Shunning your fellow brothers is the same a ‘beating his fellow slaves’ is an action of the ‘evil slave’ not the ‘faithful and discreet’ one. Mth 24:45-51
exactly.
Even though it would bring enormous relief to those harmed by the it, Watchtower can’t undo the shunning policy because for one thing, think of those who have been shunning their loved ones for decades- all that lost time for an “oops, sorry we read that wrong”, Watchtower is never wrong.
it would also allow those who wanted to peacefully walk away from Watchtower (but weren’t allowed) to communicate why they left and perhaps the sharing of information would pull others out of the Organization.
Watchtower claims shunning is a “loving provision” designed by God to bring ones back into the org- it’s not. Its a blasphème against God-
it serves a two-fold purpose: to quash any/all communication of Watchtower’s many failures, abuses and crimes, and two: a form of punishment.
There is no love in the shunning policy and anyone that would come back to the org due to shunning, does so under coercion and duress.
A youtube channel called “Watchtower History” does an excellent seven part discussion on the shunning policy, where it came from, how it evolved and why.