I'm hoping you all can help.
An active Jehovah's Witness joined us in chat tonight and was dismayed that this site slams Witnesses for trying to follow the Bible in matters such as disfellowshipping. This chatter feels that many people here complain about the Society's policies without offering evidence that the policies are without scriptural backing.
I must be at work very early Monday morning, so I could not stay in chat as long as I wished. I told the chatter I would start this thread so that s/he could gather information and opinions from several sources.
In chat I was trying to present a point that I remembered from
In Search of Christian Freedom, about how disfellowshipping was meant to be a personal choice, not a decision forced on the congregation by a small committee. I did not have the material at hand and did not do a very good job of it.
I tried directing the chatter to web sites, but the chatter seemed uncomfortable with this and wanted scriptures and explanations directly without looking at website articles.
I will not be able to do more research or posting on this topic until late Monday evening. If you all can help out before then, I'm sure the chatter would very much appreciate it.
Ginny