The Christian Greek Scriptures list 11 serious sins that may lead to disfellowshipping from the congregation. Committing one of these sins one, two, or five times will not necessarily lead to disfellowshipping.
But when a Witness is permeated by one of these sins and at the moment is practicing this sin, he or she must be disfellowshipped from the congregation.
In addition to these 11 biblical disfellowshipping offenses, the members of the Governing Body have invented and introduced 37 other disfellowshipping offenses with no basis in the Bible. The instruction to the elders is that even if a Witness commits one of these 37 disfellowshipping offenses or one of the 11 biblical disfellowshipping offenses one single time, the person can be disfellowshipped.
All sides and procedures of disfellowshipping among Jehovah’s Witnesses — the instructions to the judicial committee, the disfellowshipping offenses, and the shunning of disfellowshipped ones — are “commands of men” (Matthew 15:9) that violate several biblical principles!
I will now review the 37 disfellowshipping offenses invented and introduced by the members of the Governing Body. The disfellowshipping offenses are placed in different categories in the book Shepherd the Flock of God, which I follow:
INTRODUCTORY ARTICLES
THE CATEGORY OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY
THE CATEGORY OF GROSS UNCLEANNESS – UNCLEANNESS WITH GREEDINESS
THE CATEGORY OF BRAZEN CONDUCT
THE CATEGORY OF DIFFERENT ACTIONS
THE CATEGORY OF APOSTACY
THE CATEGORY OF DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES THAT ARE NOT IN THE ELDERS’ BOOK
(THE CATEGORY OF DISASSOCIATION HAS AN INDEPENDENT INDEX)
INTRODUCTORY ARTICLES
WHAT KIND OF PERSONS DESERVE TO BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED?
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2023/10/05/what-kind-of-persons-deserve-to-be-disfellowshipped/)
MAIN POINTS: ONLY PERSONS WHO ARE HARDENED IN WRONGDOING, PRACTICERS OF LAWLESSNESS SHOULD BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED.
THIS MEANS THAT IF A WITNESS HAS STOPPED WITH HIS SERIOUS SIN AND HAS ASKED JEHOVAH’S FORGIVENESS SHALL NOT BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED, REGARDLESS OF HOW SERIOUS HIS SIN IS AND HOW LONG HE OR SHE HAS PRACTICED IT.
OPENLY CONFESS YOUR SINS TO ONE ANOTHER — TO BROTHERS AND SISTERS
MAIN POINTS: THE ARTICLE SHOWS THAT SINS CAN BE CONFESSED TO BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THAT A JUDICIAL COMMITTEE SHOULD RARELY BE FORMED. ONLY PERSONS WHO ARE PERMEATED BY ONE OF THE 11 DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE SHOULD BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED.
THE ARTICLE SHOWS THAT WOMEN SHOULD PLAY A MORE IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE CONGREGATION THAN THEY DO. BOTH SERIOUS AND PETTY SINS CAN BE CONFESSED TO BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
JUDGMENTS OF SINNERS MADE BY JUDICIAL COMMITTEES MAY VIOLATE JAMES 4:11, 12. MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION SHOULD ONLY BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED WHEN THEY ARE PERMEATED BY ONE OF THE 11 DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE AND ARE PRACTICERS OF LAWLESSNESS.
JEHOVAH’S WAY OF TREATING THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITTED SERIOUS SINS
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2023/10/10/jehovahs-way-of-treating-those-who-have-committed-serious-sins/)
MAIN POINTS: BEFORE THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE CONVENES, JEHOVAH HAS ALREADY DECIDED WHETHER HE OR SHE SHOULD BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED OR NOT. THE ELDERS NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT JEHOVAH HAS DECIDED.
THE ARTICLE SHOWS THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE QUESTION THE MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE MUST ASK. HAS THE SINNER STOPPED PRACTICING HIS SIN? IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEY MUST ACCEPT HIS WORD AND LET HIM REMAIN IN THE CONGREGATION, REGARDLESS OF HOW SERIOUS HIS SINS ARE AND HOW LONG HE HAS PRACTICED THEM.
