Jehovah's Witnesses - "Shunning"
People, individually and severally, have a right to associate with, or disassociate from, any person or persons of their choosing, for whatever reason. Kingdom Hall is a collection of people. Ergo, it is free to exercise that right.
I am not partial to the flaky, unitarian theology of the JWs. Nor am I partial to the tactics employed to maintain JW orthodoxy. The fact remains no Hall official put a gun to the Stuarts' heads. They could have adhered to Hall doctrine and maintained the personal ties they had forged over the years.
They chose to leave and put those ties in jeopardy. There are pluses and minuses to membership in any community. No "shunning" can explain, let alone justify, this horrific tragedy.
I am not partial to the flaky, unitarian theology of the JWs. Nor am I partial to the tactics employed to maintain JW orthodoxy. The fact remains no Hall official put a gun to the Stuarts' heads. They could have adhered to Hall doctrine and maintained the personal ties they had forged over the years.
They chose to leave and put those ties in jeopardy. There are pluses and minuses to membership in any community. No "shunning" can explain, let alone justify, this horrific tragedy.
posted by Tony at 7:35 PM
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