Posted by Alan [ABK] on November 26, 1999 at 11:04:09 {2lTH7z2znElwbpQQdc0ocg1OR9dBW2}:
In Reply to: ****Disfellowshipped=Judas? posted by ExDub on November 26, 1999 at 07:00:35:
:Alan, and you can judge that the man in question wasn't trying to resolve things?
There wouldn't be a problem if he were.
:Here you are, hob nobbing with and responding to known apostates. You break those rules you so staunchly defend. Do you feel that could be hypocritical?
There are no rules.
I defend the faith. No rules against that.
:What if there was a sister in your congregation who hung around apostates? Would you think that was okay?
There may well be.
:Frankly, I think it is fine. But am wondering at your hard-nosed attitude towards your fellow human, yet will blatantly break the rules yourself.
My hard nosed attitude is toward the bad attitudes of apostates. Clean up your attitudes first.