What are the many things that are matters of conscience that a Jehovah's Witness can be disfellowshipped for?

Question

I will start the list:

disagreeing witn that the Governing body tells you to believe.

Smoking

Talking to one who is disfellowshipped

Celebrating a holiday

http://www.biblestudents.net/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=1179.0

http://www.escapefromwatchtower.com/friends.html

http://bibleanswerstand.org/disfellowshipping.htm

EXposing child abuse....This is not comonly practiced now, but it was when I was a witness.

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We can add cheating to that

In answer to Heavenly eyes, I mean Hard rock ...sorry I can't remember all of your accounts, No one has ever voted for my answer due to my prompting...I care NOT about points or status...I care about truth of ministry.....I am too old to give a damn about this silly game. I just feel that if you will cheat here to gain a higher score, then you are a cheater in life..It is the same as being a liar...and I never lie..ever..I don't need to....

Answer 1

Getting truly converted.

Going to a Christian Church.

Taking Communion.(If your not "special.")

Saying Jesus is God.

Reading material outside of the organization.

Thinking for yourself.

Asking questions.

Answer 2

Surely in sincerely wanting us to think, it would be beneficial as well as helpful, to first use Scripture to define those things which are conscience matters. Surely it would facilitate a respectful discussion to refrain from using such inflammatory phrases as "disagreeing with what the Governing Body tells you to believe." One of the things the Governing Body – or slave class- teaches us is that Jesus is our ransomer and redeemer. That he was the greatest teacher who ever lived. That he taught us the best way of living. That he taught us to put God's kingdom first. Tell me, please, when you were a Witness, did the slave class tell you to believe this or did they teach you this from the Bible? And now that you are no longer a Witness, have you rejected this teaching?

Thus, I find your modifier interesting: "things that are conscience matters." Surely it would be prudent – at the very least of it- to first solidify what is a conscience matter and what is not. To illustrate: some professed Christians feel that resurrection has already occurred. Do you think this is a conscience matter? If so, is that perfectly acceptable to teach?

Paul did not think so. Hymenaeus and Philetus were saying that the resurrection had already occurred. Paul says they had deviated from the faith and were subverting the faith of some. Paul said this type of talk which violated what is holy would spread like gangrene.

2 Timothy 2:18. Did Paul dismiss this talk as simply a "conscience matter"? No, he did not. What, then was to be done with these two?

Paul says he handed them over to Satan – they were disfellowshipped. 1 Timothy 1:20 reports that Paul did so in order to teach them by discipline not to blaspheme. Rather than being a "conscience matter", Paul shows in verse 19 that they had thrust their good consciences aside and experienced shipwreck concerning their faith. And were subverting the faith of their fellow Christians. That is hardly a conscience matter.

Lest you say this response of mine is typical for a servant of The Most High God Jehovah, you may be interested in reading a most salient point made in the Commentary of Jamieson, Faussett Brown:

"There is no difficulty in supposing him to be the Hymenæus of 2 Timothy 2:17. Though "delivered over to Satan" (the lord of all outside the Church, Acts 26:18, and the executor of wrath, when JUDICIALLY ALLOWED BY GOD, ON THE DISOBEDIENT, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 2 Corinthians 12:7), he probably was restored to the Church subsequently, AND AGAIN TROUBLED IT. Paul, as an apostle, though distant at Rome pronounced the sentence to be executed at Ephesus . . . the excommunication of the offenders (Matthew 18:17,18). The sentence operated not only spiritually, but also physically . . . in order to bring him to repentance and salvation. The "delivering him to Satan" was probably the consequence of his withstanding the apostle (2 Timothy 4:14,15); as the same sentence on Hymenæus was the consequence of "saying that the resurrection is past already" (2 Timothy 2:18; HIS PUTTING AWAY GOOD CONSCIENCE, naturally producing shipwreck concerning FAITH, 1 Timothy 1:19. If one's religion better not his morals, his moral deficiencies will corrupt his religion."

Consciences are little good if they are not Bible-trained. A conscience is much like a compass: if it is not properly calibrated, it is useless. Put it next to a magnet and it will no longer point north – useless. Our consciences must be properly Bible-trained and we must keep them away from the magnets of immorality and false doctrine. Else they will fail us, Lamb.

It is disingenuous of you, yet again, to suggest that those issues on your list are merely conscience matters without any support from scripture.

Hannah J Paul

Answer 3

Criticizing the Watchtower Society.

Answer 4

Anything that they think makes them look bad - they have to keep those who think for themselves out of the congregation.

Answer 5

How About (CHEATING) ! ! !

Cheating as in "GETTING" other Members of YOUR Clan 2 Vote "Your" Answers BEST ANSWERS(EXAMPLES: Nina & Greg); Simply Because Your're (SO AFRAID) of Losing Top Contributor "Status"

How About IMMORALITY !

How About VINDICTIVENESS !

How About P ENVY !

How About "Never Ending" HATRED !

p.s. YOU Were "Born-Without ONE" & You're going 2 Spend THE REST of Your Life (TRYING 2 GET "EVEN") ! ! !

Answer 6

Celebrating their birthday.