Maybe lots of others with estranged families due to the shunning policy will now be getting the phone call ultimatums.
I agree with you that the coincidence of the "return to the flock" brochure release and Paul's situation makes one think so.
Wouldn't you doubt that the WTS is really sincere about welcoming back their lost sheep? Their abusive, controlling ways is what drives a lot of folks away from their religion in the first place.
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@paulmolark
Ah, I just read your reply right after my previous post and made a wrong connection. My bad.
I must say, though, I've always agreed with Oubliette that the WTS is a cult. A dangerous and hurtful, mind wrecking cult. And many of us have suffered to one extreme or another its abuses and controlling ways. Shame on all their hypocritical shepherds that abuse the flock rather than care for it.