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E Man, Take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Those guys are on burnout, and just don't know it. When things collapse around them, they will come running to you for help. And, they will collapse. In the mean time, just remember it is going to happen. Guys like that don't make it for long. In the mean time, get a copy of your favorite guidebook (activities, camp promotion, training, etc.) and make a few copies and then ask the new boy wonder to read it and explain to you how that is being implimented in your district. If he still won't see the roses, he won't make 253 more days,

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I had a friend recently give me a book, and am curious as to it's value. It is a GS book, but their threads appear to get little attention. The book is "The Girl Scouts Triumph, or Rosanna's Sacrifice" by Katherine Keene Galt, 1921, the Saalfield Publishing Company; Chicago, Akron, New York. It is in superb condition. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Did I say it was a YPT violation? No, I said to treat it like one. LIKE one. Let's say you do 'card' the boy- whatever that is. and, next month he does it again. only, this time he gets the keys to the SM's truck and drives it into another tent. HMM..... Do you think some of the adults here are gonna be considered LIABLE? most attorneys will say yes. a lot of juries will too. What I said is that the Scout Executive will guide you through it. I did not say that anybody will get kicked out of scouting, although they just might. Personally, I would be furious with any a

Land 'o Goshen!!! (Can I say THAT?!) Merlyn, DUDE!! Man! check this out: every application has the declaration of religious principal on it. Don't like it? Don't fill it out! check this out, too: "For similar reasons, I regard the national office of the Boy Scouts of America to be a thoroughly dishonest organization" "and that only covers the more egregious things, some of which are actual crimes. " Hey, guy.... If you don't like it here, leave. Lord forbid(I did it again!) you be a part of an organization that is so corrupt. We won't make you come bac

Treat this like a youth protection thing- call your scout executive about this one. He will coach you through it.

gentlemen! let's stop spitting! I am willing to bet that a) the committee is not active or in charge of the unit, b) the Chartering Organization is unable or unwilling to step in, c) the leaders are not trained, or else went to training not to learn but to get a patch (unless they have ignored what they have been taught), d) the leaders don't have the personality or ability to attract new parents/boys( they may be running the program in a way that is attractive only to themselves and not in an ideal fashion), e) no one on the district level is getting their hands in the mess in an ac

Publication 14-630 says that he is to provide professional coaching (to all those guys and gals that call him at all hours of the day and night, as well as propose plans and agendas for all areas of the district structure, suggest action plans for recruiting district personnel, and to give encouragement and inspiration to all scouters in the district. He is also expected to maintain regular contact with the heads of chartering institutions, keep district records up to date, arrange for council office services such as mailings, meeting notices, etc. and provide behind the scenes administrative

gee whiz.... I am glad I am not the new guy. By your own admission he is green as a gourd. If a member of the district committee or commissioner staff cannot recognize that, then they have no business being in their position. Talk to the Council commissioner about replacing a commissioner, or if you are the District Chairman, fire the committee member who plans to give him grief. Let the guy grow up on his own. The public will tell him about his handshake or beard. It seems to me that you folks are more concerned about a new guy than doing your volunteer jobs. Shouldn't you be concern

the walnut hulls have the most dye- you can even use them green. the more you pound or boil them, the more the colorant is released. you can boil steel in the stuff ( like a knife blade) and allow it to cool, and if you have put enough colorant on it, it will look like a well seasoned pot. and, the blade will not rust except where it has been sharpened. a stroke of wax will make a knife virtually waterproof. yes, it will dye leather very well. you can actually paint on the color, and when air dried, it will stay with it. good luck

As I recall flint, chert and agate are all made up of superfine silicon crystals that precipitate out of the sea which was responsible for the formations you are talking about MY POINT EXACTLY! Now, please explain how the shapes got there- there is virtually NO superfine deposits in the strata. Look at it with an open mind. You will see a blob of flint more than a foot thick, and extending ten feet across, and within the strata that contains it there will be no loose formation if flint. Just limestone on limestone. If precipitation is the correct mode of deposit, why is it in thick b

Dung beetles are interesting and so are the theological ideas that the Egyptians had about them. Their concepts, however, have no scientific validity I agree- except that they did not differ Science from religion; they commonly believed that praying to a dung beetle would change the weather and such. A very obvious mix of science and religion. Since you like to speak of not mixing the two. Even granting the Book of Job an age on the old side, say 700 BC, that can in no way compare with stella from say the first dynasty in Egypt to around 3000 BC. ok. Lesson time. The first

Actually, acceptance of an old earth was almost universal among both scientists and the clergy. Hogwash. The clergy has never, as a whole or in majority, accepted the idea of the very old age of the earth. Those who believe in the literal word can trace the lineage of mankind back from the time of Christ to Adam, a period while questioned that still remains in the area of 5 to 7 thousand years. And, that is to the very first literal day of this earths existance. No, sir. It has not been universally accepted. Acceptance of the transmutation of species was also commonly accepted.

an interesting thought! erosion is just what it is. Why could it not be a part of God's plan? I am assuming (am I correct?) that you are also thinking of longterm erosion- like glaciers, breaking rock into sand, etc. I CANNOT speak for others, only myself. I don't think that some of those things were created over millions of years. I personally think that they were created in a radically different way. We will get to that later, though. Please be more specific as to what you mean in your question.

