I was shunned (page 2)

punkofnice

Bless your old cotton socks 'cantleave'.

I'd say lucky you...I wish the beggars would shun me!

All I get is: 'Oh, I heard some bad news..........you're not going to meetings anymore.....time of the end......armageddon........death.........won't see your Dad resurrected in the paradise.....ooooOOOooOOooOoOH, Jar-HoooOOOOoooOOover's progressive organization..............just imperfect men...............yadda yadda yadda........'

I hope you see this as a positive sign that you have become part of the normal world.

DagothUr

You have just been baptized. You are now an Apostate. Praise Jay Hoover! Amen.

chickpea

for a while, when i was newly freed
i did as much ducking and dodging
when seeing a dr0ne in a public place....

now, i am of a mind not to play their game...
note THEIR GAME, not mine so i have no
obligation to "respect" their practices
when they are so obviously misaligned....

so i am a smilin' fool in general, and esp
in the event of a dr0ne sighting! smile
and nod and show them what real joy
looks like in everyday life not spent
wishing for an end to the world....

if they are so happified, why are so many depressed?

Married to the Mob

She probably ran in to marks and sparks ladieswear mumbling somthing about "oooh there was that terrible apostate Angus."

teel

There is satisfaction, however, in knowing that those who do the shunning feel as awkward as is humanly possible. Their blood pressure would rise significantly and they would be squirming, wishing like hell they could escape without you seeing them and certainly hoping like hell you say nothing to them. What does this suggest? That it is an unnatural, inhuman response, and carried out only because they are ordered to.

This is why I love to say "Hi" out loud to them. If they get in this situation often enough, it may even cause them to stop and think about why they are feeling bad for not answering me.

jookbeard

pathetic aren't they and they have the audacity to call themselves Gods chosen people? heresy of the highest level

wobble

I guess that won't be the last time it happens to you mate , but it is funny I think.

I was one who "brazenly" ignored the directives when I was in, and I always found the DF'd ones a good seat in the KH, after having welcomed them properly, I was never counseled for it, I do not think we had one Elder who thought they should be treated badly, made to sit at the back etc. Though some DF'd people chose to do so.

I am not DF'd or DA'd , just inactive, and I was "shunned" a while ago, in a gentle sort of way, this elderly Sis. just pretended not to see me, she was one I used to take regularly out in the FS when nobody in her group would do so,she would stay the night at our house to make it easy to catch the coach to the Assembly many times too, so it was a bit sad in a way , that the Cult- think made her act in away that was just not "her".

The others that scuttle off just make me laugh, why are they so afraid that Old Wobble, with just a word, will destroy their faith ?

Pathetic.

LostGeneration

The GB has trained their cult members to forget the one thing that all other Christians agree on-

"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Rule

jonathan dough

Curious about the Society? Want to join them? Learn what you are getting into.

Verging on the macabre in this 21st Century, the Jehovah's Witnesses draconian practice of disfellowshipping and shunning current and former members is one of the most controversial aspects of this religion and has caused untold psychological and physical harm to thousands. The Watchtower Society mislabels the practice of shunning and disfellowshipping as an act of love and a means of enforcing conformity.

Scriptural justification for shunning is weak, at best. It is considered by many on the outside as one of the most offensive and unbiblical tools in the Watchtower Society's arsenal of weapons used to enforce rigid conformity to their multitude of rules and regulations. Grounds for disfellowshipping, a radical form of excommunication, are legion. The list includes adultery, fornication, greed, accepting blood transfusions (with modifications), drunkenness, associating with the disfellowshipped ... the list is very extensive and subject to wide interpretation. Many of those shunned or disfellowshipped are guilty of apostasy - abandoning the religion and turning away from the teachings of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Similar to the Mob, once you're in there's no easy way out without suffering severe consequences.

A significant amount of judging and attendance at judicial committees is involved. The act of shunning and disfellowshipping as implemented by the Jehovah's Witnesses has caused untold pain and suffering among friends and family members. Families are routinely destroyed and broken up, forever; siblings are separated, often for life, parents lose their children, children lose their parents. Grandparents are ostracized and cut off from their grandchildren for the sake of keeping members 'in.'

Most often the simple act of saying hello to a disfellowshipped person, or one who has disassociated him or herself from the organization, is forbidden. The horror stories told by the disfellowshipped, thousands of them, are ghastly and heartrending. The ancient practice of disfellowshipping and shunning causes profound psychological damage, and has led to suicide. As practiced by the Jehovah's Witnesses, their extreme form of shunning in most cases is simply cruel, nothing more.

Anyone considering joining the Jehovah's Witnesses is advised to pay close attention to the consequences and repercussions for not living up to the Watchtower Society's standards, or questioning their doctrine. The ultimate price might be unbearable and irreversible. To assist you in making the right decision and help you learn more about this practice, visit the websites listed below for additional information.

http://www.144000.110mb.com/directory/shunning_disfellowshipped_shunning_disfellowshipping.html

JRK

Get used to it. I am paying for an airline ticket for my mother to visit my sister who has shunned me for almost a decade. I will do it for my mother, but Sis can rot in hell.

JK

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