Let us not forget that a spouse murdering the other spouse is not grounds for divorce. Stabbing is not grounds for divorce. Neither is incest? Maybe.
Pharisees!
Question about scriptural divorce and elder procedures
by unshackled 31 Replies latest members private
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unshackled
Hey Miz...thanks for the info, and typing that out. I guess my experience was eventually determined by this:
An exception may be made, however, if the unbeliever privately makes an unambiguous confession of adultry to the Christian mate.
I'd guess her father had nothing to do with her "committee", so it started with the elders wanting a witness. But when I refused they reconsidered and took my ex-wife's word for it based on what I told her, and perhaps her father also backed it.
I liked this line from the Flock book:
If the disfellowshipped one was eventually reinstated, the elders would be very cautious in extending and special privileges. He could share in the cleaning and repair of the local Kingdom Hall.
Sooo...not a privilege, further punishment then. Assign the poor suckers to the grunt work, they could start a chain gang with all the reinstated ones.