Rooster, could you explain how men influenced the sheep's behavior? Let me speak out of turn here. I dont know where these sheep originated from, nor do I know how they were raised. I would bet they had been run through some kind of commercial sheep operation. And I do know that I have shot a pile of Synovex into the ears of calves, and they dont always act like normal little guys after that. Sometimes, they get limp wristed after getting a dose of the stuff. FYI, Synovex is a VERY common growth hormone used in smaller calves to make them grow faster and muscle up better. We know t

The Boy Scouts of America maintains that no member can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing an obligation to God and, Ok. I ask you, how can you have an obligation to God and be an atheist? Firstpusk, get off the train. You want to defend your evolution ideas? Ok. Try this shoe on for size. As I travel this great state I live in, I find limestone deposits that are ten or more feet thick that contain fossils of mollusks (term used loosely here). Also, contained within (completely!) there are deposits of flint that range in size of several inches to more than

geeze.... the original text tells us that it happened in six days- days as we know them today. one revolution of this ball we now stand on. You can beg to take the easy way out, and scream at the top of your lungs that it evolved, but the text says a day as we know it. You can keep the argument of millions of years if you can put them into one revolution of the earth. that's it. For you to pick and choose the parts of the Bible you want to believe, is for you to discount all of it. you see, the only criteria for discounting any of it is some particular person's own, misguided but we

here's an interesting thought: until 1492, mankind thought that the earth was flat and nothing was under it. however, several thousand years ago, a man named Job said that God formed the earth and hung it on nothing (26:7). In fact, in the next verse, he even told us that the waters are bound up in clouds..... is that scientific? Now, if I can just find that passage that tells us that the water rises to the clouds, rains upon the mountain, and follows the river to the sea to begin again....Is that one in Psalms, or Job also? hmmm......

Littlebillie, I really need to see your Bible. In mine (Revised King James Version), the words ages and eons are not found in the book of Genesis. age is indeed used, but only ten times. seybah is used 4 times, and means grey, grey haired, or old age. yowm is used 77 times, but 5 times it comes from a root word refering to the hot time of a day, or to be hot during that time, or to mean a season. In the Chaldee language, it refers to a day as we know it. Here, it appears to mean a period of time such as a year. In context, it appears to refer to old age in a person by being a peri

If man evolved, then there is no afterlife. Or, if there is, then God is not necessary, for either the here-and-now, or to obtain that afterlife. Evolution excludes the necessity for God, and thus, man does not need him, any where or anytime. To believe in both God and evolution is to attempt to hold both sides of the fence, neither one being sufficient for the holder of those beliefs. I apologize for my absence. Work called, and I had to go. I will now attempt to answer Littlebillie and his question on Aramaic.

Divine election? As in predestination? How are you relating that to creation? I am not equating it to evolution- to topics that seem inconsistant within the Bible. My point is that I dont feel that the Bible has any inconsistancies in it. Read these quotes from scientists that promote evolution and begin investigating the "evidence" for evolution on your own: Here we see what is cautioned in the Bible, the teaching for doctrine the traditions of men.

You didn't answer my question, though, are we to eject all non-creationists? Is that your wish? It's a YES or NO question and you won't get a grade. no, if I thought that, I would have been glad that Zorn hit the rocks. I still pray for that guy; getting rid of anyone solves little or nothing. Helping them helps oneself. As for the Bible, I like some parts more than others.now, this is what I was looking for. You have decided for yourself what is truth and what is not. How can man decide for God what is right and wrong? Is this determined by what we like or want to hear? Why cant th

But science simply assumes that there exist rational explanations for observable phenomena. How about.uh.lets say..GRAVITY. Are emotions simply chemical reactions? Is life just a series of chemical reactions? These are observable phenomena; they just dont have any rational explanations! Packsaddle: On a different thought, does anyone have any idea of what all this has to do with Scouting? Have I missed something How about the 12th point of the Scout Law? Are you going to try to take God out of that one? 3) How can you tell what to believe and what to disbelieve in th

seems to me Zorn is the kid he suggested giving up on and throwing out of the troop. (he is the guy purporting that, am I correct? I did not take time to reread the posts.) I won't give up on him. I hope he makes a change for the better. man, couldn't he give an evolutionist FITS if he really wanted to????

To littlebillie: - was the word really originally "eon" or "age"? This is a serious question, I must ask, in what verse are you talking? How do YOU define eon and how do YOU define age? give me those, and I will try to help you. Psalm 90:4 "For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday" 2 Peter 3:8 says, "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." So can we at least say that the 6 days of Genesis may give us up to 6000 years? At least? No, sir, I dont think so