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"Hey I just figured out why such the cognitive dissonance over organizing posts in this thread and Doctrinal. The title of this thread is "Wierwille the Indoctrinator" - indoctrinator has "doctrine" as its root word. How is it not going to come up? This thread by nature has elements of TWI and Doctrine in it. Two main words in the title are equally separated down each forum division." And yet, discussions of "indoctrination" can-and do- happen independent of "DOCTRINE." I read an entire book on the subject of indoctrination once ("Factors Used to Increase the Susceptibility of Individuals to Forceful Indoctrination"), and the APA didn't touch on "doctrine" at all. It's like saying that we can't "disagree" (draw different conclusions) without being "disagreeable" (grouchy and ill-tempered) because "disagree" and "disagreeable" have the same root word.

Wow! Thanks Mark S.! I'm not used to having someone actually help me show evidence of past fulfillment.LOL Seems preterism is going through a new phase recently with Jonathan Welton's little grass-roots thing. The symbolism within certain sections of Revelation scream Roman Imperial Cult also know as "emperor worship" which began with Julias Caesar which many preterists see as the 1st horn of the sea beast. There is a lot on the internet about this but I've been searching for unbiased info where one doesn't have to sign up for an account to view the material so that I could just post a link and everybody could read it. Here is a good one to read if you have the time: http://www.academia.edu/250713/Imperial_Cult_and_Christianity_How_and_to_What_Extent_Were_the_Imperial_Cult_and_Emperor_Worship_thought_to_Preserve_Stability_in_the_Roman_World Scroll down to " IV. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HONOURS TO THE IMPERIAL FAMILY WERE REFUSED " to save some time. There are some new points of view regarding the beasts of Revelation. There are actually 3 of them and they are not all the same beast. Some preterists including myself see the scarlet beast as Judean, not Roman. See my post titled "Alternative View of the Beasts of Revelation" for a detailed commentary.

Hey... at least you didn't think you'd gotten born of the wrong seed.