“Why are we reading and making policy from one man's letter to another congregation from that long ago?”
and whats more, he himself (paul) changed his mind very quickly and wrote a second letter correcting himself. “This rebuke given by the majority is sufficient for such a man”
And other expressions, citing mercy and regret that led to repentance. Im admittedly no fan of bible doctrine but i am not bias in saying, taking the words of a self serving pharisee and establishing a decades long policy of social intimidation, family alienation, harassment and bullying is beyond the scope of any common usage and shows the truth of the phrase ‘power corrupts and absolute power corrupts, absolutely.
The gb took the words they wanted, to mean what they wanted, do what they wanted. Thats the truth.
The stanford prison experiment has been played out in the org of Jw’s for over a century now and the conclusion is clear.