Yeah so we knock on doors and whatever religion we find we ask them to dismiss it and join us. All OTHER religions are a shame not real. But if you questioned the J.W religion about 1914 or anything you would be disfellowshiped.
Why Witnesses get people to question there religion but they get disfellowshiped if they do it.
by Witness 007 2 Replies latest watchtower bible
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Jeffro
Because shunning is only mean when non-JWs do it...
Here's Dino Ali (yes, the same Dino Ali who was questioned in the Australian Royal Commission on 10 July 2015), in The Watchtower, 1 February, 2012:
It's not clear whether he was still shunning his disfellowshipped daughter by that time.Also, for many years after [becoming a JW], some of our relatives refused to visit us. We tried to treat them according to Bible principles by showing them love. Eventually, the barriers came down, and now our close relatives no longer shun us.
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TonusOH
This is why they are so focused on the authority of the governing body, and why it is so difficult for them to let go of the 607BCE date and the 1914CE date. They use those to explain how Russell was guided by Jehovah into making an accurate prophecy that demonstrated that he (and they) were God's chosen. And if they are God's chosen, then whatever they say must be correct, and whatever anyone else says must be wrong.
They also need for JWs to only understand that superficial explanation, otherwise they might learn that Russell wasn't even close to getting his predictions right and that subsequent leaders edited his past to make it seem like he got things right. And, of course, lately they've had to admit that they're not all that special and that --in spite of being the only channel through which Jehovah guides humanity-- they get things wrong all the time.
But what hasn't changed is their policy-- disagree with them, and you're an apostate.