URIM AND THUMMIM WERE HOLY LOTS INDICATING TO THE PRIESTS WHAT JEHOVAH’S WILL WAS. THEY ARE APPLIED AS A BACKGROUND TO FIND WHAT JEHOVAH’S WILL IS.
THE ELDERS’ BOOK HAS LISTED NINE DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE SHOULD ASK WHEN THEY INTERROGATE THE SINNER. ON THE BASIS OF THE WORDS OF JAMES 5:15-20, ALL THESE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DISCARDED, AND NEITHER OF THEM SHOULD BE ASKED.
THE CATEGORY OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE FOR PORNEIA
MAIN POINTS: BOTH THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES AND THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES REQUIRE TWO OR THREE EYEWITNESSES TO PROVE A VIOLATION OF GOD’S LAWS. IF A BROTHER AND A SISTER SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE SAME HOUSE, AND THERE ARE TWO WITNESSES TO THIS, THE GOVERNING BODY ACCEPTS THAT THIS IS PORNEIA, EVEN THOUGH THE TWO DENY THIS.
THIS IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF GOD’S WORD, WHICH REQUIRES AT LEAST TWO EYEWITNESSES TO THE WRONGDOING.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHILD ABUSE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNING BODY
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2024/01/24/different-kinds-of-child-abuse-and-the-responsibility-of-the-governing-body/)
MAIN POINTS: CHILDREN CAN BE ABUSED SEXUALLY OR IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF AUSTRALIA SHOWED THAT SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN IS LESS THAN ONE FOURTH AMONG JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES COMPARED WITH THE RATE IN THE POPULATION OF AUSTRALIA.
THE ELDERS’ BOOK LISTS 10 WAYS OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN. ONLY ONE OF THESE, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH A MINOR, IS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
THE BASIC PART OF THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES HOW THE GOVERNING BODY HAS ALLOWED THE ABUSE OF CHILDREN BY BAPTIZING CHILDREN AND PUTTING THEM UNDER CHILD LABOR.
PERMITTING INDIVIDUALS TO COMMIT SEXUAL IMMORALITY IN THE HOME
MAIN POINTS: MANY WITNESS PARENTS DO NOT ALLOW YOUNGSTERS WHO DATE TO BE ALONE. IF PARENTS PERMIT YOUNGSTERS WHO DATE TO BE ALONE AND THEY HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IN THE HOME, THE PARENTS CAN BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED.
THE WORD PORNEIA (ILLICIT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE) WAS APPLIED INSIDE MARRIAGE
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2020/09/23/porneia-inside-marriage/)
MAIN POINTS: 1974: ORAL AND ANAL COPULATION AND OTHER LEWD ACTIONS INSIDE MARRIAGE WAS DEFINED AS PORNEIA, AND COULD LEAD TO THE DISSOLVING OF THE MARRIAGE AND TO DISFELLOWSHIPPING.
1978: ORAL AND ANAL COPULATION AND OTHER LEWD ACTIONS INSIDE MARRIAGE WAS NO LONGER DEFINED AS PORNEIA, AND COULD NOT LEAD TO THE DISSOLVING OF THE MARRIAGE AND TO DISFELLOWSHIPPING.
THE CATEGORY OF GROSS UNCLEANNESS/ UNCLEANNESS WITH GREEDINESS
THE BOOK: MYBELOVED RELIGION —AND THE GOVERNING BODY
MAIN POINTS: CHAPTER FIVE OF THIS BOOK DISCUSSES THE GREEK WORD AKATHARSIA, WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR EIGHT DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES UNDER THE UMBRELLA TERM “GROSS UNCLEANNESS — UNCLEANNESS WITH GREEDINESS
THE CHAPTER SHOWS THAT THERE IS NO WORD IN HEBREW, ARAMAIC, OR GREEK WITH THE MEANING “GREED.” THIS MEANS THAT THE CATEGORY “GROSS UNCLEANNESS – UNCLEANNESS WITH GREEDINESS” IS FICTION WITHOUT ANY BASIS IN THE BIBLE.
