by NotFormer 22 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
This is absolutely true the threat of disfellowshipping doesn’t carry the same weight it used to.
Most just ignore the direction to shun. What can the elders do if parents keep having associations with dissed family members?
Would the elders really threaten to disfellowship the parents as well? In the past that may have been a possibility, but these days there wouldn’t be many left in the congregation they are so desperate to cling on to numbers
In the parable of the Prodigal Son, who thought the standards for restoration were far too lax?
The elder brother.
In fact, who probably wouldn't have allowed restoration at all, even with a great deal of groveling, which he would have considered insincere?
The elder brother.
Whom does Jesus want to be like? The father or the elder brother?
Hmmmmm....
When I quote them saying "All is forgiven!", I'm not suggesting that the disfellowshipped actually need to be forgiven for anything. It's just channeling those entitled parents who estrange their kids and then want them to come back. "All is forgiven!" was what is now known as a meme, back in the day.
