Jehovah Witness, what is the meaning of “disfellowship”? Please read the details.?
Question by Shawn D: Jehovah Witness, what is the meaning of “disfellowship”? Please read the details.?
Is “Disfellowship”:
a) the time when a JW left Christianity and became a JW?
b) the time when a JW left being a JW and went back to Christianity?
c) the time when a JW voluntarily left being a JW?
d) the time when a JW got kicked out from the JWs, sort of like excommunication?
d) depends on the context
e) some other meaning (please briefly explain)
“Disfellowship” is a new word to me, I think I heard it for the first time when a JW religion defender told me that they were disfellowshipped back in the 1980s. So I presumed that it meant “a) the time when a JW left Christianity and became a JW” and whenever I heard the word again (which was surprising), that definition seemed to fit. However, in my mind, can’t help but think it means getting kicked out or leaving for some reason, so I thought I would ask. Definitions of “a” and “b” seem to fit what I know of the JWs. Definition “d” is what I keep on thinking it might mean.
Sorry Papa Bear, I did not want to reveal your identity because I still had not figured out if it means you left Christianity for the JWs, hence “disfellowshiping” yourself from Christ, or if they kicked you out or shunned you, or whatever. Still not too sure on that yet, remember, you never explained.
As for me living my own life my own way, that is what I believe to be evil and something that I will always totally reject. Jehovah Jesus Christ is all to me.
Can anyone be a little clearer as to the official JW position on “disfellowshipping”? Is it an informal thing, is that why no one is clear? How does this relate to Jesus eating with sinners I wonder.
Best answer:
Answer by Beerald
I am disfellowshipped. It measn that I sinned without repentance. It also means that JW’s cannot talk to me. I am shunned, a pestilence. I am not eligible to see paradise on earth after armageddon. I am the lowest of the low because I have rejected Jehovah.Eternal darkness awaits me…this is what they believe.
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