MOMENTARY TOUCHING OF INTIMATE BODY PARTS OR CARESSING OF BREASTS
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2020/09/24/momentary-touching-of-intimate-body-parts/)
MAIN POINTS: THIS OFFENSE IS ONE OF THE CLEAREST EXAMPLES OF AN AMBIGUOUS AND UNBIBLICAL DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES.
ACCEPTING CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE FOR PORNEIA IS A BLATANT REJECTION OF THE BIBLICAL REQUIREMENT OF TWO OR THREE EYEWITNESSES.
THE ARTICLE SHOWS THAT MOST ELDERS ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO HANDLE SERIOUS SINS, LET ALONE SINS THAT ARE AMBIGUOUS AND UNCLEAR LIKE “MOMENTARY TOUCHING…”
THE ELDERS ARE NOT ONLY ASKED TO FIND OUT WHAT DID HAPPEN, BUT THEY ARE ALSO ASKED TO INTERPRET THE FEELINGS, EMOTIONS, AND THE MINDSET OF THE “SINNERS.” TO ACHIEVE THIS, THEY MUST DEFINE THE FOLLOWING AMBIGUOUS CONCEPTS:
HEAVY PETTING
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS
A MEASURE OF GREEDINESS
A BRAZEN ATTITUDE
THE WHOLE SITUATION IS UNCLEAR AND AMBIGUOUS.
IMMORAL CONVERSATIONS OVER THE TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2020/10/30/immoral-conversation-over-the-telephone-or-the-internet/)
MAIN POINTS: THIS IS ONE OF THE AMBIGUOUS DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES INVENTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY. DIFFERENT ELDERS WILL VIEW WHAT AN IMMORAL CONVERSATION IS DIFFERENTLY. AND THE JUDGMENT OF DISFELLOWSHIPPING WILL BE BASED ON THE GUT FEELINGS OF THE ELDERS.
VIEWING ABHORRENT FORMS OF PORNOGRAPHY
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2020/09/29/viewing-abhorrent-forms-of-pornography/)
MAIN POINTS: SINCE THE YEAR 1971, THE WATCHTOWER LITERATURE HAS CONDEMNED PORNOGRAPHY. IN THE YEAR 2006, VIEWING WHAT IS CALLED “ABHORRENT FORMS OF PORNOGRAPHY” BECAME A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES EACH OF THE NINE FORMS OF PORNOGRAPHY THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY SAY ARE ABHORRENT AND MAY LEAD TO DISFELLOWSHIPPING. IT IS SHOWN THAT SEVEN OF THE NINE ARE AMBIGUOUS AND UNCLEAR. THEREFORE, THE DECISION TO DISFELLOWSHIP A WITNESS BECAUSE HE HAS SEEN ABHORRENT FORMS OF PORNOGRAPHY IN MOST CASES IS BASED ON THE GUT FEELINGS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE.
THE USE OF TOBACCO
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2020/09/25/the-use-of-tobacco/)
MAIN POINTS: THE VIEW OF TOBACCO HAS CHANGED: 1942: THE USE OF TOBACCO IS FILTHY. BUT THE USE IS A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE. 1961: THOSE WHO USE TOBACCO CAN, UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, BECOME OVERSEERS. 1969: THOSE WHO USE TOBACCO CANNOT BE OVERSEERS. THE WATCHTOWER SOCIETY STRONGLY DISCOURAGES THE USE OF TOBACCO. 1973: THOSE WHO USE TOBACCO WILL BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED
THE USE OF MARIJUANA OR BETEL NUT
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2020/10/15/betel-nut/)
MAIN POINTS: NEITHER BETEL NUT NOR MARIJUANA IS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE. THIS MEANS THAT USE OF THESE SUBSTANCES CANNOT RIGHTLY BE CLASSIFIED AS DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES.
