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01-18-2011, 08:23 PM
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Disappointment with the Apostolic Friends Forum
CC1, This was a recent statement by you on another post. "I think my disappointment with the forum the last couple of years is well known."
Just interested, .... what is the main thing that you are disappointed about? What are others disappointed about with AFF? Are they things that can be corrected? CC1, have you seen any of your disappointments improving in recent days?
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01-18-2011, 08:34 PM
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Re: Disappointment with the Apostolic Friends Foru
BT, I thought you were posting an "AFF is awful" post, and I was going to SCREAM. 
Thank you for not letting me down. 
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01-18-2011, 08:36 PM
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Re: Disappointment with the Apostolic Friends Foru
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BT, I thought you were posting an "AFF is awful" post, and I was going to SCREAM.
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Sure hope that others don't think I'm putting it down. Really hoping that CC1 could tell me that AFF is doing better in his opinion.
BT
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"From the time you're born, 'til you ride in the hearse, there ain't nothing bad that couldn't be worse!"
LIFE: Some days you're the dog and some days you're the hydrant!
I have ... Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia! The fear of long words.
"Prediction is very hard, especially about the future." - Yogi Berra
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave in reflection." - Thomas Paine
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01-18-2011, 08:43 PM
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Re: Disappointment with the Apostolic Friends Foru
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Sure hope that others don't think I'm putting it down. Really hoping that CC1 could tell me that AFF is doing better in his opinion.
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No, your post was clear. It was the title that threw me for a moment.
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01-18-2011, 08:56 PM
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Re: Disappointment with the Apostolic Friends Foru
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Originally Posted by BeenThinkin
CC1, This was a recent statement by you on another post. "I think my disappointment with the forum the last couple of years is well known."
Just interested, .... what is the main thing that you are disappointed about? What are others disappointed about with AFF? Are they things that can be corrected? CC1, have you seen any of your disappointments improving in recent days?
Been Thinkin
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have there been any major changes that I haven't noticed in recent days? I'm not being critical. Just trying to figure out if there was something I missed 
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01-18-2011, 09:12 PM
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Re: Disappointment with the Apostolic Friends Foru
I am not going to rehash once again the evolution / history of this forum. Anybody interested can probably search my posts and find out my thoughts.
I think AFF is very worthwhile and sometimes can be very helpful and a blessing to folks.
I just enjoyed the greater diversity and type of interaction that was here some time ago. Things change though and AFF is no exception. There are still wonderful people here who bless me and cause me to think and be a better person.
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"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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01-18-2011, 09:17 PM
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Re: Disappointment with the Apostolic Friends Foru
And there ya have it. CC1 thinks I am wonderful people.
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01-18-2011, 09:19 PM
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Re: Disappointment with the Apostolic Friends Foru
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And there ya have it. CC1 thinks I am wonderful people.
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Absolutely! I have made some great friends on AFF and it's predecessors and you are one of them.
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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01-18-2011, 09:23 PM
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Re: Disappointment with the Apostolic Friends Foru
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Originally Posted by CC1
I am not going to rehash once again the evolution / history of this forum. Anybody interested can probably search my posts and find out my thoughts.
I think AFF is very worthwhile and sometimes can be very helpful and a blessing to folks.
I just enjoyed the greater diversity and type of interaction that was here some time ago. Things change though and AFF is no exception. There are still wonderful people here who bless me and cause me to think and be a better person.
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Thanks CC1 for your response. Certainly respect you for not wanting to rehash anything and honor you for that. But, may I draw 1 conclusion from the bolded part above. Do you feel that the forum is no longer a source of greater diversity and if so why? As you know I've not been on here for very long and was just interested in what I may have missed. Thanks for your input and all of the others who share their thoughts. I do miss some that were on here when I first joined, but are no longer posting.
I wish everyone here, and even those who have left, believed just like me.... and more than that I wish I could change some of the hardheaded ones who disagree with me, but, boy would AFF then surely be a boring place.
God bless all of the Admins and also all of the members of AFF. And by the way Renda I miss you as an Admin.
Just.......
Been Thinkin'
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"From the time you're born, 'til you ride in the hearse, there ain't nothing bad that couldn't be worse!"
LIFE: Some days you're the dog and some days you're the hydrant!
I have ... Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia! The fear of long words.
"Prediction is very hard, especially about the future." - Yogi Berra
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave in reflection." - Thomas Paine
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01-18-2011, 09:30 PM
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Re: Disappointment with the Apostolic Friends Foru
Been Thunkin,
There is still diversity at AFF but not as great as it used to be. At one time there was a significant number of "ultra cons" and "cons" who participated. I am talking those who do not believe in short sleeves, video screen magnification, etc. There was a lot of lively discussion on many topics between ultra cons, cons, moderates,libs and ultra libs that was for the most part civil and respectful. Over time a liberal element became involved that did not care for civil discussion but instead preferred bombastic statements and ridicule. There was an exodus of most ultra conservatives and conservatives which left the forum less diverse and interesting in my opinion. Still a lot of great folks here though.
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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