An Awake!TM article about shunning spouses.
Apparently it's retaliation and manipulation.
I wonder what they think about shunning df'd or da'd victims?
Awake! The silent treatment
by punkofnice 24 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Listener
It's just a 'time out' and according to the article, that's acceptable. -
punkofnice
Listener - that's okay...I'm gonna shun the WBT$ for a long time...until I die....which I hope won't be too far away.
They won't get my money...let that be acceptable to them.
Retaliation and manipulation......sounds like the reasons the WBT$ break up familiae (like mine), with their shunning.
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steve2
Perspective counts for absolutely everything.
When I shun you, my motive is to motivate you to come to your senses, see the error of your was,, repent and return to Jehovah. However, when you shun me, you expose yourself as a small-minded manipulator and retaliator out to make yourself look better than me.
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oppostate
WT speaking out of both sides of their collective rancid grease traps! Slick as ever, do as I say not as I do, these hypocrites are always spewing counsel they aren't willing to follow themselves.
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Old thread on this silent treatment of shunning:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/250096/silent-treatment-aka-shunning
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punkofnice
Yes. The idea I get from it is that the WBT$ are experts in manipulation and bullying. -
Muddy Waters
Wow.... The article says:
"Of course, a temporary time-out can give a couple the opportunity to let emotions cool when an argument is getting out of hand. That type of silence can be beneficial. The Bible says that there is “a time to keep quiet.” (Ecclesiastes 3:7) But when it is used as a means to retaliate or manipulate, the silent treatment not only prolongs conflict but also erodes the respect the couple have for each other. How can you prevent that from happening to you?
WHAT YOU CAN DO
The first step to ending the silent treatment is to recognize it for what it is—a tactic that, at best, works only short-term...."
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So, in their own words, shunning:
- prolongs conflict
- erodes respect
- at best, works only short term
Wow...!
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punkofnice
Muddy - Do these dumbos listen to themselves?
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Muddy Waters
Punk, it does not seem so. (Ha, "seem"!)
I will say this in their language --
".... In the abundance of many words (their prolific output of verbiage), there is transgression..." !!!!!
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punkofnice
Muddy - Evidently!!