Has this ever happened to anyone who has been DF'd here? Did you walk into a room with a circle of chairs for the whole body of elders?
Shana
The Judicial Committee is a Circle of Elders in a Room?
by Shanagirl 23 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Shanagirl
What would be the reason for them doing this?
Shana
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prologos
No, it is smaller,- I think only 3 inqusitioners, executiners. , preceded earlier by a 2 member fact finding session.
The circle of chairs is a mormon procedure setting, well shown in a PBS documentary on a lady "apostate" The comment of the latter day "prophet" : "intellectuals are the greatest threat to our religion",
The intellectual in the chair in the middle .
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Shanagirl
Is there some kind of protcol for this arrangement in their elders' book?
Shana
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Zordino
Yes this is more commonly known as a Circle Jerk.
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Shanagirl
Seriously. I want to know how often this happen s when one is called before a committee, and why the chairs are put in a circle to seat more than 3 elders, but the whole body. Are there any elders on this board who would know the answer to this question?
Shana
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NAVYTOWN
The best way to deal with a JW Judicial Committee is to refuse to participate. Why let yourself be a pawn in their devious game? Nothing good will come of it. Answering ANY of their questions is a sure-fire trap. Just inform them that you won't be participating. Better yet, tell them to piss off and never come back. They are in reality just a bunch of uneducated, self-important nobodies.
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Daniel1555
Every single rule about judicial committees are in the "Shepherding" book.
How the chairs are arranged is not important. Some might have a circle. There are 3 elders and if it's an appeal there are more elders, but not the whole body of elders (except there are not more than 3 in the body).
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zeb
another name for inquisition?
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dozy
I served on a few JCs. It can be very intimidating for the accused so I always tried to set out the chairs in a more informal setting , maybe at right angles , rather than 3 or 4 in a row with the accused sitting opposite.
I've never heard of the circle thing ( maybe it is a Mormon idea ) but we did have a complicated appeal where a JW was committing fraud where there were 7 elders. The chairs were put in a kind of semi circle with the head of the committee slightly to the side.