Shunning is certainly very bad. It has a very serious personal, social, and psychological remifications. Regardless of one's age, it looks like alot of people are finding it hard to overcome its consequences. I do not want to blame them. By and large,it appears that shunning tends to hit hard families where more than one members is a JW as oposed to those who are not. If all my family members are not JW except me alone, it will not matter alot as far as shunning is concerned. Howver, those with families, I can imagine how hard it will be. Because the WTS is alleged to have been selective in the way it applies shunning policies and practices, this raises very profoundly and disturbing questions: Is Jehovah God behind the shameful shunning practices? Or has the WTS merely used shunning as a powerful tool of control and manipulation of the ranks and files of JWs for its selfish ends? If Jehovah God would allows the Devil to be present among his good angels in heaven and even go a head to speak to him, is not it logical to conclude that the WTS has grossly misapplied the practices of shunning? Why not Jesus could have shunned Judas who betrayed him but instead, went a head to socializes with him even eat food with him? Please, what do you think abou this?
Scott77