I don't know if this has been posted before but I think it is a very in-depth study and definitely worth sharing.
What Happens to Those Who Exit Jehovah’s Witnesses: An Investigation of the Impact of Shunning?
What Happens to Those Who Exit Jehovah’s Witnesses: An Investigation of the Impact of Shunning?
by LostintheFog1999 5 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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resolute Bandicoot
That is very much on the money.
RB
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vienne
No one likes him, but M. makes a good point. https://bitterwinter.org/a-pseudo-investigation-criticizes-jehovahs-witnesses-shunning/
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peacefulpete
vienne....Massimo has his own agenda and seems to be unaware or calloused to the well documented damage of high control sects like the 7th day Adventists, JWs and Mormons. Essentially his arguing that the JWs are no worse than others is not much of a defense of the Jws.
Also his comments:
....those who have simply become inactive without a public announcement that they have left the Jehovah’s Witnesses are not shunned.....She would have easily learned from it that not all members who leave the religion are shunned, only those who leave publicly (or join an organization whose membership is incompatible with being one of Jehovah’s Witnesses), thus proclaiming their disagreement with and criticism of the organization.
is manifestly not true. I and my wife for instance attempted to quietly leave but were pursued years later and DF in absentia based upon conversations years before our leaving and unwillingness to shun Df'd siblings. Further, and even more disturbingly, his comment implies shunning is reasonable if an exiting person "joins an organization incompatible with the Jw thus proclaiming their disagreement with and criticism of the organization. "
That is the reason a person exits the JWs, because they disagree. Basic human rights include freedom of belief and religion and to support lawful organizations and to be a functioning citizen. This is the heart of the issue. Mossimo seems to be saying this justifies a coercive program of family separation. He is wrong and his reasoning is as twisted as the JWs.
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DesirousOfChange
I think the Shunning Policy will continue to be a thorn for the Borg. There simply are too many former JWs who have gone through this (or are continuing to deal with it) that WT would be foolish to think that the complaints to the secular authorities are going to stop or subside. The recent changes are bullshit and they know it and anyone who knows anything about JWs also know it. The GB think they are so coy and sneaky and outsmarting the heathens. Government officials such as Angus Stewart (on the Australian Commission) know this shit! He knew their "secret elders' book" inside-and-out. He beat those JW elders who were "lying like a rug" with their own green book.
Wake up WT! It ain't gonna get any better any time soon!
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Balaamsass2
LOST IN THE FOG...GREAT POST!!! Spot on, I wish I could give it a thousand likes!!!! I wish it would get some traction from Google Bots and show up on Google news.