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2019-11-10
Leaving Her Faith Gaining Her Freedom--USA Today and Postcrescent
Petra!
2019-11-10-Leaving Her Faith, Gaining Her Freedom-Shunning Article!
by Atlantis 3 Replies latest jw friends
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Ding
"...no one is required to cut off contact with them."
Theocratic war strategy = justified lying.
If shunning is required by the Bible, why lie about it?
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RULES & REGULATIONS
Ali Bautista says family and friends abandoned her after she left the faith. Speaking out online, she finds a new community that spanned the globe.
Updated 10:13 a.m. CST Nov. 4, 2019
Diana Dombrowski, Sheboygan Press
While Bautista and many people on YouTube describe their experiences being shunned by their Jehovah's Witness communities, Hendriks, the church's U.S. spokesman, said shunning isn't part of the religion.
"We don't shun," Hendriks said. "Shunning would be cutting somebody off and pretending they don't exist. That's just not the case."
Really, Jehovah's Witnesses don't shun? Not according to Watchtower articles!
"By cutting off contact with the disfellowshipped or disassociated one, you are showing that you hate the attitudes and actions that led to that outcome. However, you are also showing that you love the wrongdoer enough to do what is best for him or her. Your loyalty to Jehovah may increase the likelihood that the disciplined one will repent and return to Jehovah." Watchtower 2011 Feb 15 p.32
"And all members of the congregation need to be determined to avoid the company of disfellowshipped individuals." Watchtower 2011 Nov 15 p.5
"Despite our pain of heart, we must avoid normal contact with a disfellowshipped family member by telephone, text messages, letters, e-mails, or social media." Watchtower 2017 Oct p.16 -
Atlantis
It has been all over Youtube.
Watchtower attorney has already testified to the whole world, that the Jehovah's Witness "practice of shunning" is protected by the Constitution.
First sentence in the first paragraph. (Darkspilver case)Petra!
