Automatic Re-instatement?

by BritBoy 25 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • freetosee
    freetosee

    That question was supposed to be a link

    Is Loyalty more important than truth?

  • tijkmo
    tijkmo

    at last years elders schools elders were told that df-ing was in order for those viewing certain kinds of pornography...in a recent letter semt to the elders this has been retracted...in the letter it addresses those who have been df-ed according to the information given just 6 months ago...it says the decision is not retro-active..the decision stands...doesnt even say get it sorted and do it now..it just mentions that perhaps the df one could be given some help..

    lets hear it for divinely directed perfect justice

  • moomanchu
    moomanchu

    Now you know why the Pharsisees did not listen to Jesus they were being loyal to

    God's organization here on earth.

    Nicodemus snuck out at night while the brothers weren't looking and ran ahead of Jehovah.

    I wonder how many other pharisees would have talked to Jesus if they had a private internet

    forum where they knew the organization couldn't catch them?

  • uninformed
    uninformed
    Now you know why the Pharsisees did not listen to Jesus they were being loyal to

    God's organization here on earth.

    Nicodemus snuck out at night while the brothers weren't looking and ran ahead of Jehovah.

    Moomanchu,

    I appreciate genius when I see it. Great point.

    Brant

  • jwfacts
    jwfacts

    You do not get auto reinstated, the reasoning being that you don't get d/f for the sin, but the attitude towards to sin.

    The entire system of d/f has nothing to do with the bible. Where does it say to form a committee to d/f people if unrepentant? And where does it say a person must be formally reinstated after a committee determines their repentance? Even the word disfellowship never appears. Paul simply said that a person called a brother practicing a sin should not be eatten with. When they stop the practice or stop being regarded as brothers then shunning automatically no longer applies.

  • sass_my_frass
    sass_my_frass

    HOW did we fall for it? It burns me up too. I blame my parents! They didn't give me any options; it was The Truth or a depressing pointless life that ended in eternal destruction. In her own words:

    So be it. If you want the filthy world you've got it. I walked away from it 30 years ago and prayed that none of my children would ever have to be part of it but it would seem you have to learn the hard way.

    Good on you mum.

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