This is not the policy. If it is it is not enforced. At one time I was a ministerial servant and pioneer. I was disfellowshipped, then reinstated and then quit attending a couple of years later. I have been inactive for about 8 years. I have been openly gay for 7 years. I am in regular contact with a number of witness relatives, including my uncle who is an elder in the city where I live. I occasionally (very occasionally) go to the Sunday meeting in my hometown, where I am always warmly greeted and made very welcome. I recognize that the elders in the last congregation I was associated with are just lazy and probably consider any dealings with me to be a waste of time, but the elders in my hometown and in the city where I currently live are under the impression that because I was inactive for a period of time before I took up "wrongdoing" and no longer consider myself to be or present myself as a witness, there is no need to take judicial action.
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Inactive = D/F in 3 Years
by Simon Morley inis it true that there is a now policy that if you are inactive and not attending meetings that after three years you will be d/f'd?
i have a friend who is very concerned that this is now policy.
can any shed some light?.
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Still beating the flock, sadly.
by Gill ini ran into a jw lady i have known most of my life a couple of weeks ago.. she told me that she had left her non jw abusive husband and that she was still very upset about all that had happened.. the elders had been 'visiting' her.
infact visiting is probably the wrong word and should be replaced with harrassing.. they kept telling her that 'jehovah hates a divorcing!
' she said that they wanted her to go back to her abusive husband as she should not have married a non jw in the first place.
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I love the reasoning "you shouldn't have married out of the truth in the first place"
My mom was once asked by the P.O. "what did you expect to happen when you married out of the truth?" This was over 25 years after the wedding day.
My mom stayed. Eventually quit going to meetings. Dad got help for his probs and their marriage is better now than ever. However, I have seen so many sisters stay and put up with so much abuse. It is very sad. Your friend should leave and stay gone..from the husband and the org. Continue to be there for her.
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Former JW-Masonic Temple being made into a landmark
by lonelysheep infollow up to previous threads..... http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=exjpcnk3zjczn2y3dnflzuvfexkzntcmzmdizww3zjd2cwvlruv5etcwnjg3mtimexjpcnk3zjcxn2y3dnflzuvfexkz.
paterson -- the masons built their paterson headquarters to last.
in justifying why the former masonic temple should be considered a local historic landmark, gianfranco archimede, executive director of the paterson historic preservation commission, pointed to the building's mass.
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ValiantBoy
It is not that uncommon for witnesses to use old meeting halls, union halls, churches. etc as Kingdom Halls. I know of at least a couple of Kingdom Halls here in the US that were formerly churches, and it is quite a common practice in Europe. And I know of a lot of former halls that are now churches. The fact that witnesses used an old masonic hall is not proof of any sort of collusion.
What bugs me the most about this article is that Witnesses put over a million dolllars into this bldg..so why is it being sold?? And, no doubt, after putting that much into it, the proceeds from the sale went to the WTBS, with the local witnesses again having to come up with the funds for their new hall...what a scam!
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Songs to make an '80's Guy (or girl) cry.....
by avishai inanother thread inspired this one, and i'm making myself a lil' compilation.... i'll start.
"just like heaven" the cure.
"please, please let me get what i want" the smiths....
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True --- Spandau Ballet
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What Are Your Favorite Love Songs? XOXO
by lonelysheep insince valentine's day is right around the corner, please share what your favorites are.. i like a variety of music, so i'll list by genre:.
80's: tie--"the beautiful ones" by prince, "a groovy kind of love" by phil collins and "almost paradise" by mike reno & ann wilson (heart).
r&b: "so fine" by mint condition.
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I Don't Know How to Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar
True by Spandau Ballet
When You Com Back Down by Nickel Creek
Here You Come Again by Dolly PArton
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Scandal of former Governing Body member
by BrotherChitty ina number of men on the governing body have been bachelors all their life, and are believed by people who worked at headquarters to have been homosexuals.
leo k. greenlees was forced to resign when his homosexuality became public.
he then moved to new orleans.
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ValiantBoy
The rumors about CHitty and Greenlees have long been accepted as fact. I recall one of my local elders, who was at Bethel during the time both were removed from the GB, always referring to their dismissal as being because of "moral turpitude." However, the statement about CHitty and a 17 year old needs some supporting evidence..esp since 17 is, as already stated, below the age requirement for a bethelite. It was at one time 18, but I don't believe it was ever lower.
And from what I have read about Greenlees..17 was prolly too old for him.
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How can one convince another that 1 Bible is supperiot then 76 other Bibles
by A-Team in......especially if that person hasn't read all 77 bibles?
you may or may not aware, there are currently 77 different translations of the bible widely used in the us today.
i personally use 5 of them (kjv, niv, amp, nasb, message).
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because God's spirit direct organization tells us so
that was the statement to end any argument or discussion. pretty pathetic to let the words of a few old men take the place of personal research and desicion making. How unlike the Bereans...
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2007 Convention
by SoBizzy ini was wondering if anyone knew about the venue for a 2007 district (i believe) convention taking place in northeast pennsylvania over the labor day holiday?
where it's scheduled for?.
i work for a company that was trying to obtain blocks of hotel rooms for a soccer tournament the same weekend.
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ValiantBoy
I read a newspaper article that conventions were going to be held in Wilkes-Barre this year. Wachovia Arena is the venue.
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2007 Convention
by SoBizzy ini was wondering if anyone knew about the venue for a 2007 district (i believe) convention taking place in northeast pennsylvania over the labor day holiday?
where it's scheduled for?.
i work for a company that was trying to obtain blocks of hotel rooms for a soccer tournament the same weekend.
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ValiantBoy
I read a newspaper article that conventions were going to be held in Wilkes-Barre this year. Wachovia Arena is the venue.
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2007 Convention
by SoBizzy ini was wondering if anyone knew about the venue for a 2007 district (i believe) convention taking place in northeast pennsylvania over the labor day holiday?
where it's scheduled for?.
i work for a company that was trying to obtain blocks of hotel rooms for a soccer tournament the same weekend.
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ValiantBoy
I read a newspaper article that conventions were going to be held in Wilkes-Barre this year. Wachovia Arena is the venue.