caught it on an advert for the program ...
"Shunning is the New Testament version of stoning."
by chickpea 7 Replies latest watchtower bible
The title is in the thread title.
PBS American Experience
www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/shunned/player/
Yes, shunning either (a) makes an example of them, to scare the others, or (b) prevents the ones still in from talking to someone who has "gone apostate". In both cases it's like the person has been killed.