Have You personally heard of a JW "Disfellowshipped or DA" with the new DF

booker-t

I was wondering if anybody out there have heard a JW Disfellowshipped or Disassociated under the new way they announce DF/DA "no longer one of JW" How did it sound? How do other JW's know if a person left on their own or was forced out? I forsee some future lawsuits because people are going to gossip and say alot of bad things about the person who might have just left on his or her own.

deliverance

yeh,a brother and sister in our cong got announced last month."brother so and so is no longer one of jehovah's witnesses."

it was a bit weird cuz no one was exactly sure at first what that meant.were they d'd or did they just disassociated themselves.it sounds a bit watered down.i think people will obviously gossip anyway. also when someone is reinstated into the cong the brothers dont announce that there are restrictions.they just say bro so n so is reinstated back in the cong.

Midget-Sasquatch

Yep,

I picked just the right Tuesday night meeting to go to and heard it. It doesn't sound ominous at all (well the PO didn't make it sound so), but I did hear two distinct gasps.

I personally didn't notice but others said he was present in the second school for that evening and for each of the KH meetings in the following 3 weeks. Maybe he'll smarten up and kiss them off.

stevenyc

hi deliverance,

and welcome

steve

keeshah

Okay, so...

brother so and so is no longer one of jehovah's witnesses."

If one were using their brain (yeah right), they are no longer one of JW... they no longer call themselves a "brother"... so the congregation should still be allowed to associate with them.

Makes perfect sense to me!