It is true that many persons have been disfellowshipped wrongly, but what is more disturbing is how a person's life could be so totally destroyed. This reminds me of an incident that happened some years ago where a sister was disfellowshipped for this reason:
She found out that her witness husband had been having sex with an animal. She reported this to the elders and told them that she could not stay with such a man anymore in all fairness.
The Society at the time ruled that bestiality was not viewed as adultery so the woman had no right to leave her husband by divorcing him. She did divorce him anyways and some time after she married another man for which she was disfellowshipped.
Some years after the Society changed their view by ruling that bestiality is now also grouped as adultery or fornication and subsequently any marriage mates can thus divorce their spouses if they so wished.
The disfellowshipped sister was so discouraged and shaked by the earlier decision to cast her off that she left the Organization. Yet years later the Society changed their stand on this issue and now this same sister would not have been disfellowshipped for the course of action she undertook at an earlier stage...
Now, would this ex-sister be re-instated in her absentia in the congregation or would she be viewed as a "wicked" person for the rest of her natural life so long as she doesn't return back to the fold????
What would be the right thing the Society should do? Of course restore her credibility and re-instate her even as an ex-sister, for that would be the loving thing to do. Of course not..the Society's thinking is to stay loyal to God's organization and follow the letter of the law (rule) and put as secondary the life of a person...
This is just an example of how much power they wield over innocent lives.
Your friend,
Richie :*)
You are the music as long as the music last...............