i'm pretty sure it is, just wanted to confirm. This would be someone who went once and only looked...
is going to a strip club a disfellowshipping offense?
by monis1 44 Replies latest jw friends
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stuckinarut2
do you feel guilty?
are you going to go and 'confess' to purge your guilt?
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sparrowdown
Depends, if you went there to do some informal "witnessing" you may even get some elders to join you.
You could stuff tracts into the G-strings.
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stuckinarut2
Yes sparrowdown!
Even the lord spoke with prostitues! (not saying strippers are the same...but you know the point)
And the spies stayed with Rahab...
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monis1
i didnt go. i am female, although i guess maybe some women are into that kinda thing. its someone i know.
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jam
As long as you kept you hands on top of the table and no
lap dance, you may be OK. Tell them it was a return visit.
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Fernando
Definitely not if the person went there with the "right" people to promote the "right" religion using the "right" tools of trade.
Interpretation: It's all good if the person was accompanied by Pharisees to promote the GB with Watchtower publications.
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talesin
It all depends on who your friend knows, and how the local elders feel about it. My male sibling used to go to strip clubs all the time. He was considered 'spiritually weak' at the time, but it was not a DF issue.
That may have changed - but I woud be hella surprised if it's covered in the literature 'officially'.
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DesirousOfChange
If your friend got caught going to strip club and is expecting a Judicial Committee the secret to skate on it would be attitude. And that would be the attitude of the ELDERS that I speak of.
Three elders could go either way on it. It could be easily construed to be Brazen Conduct, esp if there was a lap dance or touching of the dancer's genital area. (Most places will not openly allow that................or so I'm told.) If they want to soft pedal it they can do that too by just saying that it does not constitute pornia, and while it is "uncleanness" it's only a matter for counsel from two elders similar to watching porn.
All depends if the Elders want to give him the axe or let him skate.
Doc
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Ignoranceisbliss
I got reproved for it. In my understanding if u can reproved,for something u can be dfed for it so I would say YES.