I have a good friend who grew up JW. After speaking to her I have learned the the JW organization is a vile one. She had a close friend growing up, so close she considered him to be her brother. He had problems. His home was abusive (A JW home, remember) and he had mental issues. He made some bad choices and the Temple disfollowshiped him according to what the NWT instructed. This lead directly to his suicide. All of the people that loved and cared about him were forbidden to speak to him. The JW elders completely removed his family and friends from his live. He was left all alone when he desperately needed love and support. Abandoning people who need help is certainly not a Christlike quality.
In another instance, my friends sister was in an abusive marriage. He hit his wife and cheated on her. She tried and tried to do what was expected of her including going to the temple elders for help. Since she was a woman, they took the husbands side and ignored her. She finally filed for a divorce and the court documents showed that the husband was abusive and a philanderer so the elders had no choice but too disfellowship him. In their worldly wisdom (for it certainly was not Godly), they disfellowshiped her as well. Again, her friends and family were not allowed to speak to her and she fell into a drug addiction. Again, a complete lack of Christlike qualities in the elders.
I have met her family and they can be the most hypocritical bunch you have ever met. They wont celebrate Christmas but they will get together on the 26th for a "family dinner". Can't celebrate Thanksgiving but we can get together for a "family dinner" on Saturday. Mustn't celebrate the grandkids birthday but its okay to bring them by a little surprise a day or two later.
It seems that the JW's spend so much time attempting to defend their translation that they forget to actually read it and learn what Jesus actually taught about loving God and your neighbor.
Allow me to clarify some of the statements you have made for your benefit and other's too.
We do not have temples. We have Kingdom Halls where everyone is invited.
When someone is disfellowshiped from the Christian congregation it's because they have committed a SERIOUS sin and must be separated from the rest of the congregation, as per the Bible.
I have a good friend who grew up JW. After speaking to her I have learned the the JW organization is a vile one. She had a close friend growing up, so close she considered him to be her brother. He had problems. His home was abusive (A JW home, remember) and he had mental issues. He made some bad choices and the Temple disfollowshiped him according to what the NWT instructed. This lead directly to his suicide. All of the people that loved and cared about him were forbidden to speak to him. The JW elders completely removed his family and friends from his live. He was left all alone when he desperately needed love and support. Abandoning people who need help is certainly not a Christlike quality.
In another instance, my friends sister was in an abusive marriage. He hit his wife and cheated on her. She tried and tried to do what was expected of her including going to the temple elders for help. Since she was a woman, they took the husbands side and ignored her. She finally filed for a divorce and the court documents showed that the husband was abusive and a philanderer so the elders had no choice but too disfellowship him. In their worldly wisdom (for it certainly was not Godly), they disfellowshiped her as well. Again, her friends and family were not allowed to speak to her and she fell into a drug addiction. Again, a complete lack of Christlike qualities in the elders.
I have met her family and they can be the most hypocritical bunch you have ever met. They wont celebrate Christmas but they will get together on the 26th for a "family dinner". Can't celebrate Thanksgiving but we can get together for a "family dinner" on Saturday. Mustn't celebrate the grandkids birthday but its okay to bring them by a little surprise a day or two later.
It seems that the JW's spend so much time attempting to defend their translation that they forget to actually read it and learn what Jesus actually taught about loving God and your neighbor.
Allow me to clarify some of the statements you have made for your benefit and other's too.
We do not have temples. We have Kingdom Halls where everyone is invited.
When someone is disfellowshiped from the Christian congregation it's because they have committed a SERIOUS sin and must be separated from the rest of the congregation, as per the Bible.
I have a good friend who grew up JW. After speaking to her I have learned the the JW organization is a vile one. She had a close friend growing up, so close she considered him to be her brother. He had problems. His home was abusive (A JW home, remember) and he had mental issues. He made some bad choices and the Temple disfollowshiped him according to what the NWT instructed. This lead directly to his suicide. All of the people that loved and cared about him were forbidden to speak to him. The JW elders completely removed his family and friends from his live. He was left all alone when he desperately needed love and support. Abandoning people who need help is certainly not a Christlike quality.
In another instance, my friends sister was in an abusive marriage. He hit his wife and cheated on her. She tried and tried to do what was expected of her including going to the temple elders for help. Since she was a woman, they took the husbands side and ignored her. She finally filed for a divorce and the court documents showed that the husband was abusive and a philanderer so the elders had no choice but too disfellowship him. In their worldly wisdom (for it certainly was not Godly), they disfellowshiped her as well. Again, her friends and family were not allowed to speak to her and she fell into a drug addiction. Again, a complete lack of Christlike qualities in the elders.
