So: The mystery has been clarified as to more "New Light" / clarifications of decades old doctrine and procedure.
August WatchTower has finally been leaked.
Disfellowshipping? Out the door! Well, not really. It's merely been renamed to simply "Removed from the Congregation."
So now "adherents" (no longer referred to as Members due to legal reasons) can now simply be "removed from the Congregation", the same way people who pay to belong to a gym can be removed from the membership ranks due to some club policy infringement. Oh sure....you can still nod and smile to them and say "Hi" occasionally, but you're not going to have a drink at the club bar and play pickleball with them anymore. They are persona non grata!
Barbara Anderson famously made the proclamation years ago that the Legal Dept are truly the ones at the helm of WatchTower HQ. Well now, we've got the confirmation. Anyone doubting at all that this was 1000% directly because of the Norway (and other subsequent decisions around the world against WT) verdict, needs to have their heads examined. WT Legal must be shitting themselves and hemorrhaging money something awful to make such a drastic course correction such as this at such speed.
But really, this isn't exactly a course correction. It's a shell game. They're not really addressing the very actions that have caused several governments and agencies to rule against them and their Human Rights Violations. Nope! Not at all. They are merely attempting to disguise what it is exactly that they are doing, which is basically destroying families under the guise of disciplinary "Christian Love."
Disfellowshipping = Ex-communication.
The Amish and several other cults do the same. Fall in line and do as they say, (and keep your big mouth shut) or else loose your family and friends forever. It's emotional and spiritual blackmail. Holding a gun to your head and stating that "You have free will to leave any time you want, but you loose your family if you don't decide the way we tell you," is NOT free will at all! It's forced compliance thru threats which they WILL follow thru with. Hence, human rights violations.
Will WatchTower HQ address this disgusting practice and eliminate? Hellllll nawwwww! Instead, these slimy lawyers will simply rename this abuse and claim it's just removing bad apples from the bunch.
In short, this is the GB (lol, who we kidding? The Legal Dept up there).............re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
I wonder, who exactly do they think they are fooling with this stunt? Governments run by well-educated types who know how to research and interview former members?
Hey WT Legal: Get a clue! People are voting with their feet, and with their wallets. One look at the recent Convention photos from venues shows just how badly you're bleeding members due to your BS policies! The "2 Witness Rule", Disfellowshipping....errrr......"Removing".......no charitable works to help the flock......stupid dumbass video and dramas.... What a sick joke your cult has become! Any wonder why the youth are leaving in droves?