THE VIEW OF MARIJUANA HAS CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS. TODAY, THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA IS LEGAL IN 40 STATES IN THE USA, AND RECREATIONAL USE IS LEGAL IN 24 STATES. THE EFFECT OF MARIJUANA CANNOT BE COMPARED WITH THE INTOXICATION OF ALCOHOL, WHICH IS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
ABUSE OF MEDICAL AND ADDICTIVE DRUGS
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2020/10/17/abuse-of-medical-and-addictive-drugs-2/)
MAIN POINTS: GROUPING TOGETHER “TOBACCO, MARIJUANA WITH ABUSE OF MEDICAL, ILLICIT, AND ADDICTIVE DRUGS” CAUSES CONFUSION. ON THIS BASIS, THE ELDERS MUST JUDGE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION ON THE BASIS OF THEIR GUT FEELINGS AND NOT ON TWO WITNESSES, WHICH IS THE BIBLICAL REQUIREMENT.
THE ARTICLE SHOWS THAT ABUSE OF ADDICTIVE DRUGS CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO ONE’S HEALTH. BUT THIS IS NO DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
EXTREME PHYSICAL UNCLEANNESS
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2020/10/19/extreme-uncleanness/)
MAIN POINTS: EXTREME PHYSICAL UNCLEANNESS IS NOT A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE. IF A BROTHER IS EXTREMELY UNCLEAN, HE PROBABLY IS MENTALLY ILL. HE NEEDS HELP AND NOT DISFELLOWSHIPPING.
THE CATEGORY OF BRAZEN CONDUCT
INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTICLES ON BRAZEN CONDUCT
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2022/04/19/introduction-to-the-articles-on-brazen-conduct/)
MAIN POINTS: THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY HAVE GIVEN THE GREEK WORD ASELGEIA (“BRAZEN CONDUCT”) A MEANING IT DOES NOT HAVE. THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES DIFFERENT SIDES OF THIS AND SHOWS THAT ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT IS WRITTEN ABOUT BRAZEN CONDUCT IS PURE FICTION.
THE FACT THAT NWT84 TRANSLATES ASELGEIA AS “LOOSE CONDUCT” AND NWT13 TRANSLATES IT AS “BRAZEN CONDUCT” SHOWS THAT ITS EXACT MEANING IS UNKNOWN. DISFELLOWSHIPPING A PERSON ON THE BASIS OF A WORD WHOSE EXACT MEANING IS UNKNOWN “TAKES THE CAKE”!
UNNECESSARY ASSOCIATION WITH DISFELLOWSHIPPED AND DISASSOCIATED INDIVIDUALS
MAIN POINTS: THE DEMAND IS TO HAVE NO CONTACT WITH DISFELLOWSHIPPED AND DISASSOCIATED PERSONS. TWO ARTICLES IN THE WATCHTOWER IN 1974, EASED THE DEMAND OF NO CONTACT BY SAYING THAT CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS OUTSIDE THE SAME HOUSEHOLD HAD THE RIGHT TO HAVE CONTACT WITH DISFELLOWSHIPPED ONES. THIS NEW VIEW WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED.
WHAT IS PARTICULARLY FORBIDDEN IS TO HAVE SPIRITUAL CONTACT WITH DISFELLOWSHIPPED AND DISASSOCIATED FAMILY MEMBERS. WHAT THIS MEANS IS DISCUSSED. ANY CONTACT THAT IS NOT UNAVOIDABLE WITH DISFELLOWSHIPPED AND DISASSOCIATED PERSONS IS FORBIDDEN.
DATING THOUGH NOT FREE TO REMARRY
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2020/10/14/dating-though-not-free-to-marry/)
MAIN POINTS: TO BE FREE TO MARRY MEANS THAT THE SPOUSE HAS HAD SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH ONE PERSON WITH WHOM HE OR SHE WAS NOT MARRIED. THE INNOCENT SPOUSE HAS DECIDED TO DISSOLVE THE MARRIAGE, AND THE AUTHORITIES HAVE GRANTED HIM OR HER A DIVORCE.