I have met her family and they can be the most hypocritical bunch you have ever met. They wont celebrate Christmas but they will get together on the 26th for a "family dinner". Can't celebrate Thanksgiving but we can get together for a "family dinner" on Saturday. Mustn't celebrate the grandkids birthday but its okay to bring them by a little surprise a day or two later.
It seems that the JW's spend so much time attempting to defend their translation that they forget to actually read it and learn what Jesus actually taught about loving God and your neighbor.
I have a good friend who grew up JW. After speaking to her I have learned the the JW organization is a vile one. She had a close friend growing up, so close she considered him to be her brother. He had problems. His home was abusive (A JW home, remember) and he had mental issues. He made some bad choices and the Temple disfollowshiped him according to what the NWT instructed. This lead directly to his suicide. All of the people that loved and cared about him were forbidden to speak to him. The JW elders completely removed his family and friends from his live. He was left all alone when he desperately needed love and support. Abandoning people who need help is certainly not a Christlike quality.
In another instance, my friends sister was in an abusive marriage. He hit his wife and cheated on her. She tried and tried to do what was expected of her including going to the temple elders for help. Since she was a woman, they took the husbands side and ignored her. She finally filed for a divorce and the court documents showed that the husband was abusive and a philanderer so the elders had no choice but too disfellowship him. In their worldly wisdom (for it certainly was not Godly), they disfellowshiped her as well. Again, her friends and family were not allowed to speak to her and she fell into a drug addiction. Again, a complete lack of Christlike qualities in the elders.
I have met her family and they can be the most hypocritical bunch you have ever met. They wont celebrate Christmas but they will get together on the 26th for a "family dinner". Can't celebrate Thanksgiving but we can get together for a "family dinner" on Saturday. Mustn't celebrate the grandkids birthday but its okay to bring them by a little surprise a day or two later.
It seems that the JW's spend so much time attempting to defend their translation that they forget to actually read it and learn what Jesus actually taught about loving God and your neighbor.
Allow me to clarify some of the statements you have made for your benefit and other's too.
We do not have temples. We have Kingdom Halls where everyone is invited.
When someone is disfellowshiped from the Christian congregation it's because they have committed a SERIOUS sin and must be separated from the rest of the congregation, as per the Bible.
I have a good friend who grew up JW. After speaking to her I have learned the the JW organization is a vile one. She had a close friend growing up, so close she considered him to be her brother. He had problems. His home was abusive (A JW home, remember) and he had mental issues. He made some bad choices and the Temple disfollowshiped him according to what the NWT instructed. This lead directly to his suicide. All of the people that loved and cared about him were forbidden to speak to him. The JW elders completely removed his family and friends from his live. He was left all alone when he desperately needed love and support. Abandoning people who need help is certainly not a Christlike quality.
In another instance, my friends sister was in an abusive marriage. He hit his wife and cheated on her. She tried and tried to do what was expected of her including going to the temple elders for help. Since she was a woman, they took the husbands side and ignored her. She finally filed for a divorce and the court documents showed that the husband was abusive and a philanderer so the elders had no choice but too disfellowship him. In their worldly wisdom (for it certainly was not Godly), they disfellowshiped her as well. Again, her friends and family were not allowed to speak to her and she fell into a drug addiction. Again, a complete lack of Christlike qualities in the elders.
I have met her family and they can be the most hypocritical bunch you have ever met. They wont celebrate Christmas but they will get together on the 26th for a "family dinner". Can't celebrate Thanksgiving but we can get together for a "family dinner" on Saturday. Mustn't celebrate the grandkids birthday but its okay to bring them by a little surprise a day or two later.
It seems that the JW's spend so much time attempting to defend their translation that they forget to actually read it and learn what Jesus actually taught about loving God and your neighbor.
Allow me to clarify some of the statements you have made for your benefit and other's too.
We do not have temples. We have Kingdom Halls where everyone is invited.
When someone is disfellowshiped from the Christian congregation it's because they have committed a SERIOUS sin and must be separated from the rest of the congregation, as per the Bible.
I have a good friend who grew up JW. After speaking to her I have learned the the JW organization is a vile one. She had a close friend growing up, so close she considered him to be her brother. He had problems. His home was abusive (A JW home, remember) and he had mental issues. He made some bad choices and the Temple disfollowshiped him according to what the NWT instructed. This lead directly to his suicide. All of the people that loved and cared about him were forbidden to speak to him. The JW elders completely removed his family and friends from his live. He was left all alone when he desperately needed love and support. Abandoning people who need help is certainly not a Christlike quality.
In another instance, my friends sister was in an abusive marriage. He hit his wife and cheated on her. She tried and tried to do what was expected of her including going to the temple elders for help. Since she was a woman, they took the husbands side and ignored her. She finally filed for a divorce and the court documents showed that the husband was abusive and a philanderer so the elders had no choice but too disfellowship him. In their worldly wisdom (for it certainly was not Godly), they disfellowshiped her as well. Again, her friends and family were not allowed to speak to her and she fell into a drug addiction. Again, a complete lack of Christlike qualities in the elders.
