Hi Frenchy,
You said:
"My objection is to the shunning. If a person wants to live an immoral life, let them"
Why do you think that a person not being a part of the organization equates to leading an immoral life?
Many Many people that I know lead very moral lives, and are not, nor ever were part of that organization..
And, as we know from this board itself, there are MANY MANY people here that were at one time part of that organization and for one reason or another left, and are leading moral lives...
The organization does NOT equate to morality..
The only think the organization has going for it is making up the minds of about 6 million people, so they don't have to think for themselves!!!
Oh, and I strongly disagree with shunning.. I don't believe it is either moral or scriptural...