Posted by Osarsif [Staave] on April 07, 1999 at 21:05:54 {HTWDI6pmYgqN.GSxOEv6vAQOG0td3.}:
"Is rape fornication or adultery, and can a woman be disfellowshiped if she does not scream?"
YES - Watchtower, 1/15/64, p. 63.
NO - Aid in Bible Understanding, 1969, p. 601; 1371.
YES -
Awake!, 3/8/74, p. 14.
NO - Awake!, 7/8/80, p. 5, 6.
YES - Watchtower, 10/15/80, p. 7. (new light in just three months!)
NO - Watchtower, 3/15/83, p. 30.
YES -
Awake!, 2/22/84, p. 24. (new light again in less then one year!)
NO - Awake!, 6/8/84, p. 28. (new light again 4 months later!)
YES - Awake!, 5/22/86, p. 23. (new light again 2 years later!)
NO - Awake!, 9/22/86, p. 28. (new light again 4 months later!)
The whole issue is bizarre to say the least.
The woman is the victim of the rapist, and again becomes the victim of the WTS.
More info:
http://www.outofdarkness.org/newsletters.html http://www.freeminds.org/psych/rape.htm http://watchtower.observer.org/sex/rape.asp