I have met her family and they can be the most hypocritical bunch you have ever met. They wont celebrate Christmas but they will get together on the 26th for a "family dinner". Can't celebrate Thanksgiving but we can get together for a "family dinner" on Saturday. Mustn't celebrate the grandkids birthday but its okay to bring them by a little surprise a day or two later.
It seems that the JW's spend so much time attempting to defend their translation that they forget to actually read it and learn what Jesus actually taught about loving God and your neighbor.
Allow me to clarify some of the statements you have made for your benefit and other's too.
We do not have temples. We have Kingdom Halls where everyone is invited.
When someone is disfellowshiped from the Christian congregation it's because they have committed a SERIOUS sin and must be separated from the rest of the congregation, as per the Bible.
I have a good friend who grew up JW. After speaking to her I have learned the the JW organization is a vile one. She had a close friend growing up, so close she considered him to be her brother. He had problems. His home was abusive (A JW home, remember) and he had mental issues. He made some bad choices and the Temple disfollowshiped him according to what the NWT instructed. This lead directly to his suicide. All of the people that loved and cared about him were forbidden to speak to him. The JW elders completely removed his family and friends from his live. He was left all alone when he desperately needed love and support. Abandoning people who need help is certainly not a Christlike quality.
In another instance, my friends sister was in an abusive marriage. He hit his wife and cheated on her. She tried and tried to do what was expected of her including going to the temple elders for help. Since she was a woman, they took the husbands side and ignored her. She finally filed for a divorce and the court documents showed that the husband was abusive and a philanderer so the elders had no choice but too disfellowship him. In their worldly wisdom (for it certainly was not Godly), they disfellowshiped her as well. Again, her friends and family were not allowed to speak to her and she fell into a drug addiction. Again, a complete lack of Christlike qualities in the elders.
I have met her family and they can be the most hypocritical bunch you have ever met. They wont celebrate Christmas but they will get together on the 26th for a "family dinner". Can't celebrate Thanksgiving but we can get together for a "family dinner" on Saturday. Mustn't celebrate the grandkids birthday but its okay to bring them by a little surprise a day or two later.
It seems that the JW's spend so much time attempting to defend their translation that they forget to actually read it and learn what Jesus actually taught about loving God and your neighbor.
Allow me to clarify some of the statements you have made for your benefit and other's too.
We do not have temples. We have Kingdom Halls where everyone is invited.
We do not automatically disfellowship someone who commits a serious sin. If, however, a baptized Witness makes a practice of breaking the Bible’s moral code and does not repent, he or she will be shunned or disfellowshipped. The Bible clearly states: “Remove the wicked man from among yourselves.”—1 Corinthians 5:13.
I've known of many Witnesses who've been disfellowshipped, realized that the act they were engaged in was truly wrong, and after a prescribed time period were allowed to associate with the congregation again. It's called disciplining in righteousness.
What of a man who is disfellowshipped but whose wife and children are still Jehovah’s Witnesses? The religious ties he had with his family change, but blood ties remain. The marriage relationship and normal family affections and dealings continue.
Disfellowshipped individuals may attend our religious services. If they wish, they may also receive spiritual counsel from congregation elders. The goal is to HELP each individual once more to qualify to be one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Disfellowshipped people who reject improper conduct and demonstrate a sincere desire to live by the Bible’s standards are always welcome to become members of the congregation again.
The elders who handled the individual cases you spoke of, and the people who were disfellowshiped, are the only ones who are supposed to know exactly what occurred, because it allows the offender to retain as much of their dignity as possible. As such, it's none of my, yours or anyone else's business what went on. There is no Monday morning quarterbacking in the congregation.
The outcome of someone's disfellowshipping is no one's fault except the offenders. That would be like blaming someone else because you robbed a bank and you were put in prison. The elders are not psychiatrists or psychologists. They take all of the information available for each situation and make a decision based on the person's attitude of repentance or unrepentance, using the Bible and earnest prayer. It never happens overnight or hastily.
As for family dinners, most every Witness around the world came from another religion and find that it's oftentimes hard to make an immediate break with their former traditions. So they have the family over a day or two after a holiday. Some have family get togethers after holidays because that's when everyone is off work, or when everyone's schedule permits it. Bottom line is that it's their conscience, personal decision and business, just as your choosing to celebrate any holidays you prefer to. The same applies to birthdays. In my experience, it's usually unbelieving parents and grandparents who give children gifts the day after. Witnesses normally give their children and grandchildren gifts year round.
As for defending our translation, I suppose you would to, especially if it was as accurate as the NWT.
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