npub1z240ru90j5s00nstwgapydygl2epaw3vuhfk34asp8dxwr5gtsyqqfxc0v (npub1z24…xc0v) Im going to vent, but at this point i really need to. Blame always trickles down to the followers "you need to recycle" "you need to use paper straws and straws" "your car needs to meet emission standards". Never will they admit their wrong it's the people that need to change.
And their right we do need to change, we need to stop being bound by them. The people that died when they could have just had a blood transfusion, or those are shunned from their family be their doctrine doesn't perfectly match whatever the "governing body" decides.
I always had issues. especially with blood and how "disfellowshipping" was used. The idea is that it's meant to "protect" the congregation, but in most cases, it was just someone having extramarital sex. I understand not having them be an "elder" or any position over the congregation, but completely shunning them the congregation only serves to make that person's entire social life dependent on the church. This when to the extent that a friend in my congregation seriously asked me about whether he should get rid of "Sonic Classic Collection" on DS, because he learned that Michael Jackson might have helped compose some of the soundtrack in Sonic 3 & K.
I was only able to talk normally with my father due to "familial necessities". After i turned 18 was only allowed to speak if him unless it fell under what was deemed "necessary contact" like health or legal matters. All the years i talked with my father as a child, nothing he said was "apostate" or dangerous to congregation. He encouraged to continue in the "truth", and even traveled to see my first Bible reading, while stuck sitting in the back room.
I still was afraid of "apostates", but early on it was clear to the was a distinction between those were "disfellowshipped" and “apostates". There was no reason i could understand for shunning my father from the rest of his family and congregation, except for "discipline". As if just removing his position in the congregation wasn't enough "discipline" already.
Not that disfellowshipping really works, as I’ve people go through the work to be "reinstated" and proceed to never even pray or read the Bible. I had someone essentially admit they only got reinstated to talk with their family and would leave if weren't shunned for doing so.
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