"you must be holy because jehovah is holy", the watchtower, february 15, 1976. page 124, "would not a failure to respond to direction from god through his organization really indicate a rejection of divine rulership?".
the above quoted watchtower article came the year after the failure of 1975 on every level.. not only was the worldwide publicity connected with 1975 totally embarassing to jehovah's name and organization it was the 2nd time the error.
had been made!
To your question ziddina ... my experience has been that you can make a point that should be devastating to their doctrine, their eyes will glaze over and their heads will nod in acknowledgement, however the next words out of their mouths will betray the fact that nothing you said has had any impact.
Perhaps a waste of time. Until someone is open to change, it is difficult to have much influence on their thought processes.
Having said that, I'll keep trying as long as they keep coming around.
has anyone been successful in getting their disfellowshipping rescinded?
i specifically do not mean getting reinstated.
i want to know if anyone that was disfellowshipped was able to officially and through the congregation and/or the organization have their status as a "disfellowshipped person" changed without getting "reinstated" through the normal procedures?.
Jim TX ... Was that Captain Kangaroo? HA!! I'm showing my age now.
has anyone been successful in getting their disfellowshipping rescinded?
i specifically do not mean getting reinstated.
i want to know if anyone that was disfellowshipped was able to officially and through the congregation and/or the organization have their status as a "disfellowshipped person" changed without getting "reinstated" through the normal procedures?.
First post didn't take, let's try this again.
When my youngest was DF'd several years ago, we tried the appeal route. When that didn't work, I set up a meeting with the circuit overseer. His response was that since the elders decisions are guided by holy spirit, any decision they make is not a "mistake". End of story.
I was not an elder for many years, but I never knew personally of anyone, nor knew of someone who knew someone who had a disfellowshipping reversed through appeal or otherwise though I was told it was possible.
