anyone had any experience of a successful appeal against a disfellowship?
a friend of mine feels he has been dfd unjustifiably & is considering an appeal.
he probably has something of a case - the jc was a total shambles - but i'm very dubious that he has any likelihood of success.. my only experience of a successful appeal is when elders in a neighbouring congregation were appointed by the co & overturned a df in our congregation a few years ago.
I just got back from a two week holiday and found the invite to the judicial committee in the pile of post - the meeting was held while I was away two days ago!
If they DF'ed me (which I'm guessing they did anyway) I'd love to hear what evidence it was based on because I've only told my Dad directly about my current situation and didn't say anything much to my mum.
uk congregations of jehovah's witnesses[a].
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how do i download the watchtower 2015 to my desktop computer?
i really do need blow by blow directions.
thank you, maralee
Hi Maralee - I think you're using the download right?
I replied in the other thread but:
2016-01-13 re: visit of headquarters representatives .
as part of their visit, a special three-hour programme will be broadcast to all congregationsin britain, ireland and the falkland islands.
the programme will be streamed from bethel, and will be available from saturday afternoon, april 30, at 1:00 p.m.. 2016-01-18 re:correct use of jw.org inboxes.
LevelThePlayingField:
I noticed that on the letterhead it's dated January 18th and today it the 16th. I've never seen an organization post date a letter before.
Dates have never been their strong point...
having recently read orwells 1984, i was impressed with how he understood that both politicians and people abuse language.
this further confirmed to me how the w.t had deceived me by using words to distort reality.
the book 1984, also contains many other great thoughts of george orwell.. of course there have been many other great thinkers, buddah, darwin, freud, einstein and marx come to mind.
If not Hitchins, then probably one of those who inspired him - Bertrand Russell.
The Rebel - I don't think it necessarily goes that great thinking and correctness go hand in hand. The obvious example that comes to mind is Christopher Hitchens' brother Peter. While being raised in the same household and debatably an equally thoughtful person, the two brothers differed fiercely on many matters.
this was a famous case here in the uk, based around the experiences of matt barrie (aka hobo ken).
we've uploaded the audio recording of his judicial committee meeting with the glasgow bishopbriggs congregation elders and you can listen/download the (long) unedited file here:.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k1pajlf7duc5zgh/matt%20judicial%20raw.mp3.
jambon1:
The above files aren't accessible.
Pretty please.
I think I heard it on his blog/podcast here but the links to that audio also don't work anymore.
I think there's transcripts here: https://jehovahswitnesstrial.wordpress.com/tag/matt-barrie/
a catchy little number this one!
curiously, this little known christmas song by perry como was actually the theme tune to the odessa file movie back in the 70's.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l1uddoh-yu.
so what have you got?.
i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.
i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?
i've already found several by reading older posts..
an updated list of documents relating to the charity commission investigation into watchtower of britain and jehovah's witnesses are available on jw leaks.. jw leaks.
original charity commission press release.
press release.
Yeah I noticed that too SBF - seems the Goddard inquiry really isn't going far enough.
Perhaps the Charity Commission will have more teeth.
