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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "disfellowshipped" #143801 06/11/2005 3:03 PM Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 114 carpathian member carpathian member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 114 A story about a convicted murderer in today's San Francisco Chronicle contains this sentence: He wrote counterfeit checks, was caught and later "disfellowshipped" by the church, a process of being shunned by other church members, even on the street. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/11/DDG4SD61TU1.DTL I wonder if it is possible to be "disfellowshipped" even when the "fellowship" is a fantasy of a cult monopolizing a public forum, and the "disfellowshippee" was never a fellow fellow-worshipper in the first place? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "disfellowshipped" #143802 06/11/2005 4:30 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago No. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "disfellowshipped" #143803 06/11/2005 4:49 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... No. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "disfellowshipped" #143804 06/11/2005 5:41 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 No. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "disfellowshipped" #143805 06/12/2005 10:55 AM Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 114 carpathian member carpathian member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 114 No ... No ... No ... Shall we make it unanimous? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "disfellowshipped" #143806 06/12/2005 7:14 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA No. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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