IF A WITNESS AFTER THE SPOUSE HAS COMMITTED PORNEIA BUT BEFORE HE OR SHE HAS BEEN GRANTED DIVORCE FROM THE AUTHORITIES CONTINUES TO DATE OR HAVE A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER PERSON, HE OR SHE MAY BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED.
THE ARTICLE ARGUES THAT WHEN THE MARRIAGE IS DISSOLVED BECAUSE OF PORNEIA, THE MARRIAGE IS DISSOLVED IN THE EYES OF GOD. IF A PERSON IN THIS SITUATION DATES OR DEVELOPS A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP, THIS IS NOT A BIBLICAL DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
BRAZEN CONDUCT — DIFFERENT SITUATIONS
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2020/10/29/brazen-conduct-different-situations/)
MAIN POINTS: UNDER THE UMBRELLA TERM “BRAZEN CONDUCT” THERE ARE TWO DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES: “UNNECESSARY ASSOCIATION WITH DISFELLOWSHIPPED AND DISASSOCIATED INDIVIDUALS” AND “DATING THOUGH NOT FREE TO REMARRY”. HOWEVER, THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE CAN DISFELLOWSHIP ANY INDIVIDUAL IN ANY SITUATION OF THE VIEW HIS ATTITUDE AS “BRAZEN.”
THE CATEGORY OF DIFFERENT ACTIONS
GLUTTONY
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2021/06/12/gluttony/)
MAIN POINTS: THE HEBREW TEXT HAS NO WORD WITH THE MEANING “GLUTTONY.” ONE GREEK WORD MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE MEANING “GLUTTONY.” GLUTTONY IS NOT LISTED IN THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
THE ARTICLE SHOWS THAT A GLUTTON IS VERY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY, AND OVEREATING CAN BE CAUSED BY A DISEASE. EVERYTHING THAT THE WATCHTOWER SAYS ABOUT GLUTTONY IS MANMADE IDEAS THAT HAVE NO BASIS IN THE BIBLE.
BLOODGUILT
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2026/01/30/bloodguilt-because-of-criminal-negligence/)
MAIN POINTS: IF A PERSON IN ISRAEL BECAUSE OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE HAD RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEATH OF A HUMAN BEING, HE HAD BLOODGUILT AND WAS GUILTY TO DIE.
THE LAW OF THE GOVERNING BODY IS THAT IF A WITNESS TODAY BECAUSE OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE, SUCH AS DRIVING A CAR WHILE BEING INFLUENCED BY ALCOHOL OR DRUGS, KILLS A MAN, HE HAS BLOODGUILT AND CAN BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED.
THERE IS NO CHRISTIAN LAW DEALING WITH BLOODGUILT, SO THIS DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE IS NOT BASED ON THE BIBLE.
DELIBERATE MALICIOUS LYING
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2026/03/06/deliberate-malicious-lying-bearing-false-witness-2/)
MAIN POINTS: THE DEFINITION OF LYING IN THE WATCHTOWER LITERATURE AND IN THE BIBLE IS DISCUSSED. IT IS SHOWN THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHETHER SOMEONE HAS LIED BECAUSE EYEWITNESSES ARE OFTEN NOT RELIABLE.
IT IS SHOWN THAT JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES ACCEPT LYING IN SITUATIONS OF PERSECUTION AND CIVIL UNREST. EXAMPLES OF HOW LEADERS OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES HAVE LIED IN COURT ARE GIVEN.
LYING IS NOT LISTED IN THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
FRAUD
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2026/03/22/fraud-supposed-to-be-connected-with-matthew-1815-17/)
MAIN POINTS: “FRAUD” IS LISTED TOGETHER WITH “SLANDER” IN THE ELDERS’ BOOK BECAUSE THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY WRONGLY CLAIM THAT MATTHEW 18:15-18 REFERS TO DISFELLOWSHIPPING, AND THAT FRAUD AND SLANDER ARE THE ONLY TWO DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN MATTHEW 18:15-18.
