I rarely if ever use Witness run businesses and would prefer not to have them as patients. Most can't afford my fees. So good for me!
SadElder
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Did You Feel Obliged To Do Business With The "Brothers"or Did You Not Care?
by minimus injw's are always in some business venture of one sort or another.
i knew of some in the congregation that didn't do business with brothers and sisters because they'd gotten burnt too many times.
i knew of others that felt obliged to buy something from fellow witnesses, especially elders.
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Can Men & Women Just be Friends?
by Xena inthe wt says "no"... "when harry met sally" says "no"....what say you?????
is it possible to just be friends with the opposite sex?
and how do you feel when your significant other has a "best" friend of the opposite sex?
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SadElder
Isn't saying that men and women can't be just friends the same as saying two men or two women can't be just friends? Thus attributing wrong motives to everone in the world, gay, straight, or whatever?
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Bro gives talk by laptop...lol
by caspian indespite my hangover, i reluctantly went to the meeting yesterday (the gaps are getting bigger each week).
i know that my eyes were a bit out of focus, but this is true, the young elder (age 27ish) gave the talk from his laptop.
his audience contact was crap as his eyes kept scrolling down the screen, mind you it was the worst talk i had heard for years, one of those 30 scriptures in 45 minutes events what we used to call read and run with no explanation.. .
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SadElder
Outrageous to think anyone needs to speak from an outline from a laptop. Talk about poor audience contact. He could have had a reason, perhaps.
I have used a laptop and digital projector in the past in parts to show certain illustrations, etc. Some time ago I went to a special program put on by the Society entitiled "Planned Giving" where the entire thing was produced in Powerpoint with all sorts of whiz bang stuff to keep the attention of the well heeled in attendance.
I use technology every day in my professional work, but to use a laptop to give a public talk ... never, didn't need it wouldn't need it now if I were ever again so inclined to get on the platform again. Don't hold your breath.
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Are JWs Taking a Back Seat to Baptists Quickbuilds?
by Voyager ini noticed this article and found it interesting.
these baptist quick builds are much bigger than most all kingdom halls, and are built in days.
they have been known to withstand very high winds and bad weather.
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SadElder
I'm not sure about their (Baptist's) construction skills but they sure do win in the see who can build the biggest church category. BTW did you hear this?
Truisms
Catholics glorify Mary
Jews deny Christ
Baptists ignore each other in the liquor store
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SadElder
I'll have a shot of that
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How weird is this?
by RR inwhile sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot.
while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.
what direction is your foot going now?
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SadElder
I think I'll try to get everyone in my row to do that during the 'tower study on Sunday. Should be great fun.
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Joke for the Day
by Prisca inthere was this guy.
one day he went to work and found that a new girl had started working with him at his office.
her name was clearly and she was absolutely gorgeous.
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SadElder
can I pour you another glass of whtever it is you're drinking????
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A Joke for you all......
by termite 35 ina panda walked in to a pub, ambled over to the bar,took a customer's sandwich; ate it-pulled a gun, shot the man dead, and left.. the barman was agast; he shouted 'oi, come back !
you can't do that'.
'i can... and i did' said the panda ' i'm a panda-look me up in the dictionary '.
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SadElder
sick
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For current/former elders & CO's - A day in the life of a service report
by truthseeker inthis question is especially directed at those who dealed with field service reports.
i have yet to read a post which describes in detail the life cycle of one of these annoying slips of paper.. so.... at the end of the month, we put our fake hours into the box at the back of the hall or give them to the congregation book study conductor overseer.
who is responsible for tabulating the hours/books/rv's etc.
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SadElder
Served as Secretary for many years until I resigned and served as sub CO on and off for about 10 years or so. I never was one of those numbers men. I looked more at the overall appearnace of the cong. Were they happy, what was the spirit, etc.? This is not really the norm. Most CO's I know are pompous twits who look at hours as a total barometer of spiritual health. Of course just about everyone here reports of faked reports and wasted time running around in circles within the territory. So whose getting fooled here? The numbers men of course.
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Prayers in Restaurants....
by caspian inon bank holiday monday just gone, a dear kind older couple in the cong decided to take me and my good lady out for a slap up meal, to try to cheer us up after the recent upheaval in our life.
somehow i ended up with the bill.. anyway, this was the local italian trattoria were we often go, and are on first names terms with the staff and quite a few of the other regulars.
big mistake!!.
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SadElder
Because my winter home is in the Bible belt so-to-speak many people pray openly at meals. I've always thought it to be a bit of a show. We ve always had our prayer in the car beforehand. But what is really wrong with praying over your meal at the table if done tastefully and not so loud as to offend others?