Whether they could DF you or not they can certainly paint you in a most unfavorable light and as a result you would be shunned by most of the rank and file as spirituall weak (thus bad association) anyway. And they would certainly see your lack of cooperation as something to hide in any event and likely actively pursue you until you either confessed something or they trumped up grounds to take judicial action.
what would happen if you got a divorce and told the elders nothing...
by ?me? 12 Replies latest jw friends
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jwfacts
It is quite simple, there is only one scriptural ground for divorce, fornication.
If you say you have grounds but not say what or who, both of you will be d/f. The reasoning will be that one of you committed fornication and the other is covering the sins of others. (You can be d/f for not dobbing someone in as one of my friends was). You will also be said to be practicing loose conduct if you refuse to tell the elders what the sin was and who did the sin (the WTS claims that loose conduct includes having a disrespectful attitude).
If you separate and say there are no grounds for divorce then neither of you can remarry.
The only way around it is for one of you to be a sacrificial goat, confess to adultry and get d/f.
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jwfacts
"not suspicious"? You must be talking about a different Org. One friend of mine was disfellowshipped because a sister slept over at his flat. The reasoning was that the "impression" was given to anyone that may know that she stayed there that fornication was committed. It did not matter that he said he had not done anything. Quite a joke because he is gay.