THE MEANING OF “SLANDER” IN THE BIBLE IS DISCUSSED.
FRAUD IS NOT LISTED IN THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
SLANDER
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2026/03/23/slander-supposed-to-be-connected-with-matthew-1815-17/)
MAIN POINTS: “SLANDER” IS LISTED TOGETHER WITH “FRAUD” IN THE ELDERS’ BOOK BECAUSE THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY WRONGLY CLAIM THAT MATTHEW 18:15-18 REFERS TO DISFELLOWSHIPPING, AND THAT FRAUD AND SLANDER ARE THE ONLY TWO DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN MATTHEW 18:15-18.
THE MEANING OF “SLANDER” IN THE BIBLE IS DISCUSSED.
SLANDER IS NOT LISTED IN THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
“A MAN OF THE NATIONS AND A TAX COLLECTOR” (MATTHEW 18:17) — WHAT IS THE REFERENCE?
MAIN POINTS: A CHRISTIAN WHO HAD A CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER CHRISTIAN AND WOULD NOT LISTEN TO THE CONGREGATION, SHOULD BE “AS A MAN OF THE NATION AND A TAX COLLECTOR.” THE ARTICLE SHOWS THAT THE APPLICATION OF THESE WORDS TO DISFELLOWSHIPPING IS WRONG.
THE WORDS MEAN THAT THE INNOCENT PERSON WOULD NOT FRATERNIZE WITH THE ONE WHO WOULD NOT LISTEN. AND THIS IS ONLY RELATED TO THE INNOCENT MAN AND NOT TO THE WHOLE CONGREGATION.
OBSCENE SPEECH
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2021/06/29/obscene-speech/)
MAIN POINTS: OBSCENE SPEECH IS NOT BECOMING FOR CHRISTIANS. BUT IT IS NOT LISTED IN THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
GAMBLING
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2026/03/28/gambling-changed-viewpoints-and-subjective-judgments-2/)
MAIN POINTS: IN 1954, THE WATCHTOWER SAID THAT TO GAMBLE OR BEING EMPLOYED IN A GAMBLING ENTERPRISE WAS A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE. IN 1961, THE WATCHTOWER SAID THAT GAMBLING WAS EXTORTION AND A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE. IN 1972, THE WATCHTOWER SAID THAT GAMBLING WAS NOT EXTORTION BUT GREEDINESS.
THE CONCEPT “GREED” IS DISCUSSED, AND IT IS SHOWN THAT THERE IS NO WORD IN HEBREW, ARAMAIC, OR GREEK WITH THE MEANING “GREED.”
DIFFERENT ARTICLES IN THE WATCHTOWER THROUGH THE YEARS SAID THAT ANY FORM OF GAMBLING, EVEN FREE LOTTERY TICKETS WERE A VIOLATION OF GOD’S LAWS.
THE BOOK FOR ELDERS’, SHEPHERD THE FLOCK OF GOD TURNED THE ISSUE UPSIDE DOWN, SAYING THAT ALL FORMS OF GAMBLING ARE A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE, EXCEPT BEING EMPLOYED IN A GAMBLING ENTERPRISE OR BEING A PROMOTER OF GAMBLING, OR ONE’S GAMBLING REVEALS A COURSE OF GREEDINESS.
A HIGH BRIDE PRICE
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2021/06/18/a-high-bride-price/)
MAIN POINTS: THE ELDERS’ BOOK SAYS THAT DEMANDING A HIGH BRIDE PRICE IS A WAY TO “GREEDY EXTORT” A BRIDEGROOM. IT IS SHOWN THAT THE ADJECTIVE “HIGH” IN “HIGH BRIDE PRICE” IS A RELATIVE WORD THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE WILL VIEW DIFFERENTLY.
