Guy Pierce passed away some time ago... March 2014
https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/world/guy-pierce-governing-body-member-dies/
Posts by Scully
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43Lyman Swingle (GB) told me what would bring down the Organization!
by new boy init was about 15 years ago.......... i was at a one day special event in woodburn or.
i was talking to lyman swingle about how the society could save some money.
it was a crazy idea ( to crazy to relate here)...............anyway he laughed and said to me.. "brother..........we have always had the money to do the things we needed to do.......and if we didn't.......we felt it was god's holy spirit telling us, it wasn't what we should be doing".......so...i said "so the money is like a barometer, no approval, no money"......he said "yea..... i guess you could say that!
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Witness wedding questions
by snugglebunny injust wondering about witness weddings and what is and isn't acceptable these days.
i know that toasts are a no-no, but i'm wondering about other things, such as:.
is it ok to have a best man?.
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Scully
In my experience, a lot depends on the couple's JW background and their extended families.
When my BIL and his newly Baptized™ bride were married, her non-JW father was allowed to walk her down the aisle and her non-JW sister was allowed to be her maid of honour. The Elders™ didn't want to alienate these non-JW people by making JWs look like intolerant fanatics. Plus, the bride had been Studying™ with the wife of one of the stuffed shirt Elders™, so some influence had clearly been peddled.
However, when Mr Scully and I got married several months prior, I was not permitted to have my raised-JW but unbaptized best friend be my maid of honour. Had I insisted, we would have had to find another officiant and somewhere else to have the wedding ceremony.
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Should I send my condolence?
by James Mixon ini was really close to this family, it's.
been over 20 years since i saw them last.
but the husband an elder in his 70's .
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Scully
It's the decent thing to send condolences to the family of someone who was a friend.
It's a shitty thing to do to exclude people from a funeral, to deny them the opportunity to grieve and share memories with other friends and loved ones.
You can be decent. Let the JWs be shitty.
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Beards galore at the Assembly
by Truthexplorer inok, at our recent assembly, i noticed that there were quite a lot of brothers wearing beards.
not just the older dudes, but right across a range of ages, young men, middle aged men and older men.
is watchtower beginning to relax this rule at last?
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Scully
I wanna see the Sisters™ showing up to Meetings™, Conventions™, etc. wearing SLACKS.
They don't get Privileges™ anyway, so why the heck not. Maybe they could get a doctor's note saying that the wind blowing up their skirts makes their fannies chap.
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The Dead Generation (Monty Python Spoof)
by Scully inthe dead generation.
gbm: "no it isn't".
jw: "yes it is, look at it!
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Dont Give Them More Power Than They Deserve
by Tech49 ina new montra that was recently adopted by the wife and i is this:.
dont give them more power than they deserve.. here's why i say that, and i point this to those of you still in the congregation, still trying to decide what you want to do.. recently, our family had a little family reunion gathering of sorts, and we were in the company of some extended family that were either df or da, to varying degrees.
we made it very clear, to any and all in attendance, that we wanted to be respectful and kind, despite any previous perceptions about our "status".... and that our feelings on a lot of things had "softened", and "changed" over the last 2 years.. i am being purposefully slightly vague, but i think you get the point.
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Scully
Funny how the Elders™ just hate it when you shun them and tell them to mind their own business.
Turnabout is fair play, as they say...
I'd go with the Necessary Family Business™ loophole (and none of theirs).
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I just found out that my youngest brother committed suicide
by SnakesInTheTower inmy middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.
our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.
he hung himself.
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Scully
So sorry to hear this news, Rich.
I wish I knew what else to say. ***hugs***
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Can a baptism be annulled?
by angel.face ini joined this site about 4 years ago and life was very different to say the least.
i was a jw and started the process of 'waking up' after experiencing life threatening blood loss due to complications of a pregnancy.
i was married with two kids (husband was an ms) and was a stay-at-home mom.
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Scully
In legal defense cases, they always fall back on the excuse that shunning is a decision that individuals make of their own volition, nobody forces them to shun.
Also, there is the concept of 'ratification', which in essence means that a person who, upon reaching the age of majority, abides by the terms of a 'contract' that they entered as a minor, the terms of the contract are upheld. This too has been used to weasel out of legal wrangling related to the baptism of minor children.
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Are You Easily Offended? 😠
by minimus ini'm sick and tired of everyone claiming to be "offended".
if you are not politically correct, you will need to apologize for some perceived slight.. when i was an elder, i purposely avoided as much as i could, anybody that got easily offended.
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Scully
"Being offended" is a way to control people to behave in the way you want them to behave.
Personally, I think "being offended" in today's politically correct environment is a way for people to cop out of having to hear or own up to the truth about themselves.
For example: ME: "You're a maple-sucking moose-humper!"
MSMH: "Eh! I'm offended by that!"
ME: "Sorry... I won't say that again." (even though it's true)
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Acronyms
by Distracted inreading through a lot of the forum posts and wondered what tatt stands for (?).
any more acronyms that are special to this site?
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Scully
TTATT = The Truth About The Truth™.