i'm sure we are all aware of the condition known as sad (seasonal affected depression).
generally, for those who aren't familiar with it, this means that due, largely in part, to the lack of sunlight during the winter months, people experience feelings of depression.
however, i am curious as to whether you may have observed something similar, but rather opposite, and i would appreciate your input.
Jerkhovah - You sound like me. I've often wondered if I have any Transylvanian blood in me.
I always thought a movie about a JW vampire would be funny.
(Is it Scully who is a nurse?)
I think Scully might be the name of the head nurse.
Hope everybodys SAD is doing better.
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just thought i'd stop by and say hi to everyone?
anything new and exciting?
did the borg over in france collapse cause of all the money they owe yet?.
Lady V......I'll send you a PM and tell you about my trip there. I don't want to hyjack the thread and it will keep us from burning the 10 posts in 24 hr limit. Just click the letter symbol in the upper right hand corner in a few minutes.
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just thought i'd stop by and say hi to everyone?
anything new and exciting?
did the borg over in france collapse cause of all the money they owe yet?.
For those of you who have never heard of Anouk. She is a Dutch rocker who I think is the best female rocker.
Here is her 1998 PinkPop performance. Watch in the beginning how she recovers after getting hit by an egg!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf8bWbL5MYg
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just thought i'd stop by and say hi to everyone?
anything new and exciting?
did the borg over in france collapse cause of all the money they owe yet?.
Lady V......you had me fooled. Zooey Deschanel is hot....which makes you hot too!
Not sure what I gave the bartender. He just was acting so friendly, I just got to thinking.....he is either hitting on me or something about the tip was not normal. Inquired to someone about what these coins are worth and found out quite a bit. Usually, other foriegn country coins were not worth that much.
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just thought i'd stop by and say hi to everyone?
anything new and exciting?
did the borg over in france collapse cause of all the money they owe yet?.
Welcome Lady Viola.
Is your avatar a pic of Zoie D? Forgot to mention.....I love ANOUK!!!
I had a funny experience during a business trip to the Netherlands. One of my last nights there, I wanted to get rid of this bunch of coins I had. After the bartender served me a beer, I pulled out a handful of coins and gave it to him as a tip. The next day, I come in and he's acting all friendly and gives me a beer on the house. Later I find out the tip in coins for the beer was worth about $45 dollars US.
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just thought i'd stop by and say hi to everyone?
anything new and exciting?
did the borg over in france collapse cause of all the money they owe yet?.
Did the BORG over in France collapse cause of all the money they owe yet?
Yes. The French can now proudly declare they have won a war.
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"i do not think you are appointed by the holy spirit".
this was fun to watch.
i wonder if her song was taped or if she really was singing while in the air?
if she was indeed live it was a heck of a performance.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lozzygbksiw.
I like me some Pink.
just curious.. has anyone successfully tested the 'power' of the holy spirit by being appointed even though they were not zealous jw's?.
once i get appointed, i'd resign within a week.
'coz i would'nt stand jc's and df'ing people..
Darth Frosty.....don't doubt your account of your friend being appointed (I'm assuming Elder) after being gone 4 months, because none of the things I'm finding out now make sense. Highly unusual situation.
In the past, what I was familiar with was a 2 or 3 year period (could even be longer) where the person "reaching out" for more cong. privileges was watched closely by the Elder body to determine his qualifications first for MS, before Elder could even be considered. 1 Tim 3:1-10 was the primary scriptual qualifications that were considered among others from the "Elder book".
Person had to be exemplary in conduct, family headship, meeting attendance, FS, commenting, personal study & bible reading and reputation. Prior to even being appointed MS the person was already doing other extra privileges in the cong. The person's thinking had to be 100% in line with WTS doctine, beliefs & policy.
If after time, an Elder thought a person would make a good MS, he was "nominated" to the other Elders for consideration. The biblical qualifications were considered one by one to see how the person stood up. Politics are highly involved. Sometimes "highly emotional" debate is used to swing the "vote" one way or the other. Sometimes Elders just give up or go along with a decision just to get it over with. If it is decided to appoint the person they move on to the next step.
The CO will be informed for his scrutiny. He should already know the person from previous visits and should already have an opinion. If by chance he doesn't know anything about the person, they are going to get closer scrutiny. Get the Elders on board to pitch the person to the CO and it's probably a done deal unless the person does or says "something dumb" during the CO visit. Pass the CO check and it's off to Brooklyn for the final say. (heard there was some kind of change on that now)
Going from MS to Elder is a whole different game as it involves more time, maturity, biblical knowledge and "be qualified to teach". First, as a MS they would progress to give the public talks in their cong. Depending on ability, the MS was invited to travel to other congs. to give the public talk. Ability in FS is considered. Has the person conducted any BS's? Does he conduct his family BS? If the MS passed all that criteria, you would go through the body of Elders, CO, Brooklyn, etc. steps again.
After all those hoops, the person was appointed Elder and the cong. informed.
Unless things have changed that much or there is such an extreme need for anybody to fill the Elder body.....I find it hard to believe it would be an easy thing to "fool the process" and be appointed in a short time or appointed with "less than noble motives". From the politics I have seen, I just think a person just going through the motions would raise suspicion.
If It was me......I would just either be honorable and try to do good for people within or just drop the whole idea.
If you have doubts now......being further on the inside is just going to expose you to more things that will raise doubts.
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the threads where music videos were posted seems popular.. any singers out there?.
post the music video of any song that you performed in front of a crowd of people, be it.....karaoke, open mike, or with a live band.
(even guitar hero if you sang) rock, country, pop, r&b, hip-hop or whatever.
The Threads where music videos were posted seems popular.
Any Singers out there?
Post the music video of any song that you performed in front of a crowd of people, be it.....karaoke, open mike, or with a live band. (even guitar hero if you sang) Rock, Country, Pop, R&B, Hip-Hop or Whatever.
Part of your X-JW experience is the life you had prior and the life you have now.
I'll start with a couple that I've done. If you always wanted to try it, but haven't......it is a rush !
