Posts by RubaDub

We had quite a few anointed in our congregation (like 6 or 7) from Eastern Europe / Russia when I was growing up. At the time, being one of the anointed put you into a special class, even if you did nothing else in the congregation.

I remember one night, a brother from Poland (?), was giving what I think was talk #5. I think it was about 6 minutes or so until they "range the bell" when you went overtime. If you kept talking too long, they would ring it again.

Anyway, they rang the bell on him 2 or 3 times. He pointed at the brother with the bell, gave him an evil look, and said something like, in broken English, "Do you know what I am going to do what that bell if it makes noise again?"

Everyone was quiet and he went on for another 2 or 3 minutes.

That was one time when instead of giving council immediately after the talk, the School Servant simply said something like "Our school is running a bit late so we will give private council to Brother 'Nutski' afterwards. Now, let's all stand for song number ........... "

If he was working on "Timing" on his speech council slip, maybe he would have received a "W" (Work on This).

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J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

by IWant2Leave in

i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

RubaDub

Reading "Babylon the Great Has Fallen, God's Kingdom Rules"

1234 ...

Bizarre that you mention that book. I was cleaning out a closet just yesterday. I keep finding stuff from old relatives that have died but somehow all the stuff gets passed to me. I think I have about 5 copies of the book between my garage and attic.

I just looked at the book and get those flashbacks of being a kid at the book study on Tuesday night and some how trying to make sense out of something that really doesn't make sense. And those explanations of Rev. 18:2 and 18:4 seemed to go on forever when you are at a young age.

Now with extra time with the COVID-19 thing happening, you may just have just motivated me to go and pick the book up out of the box and read parts for my enjoyment.

I still even have the "question" book that came along with it for use at the book study. Aren't you proud of me?

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Organized Rioting Across America Due To A Black Man’s Death

by minimus in

jw
friends

cities across america have been pillaged and destroyed these last few days.

a white policeman has been charged with murder of a black man.

protests have been organized across major us cities and horrible riots have occurred.

RubaDub

Who sponsors this organized activity?? add to the list of questions, who printed their placards, who printed their "I can't breath shirts"?

resolute B ....

What has me scratching my head (and lower regions of my body) is how all of this "organized activity" seems to be in some ways hidden. I mean the President can't be in a room with a dozen people without information leaking out.

How can there be in any possible way so many people involved in hundreds of cities in some organized events and no one seems to be "on the inside" and flooding the media with what it going on?

North Korea could not keep that many people "quiet".

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Do You Think We Will Ever Get Back To “Normal”?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i hope that within the next several months we will get back to some type of normalcy.

will restaurants ever get filled again?

will you ever be able to sit at a bar or go to a concert or broadway show?.

RubaDub

Simon, if the left wing on an airplane works, why do we have a right wing?

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My parents died from the corona virus

by Hotpepper in

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friends

both my 84 yr old jw father and my never my jw mother 82 with both together died from the the corona in 24 hours of each other.

i can tell many fighting i have had here in the last 20 years.on this site .

i juy hope they rest in peace.

RubaDub

Hotpepper ...

Extremely sad. This virus thing is affecting us in many ways.

If I can offer a perspective that may not resonate with some, but through experience:

Back in the late 1970's, my grandparents were alive, I was a teenager. My grandfather (elder) died from a stroke in his mid 80's. My grandmother, a lifelong colportuer / pioneer died a week later. I guess it was a heart attack, stress or the acceptance that it was the end.

As my grandfather once told me, he could not remember not being married to my grandmother (he was 17, she was 18 getting married).

It may very well be that there was a great deal of love between your parents. Not having that person at his/her side may have been an incredible burden.

I wish you and them forever peace.

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2020 Convention streamed

by Rattigan350 in

2020 convention of jehovah’s witnesses.

we warmly invite you to watch this year’s three-day convention presented by jehovah’s witnesses.

as a result of the novel coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic, this year’s convention program is being presented online at jw.org.

RubaDub

I feel happified.

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Will You Constantly Wear A Mask?

by minimus in

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friends

today, it will be 90 degrees and humid!

this morning i’ll be playing tennis again.

while most people have been holed up in their houses, i have regularly played the sport outside.

RubaDub

TIP accordingly! I'm catching up by adding 50%.

Simon ...

Extremely well said. It's not the workers at these places that have caused the problem but in many cases are the ones most suffering.

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I had a somewhat paranormal experience 2 days ago, but I think science is just light years behind on this.....

by Bad_Wolf in

for the record i'm agnostic, never seen any direct evidence of spirits, afterlife, etc.

i've been visiting my mother during this corona ordeal.

a year ago i had a dream i was much older and talking to somebody about how my mom died this year but it was avoidable.

RubaDub

Many people like Uri Geller have made millions off of people who are naive and want to believe when he IMO is a fraud and con man.

phoenixrising ...

Yes, I remember Geller. I think he was a fraud also.

But I thought Kreskin was far more believable and not just in it for the money he could make.

On his TV Show, the Amazing Kreskin, he really did show how he performed his acts of mentalism and illusions that made people, as myself, in disbelief of how he could perform such mental acts and analyze ones psyche.

I was a kid at the time, but watching him pull someone randomly from the audience, ask a few questions, and then understand the person's life history, problems and desires definitely shocked me.

I wasn't sure if it was supernatural or something but it was really great to watch how he could look at a person and know who they were. If they shuffled a deck of cards and he held one to his head, he could tell exactly what the card was.

The guy knew his stuff.