[Tom White]

i am a normal person

Being 'normal' is extremely subjective.  I don't think there's such a thing as an objectively normal person, because someone will find something weird about them, thereby proving they're not normal.

Squeaky, for example, looks normal (in low light conditions), yet he's Welsh and has a penchant for wearing his mother's underwear.  I find that abnormal (being Welsh that is).

Can I ask what's your definition of a normal person?

[deeege]

Am I the only one who read the thread title as "how many Window cleaners are Jews?"

Not many, they all work in banking and law.

[Nick_Thompson]

I am a jw and an elder in the faith in fact, been window cleaning for around 14 years now and i am a normal person , always willing to help u all out  

No malice intended by the following, just interested or maybe bemused.
I'm wondering why you felt the need to tell us your position or rank 'elder in the faith'
Wouldn't the humility (isn't humility one of the qualifications of being an elder?) of an elder stop him from doing that? Wouldn't someone come across as more 'normal' by excluding such details? Or do I misunderstand you? I'm interestd why you told us that whole others haven't.

I took James ' remark as him adding a little insight to his affirmation,  perhaps along the lines of, I'm a musician, a drummer in the band in fact.

I think you"ll find that he'd be prepared to wash the congregations feet.

[Dougaldum]

I am a jw and an elder in the faith in fact, been window cleaning for around 14 years now and i am a normal person , always willing to help u all out 

below that trumpet

[Johnny B]

Perhaps I should just add that James, being an elder, doesn't 'hold rank' over his congregation. He serves as one of a body or group. As a body they put in a lot of their own time to help those who may be in need. The time he and other elders put in is all done willingly and free, and in some cases may be at any time of the day or night. One qualification of an elder is to be humble, to put others interests before his own. I don't know James personally, but I do know if he wasn't humble he wouldn't have been appointed as an elder. 

Hope this goes some way to help explain, and no, I am not an elder myself.

John   

PS How about getting back to the original question. 

[EandM]

Perhaps I should just add that James, being an elder, doesn't 'hold rank' over his congregation. He serves as one of a body or group. As a body they put in a lot of their own time to help those who may be in need. The time he and other elders put in is all done willingly and free, and in some cases may be at any time of the day or night. One qualification of an elder is to be humble, to put others interests before his own. I don't know James personally, but I do know if he wasn't humble he wouldn't have been appointed as an elder. 

Hope this goes some way to help explain, and no, I am not an elder myself.

John   



It sort of works like reverse promotion. Being an Elder doesn't give you a position of power just more responsibility and care of the Congregation.

[LT carpet cleaning]

"It sort of works like reverse promotion. Being an Elder doesn't give you a position of power just more responsibility and care of the Congregation."

Sadly you probably do believe that!

[EandM]

"It sort of works like reverse promotion. Being an Elder doesn't give you a position of power just more responsibility and care of the Congregation."

Sadly you probably do believe that!

That's how it should be - if it isn't, then something is wrong.

[Tom White]

Guys, I'm going to lock it; I don't see what this really has to do with window cleaning.  If you want to discuss religion (a subject I personally find fascinating), start a new post on the off-topic part of this forum.

Regards

Tosh