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h2. Do you go to church?
A friend was in front of me
coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door
as he always is to shake hands. He grabbed my friend by the hand and
pulled him aside.

The Pastor said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!"

My friend replied, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor."

Pastor questioned, "How come I don't see you except at Christmas and Easter?"

He whispered back, "I'm in the secret service

Good day to everyone!.........nice one luckiest!..keep up the good jokes!

DD, I'm with you. Trekker is not a business person, only a hobbyist. I wonder if there is a way to get him off of this website. He needs to find a religious website.

Jim

I am not attacking anyone but I attaching my response to the last entry in the thread. This is a general response!

I think we should be careful about who and what should be banned from this forum.

Do I agree with all of his posts? Not always. But for many people, religion plays a huge part in how they conduct and run their business. I take my faith seriously and would hate to think that I cannot express my views on a subject from a religious slant for fear of being removed from this site.

That being said, it could be toned down. And those who don't like the subject matter can ignore the posts, the author is clearly recognizable. We are not being forced to read anything on this forum.

Censorship should always be approached with extreme caution.

I would say that most churches are businesses whether God exists or not.
Perhaps this thread should be moved to Shop Talk. That would be a more appropriate place for where this seems to be heading.

Yes, censorship! An earlier post mentioned removing him from this forum. Not yours, but read up the thread.

The post on "Misleading Advertising" was a business issue. It may not have been phrased the way others want it to be phrased but it was a business issue. But that is only one post. As a business owner I found it interesting, but others didn't - does that disqualify it from being worthy of this forum? No.

Questions of ethics are business questions. They are taught at every major business school in the country, and after certain mis-steps is a requirement in many masters programs. Ethics whether you like it or not tend to be religious based.

Can small business people stand a lesson in ethics? Yes. If it is good enough for the Fortune 500, then it shouldn't it be good enough for this forum?

You may see him as preaching. I do. Do I like it? No. But I found myself asking questions about how I do my business from a couple of his posts.

FYI, religion is big business! There is going to be a lot of religion in business, it already is.

Bank of America can do whatever it wants with this forum. All I am saying is that it is a slippery slope.

I am neither upset or angry with anyone. This is the type of free speech I think the constitution was hoping for. Look at the discussion this has started.

Domain Diva has tons of my respect, I just disagree with her. I know she understands this. I hope everyone else does.

DD, I'm sorry but I do have to have one more post. I am the person that suggested that Trekker go away. My reason for stating this is that he is not following the intent and guidelines of the forums. To I Write, I understand what you are saying, but understand that I do not want to be preached down to. I do not expect this in my church nor do I expect it on a business forum.

Jim

PS. Let's get back to business.