My daughter is being shunned by her cousin (2nd cousin to be technical) at school. She is 8 her cousin is 10. What burns me is that my nephew went years hardly going to a meeting. (He didn?t feel good about himself and is very insecure) His wife would show up twice a month to a meeting and leave part way through. We never shunned their daughter nor did it cross our mind.
I?m *thinking* of writing them a letter to let them know that I think they are hypocrites and that *extending* the principle of shunning someone who is a fornicator etc ? to blood cousins on the playground at school, while still allowing their daughter to play with worldly kids is a misuse of scripture. And that it only serves to make them feel like they are ?taking a stand for Jehovah?, when in reality it?s just pitting children against one and making them feel righteous.
Where in the bible does say that it?s proper to punish or control people not going to meetings with shunning?
Is this Christ like?
What would you do? Address it or not? If so what would you say?
p.s. For full disclosure I have allowed my daughter to make her own decisions about holidays and she did go trick or treating this year, but no one knows that. So I can?t say to them honestly in a letter that she is NOT doing all the things JW aren?t allowed to do.