Watchtower August leak: details from reddit user

by ukpimo 33 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  ukpimo

  I wouldn't say that the 3 stated reasons for being more likely to get disfellowshipped is a deliberate distortion as I've heard many elders actually read into this direction from the update as just that, and under exceptional circumstances if someone has committed any other sin and after repeated loving attempts to change his mind he does not show repentance then yes he will be disfellowshipped for other sins.

  This is how I'm reading into the new direction:

  1. Slow down disfellowshipping by trying to make more reprovals for other sins. If this isn't possible after repeated attempts then disfellowship.

  2. Quickly act to disfellowship if the publisher has turned to apostasy, is exposed for csa or is scheming to end a marriage.
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  hoser

  Until the officIal English version comes out we don’t know the full extent of the changes.

  Disfellowshipping isn’t going away any time soon.
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  ukpimo

  I wonder if reappointment as an elder or ministerial servant will be sped up due to these changes if one is removed for sins other than watchtower's 3 sins of most serious concern? It is an interesting development that sexual immorality in general isn't at the top, nor murder!
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  Beth Sarim

  .....probably apostasy or heresy is at top of the list.
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  Jeffro

  ukpimo:

  I wouldn't say that the 3 stated reasons for being more likely to get disfellowshipped is a deliberate distortion

  Stop trotting out this lie. The ‘3 stated reasons’ are for more caution to reinstate. Not ‘reasons for disfellowshipping’.
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  ukpimo

  Jeffro

  Alright, I understand that clearly but I imagine certain elder bodies will interpret it as I do. More divisions to come.

  Ukpimo
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  Yomama

  The problem is how can you control someone who talks to a df person? How do you monitor that? And what happens if you carry on conversation with said df person are you marked now? Or are you df .
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  Vidiot

  On a semi-related note…

  …according to this fellow, they’re pretty much doubling-down on everything else.
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  jonahstourguide

  @Vidiot

  Thank you for that link. The guy hosting is very eloquent and clearly shows that much of the hype around the August magazine is not warranted even though changes are not mentioned in the study articles but in a question from readers and in a footnote.
  

  He highlights the actual removal of official marking and that the term 'disfellowshipping' is being replaced with 'removal'.

  Obviously the lawyers are trying to remove toxic language that offended the Norwegian government
  

  cheers

  jtg
  
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  FragrantAddendum

  the entire wt hierarchy are noxious weeds

  remove the weeds, toxic problem solved