I've been "out" too long to remember what scriptures they use to justify their actions. "Quit touching the unclean thing"? - could mean anything. Would the chatter be kind enough to refresh us on the scriptures the WTS uses to disfellowship. I also thought there was something about "Expell the wicked one from amongst yourselves". ????
I would like to point out that I am disfellowshipped and my circumstances were that my husband and I left the congregation quietly. We'd lost faith. After 2 yrs of not associating with the congregation we were approached and accused of apostasy. We were moral, upstanding young parents who no longer believed in any religion of any sort. How does this qualify us to be called "wicked"? (I ask you to employ commonsense when answering this!!)
I would also like to ask the chatter how it is that there is great inequality in practising disfellowshipping in the Organisation. In many congregations, people have been allowed to slip away from the congregation without being disfellowshipped. It's even spoken of in the WT magazine that people CAN leave quietly. Some appear to be disfellowshipped whilst others are left alone. What scripture is used to explain this?
I would also like to ask how any JW can claim at doors that they do not break up families? Disfellowhipping is now ramped in the Organisation causing family break ups in the thousands. Yet when I was a practising JW, we vehemently denied that we broke up families.
Marilyn