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Are JWs disfellowshiped for doing wrong and for having thoughts contrary to the Watxhtower.
Hello John,
You have asked a question that often comes up. There is a lot of misinformation about this on the internet.
The policy of Jehovah's Witnesses is Not to disseflowship people for wrong doing. Our objective is to help anyone that may have a serious problem or committed some serious sin, to set their course straight.
The action to dissfellowship is not taken lightly and is to be taken Only If The Person Refuses any help, or is Unrepentant for their wrong doing. All effort must be made to help a "wrongdoer"
Because elders are imperfect, at times they do make a mistake and decide it is necessary to dissfellowship some one when they should not. An appeal avenue is open to individuals in such instances if they think that a wrong decision has been made.
Unfortunately sometimes there is an injustice done as there is in any legal situation.
Being dissfellowshiped does mean the end for a person as many that are disfellowshiped will return to being one of JW's and are reinstated into the congregation.
Do JWs get dissfellowshiped for having thoughts contrary to the Watchtower?
No. Many JWs at times will have difficulty understanding a particular subject that is printed in "Watchtower Publications". This is expected, and individuals are not dissfellowshiped for it. They are dissfellowshiped if they Insist on Teaching their Own Ideas, or try to Entice Others into believing something different.
Brenton
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| Comment | A simple straight forward to the point answer. It does contradict what non JWs say though. I will reserve my opinions on the matter. | ||
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Brenton Hepburn
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PLEASE NOTE. I am one of Jehovahs Witnesses. Most here are not JWs and do not always give the full story but tend to be very biassed against JWs and their answers show that. I can answer all questions dealing with the beleifs of Jehovah`s Witnesses and their New World Translation Bible. I an on this particular site to give a balancing argument to the critics. As a JW, I find it frustarting when wrong and misleading information is presented by apposers of JWs. So if you have asked a question of one of the critics and want a balancing answer then ask me the same question. That way you can make up your mind based on a balanced understnading.
Experience
I have been a publisher since 1964. When I first went on the internet I found a lot of negative information dealing with Jehovh's Witnesses covering prophecy, mind controll and what many said was a very bad translation of the Bible known as the NWT. It shook my faith. After may hours researeching these topics I could see why some felt that way, but, I was also able to explain why there were these missleading views. I can now set matters straight for anyone that has negative information about Jehovha's Witness to show them that such information is at best missleading and at worst dangerous lies.
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