previously, we considered what might go on at a judicial meeting.now, let's see what the reinstatement process entails.
let's use the example of fornication.
you have been disfellowshipped for this sin and now you want to seek reinstatement.
How about this, a Presiding Overseer who admits to molesting his daughter over several years. DF'd of course, reinstated in 6 months.
Yeah that seems about right. Of course he learned his lesson. The next time he was accused, he simply denied the charges.
i've been inactive for a few years now, and yet, despite all i read, i can't feel as you mostly all do.
i have a lot of happy memories of being "in the truth" (and i know how much some here hate that line) and fond memories of the meetings and assemblies, sure it was much easier to break away and live life like i am now,..... but well, thats just how i feel.
i can understand those that may leave for personal reasons, but not sure i'll ever understand some here who have such a hatred of anything jw related.
Scooby, I am with you on this one. I too remember much that was good about being a dub. It doesn't mean I still want to be one, or that I can overlook all the negative aspects of the religion. What some people here seem to overlook is that the problems within the JW religion are not unique. Other religions can be just as cold, arrogant, judgemental etc. The reason I think some of these people are so bitter is that it was their religion, and they thought it was different or better than other churches.
There is nothing unique about Jehovah's Witnesses.
so many people have given up families and careers, sold their homes, given away all their money, abandonded their children and are searching for the truth about this most important matter, brothers and sisters.
this is a most serious issue in these "trying times" that we need to resolve.
after all, jehovah is watching us, and we simply cannot piss him off now, can we?
What you all seem to be overlooking is this: there is a typical Farkel, and then there is the antitypical Farkel. First of all there is the typical Farkel, who portrayed in a small way the greater, or antitypical Farkel.
Or something like that.
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attention: the british panaroma program "suffer the little children", an expose on child abuse among jehovah's witnesses in the uk and elsewhere, will be rebroadcast on channel 9410 (worldlink tv) this sunday feb. 2, 2003 at 9 p.m. est.
all dish network satellite subscribers who get america's top 150 should be able to access this channel, as may others with c-band satellite dishes (check your satellite provider's guide for the worldlink tv channel..
Okay, I watched it. Its amazing stuff. I wish there had been a little more detail on some of the cases mentioned though.
There was also an update at the end of the show, detailing how a radio call-in show was flooded with calls, and how the British government had started an investigation.
Now if I could just see the 5th Estate.
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attention: the british panaroma program "suffer the little children", an expose on child abuse among jehovah's witnesses in the uk and elsewhere, will be rebroadcast on channel 9410 (worldlink tv) this sunday feb. 2, 2003 at 9 p.m. est.
all dish network satellite subscribers who get america's top 150 should be able to access this channel, as may others with c-band satellite dishes (check your satellite provider's guide for the worldlink tv channel..
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!
My dishplayer is set to catch it!!! Can't wait!!!!!!
so, i just called my former p.o.
cuz i'm madly in love with him and wanted to see him again.
just kidding!
Still don't get it, but hey, whatever. I guess I never considered them as having that kind of control over me in the first place. And I am not really into symbolic gestures, which it sounds like this is.
related to my thread about talking to jw family members who refuse to shun you lol..... i'm a "walk away", no judicial action taken against me.
as it stands, i would like to keep it that way to be able to have a cordial relationship with some family (and perhaps a couple friends).
so here's a problem: at my former kh there sits in a drawer a document that could really screw me if i am in a life threatening situation.
Yikes!!!!! I still have mine in my wallet!!
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this is too weird... i was looking through some old wt publications, and i found this: .
edited by - nathan natas on 29 january 2003 14:12:49.
Looks like he is giving them all the finger too!
so, i just called my former p.o.
cuz i'm madly in love with him and wanted to see him again.
just kidding!
What are these 'files" you all are talking about? Your publishers card? What is the big deal?
although some hall elders may just now (since silentlambs.org exposed the coverup) be informing the police when pedophilia is reported to them, they are all still sending known pedophiles back out door-to-door after those are supposed to be repentant.
this is insane.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=45688&site=3
Let them make their assumptions. It's a good way to indicate the person has a problem without saying anything.
There are lots of ways the Org could handle matters better. They could require pedophiles to turn themselves in to the authorities before any consideration is given to their request for reinstatement. Problem is they think they are handling everything just fine.
That's why they deserve everything coming their way.
