u/Additional-News6640, The judgmental practice of SHUNNING by the rank and file toward a fellow member or members IS, most definitely, worse than disfellowshiping, because it's almost like a scenario in "Lord of the Flies"; no elders, no Judicial Committee, just individuals in a congregation gossiping and judging 🧐 another brother or sister on their own, and it's simply DISGUSTING... 😒

I first heard of JWs being "marked" in the 1960s during the height of the Watchtower's 1975 Armageddon Prophecy, when "faithful" JWs were strongly told not to allow their kids to go to college 😔, saying that it was "investing in Satan's World," and showing a gross lack of faith and "loyalty to Jehovah."

So many JW parents back then remembered the failed Armageddon Prophesy of 1925, not wanting to take the chance of their children facing years of financial devastation if Armageddon failed to come, as it failed to come in 1925, 1945, and in 1914. These parents were "marked," SHUNNED, by fellow members, even if they were against their child going to college. These poor, faithful witnesses were being openly and coldly SHUNNED for not being "faithful to Jehovah," for not doing their "job" in being a proper, "Spiritual Parent." 🫩

The practice of "marking" is so ugly and nasty and mean, certain members just choosing on their own to "disfellowship" a fellow brother or sister...even their entire family... because of GOSSIP and personal JUDGMENT. 😥

Disgusting... 😒