Cruelty and Threat — Shunning and Watchtower

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Watchtower writes:

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Watchtower's attorney writes:

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● The cited Mennonites disfellowshipped their member because of who they were studying the Bible with.

● Under Watchtower doctrine a member is disfellowshipped if they study the Bible with a former Witness.[1]

● The cited Mennonites chose to have the absolute minimum business dealings with a disfellowshipped member.

● Under Watchtower doctrine Witnesses keep business dealings to an absolute minimum with a disfellowshipped member.[2]

● The cited Mennonites expelled the disfellowshipped member from its sponsored school.

● Under Watchtower doctrine members are expelled from all Watchtower sponsored schools.[3]

● The cited Mennonites suggested that a wife should separate from her disfellowshipped husband.

● Under Watchtower doctrine wives can separate from a disfellowshipped husband if he represents absolute endangerment of spirituality to the wife.[4]

Shunning as a Weapon

What kind of organization uses disfellowshipping as a weapon?

Watchtower writes:

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Marvin Shilmer
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References:

1. “Members of the Jehovah's Witness Community are prohibited-under threat of their own disfellowship-from having any contact with disfellowshiped persons…”—Brumley letter quoted above.

2. Our Kingdom Ministry, published by Watchtower, Aug. 2002 p. 4.

3. Organized to Do Jehovah’s Will, published by Watchtower, 2005, p. 68.

4. The Watchtower, Nov. 1, 1988, p. 22.