Did you display I do not care attitude at your judicial committee? or Do you know someone that did not care at all at JC? I would care especially since I have JW family still in, but if I did not have any JW family in, I would refuse to accept the invitation to JC.
I do not care attitude
by asilentone 5 Replies latest jw experiences
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Heaven
Luckily, I've never had that experience. From what I have read here, my impressions of the judicial committee are the same as the scene in the movie "Shawshank Redemption" where Red is up for his parole hearing near the end of the movie. He's been through these so many times before he knows they're a farce. He has the 'I don't care attitude'.... "So you go on and stamp your form sonny and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a sh!t." It's priceless! I feel this way a lot of the time when I'm up for my annual evaluation at work. It's all a pile of bull.
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Twitch
No, I was 17, it was my first and only one and The Fear was permeable. But it was one of the last straws,...
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Finally-Free
I never had a JC, but I think a person who truly didn't care would never bother attending their kangaroo court.
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The Berean
Any JC meetng is held by those selected for fitting the qualifications set forth in 1 Timothy :3. It's noteworthy to me that these qualifications say little about "caring for others.' Rather, they encourage one who is reaching out to look good in the eyes of others. Sooo ... if anyone enters a JC meeting with a do not care attitude, at least all in attendance share the same mindset!
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jamiebowers
I'm not sure if this was my jc meeting or not. Maybe someone can advise me about that.
Anyway, after my jw husband was committed to a mental ward for the second time, and I filed for divorce, two or three elders, (I'm pretty sure it was three) came to my house, unannounced and uninvited. They tried to bully me into remaining in an abusive marriage, and I refused. Then they informed me that I would have to prove adultery on his part in order to remarry. I told them that remarriage was the furthest thing from my mind and that since he was threatening to kill me, I wouldn't allow him to have any influence over my life whatsoever, including having him in my life enough to to discover adultery on his part. I also said I thought such requirements were unreasonable under the circumstances and didn't want to belong to an organization that demanded me to risk my life any further. Then I offered to da, and one of the elders said not to bother, that I would be df'd instead.
The announcement wasn't made until after another meeting was held at the kingdom hall where they had me sign some papers. I have no idea what they said, because I signed them quickly, fearing that my crazy husband would show up. Which brings me to another question: does ayone know what the papers were that I signed? Is that standard practice?
So, to answer the first question; yes, I did have a "do not care attitude" during meetings with the elders, but that's not hard to do when you're running for your life.