I just cringe when reading sillyness like this (page 2)

Honesty

Is anyone aware of a talk that explains the principle regarding disfellowshipping? I need to explain to my adult children why I can't attend their sister's wedding.

Here's the situation.... My unbaptized daughter is marrying a worldly man and has asked that I attend her wedding "ceremony". As her disfellowshiped mother will be in attendance she understands that I can't go to the reception (1Corinthians5:11) . . .not even eating with such a man. However, she's asking that I at least attend the ceremony.

How sad it is that some of our children leave Jehovah's organization for the world and then attempt to burden the believing parent with a measure of 'guilt' for not bending our principles to accomodate their chosen lifestyle! This is now the second daughter I've faced this situation with.

How sad it is that a grown adult male doesn't have enough sense to attend his daughter's wedding and reception.

JW's are f**k^$g nuts.

thetrueone

If thats the heart felt position she has taken upon yourself I wouldn't even attend the ceremony.

Put the burden of guilt on to them since they are the ones who are the perpetrating instigators.

Everyone has to take responsibility for themselves in all matters of social interactions with family.

The policies of corruption by the Watchtower Corperation should be made postulating irrelevant.

Elsewhere

Awwwww... poor baby feels bad because she is shunning her daughter.

Pistoff

Why does the mother put the word ceremony in quotes? Does she not consider it a ceremony, or is it her (uneducated) witness way of disrespecting the event?

Witnesses are the North Korea of religions; hermits, belligerent, unbending.

sd-7

This whole situation doesn't even make sense. The unbaptized daughter is marrying a non-JW. This alone indicates the withdrawal of JW approval and support for the decision. It therefore does not fall under the standard JW rules. It's an unsanctioned activity, therefore, no greater wrong could possibly be committed by the mother attending her daughter's ceremony. It's idiotic.

Frankly, at most, this might invite some kind of stern counsel from elders even if they knew about it. It's not worth splitting any hairs over.

--sd-7

OUTLAW

My unbaptized daughter is marrying a worldly man and has asked that I attend her wedding "ceremony".

As her disfellowshiped mother will be in attendance she understands that I can't go to the reception..... JW NoNuts..

Dear JW NoNuts..

You won`t go to your Daughters Wedding Reception because it`s against WBT$ Rules?..

therevealer

sd-7 - Firstly, it sounds like this is the man whose former wife and mother of their daughter, and desfellowshipped to boot will be at the "ceremony". Does this mean the reception (I tend to think so). Anyway the point that I would like to make here is this. As stupid as these things are and I do agree that they are, one never knows how it will go.

Not to long ago my fleshly brother, an elder was faced with the decision whether to attend an engagement party for his unbaptized grandson. The other conundrum was that the boys disfellowshipped mother and disassociated aunt would be in attendance.

What would your opinion be in this case. I ask just for interest and to further dialog.

I just cringe when reading sillyness like this