Posts by RubaDub

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Hotels Deny Watchtower Discount Rates For 2020 Regional Conventions

by JW GoneBad in

the wtbts is not being given special room rates by 2 major hotels at the long beach convention center area for the upcoming 2020 regional conventions & wt is t'd off.

letters are being read in surrounding circuits and congregations.

apparently wt is afraid that other hotels are going to blackball them as well.. has anyone else heard this?

RubaDub

I would bet that the problem has to do more with the big booking companies (Expedia, Travelocity, etc.) than with the JW's in general.

Hotels will prioritize the big companies over the JW's at any time since the JW's are still a small player in the big scheme of things. And there is only so much you can squeeze out of a hotel. Plus they are not getting the big bucks from the bar or restaurants they may have compared to vacationers or business clients.

And let's face it, many JW's are not that stupid when they log into a travel site and see the rooms at a lower price than what they would pay based on the "recommended" hotels. You can get tired of the BS about how you are getting a better price through the Society. Just check the rates!

It's just a matter of time until the hotel stuff comes to an end.

Rub a Dub

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Do You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Are A Threat To Any Government?

by minimus in

jw
friends

russia believes they are a threat.

the usa has put witnesses in jail in the past.

other countries look at jws as a nuisance.. do you think the witnesses are a threat to governments?

RubaDub

No. Especially now that more and more JW's are doing cart witnessing and not waking up government officials trying to sleep on the weekends.

Rub a Dub

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Russian raid on 50 Jehovahs witnesses

by Diogenesister in

there has been a raid on a large jehovahs witness gathering in norilsk, above the arctic circle, according to the moscow times.. a building with 50 jws inside was surrounded by masked, armed special forces forces who burst into the building and demanded they surrender all electronic devices.. i'll link the article but it's obviously going to drive these witnesses deeper into the religion.

not to mention the images conjured up in the report are likely to be used by watchtower as more fear mongering, since its very much like last year's terrifying assembly videos where witnesses were huddled in a field and surrounded with similarly masked, armed men.. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/10/22/russian-special-agents-raid-jehovahs-witnesses-resort-as-crackdown-intensifies-a67855.

RubaDub

Disgusting, anyone who values the rule of law should condemn Russias actions.

Simon ...

Very well spoken.

I could not agree with you more.

Rub a Dub

9

JOKER

by peacefulpete in

i don’t think that the world needs that many brooding psychopathic avengers.

i don’t know that we need any........they’ve lost a lot of their original innocence, and they can’t get that back.

and, they’re stuck, it seems, in this kind of depressive ghetto of grimness and psychosis.

RubaDub

Simon ...

Wife and I are not huge movie people but we will see it in the next week or so. Sounds very interesting! Thanks for your reviews.

Rub a Dub

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Did Jeruselm fall in 587 or 586 BCE?

by Doug Mason in

i came across this article written in 2004 by an evangelical.. “when did jerusalem fall?”, rodger young, journal of the evangelical society [jets], 47/1 (march 2004), 21-38.. http://www.rcyoung.org/articles/jerusalem.pdf .

these are the conclusions of the 18-page analysis.

(1) jerusalem fell in the fourth month (tammuz) of 587 bc.

RubaDub

As I mentioned earlier in this thread (and quoting the Apostle Paul), it all comes down to the zero year.

Rub a Dub

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Boys pre-teen sexuality / erections.? Why ? If only for procreation ?

by smiddy3 in

this has been a bug bear my whole life i think and not really sure how to address it as nobody else ever seems to do so.. and it relates to the question if god really created humans .

he did a shithouse job in this regard.. i can`t speak for females this is entirely a male thing.

from my perspective.. male adolescents at a very ,very young age , babies , get erections periodically and it has nothing to do with sexual fantasies ,because they don`t even have an awareness of sex between a male and a female at this time.. and it is second inbuilt nature to masturbate to relieve, get rid of the erection .

RubaDub

I still haven't seen any comments here on the Hebrew and Greek words for woody.

Rub a Dub

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Did Jeruselm fall in 587 or 586 BCE?

by Doug Mason in

i came across this article written in 2004 by an evangelical.. “when did jerusalem fall?”, rodger young, journal of the evangelical society [jets], 47/1 (march 2004), 21-38.. http://www.rcyoung.org/articles/jerusalem.pdf .

these are the conclusions of the 18-page analysis.

(1) jerusalem fell in the fourth month (tammuz) of 587 bc.

RubaDub

I bet it has to do with that zero year. Everybody blames the zero year. If something is off, blame the zero year.

If you like 537 instead of 536, blame the zero year.

If you like 536 instead of 537, blame the zero year.

If you put a turkey in the oven and overcook it, blame the zero year.

If your car is under warranty and you miss getting it serviced on time, blame the zero year.

The WT says CT Russell got his calculations messed up due to the zero year.

Even 2 Corinthians 12:16 mentions, "Be watchful my brothers. There is a f'n zero year out there seeking to devour the faithful".

Friends, be careful.

Rub a Dub

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is Dead

by cofty in

the so-called caliph, one of the most evil men in human history, has blown himself up along with three of his young children while being pursued by american special forces.. the ambition of isis was to expand the territory of the caliphate under the leadership of al-baghdadi to whom individual jihadists swear allegiance.

now isis have nowhere to call home and no leader.

what a pathetic bunch of losers.. they will of course appoint a new caliph and reprisal attacks will no doubt follow in western capitals by christmas but the more contemptible they appear they less likely it is that young men and women will join their delusional cause.. respect to the elite forces who hunted him down - those on the front line and the many intelligence specialists who made it possible.

RubaDub

Praise for Trump for getting al-Baghdadi or for Obama getting Osama bin-Laden is pure window dressing. I don't think either (especially Trump if a hotel was not involved) could put a pin on a map of the Middle East as to where most of the countries are such as Kuwait, Yemen, UAE, etc. Even most members of the Cabinet really have no clue on the details.

Presidents rely on the information they receive from the heads of the respective agencies, CIA, NSA, Armed Forces, etc. When they think they have a high percentage opportunity to take out one of the main targets they inform the President.

The President says, "OK"

If successful, the President boasts and preens about how he directed the operation.

These intelligence operations take many years. In the al-Baghdadi case, it's being reported that he has been followed by US Intelligence since 2015. In the Osama bin Laden case, it also was many years, even pre-dating Obama back to the George W Bush years.

I personally never read too much into who is President at the time that Intelligence says they have positively identified a target and have a plan for his removal.

Rub a Dub

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Boys pre-teen sexuality / erections.? Why ? If only for procreation ?

by smiddy3 in

this has been a bug bear my whole life i think and not really sure how to address it as nobody else ever seems to do so.. and it relates to the question if god really created humans .

he did a shithouse job in this regard.. i can`t speak for females this is entirely a male thing.

from my perspective.. male adolescents at a very ,very young age , babies , get erections periodically and it has nothing to do with sexual fantasies ,because they don`t even have an awareness of sex between a male and a female at this time.. and it is second inbuilt nature to masturbate to relieve, get rid of the erection .

RubaDub

To add some intelligent insight into this thread, I'm trying to look up the Hebrew and Greek words for woody.

Rub a Dub

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What happens to Bethelites?

by rickroll in

so if someone puts their life into serving the cult for free at bethel, then say after 25 or 30 years they are not able to for one reason or another such as illness, or family issue or old age, does the cult have any safety net for these people or is it you serve until you can't and when you can't you just go away?

.

RubaDub

Older Bethelites are sent out to pasture ... that's it.

Rub a Dub