JW says shunning a personal decision (page 2)

Black Sheep

He is contradicted on their official website.

"The situation is different if the disfellowshipped or disassociated one is a relative living outside the immediate family circle and home. It might be possible to have almost no contact at all with the relative. Even if there were some family matters requiring contact, this certainly would be kept to a minimum, in line with the divine principle: "Quit mixing in company with anyone called a brother that is a fornicator or a greedy person [or guilty of another gross sin], . . . not even eating with such a man.""

http://www.watchtower.org/e/19880415/article_01.htm

The only 'personal decision' is whether or not to break WT rules on shunning.

Cheers

Chris

LUKEWARM

Looks like he is using "Theocratic War Strategy" to protect the Organization!

http://www.jwfiles.com/TheoWarStra.htm

shopaholic

He lied...JWs do it all the time. Its not always theocratic warfare, sometimes they just think that "worldly" folks will not understand and so they try to soften it up for them. But rest assured that Jehovah understands why he lied and is okay with it.

isaacaustin

shunning is a personal decision..you can decide to do it or not...if you do you are a good company man (or woman)...if not you will be shunned....no one holds a gun to your head..just your family and friends

lettib74

http://books.google.com/books?id=e87Ud1BypIwC&pg=PA43&dq=july+15+1961+watchtower+page+420&ei=Qc8qSpm-Bo30Mp-8oY4H

Here it clearly states;

"The wrongdoer has to realize that his status is completely changes, that his faithful Christian relatives thoroughtly disapprove of his wicked courseand show this disapproval by limiting contacts to only those which are unavoidable..." Watchtower 1963 July 15

You are showing loyalty to the BORG by shunning even close relatives....

TheOldHippie

You said, "People are and have been DF for associating with their children or parents who are DF or DAd.You are either misinformed or a LIAR."

Please refrain from name calling and accusing others of being misinformed or liars. That is not exactly a good tone in a conversation. I am neither misinformed nor a liar. I do not deny that people might have been DF'ed for associating with family members who were DF'ed or DAD'ed. The talk here was on shunning, which is something completely different than DF/DA. But also in that respect, I repeat that people cannot be DFed for associalting with such family members. IF committees decide otherwise - then appeal. You just state in a sentence that people are DFed, but you give no example, and you call others a liar, whereas you have not read the statement and not the topic, but are confusing two different topics.

Please, stick to the topic and do not invent straw man arguments.

Modern-day apostates display characteristics similar to those of the Devil. ... No wonder servants of Jehovah avoid all contact with them!--2 John 10, 11. 06-07-09 WT Study (April 15, 2009, pages 3-7)

asilentone

fatfreek, good find! It would be good for someone to email the reporter that damn quote!

JW says shunning a personal decision