THE DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES MENTIONED IN 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9, 10 ARE NOMEN AGENTIS, SHOWING WHAT THE PERSONS ARE, THAT THEY ARE PRACTICING THE WRONG ACTIONS. STIPULATING THE BRICE PRICE IS ONE ACTION, AND ONE SERIOUS SIN IS NEVER A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
REFUSAL TO PROVIDE FOR FAMILY
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2026/04/04/refusal-to-provide-for-family/)
MAIN POINTS: REFUSAL TO PROVIDE FOR ONE’S FAMILY IS A VIOLATION OF SEVERAL BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES. BUT IT IS NOT LISTED AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE IN THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES.
PROFESSIONAL BOXING
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2021/06/29/professional-boxing/)
MAIN POINTS: PROFESSIONAL BOXING IS A VIOLENT SPORT. BUT IT IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE. IT COULD BE SUBSUMED UNDER THE HEADING “VIOLENCE.” BUT NEITHER IS VIOLENCE SAID TO BE A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENCE IN THE SCRIPTURES.
FITS OF ANGER
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2021/06/29/fits-of-anger-violence-domestic-violence/)
MAIN POINTS: FITS OG ANGER AND VIOLENCE ARE NOT LISTED AS DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES IN THE BIBLE. IF A CHRISTIAN SEVERAL TIMES IS GUILTY OF FITS OF ANGER OR VIOLENCE, MOST LIKELY, THE REASON IS MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS.
THE CATEGORY OF APOSTACY
CELEBRATING FALSE RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2021/05/04/celebrating-false-religious-holidays/)
MAIN POINTS: THE ORIGIN OF A HOLIDAY IS NOT WHAT IS IMPORTANT, BUT HOW IT IS VIEWED TODAY. CHRISTIANS HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CELEBRATE A HOLIDAY IF THEY ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN IDOLATRY OR ACTIONS THAT VIOLATE BIBLICAL LAWS. HOWEVER, CHRISTIANS WILL BE CAUTIOUS WITH WHAT THEY DO, SO THEY DO NOT STUMBLE OTHER CHRISTIANS
THERE ARE SOME ARGUMENTS BOTH FOR AND AGAINST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS. BUT CHRISTIANS WILL ALSO IN THIS SITUATION ACT IN A WAY SO THEY DO NOT STUMBLE OTHERS.
CELEBRATING HOLIDAYS IS NOT LISTED IN THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
PARTICIPATION IN INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2021/02/02/participating-in-interfaith-activities/)
MAIN POINTS: INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES MEAN TO HAVE SOM RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER RELIGION THAN THE TRUE ONE. IT IS NOT LISTED IN THE BIBLE AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
THE ARTICLE CLAIMS THAT JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES IS THE ONLY TRUE RELIGION, AND IT SHOWS THAT BECAUSE THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY HAVE INTRODUCED FALSE TEACHINGS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE TRUE RELIGION
THE ARTICLE SHOWS THAT ALL ADAM’S DESCENDANTS EXCEPT THOSE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE HEAVENLY GOVERNMENT OF 144,000 AND THOSE WHO HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT, WILL RECEIVE A RESURRECTION DURING JESUS’ THOUSAND-YEAR REIGN. THIS INCLUDES MOST PERSON WHO PARTICIPATE IN INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES.
CAUSING DIVISIONS
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2020/10/20/causing-divisions/)
MAIN POINTS: THE WORDS OF PAUL IN ROMANS 16:17, 18 SHOW THAT WHEN CAUSING DIVISIONS IS BASED ON SEDUCING OTHERS BY FALSE TEACHINGS, THIS IS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
HOWEVER, THE DUTY OF ELDERS IS TO SPEAK UP AGAINST FALSE TEACHINGS. IF THIS CAUSES DIVISIONS, PAUL SHOWS IN THE FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS THAT SUCH DIVISIONS ACCORD WITH THE WILL OF GOD.
