by Butters 50 Replies latest jw friends
So, the question is... SHUNNING... are you for, or against it???
I am opposed to organised shunning, particularly when there is no disclosure of the particulars. I won't shun anyone just because someone else tells me to. I do, however, reserve the right to avoid anyone I don't like, for whatever reason. I would never refuse to acknowledge someone's existence as the JWs do, except if the person is a JW.
W
I believe Jesus is a human, born from Jospeh and Mary. .... I believe that the Roman Catholics are the beastly religion which is the harlot. It holds the spirit of Babylon and all her fornications, including your false JW religion. I said that you peolpe profane the Sabbath day, and Jehovah is going to burn you with fire for not keeping the Sabbath holy.
I don't get it. Do you actually believe any of those things or were you kidding on all counts?
I am so glad you were able to take up for the df'd person who was shunned. Hopefully he will join us on this site.
If we read this piece of fiction logically, it becomes apparent that it is embellished and enhanced. Who would admit in front of strangers that they cheated on thier wife? In a public place, out of nowhere? I doubt it. The whole conversation reads scripted. Butters, it was a good drama and engaging but lacks plausability. Sorry about your loss at walmart and glad you could enjoy the chocolate!
Entertaining and engaging... I give it a 7 on a scale of ten...
Did you see this greeter when you were there?
W.Once
Juni, I'm with you on this one. To me, making a marriage vow is something absolutely first class serious and is not something you screw around about lightly. Pardon my English. This is just my take on it: you're not just hurting yourself by going back on your word in forsaking marriage vows, you are also hurting another person to whom you also made those vows. So, it's not just between you and God(Goddess)(Whomever); by involving another person, you have that person's hurt/pain/sorrow/etc. on your own soul and heart. Whether you realize it, or not; whether you "accept" it is so, or not. It's there - it's like the biblical concept of blood guilt, but since you haven't (at least I hope not) caused a death, I call it heart guilt.
Regardless of the circumstances in Butter's opening post and who did what to whom......I think it is important that the core message of the post was to call attention to the cruel, inhumane and super-superior judgmental treatment that JWs are mandated to impose on one another.
The general public should know what these nicely dressed and polite people coming to their doors...are really like and how they really act! I think it's about time.
Yes, indeedy, Annie! I'm right with you on these points.....and I'd probably be licking cream off the corners of my smile if I had an opportunity to embarrass a jdubya for shunning in public. If it were in the local WalMart, it would probably be an employee, though...
Frannie
Well I hope the part about getting stoned right before going home is a story, because anyone who gets smoked then gets in the car and drives deserves to be arrested.
i don't know. some of the stories people tell seem a little... made up? this is one of them, to me anyway.
I don`t believe you...OUTLAW
