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The Progressive Alternative Network For JWs & XJWs - 2005/04/28 17:01
I am fairly new here and I believe in reform..but from the outside...I am Progressive-minded and I am not sure how many others here are or not..so I am posting here about my own website and it's prespective..for those who may be interested.
The Progressive Alternative Network For JWs & XJWs
can be found at
http://www.angelfire.com/al4/progressivejws.html/index.html
We Don't Believe In A "Organization" Of Imperfect Men Acting As The Channel To Jehovah...However...
We Are NOT Anti-Paradise Earth. We Support Those Who Enbrace A Restored Earth Hope For Themselves & Do 'NOT' Believe In Telling People They Must Believe In Going To Heaven Only Or They Can't Be Saved
We Don't Encourage Pushing A Pro-Trinity ONLY Agenda
We Are NOT Anti-Divine Name. We Suppport The Use Of The Divine Names, Be It Jehovah, Jah, Yahweh/Yah
We Are Non-Sexist. Believe In The Full Equality Of Women
We Do NOT Believe In a "Members-ONLY" Salvation Theory..Or That One Must Belong To a Precise Name Brand Group To Be Saved Or Loved By God
Str8 & Gay Welcomed
The Progressive Alternative For JW's & XJWs web site is sort of one of a kind because it welcomes XJWs as well as progressive and questioning minded JW's..but it does NOT push or try to promote a Pro-Trinity agenda, nor is it Anti-Paradise. Here we do NOT promote any agendas of trying to promote a message that one has to belong to this or that group to be saved. We are against the concept individuals trying to tell others that they can not believe in a restored earth hope instead of heaven-ONLY..or else they can't be saved, or telling them they HAVE to believe in the trinity. Please do not tell others that they can't be saved, use Armageddon scare tactics or hellfire tactics.
WE SUPPORT THE BELIEF THAT WOMEN..AS WELL AS MEN & ALL RACES ARE COMPLETELY EQUAL...SO IF YOU THINK THAT WOMEN SHOULD SUBMIT TO MEN..OR THAT ALL RACES ARE NOT EQUAL..THEN THIS LIKELY NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU.
INDIVIDUALS OF GAY AND LESBIAN ORIENTATION AS WELL AS STRAIGHT ARE ALL WELCOME
We hope to serve as resource for questioning current JW's and XJWs that does not try and push neither a Fundamental Faith agenda nor an anti-God one. There ARE MANY XJW resources on the web. Some have really good information. Yet..many promote a theme that you MUST be a Evangelical [Protestant] Christian. Or at the other end, they may promote a very hostile vibe against all beliefs in God, even if they are of a more moderate or progressive nature. That is WHY I created THIS site. I hope to provide an alternative JW/XJW resource that neither is extreme right nor Anti-God on the left.
If..you find all of this agreeable..then WELCOME!
Listed here are articles that have to do with the JW Organization and it's rules and beliefs. That first is a list of articles I wrote because I did not see that anyone had addressed these issues in precise way or without promoting a denomination. Unfortunately, I have found that many articles voicing differing views with JW's are written by some of the most extreme and fundamental branches of Evangelical Protestantism. Many times they may blast JW's Armageddon threats, then turn right around and replace them with their own hellfire or "Left Behind" threats. Many do not support women's equality and write very mean and unkind articles about individuals who's sexual orientation is gay.
Many of these far right extreme fundamental Evangelical groups slam JW's as a cult based merely on their disapproval of their Unitarian views of God or because JW's fail to embrace their belief in a non-earth/heaven-salvation. Yet, it is not just the fundamental non-Protestant faith groups they tag as cults. They also have slammed liberal faith groups such as the UU's and Bahia, for many of the same reasons.
Yet, what these extremist Evangelical Protestants fail to recognize is that there ARE many non-trinity faith groups that are neither JW or fundamental in nature. There also many Non-JW faith groups that also embrace the restored earth hope as their own, and some of these would include, the Hopi, many Native American tribes, 12 Tribe Rastafari, Bahia, and the Abraham Faith Church of God.
Also, while many of these far right fundamental Protestants slam JW's as well as many, if not all non-Evangelical Protestants, they fail to realize that many of these very Evangelicals doing this cult tagging of other groups are often identified as "cults" themselves. Many of this is also explained in my articles.
THE ARTICLES FROM ESCAPE FROM THE WATCHTOWER
Many articles written by this web site I agree 100% with and they are listed here. However, having said that, this site also has written a few articles that I do NOT agree with at all. These would include the article on a pro-trinity position only and the article that about heaven being the only hope and that the restored earth belief is false. As I just stated, there ARE man NON-JW's who embrace a restored earth for themselves including many Native Americans.
Articles Topics By This Site:
History Of Bible Students & JW's
The Divine Name
The Cult Tagging Issue
The Belief In Paradise Earth
JW & Views On Sex
Women's Equality
Gay & Lesbian Issues
JW & Views About Animals
Who Is The Faith Slave? Based On Escape The Watchtower
God's Organization?
Why Is JW Appealing To So many?
Boring & Repressive....Especially For Children
Worldly Music
Formal Dress Codes=& No Beards=Modest?
XJW 12 Steps
How To Deal With JW & Protestant Fundamentalists
Fundamentalism Part 1 - Historical Roots Of Protestant & Catholic Fundamentalism In America
Fundamentalism Part 2 - Are JW's Fundamentalists?
Fundamentalism Part 3 - Is There Such a Thing As An Extremists Fundamental Left?
Calling The Kattle Black Series - Examining The Hyprocrisy Of The Extreme Right Protestants Tisk-Tasting JW's
Comedy & Humor
A Progressive Christian's Discussion On Christ & Salvation
Running Ahead Of Jehovah?
The Trinity Issue
Great Articles Others Have Written
Jehovah's Organization - By Escape The Watchtower
A Governing Body? By Escape The Watch
Join The YMCA and Get DF-ed. Note - A Great Place Avoid WTS Spies
OUTSTANDING Positive Advice For XJWs
How JW's Are Expected To Treat NON-JW Friends & Family By TowerWatcher
What's All This Talk About JW's Connection With The U.N.???[url] 
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