by Marvin Shilmer 21 Replies latest jw friends
After thinking some more about my last post (#1985 of 1989), I thought it was an important enough subject to create a separate thread:
Judicial Hearing Procedures of
Jehovah's Witnesses are Bible Based
Please post relevant comments there rather than here.
Thanks,
00DAD
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An individual is required to appear before numerous judges against his will. He is not allowed any representation or even just someone to accompany him simply for moral support. He is not told the charges prior to the hearing, nor is he informed what the evidence is against him or who the witnesses will be. He is outnumbered by both his accusers and the judges. No outside, independent observers are allowed to insure that his civil rights are not violated nor are there any formal, public records kept of the judicial proceedings. He stands alone.
Do you recognize this account? Does it sound familiar? As a model for modern day Judicial Hearings of Jehovah's Witnesses, who does the individual represent? Who do the judges represent? Do you think the results of that Biblical judicial proceeding were just or not? Why or why not?
00DAD,
I think you just depicted the biblical account of the judicial decision to disfellowship Jesus.
Marvin Shilmer
