I know Mr.Flipper the feeling. Since you also know my personal situation. Unfortunately for them Organization = Jehovah. I know how is the feeling to be accused for something that is not your fault. It is not our fault that we don't believe in a man made Orgaization, but most of all a false prophet. Most of us in this forum we don't have anything against our relatives and friends that they are JW's. We love them dearly and we feel sorry that we cannot help them to escape from the EVIL Watchtower Society.
What we hate is the leadership of this brain controled cult end the fact that they are evil, liars, false prophets and they are blood quilty for the loss of innocent lives due to their unhuman policies, either it was neuatrality issue, blood transfussions, organ transplans.
And just a very small tip since I'm privellaged to have the Original Greek text and can read it and I need no uneducated old fool from Brooklyn to tell me the meaning of the Bible, that was written in Greek, my mother language...
There is a lot of difference from the English Text to the Hellenic on the matter of shunning. In 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, WT uses the word associate. Well the Greek word is completely different. It is "συναναμυγνισθε", that actually means mixing. But in Greek it is refering for the Holy Communion when it is using this word. The only time that the congregation is mixing together is with Jesus Blood and Flesh since Jesus unites all. So Pauls council was to refuse the sinner to have Communion.
Since Communion is the ultimate privelage for the Christian, then by forbitting the sinner to have this privelage it is the only way to realize what is missing=JESUS. This is being kept in the Orthodox Apostolic Church for 2000 years. The Church NEVER hates the sinner, only the sin and the Church is a spiritual hospital for the souls of the sinners. No matter what no one is kicked out....Jesus is LOVE and LOVES US ALL
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