A Question About Shunning (page 3)

Fernando

"The person just kept assuring me that she loved me, and when I was ready to talk to her again, she was there."

Excellent strategy your friend used, NewChapter!

I snagged this off of a JW facebook page:

I've been one of Jehovah's Witnesses for over 30 years. It's quite apparent to me that this news article is a direct attack from none other than Satan himself. Satan is very clever and will even try to use logic and twist scriptures to get Jehovah's Witnesses to leave the organization. We have to obey the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses no matter what. Even if that means sacrificing our personal relationships with family members. My own daughter has left Jehovah's organization and as hard as it is on me I know I can't speak to her. It's caused me so much pain to shun her but it has to be done. Who am I to question the authority of the Faithful and Discreet Slave? What's crazy is that she doesn't even act like an apostate but by rejecting Jehovah's organization she has clearly chosen to be on Satan's side and will be destroyed at Armageddon. Only Jehovah's Witnesses have any scriptural hope to survive Armageddon. You're either on Satan's side or Jehovah's side. Take your pick, there's no middle ground. Considering the choice of being destroyed by Jehovah or being able to live forever in a paradise Earth, which would you chose? We can't let anyone including our own flesh and blood jeopardize our relationship with the organization. So I consider this Watchtower article about avoiding apostates to be very timely.

Adumbra

Thank you, everyone, for your replies.

I am actually happy to see that people who practiced shunning did not feel good about it and most felt very uncomfortable. It shows that no matter how deeply a person has been brainwashed, their essential humanity will still assert itself. I'm not a fan of Saint Paul, but one thing he said I do hold as truth: "Love conquors all!". Love conquors all for the simple reason that it feels better to love than to hate. This is a powerful emotion the WTB&TS is attempting to exploit and it won't surprise me when their shunning policy eventually backfires on them.

If you are no longer in the organization, please make the effort to smile and say "Hi." to all of your friends and family memers who are still inside. Don't give up no matter how uncomfortable it is for you or them. If they get into trouble, let them know that you are there for them always. I believe that if enough of us ex-JWs carry out such a campaign our love and devotion will overcome the WTB&TS's fear tactics every time. Even if you no longer have faith in God, have faith in love. If you do have faith in God, then you already have all you need.

~Shalom

A Question About Shunning

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