I HATE THEM SO FRIGGIN MUCH! Scheming, lying, hypocrites!
The GB are really going out on a limb with this DF decision
by Quarterback 35 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Finkelstein
Telling people they should abandon their family for them and their little perceived power game,
social immorality at its finest.
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edmond dantes
Help granny to fill her hot water bottle no not until she starts coming back to the hall.
Give grandad a lift to the Royal British Legion Club he wants to meet his old comrades and enjoy a pint not until he comes back to the truth.
Tell your husband you love him while making love no not until he stops going to the church down the road.
Little Anthony wants a lift to the football practice are you kidding he hasn't been on the door to door sales push for ages.
Little Mavis has gone to an amateur drama lesson at the YMCA lock her in her room until she sees sense does she want to make Jehovah sad and mad.
My wife struggles to mow the lawn and keeps asking me to help but I have told her to struggle with the scythe she needs to study the Watch Tower more.
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AndDontCallMeShirley
The GB are not sure if this viewpoint was the right thing to do.
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Hmmm... you mean God didn't tell them the answer on this one?? I thought the GB had 24 hour a day contact with Big J.
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blondie
Actually the WTS came out in print and called this "rationalizing" saying jws hide behind this. I found that elders mostly hid behind this and the other elders protected them. I knew 2 elders that regularly associated with a df'd adult child and when other jws would find out, the other elders would excuse it and say nothing would be done. Who are ones disobeying the rank and file or the "mighty" spiritual men?
*** w11 7/15 p. 31 pars. 13-15 God’s Rest—Have You Entered Into It? ***
13 The parents are devastated! On the subject of disfellowshipping, they know, of course, that the Bible says “to quit mixing in company with anyone called a brother that is a fornicator or a greedy person or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or an extortioner, not even eating with such a man.” (1 Cor. 5:11, 13) They also realize that the word “anyone” in this verse includes family members not living under their roof. But they love their son so much! Strong emotions might cause them to reason: ‘How can we help our boy return to Jehovah if we severely limit our association with him? Would we not accomplish more by maintaining regular contact with him?’
14 Our hearts go out to those parents. After all, their son had a choice, and he chose to pursue his unchristian lifestyle rather than to continue to enjoy close association with his parents and other fellow believers. The parents, on the other hand, had no say in the matter. No wonder they feel helpless!
15 But what will those dear parents do? Will they obey Jehovah’s clear direction? Or will they rationalize that they can have regular association with their disfellowshipped son and call it “necessary family business”?In making their decision, they must not fail to consider how Jehovah feels about what they are doing. His purpose is to keep the organization clean and, if possible, to incite wrongdoers to come to their senses. How can Christian parents support that purpose?
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Quarterback
It's a kindof tough rule to obey. It goes against the rules of humane dignity.
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whathappened
Makes me want to puke!
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Quarterback
When you read that article in the WT, it looks like they are trying to spin it.
It seems like they are trying to remove it away. What does it really mean? They have never defined it. They have left it up to the imaginations of those poor individuals that are in that situation. When these ones try to make sense of it they are accused of using that, "Family Business", as an excuse.
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Island Man
What is this talk about "necessary family business"? Doesn't the jw.org FAQ on shunning say that family ties remain and it is only spiritual association that is terminated with relatives who are ex-Witnesses? So that means that ex-JW relatives are free to associate with their JW relatives as long as spiritual matters aren't discussed . . . unless - unless that FAQ is being deliberately decietful to mislead the public.
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punkofnice
out of the kindness of the GB's hearts, they have gone beyond what is written
So it's confirmed......the GB HAVE replaced Jesus and God with themselves.
Does this scream CULT to anyone?