Should you be shunned? Not anymore!

by Beans 15 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Beans

  Butalbee: I won`t shun ya sister!!!
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  dedalus

  My mother, when being shunned or generally mistreated by my JW brothers (her sons) after leaving the Organization, showed them this quote. When they found out that she'd gotten the quote online, they said it was obviously from an apostate site.

  Dedalus
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  Beans

  Yes the MAGIC WORD "APOSTATE" I hate this word because when used by them it automatically brings them to one conclusion. Perhaps you should show them this:Rember you were asked to invite critical examination of your fath...
  WT Aug 15 1950 P.263
  That, far from being wrong, it is your duty to examine religion to see if it's true or false...
  WT Nov 15 1963 P.688

  That you should actively examine your relgion...
  The truth that leads to everlasting life P.13

  That you should check both sides of the matter...
  Awake Oct 22 1973 P.6

  That your relgion was in no way afrid of being exposed to scrutiny...
  Wt Aug 1 1978 P. 12

  That you should be willing to submit everything to scrutiny...
  Awake Aug 22 1984 P.22

  That you should not have a closed mind...
  Wt Nov 22 1984 P.22

  That you should actively refer to the older publications...
  Wt jun 15 1985 P.12

  You are encouraged to exhibit freedom of thought...
  Awake jun 8 1994 P.21

  For more interesting quotes from the Watchtower go to http://www.Quotes.JehavahsWitnesses.com/

  Beans
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  Gopher

  Here's another questionable part of that statement by the Society.

  Members can be expelled for serious unchristian conduct...

  We had a district overseer stand in front of the whole circuit and say that nobody is disfellowshipped for their ACTIONS. Rather, it is for the ATTITUDE they display.

  So if you come into a judicial committee meeting, and the elders judge there to be a deficiency in your ATTITUDE, even if your conduct didn't cross over into the disfellowshipping realm, you WILL BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED. Am I right? (I have seen this happen -- and I don't think I saw a rare case.)

  -J.R., member, UADNA-MN
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Minnesota division)

  This post was not evaluated by any mental health professionals.
  Any opinions expressed are those of a fuzzy, cuddly rodent.
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  TheOldHippie

  Gopher, you are not right. The point is, that if one's attitude is that of repenting, there will be no disfellowshipping. If the attitude is not one of repenting, there will be disfellowshipping. I am here not discussing disfellowshipping in general, what someone has or has not done somewhere etc., but stating what the person you quote was saying, and that what he said is in accordance with the teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses.
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  Beans

  Gopher:

  They can`t decide what they are doing,I have heard many peaople give there views on different topics and ruleings which vary from city to city hall to hall country to country. And from what you have stated we can actually see how they are trying to control your mind,Oh yeah thats a CULT!!!

  Beans