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  Disfellowshipping, Association, and Marriage question.

  by baltar447 in

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  ok, so i've heard it said before that disfellowshipped people can't associate with other disfellowshipped persons.

  is this in print anywhere or in the elder manual?.

  also, are there "rules" about disfellowshipped persons marrying?

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  baltar447

  Thanks Blondie, I didn't think to look in the "old" flock book.
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  Disfellowshipping, Association, and Marriage question.

  by baltar447 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, so i've heard it said before that disfellowshipped people can't associate with other disfellowshipped persons.

  is this in print anywhere or in the elder manual?.

  also, are there "rules" about disfellowshipped persons marrying?

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  baltar447

  Thanks for chiming in guys. I know from my own research that I can't find anything in print, nothing in the Shepherding(beating) the Flock book either.
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  Disfellowshipping, Association, and Marriage question.

  by baltar447 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, so i've heard it said before that disfellowshipped people can't associate with other disfellowshipped persons.

  is this in print anywhere or in the elder manual?.

  also, are there "rules" about disfellowshipped persons marrying?

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  baltar447

  Anyone? Anyone?
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  Disfellowshipping, Association, and Marriage question.

  by baltar447 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, so i've heard it said before that disfellowshipped people can't associate with other disfellowshipped persons.

  is this in print anywhere or in the elder manual?.

  also, are there "rules" about disfellowshipped persons marrying?

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  baltar447

  Ok, so I've heard it said before that disfellowshipped people can't associate with OTHER disfellowshipped persons. Is this in print anywhere or in the elder manual?

  Also, are there "rules" about disfellowshipped persons marrying? It's been told to someone I know that if you are disfellowshipped and you marry another Disfellowshipped Jehovah's Witness, then it will delay the reinstatement process. I'm normally very well versed in all aspects of Jehovah's Witness doctrines, beliefs and such, but this is stumping me. I'm trying to find information but if anyone can assist helping me find anything in print I'd appreciate it.
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  Circuit Overseers Visit

  by I quit! in

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  my wife is having her circuit overseer visit at her congregation tonight.

  anyone know what they are talking about?

  child molesters?

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  baltar447

  WTWizard, you gotta get over these fairy tales, man. Have a brewski
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  Are we completely sure Trans people don't just have a mental disorder?

  by Lore in

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  so i thought i was a pretty accepting person.

  sure i grew up in a bigoted cult who hates gay people.. now i'm an atheist who has no reason to care about anyones sexual prefferences.. .

  but i've watched inverviews of trans people.

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  baltar447

  I have genderqueer friends. I don't get it myself. But I accept them as friends because they are good people. You probably couldn't tell that they identify with both genders. I stay out of their personal lives. They don't seem to be "mentally damamged" at all. So your stereotyping isn't fair or valid. I care for them as great friends and that's all that matters.
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  Circuit Overseers Visit

  by I quit! in

  1. jw
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  my wife is having her circuit overseer visit at her congregation tonight.

  anyone know what they are talking about?

  child molesters?

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  baltar447

  Dial in and find out.
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  October 15, 2012 Watchtower now on jw.org

  by sd-7 in

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  looks like it's fun.

  there's a cool story in there about how a ministerial servant got deleted for playing violent video games, and then wrote to the branch office about it and told people in his congregation.

  classy, guys, really classy.

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  9 A Christian’s spirit may also be tested if he is corrected or is relieved of privileges in the congregation. One young brother was tactfully counseled by the elders about playing violent video games. Sadly, he did not receive the counsel well and had to be deleted as a ministerial servant because he no longer met the Scriptural quali?cations. (Ps. 11:5; 1 Tim. 3:8-10) Afterward, the brother made it widely known that he did not agree, repeatedly writing letters critical of the elders to the branch office and even in?uencing others in the congregation to do the same. It is really counterproductive, though, for us to jeopardize the peace of the entire congregation in an attempt to justify our actions. How much better to view reproof as a way to open our eyes to see weaknesses that we were not aware of and then quietly accept the correction.—Read Lamentations 3:28, 29.
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  Latest WT: "Refusing to appear before a JC is like refusing medical treatment"

  by cedars in

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  2. beliefs

  in the latest october 15th 2012 watchtower (page 13).... "because of what they perceive as defects in the elders, some individuals who engage in serious wrongdoing in the congregation have refused to appear before a committee of elders assigned to help them.

  this could be likened to a patient who loses out on the benefits of a treatment because he does not like something about the doctor.".

  sounds like they're now trying to stigmatize those who try to avoid judical action.

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  baltar447

  I like this account in paragraph 9:

  9 A Christian’s spirit may also be tested if he is corrected or is relieved of privileges in the congregation. One young brother was tactfully counseled by the elders about playing violent video games. Sadly, he did not receive the counsel well and had to be deleted as a ministerial servant because he no longer met the Scriptural quali?cations. (Ps. 11:5; 1 Tim. 3:8-10) Afterward, the brother made it widely known that he did not agree, repeatedly writing letters critical of the elders to the branch office and even in?uencing others in the congregation to do the same. It is really counterproductive, though, for us to jeopardize the peace of the entire congregation in an attempt to justify our actions. How much better to view reproof as a way to open our eyes to see weaknesses that we were not aware of and then quietly accept the correction. —Read Lamentations 3:28, 29.

  Sounds like a cool dude! LOL.
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  Omg, missing badge cards!

  by baltar447 in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s8tjwucm2y .

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  baltar447

  DOC, you put it exactly right. Impotent little pricks throwing their weight around bullying women and children. They imitate their "mother' the borg.