Posts by Black Sheep

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AAWA has caused divisions and has lost the opportunity to be effective

by NoRegrets in

here's the thing,.

the whole aawa idea had noble ideas behind it, but the ship has sailed and the movement needs to go back to the drawing board.

period.

Black Sheep

AAWA believes that the Watchtower promotes and enforces a range of damaging and overly-invasive teachings and practices that cannot be briefly summarized. However, in order to drive its message home more effectively and forcefully, AAWA chooses to focus on five key areas in which the Society must introduce urgent reforms. These are (in no particular order):

The shunning of relatives
The mishandling of cases of child abuse
The mishandling of cases of domestic abuse
The stigmatization of higher education
The ban on certain forms of treatment with blood

AAWA extends an open offer to the Governing Body of the Watch Tower Society (or their representatives) to meet with AAWA to discuss ways in which the organization can introduce much-needed reforms concerning the above core issues.

http://jwactivists.org/who-are-we/

Is changing a few policies that you don't like going to transform the Governing Body's sleazy little doomsday cult into something better?

A person's having no desire to 'reform' the Watchtower and/or it's Head Honchos, doesn't mean they are not against the Watchtower, or that they are not doing their bit.

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AAWA has caused divisions and has lost the opportunity to be effective

by NoRegrets in

here's the thing,.

the whole aawa idea had noble ideas behind it, but the ship has sailed and the movement needs to go back to the drawing board.

period.

Black Sheep

You make it sound like the ex community has somehow suffered as a result. I doubt it will change much. Just because someone doesn't join that group doesn't mean they will stop doing what they were already doing.

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Doesn't Matt. 24:45-47 prove that the Governing Body is NOT the "faithful and discreet slave"?

by matt2414 in

"the timely spiritual food we receive is proof that jesus, the head of the congregation, is keeping his promise to feed us.

when giving the sign of his presence, jesus said that he would use the faithful and discreet slave to give food at the proper time to his domestics.

[1] (read matthew 24:45-47.

Black Sheep

It's interesting watching the various reactions JWs have when suddenly finding themselves having to defend documented WT drivel that they denied existed a few seconds earlier. If I can get the 'stunned mullet' look, I feel I've done my job.

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Doesn't Matt. 24:45-47 prove that the Governing Body is NOT the "faithful and discreet slave"?

by matt2414 in

"the timely spiritual food we receive is proof that jesus, the head of the congregation, is keeping his promise to feed us.

when giving the sign of his presence, jesus said that he would use the faithful and discreet slave to give food at the proper time to his domestics.

[1] (read matthew 24:45-47.

Black Sheep

... and here was me thinking it was Don Burney. I guess Mad Mary was lying.

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i think i found a church

by unstopableravens in

i really enjoyed church today, i have been visting serevel in the last few weeks, all the ones i have been to have been okay, but no more, but today i felt comfortable with everything i seen.

it seemed very doctrinally sound, christ centered and the big bonus i did not hear a word about money!

they did not pass a plate(i dont know if they do but today there was none).

Black Sheep

I would have thought it would be better to found a church than find a church. That way, you own the collection plate.

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What was today's video about?

by jgnat in

today was a north american address to all congregations, 2 1/2 hours, with a video from the governing body.

was anything earth-shattering shared?.

Black Sheep

See Geoffrey Jackson of the GB to give a talk in Australia this weekend. Sounded like just another boasting session from the comments.

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New here.

by joe134cd in

hi everyone.i have been reading the blogs here for some time and have just decided to have an in put.

i am still a current member of the wts and am sort of planning to fade.

i realise 2 things (1)i have to build bridges in order to replace the ones that will crumble behind.

Black Sheep

Welcome to the forum Joe.

Don't feel guilt for any pain your fellow church members feel. Place the blame where it belongs .... on the church hierarchy.

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Problems with the "Bogus AWAA Fan Page"..

by OUTLAW in

good afternoon jwn... .

i`ve spent the morning and part of my afternoon... getting to the bottom of... why names were added to the awaa fan page... it`s a dangerous thing to happen in our world... faders can be outed,we can lose,family,friends... the results can be an absolute disaster... .

aawa "did not" create the facebook awaa fan page.

Black Sheep

I agree, Slimboy. It would have been so simple to fix. Now they're stuck with amateur apologists pleading that the hen house door is shut, wanting us to forget that the foxes are already in tthe coup.

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