Originally posted by menace71
G-Man look at your groups history.....anyway just because a person leaves the J-Dubs does not mean they have to give up their faith in God. God is bigger than the J-Dubs is all I wish you guys could acknowledge
Manny
Manny lets look at all religions history and then should we start to compare? Really?
I would think on the point of the ""Bible"" demanding to keep the congregations clean and to "remove the wicked ones from among you" and "to not even sit down with them to have a meal" has completely been watered down and not only pushed out of mind but it even has gone to the other extreem in religious settings as in other churches not inforcing these demands from God at all and pretty much letting anyone in the front doors.
As long as they have a body sitting in their churches to put $$$$$ in the collection plates, anything goes it what a persons life style is. It doesn't matter anymore and that is the complete opposite of what the Bible clearly explains and demands in the way HIS congregations are to be kept clean.
The morals of the Bible are almost completely forgotten and not many, if at all, take them seriously anymore.
Well......we do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All of you can condemn and say what you want on the subject of ones being disfellowshipped and the association with them either stopped or limited.
I'm sad that the simple black and white writtings in the Bible are blurry to you all and more importantly that your religious leaders have lost sight and understandings of those DEMANDS set out in the Bible.
And yes a person can worship their God anyway they see fit. But if they want to be a JW they must do as the Bible says and live by it's clear guidelines. If they decide not to, then we follow the orders from the bible and do exactly what it says to do and if that means to remove them because of conduct that is not acceptable by God's guidelines he has had written in YOUR bible, they will be removed from the congregation.
If you or others condemn us for that, so be it. But you are in fact condemning God himself for those steps. Think on that.............