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  WOULD WOMEN MAKE GOOD ELDERS?

  by Dansk in

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  i've come to love and cherish much of the wisdom that emanates from the dear ladies of this forum and believe watchtower boobed in making all women subservient to the men.

  so, do you think women would make good elders?.

  ian.

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  I am always the mediator in the office wars between the various females that work here and I can tell you that it is not pretty dealing with the women at my office who are in positions of power. It is constant drama. Seriously. Every day is like a bad movie off of the Lifetime Channel. Who-said-what-about-who, who-is-out-to-get-who, who-does-she-think-she-is, I'm-going-to-get-her-back-for-that, etc., etc., ad nauseum.

  I'm sorry the women you work with are llike that. I've been in the workforce for 20+ years, working with men and women, and behavior like that has been the exception. Please don't attribute the negative traits of your co-workers to all women.
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  and so it goes...

  by metaspy in

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  2. experiences

  this morning i started this topic: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/147355/1.ashx.

  now i shall post the follow-up.. as i predicted, my mom would come with elders in tow to have a conversation.. actually, she threw me for a loop at first.

  no elders with her.. she had them wait a half an hour then she let them in.. thus i couldn't reject the whole lot of them at the door, she was their way in.. secondly, she brought the elders from the nearby hall, not the ones who know me.. the whole time i thought she would go for someone who she knows can dominate my thinking, but instead she went with the unknown.. .

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  Metaspy, did this meeting take place at your home? If so, remember that you don't have to admit anyone into your home if you don't want to. Tell your mother that you do not wish to meet with the elders (you don't owe her an explanation for why, even if she asks for one), and that if she brings the elders to your home you will not allow them in.

  If you're accustomed to accepting the authority of the elders, it can be hard to let go of that. But the fact is, they have no authority over you at all. You don't have to meet with them or talk to them or let them into your home.

  Stay strong.
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  Faith and marital fidelity go hand in hand (except for Jehovah's Witnesses)

  by Gilberto in

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  so jehovah's witnesses can't claim the moral highground when it comes to being faithful to their marriage mates.. http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=86808&sc=89.

  faith and marital fidelity go hand in hand: study .

  shannon proudfoot.

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  UU Now

  It's an all-purpose answer, too, works for anything.

  "I know a JW who beats his wife and kids." "Well, if he does that, he's not really one of Jehovah's Witnesses."

  And so on.
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  Has WTS abandoned "house to house" ministry?

  by ozziepost in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many years ago now i remember hearing harold king sing the song he had composed whilst incarcerated for his beliefs in china; it was called "house to house".. nowadays it doesn't seem as though it's in favor.

  notice its own description of its ministry which the wts has placed on its website:.

  jehovah's witnesses are probably best known for their person-to-person ministry.

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  If you really think Jesus, our great exemplar, the most humble of all of Jehovah's servants, expected us to go from door to door and didn't lead by example, then I say your blind!!!

  What if we think he didn't expect us to do that?

  And do you have a cite to answer the questions you've been asked on this topic?
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  Anyone out there use Airborne?

  by lovelylil in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just picked some up today.

  i work in health care so i am around lots of sick people.

  right now is the worst time of year with flu season and all.

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  More helpful is lots of handwashing and sending people home when they are sick.

  Amen to that. If people would just stay home and rest for a day or two when they first get sick, they'd get better faster and pass their germs to fewer people.
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  My daughter just ran out of contact solution HELP

  by Jez in

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  2. friends

  yikes.

  it is too late to run to the store for contact solution!

  any suggestions on how to save the contacts?

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  I made saline solution with iodized salt, soaked my contacts in i, and then tried to wear themt. It hurt like hell. You know how iodine hurts when you put it on a cut? Llike that, only in my eye.

  Given a choice between iodized saline solution and tap water, I'd use tap water. I've tried that, too; it stings a bit, but only for a second. My lenses were unwearable after soaking in the iodized saline solution.

  Your homemade saline solution is a good idea, but I'd recommend kosher salt, sea salt, or non-iodized table salt.
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  WOULD WOMEN MAKE GOOD ELDERS?

  by Dansk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've come to love and cherish much of the wisdom that emanates from the dear ladies of this forum and believe watchtower boobed in making all women subservient to the men.

  so, do you think women would make good elders?.

  ian.

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  Women (please don't sister bash me after this girls) also tend to gossip a lot.

  People tend to gossip a lot.

  I mean elders meetings would turn into high tea, who did what to whom and why and how.

  Isn't that what they talk about now? Oh, no, wait, that's the JC. My bad.
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  Biden stands by impeachment threat; Bush has 'damaged us' like no other adm

  by What-A-Coincidence in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  biden: yes, i do.

  i want to stand by that comment i made.

  the reason i made the comment was as a warning.

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  10 years from now, when we have a tofu-farting liberal in the White House, George W. Bush will be seen as a brave and fearless leader. People will be saying, "If only Bush were in office..."

  Which people? The ones who already think he's a brave and fearless leader?
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  $336 million credit card settlement

  by littlerockguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got a notice in the mail today taht i am eligible to receive a court-approved refund of fees charged to my eligible credit/debit card.

  the fees were based on foreign transactions, including both purchases and atm withdrawals from feb 1996 to november 2006. the only places i traveled out of the country during that time was in canada around 1999 and when i went to denmark, sweden and london last year.. did anybody else who has visa, mastercard and or diners club and travel much receive one of these notices in the mail?

  the website explains more www.ccfsettlement.com.

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  UU Now

  I received a notice, too, and it looked legitimate to me. I filed for the $25 instant refund. The website where I filed didn't ask me for anything but the refund ID number on the notice.
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  My daughter just ran out of contact solution HELP

  by Jez in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yikes.

  it is too late to run to the store for contact solution!

  any suggestions on how to save the contacts?

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  UU Now

  2. Add one heaping teaspoon of salt. For this use, kosher salt is best, but table salt will do if it is all that you have. Stir the salt to disolve it, then let it sit for 15 minutes so that any insoluable particles will settle out.

  Bolding mine. Do not use iodized salt. I give this advice freely based on my own painful experience.