AWARE Singapore Saga
Update: AWARE Saga is finally over. View the AWARE saga videos that led to the new Exco resigning.
Wow I’ve been following the AWARE singapore saga, its an interesting case of old-school thinking versus new-school.
Basically AWARE is a gender advocacy group and despite its website mission statement of “gender equality for all”, well the recent appointments in its exco member has resulted in the group losing its purpose.
Well here’s the links to AWARE related blogs/articles:
- New exco wants to bring AWARE back to its “original cause”
- Showdown at AWARE office over lock change by new exco
- New exco got death threats
- An ugly turn of events
- Aware chief wants to heal rift with upset members
- AWARE Shows That Singapore Now Has A New Mouth, And It Has Teeth
- AWARE and the art of hijacking associations and societies in Singapore
- I Want An AWARE Reconciliation Too.
- Leona Lo Fears “New” Exco May Plot to Take Over Ah Kua Show
The minister has spoken. We should build a “rainbow coalition”.
Building the rainbow coalition is for the interest of our nation.
I hope members of the new exco of AWARE understand, resign and leave. This is a sensible thing to do.
The AWARE saga shows the danger of religious brainwashing making highly educated people to lose their sensibility. It is good to be moderately religious but dangerous to be extremely religious. Extremists tend to lose their heads in heaven forgetting that their feet are still on the ground.
We need laws when we discard the values. According to the law, members of the new exco have won but according the ethics and values, they have lost. It is a sad thing that their lives are guided by laws and not by values. As Christians, it is a disgrace that their lives are not guided by values. God guides them through the values. Throw away the values and they will be guided by Satan in the name of God.
Sometimes we are so caught up in who’s right and who’s wrong that we forget what’s right and wrong. The bible said godly people will always be villified and persecuted and have all manners of evils spoken against them.
We are living in the last days where good is called evil and evil good.
Good point Ian, are you referring to the old guard? or the (former new) guard?
i wonder in fear for the future of AWARE. i wonder how many would still turn to AWARE for any help. i think that, they (whoever ‘wins’) will have more than just their own agenda to settle now; there’s just a lot more to do now… a LOT more.
Ape believes there’ll still be women who’ll turn to AWARE for help… and perhaps even more, given the publicity they’ve received. No worries. :p
The Scapegoat
A look at the Bible reveals the origins of the term “scapegoat.” In accordance with religious rites, a goat designated as the scapegoat, was symbolically laden with the burden of the sins.
Leviticus 16:11
“And Aaron shall bring the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull as the sin offering which is for himself.”
Leviticus 16: 14.
“He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.”
Leviticus 16: 15
“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat. 16 So he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, for all their sins.”
The ritual described above is barbaric. It was an expression by people with the barbaric and scapegoat mentality.
John 3: 16
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
Influenced by the above ritual, the crucifixion of Jesus was given a scapegoat interpretation! Our belief is the reflection of our mentality. The scapegoat interpretation attracts many people who have the scapegoat mentality of always finding a scapegoat for their wrongdoings and sins.
The clause, “whoever believes in Him”, is a condition.
Love is unconditional. If there is a condition, it is not love. It is an exchange, trading and business transaction. It is an insult to the teaching of Jesus Christ by turning love into a trade. Now, you know why some pastors are millionaires.
Did God give His only begotten Son?
Mark 16:19
“So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.”
God did not give His only begotten Son. Jesus went back and “sat down at the right hand of God.”
If something is given and taken back, it is not giving.
If I have a son who can come back and sit at my right hand after he dies, I will happily send him to fight in the wars and die a hundred times.
True sacrifice does not mean sacrificing a scapegoat or getting someone to die for you on the cross. This is the reason why Protestants and Catholics are having religious conflict. They cannot unite if they pray to Satan in the name of God. If they want harmony and peace, they must be guided by universal values because God guides them through the universal values.
Universal values are accepted by people of different religions because they are divine.
Religious values are not accepted by people of different religions because they are not divine.
The Thirty Year War (1618-1648) was a series of wars in central Europe stemmed from conflict between Protestants and Catholics.Four million people were killed and another 20 million were made homeless. Each group claimed it was fighting for God.
The lesson learnt from this war is we should separate religion from politics. Our daily life should be guided by universal values like care and compassion. Love for power should be replaced by power of love to care for our community and country.
Christian Group Encroaching Secular Schools
http://www.bb.org.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=31818
The Boys’ Brigade is a Christian organisation. They should not be allowed in Non-Christian schools. This is another proof that a Christian group is encroaching
into secular space. The Ministry of Education should not allow it to happen. This shows the Ministry is biased in favour of Christianity allowing them to promote Christian values and proselytizing.