like family to me.

redvip2000

a God of love -- would refuse to resurrect an animal that we had become so attached to.

More importantly, why would God make animals to die only to resurrect them? That doesn't seem like great planning.

You could perhaps make the argument that in the case of humans, the fairy tale about Adam and Eve is the basis for humans having to die. But animals are outside of that scope, which mean that if they are dying, which they are, the plan of your imaginary god is that they remain dead.

And why would dogs and cats be the only ones to be resurrected? A fair god would resurrect all animals, boy that can get complicated.

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Global Entry / PreCheck at US Airports

by RubaDub in

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for those who travel, such as attend international conventions (lol, i had to add a jw thing into this thread), do you have the precheck thing for the airports?

this is the thing where you go in a separate line and don't have to take your shoes off and do all the things that most people do.. it does cost money, about $85 for 5 years.. but for those who travel internationally, the global entry thing is well worth the money.

for only $15 more ($100 total for 5 years) it includes precheck within the us and then entry back into the us without the typical long lines at customs.

redvip2000

It is not so much about safety, IMO, but about expediting those who go through fingerprinting and a background checks to get through the lines quicker. I don't see the connection with terrorists.

You don't huh? Maybe you can read your own sentence again. I guess they check your background and fingerprint you just for the hell of it. No connection to terrorism whatsoever. And why fingerprint and background check anybody, if a member can take along others who have not been vetted?

In other words, If i go to the regular line, I have to take my shoes off. But if I tag along with someone that has pre-check, shoes stay on, while I haven't been vetted on either side.

It's a scam. Yes i know if you have it, you like it because it saves you some minutes, but it's still a scam. In fact, I'm heard some reports that the TSA actually created that clusterfuck last year at airports where they were huge lines on purpose, as a way to encourage people to upgrade.

If you go to an airport in Europe, you don't have take your shoes off. hmmm interesting. Is it because they don't care about security? Or is it because they don't need to upsell you on anything?

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Not invited to congregation “get togethers”. They finally said it

by solomon in

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we don’t get many invitations to congregational social gatherings.

we don’t attend midweek meetings and miss about 1/3 of sunday meetings.

we go in service at least once a month.

redvip2000

Just like Jesus would do -- keep the weak away and don't associated with them.

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Global Entry / PreCheck at US Airports

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

for those who travel, such as attend international conventions (lol, i had to add a jw thing into this thread), do you have the precheck thing for the airports?

this is the thing where you go in a separate line and don't have to take your shoes off and do all the things that most people do.. it does cost money, about $85 for 5 years.. but for those who travel internationally, the global entry thing is well worth the money.

for only $15 more ($100 total for 5 years) it includes precheck within the us and then entry back into the us without the typical long lines at customs.

redvip2000

Just another way for the government to make money, under the guise making you safe.

I have travelled with pre-check privileges because I was traveling with someone that has it, but I have never signed up. Don't have to take jacket off, no shoes off, no laptop off, in exchange of a subscription service for all intents and purposes. And BTW, how did they clear me? I was only traveling with someone that has it.

The whole thing is just a scheme to collect more money from the sheep. No, you are not safe because of it, just like you are not safer because of the "TSA theater" that they put together at the airport. The whole apparatus is set up to catch the average joe who forgot the pocket knife in their carry on, not actual terrorists.

Any terrorist organization with mediocre planning will be able to place a bomb on a plane.

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Outcast Doctrines

by Socrateswannabe in

in a recent post about the watchtower’s claim that all animals were created as vegetarians, one commenter said that watchtower could no longer sustain this belief so they simply stopped talking about it.

i began thinking about other wacky doctrines and statements by the borg that have faded away.

i’ll offer two of them below, but the complete list must be longer than your arm.. 7000 year-long creative days: watchtower once taught that each of the creative days was 7,000 years in duration, hence the hype leading up to 1975. they believed that year marked 6,000 years since adam’s creation, and oh how nicely the 1,000-year reign would fit as the last piece of the puzzle, thus completing the final “day”.

redvip2000

Just something that comes to mind about the "Cross" business. Jehovah allowed the Romans to kill Jesus, no interference, so why should he interfere with the common Roman way of Public execution ?
Arguing that the Cross was a Pagan Symbol is simply nonsense, that would mean that every piece of wood, whatever its use, if it had a crosspiece, was a pagan symbol. What nonsense.

Yup good points. We know from a historical perspective that romans really did crucified criminals in an actual cross. This actually made complete sense because it was less work for them. The stake would be a permanent structure, and then each time someone was crucified, they nailed to the patibulum (crossbar) and then hung on the stake. Imagine having to dig a hole to put a stake every time. They weren't complete idiots.

Also, yes who cares if the cross was a pagan symbol, which it was. This would not prevent the Romans from thinking that was the perfect shape to use for executions.

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The Simpson's APU is now NOT politically correct...

by The Fall Guy in

...so he's being cut from the the programme.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51158261.

the world is going bonkers!

redvip2000

The article in part says:

"At the time, Mr Azaria - who also provides the voice of popular characters Moe Szyslak and Chief Wiggum, among others - said he found it "very upsetting to me personally and professionally" that anyone was marginalised because of Apu."

What an incredibly patterning thing to say. How little credit does this guy give to society that he thinks that this character is going to make society hate Indian people (assuming the character is indian).

How long before mafia movies are banned so that italians are not stereotyped we don't just assume all Italians are mobsters?

Every instance of this stupidity, gets Trump closer to another 4 years. Reasonable people are tired of this nonsense.

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Do you have dark tinted windows on your vehicle?

by Iamallcool in

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if you have one, do cops stop you to make sure it is not too dark?

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redvip2000

I guess police in your area have a lot of free time

Well, i would argue that police should enforce all laws on the books. In a way that's what separates us from third world countries.

I have been to third world countries, where most laws on the books are mostly suggestions and the police only come when someone is actually killed.

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Drug-Sniffing Dogs Getting Retired at Airports

by RubaDub in

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i found this interesting in the news that dogs used to sniff for drugs at airports are being significantly cut back here in the us due to the increased legality of marijuana at the state level (though technically still illegal at the federal level) and passengers arriving from canada.

a large number of the dogs are being put into early retirement.. i learned that dogs can be trained to sniff for drugs but once they "learn" a smell, they cannot unlearn it.

basically, there is no difference to them between marijuana or cocaine or meth.

redvip2000

A nation of doped up, pacifist, lazy, gender-confused morons who can't decide which bathroom to use, so they piss and shit out in the street

Hyperbolic nonsense as usual. I wonder if they said exactly the same when the country came out of prohibition -- i'm sure they did.

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Do you have dark tinted windows on your vehicle?

by Iamallcool in

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friends

if you have one, do cops stop you to make sure it is not too dark?

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redvip2000

In my area, police do stop and ticket drivers with dark tint on front windows. They want to be able to see how is driving, which makes sense. Likewise nobody should be allowed on the street wearing a burka

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When "all" is not "everyone" or "everything."

by Wonderment in

we keep seeing posters bringing col. 1.16 and john 1.3 up as proof that christ is excluded from the creative acts.

the proof they submit is that the words "all things [gk., pánta]" appear in these texts.

however, they are missing this important element from the discussion: the word "all" is rarely used in greek, and even in our everyday language to mean literally "everyone" or "everything" under the sky.

redvip2000

One must wonder if an all-powerful, all-knowing god, would not be able to foresee that humans in the future would be bickering on this one point, to the extend that they must engage is grammatical debate If this god was actually all-knowing and smart, he would make sure to be pretty clear with his words, and there would be no room for discussion.