AlanF	Re: Scriptural Separation
	I have no problem with separating for #1 & #2, but the experience of many is that JWs -- with the encouragement of elders and the Society -- often take #3 way too far. Often they will use this rule to allow a separation (and of course, a divorce) if a JW mate decides that they dislike the religious or other activities of the other mate enough. We've seen many stories on this board and in private conversation where a mate who was a JW but comes to disagree with the Society is divorced by the JW mate -- all with the explicit agreement of the body of elders. Often, elders will give advice on how to go about doing this. I know perfectly well how this happens, because my JW wife threatened divorce on several occasions merely because I disagreed with the Society about a number of things. I asked her what the scriptural support for that threat was, and of course, she had none. I never attempted to prevent her from pursuing her religion in any way. I simply expressed disagreement with WTS teachings. This woman would never have moved an eyelid in this direction without explicit direction from the elders. Right now, I know of four cases in the Portland, Oregon area where JW women have divorced their husbands simply because they were disfellowshipped for disagreeing with the Society. In this, the Watchtower Society and its agents are reprehensible before the God they claim to worship for deliberately breaking up families. These men are gross hypocrites, in part because they actually usurp the God-given principle of headship in the family. AlanF
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