CAUSING DIVISIONS IS NOT LISTED IN THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
EMPLOYMENT PROMOTING FALSE RELIGION
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2021/04/24/employment-promoting-false-religion/)
MAIN POINTS: IN THE 1950s, THE LEADERS OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES REFUSED TO GIVE ANY ADVICE REGARDING SECULAR WORK. THEY STRESSED THAT THE CONSCIENCE OF EACH WITNESS MUST DECIDE.
IN 1999, THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY GAVE DETAILED RULES REGARDING SECULAR WORK AND INTRODUCED THE EXPRESSION “AN ACCOMPLICE OF A CONDEMNED PRACTICE.”
THE ARTICLE GIVES MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY HAVE OVERRIDDEN THE CONSCIENCES OF INDIVIDUAL WITNESSES. AND IT SHOWS HOW THE RULES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY ARE INCONSISTENT.
SPIRITISM
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2021/01/25/practicing-spiritism-as-a-form-of-apostasy/)
MAIN POINTS: THE RENDERING “SPIRITISM” FOR THE GREEK WORD FARMAKEIA IS NOT ACCURATE. THE WORD MEANS “DRUGGERY,” AND DRUGS WERE USED IN CONNECTION WITH MAGIC AND SPIRITISM. THE BEST RENDERING WOULD BE “DRUGGERY” WITH A FOOTNOTE LISTING “MAGIC” AND “SPIRITISM.”
FIRST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 6 DESCRIBES PERSONS WHO ARE PERMEATED WITH PARTICULAR SERIOUS SINS AND DESERVE TO BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED FROM THE CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION. VERSE 10 SAYS THAT THOSE WHO PRACTICE THE SERIOUS SINS “WILL [NOT] INHERIT GOD’S KINGDOM.”
GALATIANS 5:19-21 DESCRIBES THE WORKS OF THE FLESH, AND VERSE 21 SAYS THAT “THOSE WHO PRACTICE SUCH THINGS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.” THE ARTICLE SHOWS IN DETAIL WHY NONE OF THE WORKS OF THE FLESH ARE DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES.
SPIRITISM IS NOT A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE. BUT MAGIC AND SPIRITISM LEAD TO CONTACT WITH DEMONS, WHICH IS IDOLATRY. AND IDOLATRY IS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE ACCORDING TO 1 CORINTHIANS 6:19.
THE CATEGORY OF DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSES THAT ARE NOT IN THE ELDERS’ BOOK
ANTIGOVERNMENT ACTIVITY
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2026/04/05/anti-government-activity/)
MAIN POINTS: IF A CHRISTIAN DIRECTLY OPPOSES THE LAWS OF HIS COUNTRY THAT ARE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE SCRIPTURES, HE MAY BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED.
ANTIGOVERNMENT ACTIVITY IS NOT LISTED IN THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
DISAGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNING BODY IN MUNDANE ISSUES
(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2026/04/05/disagreement-with-the-governing-body-in-non-biblical-issues/)
MAIN POINTS: THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY HAVE MADE A GREAT NUMBER OF RULES THAT ARE NOT BASED ON THE BIBLE. IF A WITNESS EXPRESS DISAGREEMENT WITH ONE OF THESE RULES, HE OR SHE CAN BE DISFELLOWSHIPPED FOR “CAUSING DIVISIONS.”
THE EXAMPLE USED IN THE ARTICLE IS COVID-19 VACCINE.
DISAGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNING BODY IS NOT LISTED IN THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES AS A DISFELLOWSHIPPING OFFENSE.
OVERSKRIFT 2
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OVERSKRIFT 3
Dette er en eksempeltekst til nettsiden. Når du skriver tekst til nettsiden så er det viktig å huske på at det både er en potensiell kunde som leser dette, men også Google skal «lese» denne teksten. Prøv å skriv innhold som er informativ for det produktet eller den tjenesten du tilbyr, der søkeord, fraser og setninger flettes inn på en naturlig og lettleselig måte.
CONCLUSION
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