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Shunning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shunning is the act of deliberately avoiding association with, and habitually keeping away from an individual or group. It is a sanction against association often associated with religious groups and...
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The Jehovah's Witnesses also practice this form of social death on errant members. ... Again scriptural references are used to encourage the shunning of the ex-member. I Corinthians 5:11 states: ...quit mixing in company with anyone called a brother that is a fornicator or a greedy person or an idolator or a reviler or...
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Was that what Paul intended to convey to the Christians in Corinth, or does this practice of shunning go ‘beyond what is written’? ... Should shunning be practiced in families? In other words, should family members shun (persistently avoid, ignore or reject) a family member who was no longer a Jehovah’s Witness due...
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Isn't it more likely that the politics of a particular church impacts the shunning? ... I don't mean to imply that the primary case pointed to by this article suggests that such as trend exists, but if as the article suggests this "shunning" is becoming more popular I can see the potential for this arising.
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How should a church member react to a shunning? Does it make a difference if it's a matter between the member and the pastor? Should the church members follow blindly the pastor's lead or risk being shunned to ask questions when they don't agree?
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The phrase used in this passage to support the Jehovah’s Witness practice of shunning is the statement: “quit mixing in company.” It is noteworthy that this phrase does not say to “shun,” “avoid” or completely cut off all communication with the person being disciplined. Nor does it say to regard this...
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