There are several myths about shunning. It has exceptions, such as for cohabiting relatives. It is painful for both shunners and shunned. Its aim is both protecting the believers and inducing the sinners to repent.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses and Shunning. 2. Disassociation and Disfellowshipping
Disassociation is not the same as simply becoming inactive. And there is no disfellowshipping for minor mistakes, only for unrepentant serious sins.
Jehovah’s Witnesses and Shunning. 1. Why Shunning?
Shunning disfellowshipped ex-members is typical of monotheistic religions. Scholars have argued there is a reason for it.
“Guru”: An Anti-Cult TV Miniseries About the Guru Jára Case
Screenwriter Jan Coufal offered a one-sided reconstruction of a sensational “cult” case regarding Guru Jára. He missed an opportunity.
Donbass: Did Ukraine Kill 14,000 Pro-Russians and Civilians?
The answer is no. 14,000 is the number of the total victims of the war in Donbass, killed by both parties between 2014 and 2021. 10,900 of them were soldiers.
FECRIS, China, and Russia. 7. FECRIS’ Ideological Support for Totalitarian Regimes
For more than twenty years, FECRIS supported Russia and China in their bloody repression of minority religions.
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 6. The Russian FECRIS’ Support for the Invasions of Ukraine
Both in 2014 and 2022, the Russian FECRIS affiliates unequivocally supported Putin, contributing the conspiracy theory that “cults” were used by the West in Ukraine against Russian interests.
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 5. FECRIS’ Support of Religious Repression in Russia
The Russian affiliates were always among the most visible components of FECRIS, of which Russian anti-cultist Alexander Dvorkin was Vice President for twelve years.
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 4. FECRIS and Anti-Cult Cooperation with China
Since at least the year 2000, FECRIS affiliates and other Western anti-cult organizations have supported China’s bloody repression of “cults.”
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 3. Western Anti-Cultists and Their Dangerous Liaisons
The Western anti-cult model is theoretically different from those prevailing in China and Russia. However, a cooperation was established.