Hey, I just thought of something every Disfellowshiped or disassociated person in here could do to really piss the elders off. Write a letter to them saying you want to be reinstated, because every time you do this they have to meet with you. See how many time you can get them to meet. Or you can not show up for the meeting, when they call say never mind, I really like this fornication thing.Reinstatement
While there should be no hasty action in reinstating
disfellowshipped individuals, consideration should be
given to a plea for reinstatement when this is requested.
Once a year the body of elders reviews a list of those in
the congregation territory who are disfellowshipped or
128 - "Pay Attention to Yourselves and to All the Flock"
Keeping our Elders working
by WildTurkey 4 Replies latest jw friends
-
WildTurkey
-
dungbeetle
Um---well--let me add a little to your statments.
1)Yes, upon a request for reconsideration, the elders must meet with you. But they can take a year to do so if they wished, and I have seen them take months. While the subject sits at the hall meeting after meeting. They can 'lose your publisher card' they can 'not find the original committe or what's left of them' and on and on and on. Also, the Watchtower said they do not have to entertain/accept/act on any such request from a 'known apostate' or 'opposer' or 'difficult' person or any such thing at all. And they don't have to even tell you that. Just let you stew. All you could do is keep nailing them at the meetings untill they bar you from the KH.
2) That article actually says they MAY, IF THEY WISH, BUT NO MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR, call on disfellowshipped individuals. It's very rare they do this, as they don't do much of what they're SUPPOSED to do, so why would they do what they DON'T have to do. And of course, there are those they should not call on, and these same elders are the ones who determine who THOSE are.
But yes, a wave of letters all over the place during the same week that Dateline airs would be absolutely cool!!!
UADNA-US (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America-United States)
-
orangefatcat
I have been difellowshiped for over two yrs and no elder has ever called me since not even to invite me to the memorial.
So much for their shepherding work.HINDSIGHT IS 20/20
PROCRASTINATION IS THE THIEF OF TIME!! -
metatron
better yet, get hold of the official forms and special blue
envelopes in the congregation secretary's file.Fill the form out correctly and send it to the Society.
Disfellowship the elders that df'd you!
Should be good for a real laugh
metatron
-
D wiltshire
METATRON.
That's a cool idea, you come up with some good ones.
Even if the DF's an mistake does it stay on your theocratic record in Crooklyn?Join the Watchtower or you will die.
Only Jehovah's Witnesses have the TRUTH all other religions EVIL and from the Devil.
You must beleive the Watchtower or you're going to die a painful death forever, and never come back