JustThinking

... and Rosie in tights? Ugh!

ROR, You could have skipped the whole thing and told him you and your surgeon had already had a "limb" meeting. ;)--> JT

Yet another example of the "scum sucking unbelievers copying what the true household of Da Verd" came up with first?"

Mmm... this assumes someone is paying attention and actually cares if what they say is true. Might want to drop that assumption with TWI. Does the name still sell CDs to the witless? Yep.

Too funny! Sounds like the genesis (can I say that? ;)--> ) of a great movie. We have a title, theme song and the beginning of a decent script. "In a corn field in Ohio, a small, unsuspecting cult..."

Johnny, Thank you for clearing up who is whom. So, after all this... ...my vote is for Doc Higgins! After three days of trying to get the poor woman's name right. :)--> socks quote: Socks, not at all. You see, it makes you right. You had Exie in the wrong administration. TWI is in the Cult Administration. Exie is the Cafe's mother in the Word during the Greasespot Administration. (I guess that makes Paw our father in the Word?) JT

Me too! Thank you. Glad you're here too! :)-->

Hmm... Love God with all your heart... Oh, that's not in there, is it? Apparently, it's not even in the top 10 anymore. :(-->

So Dr. Rinker it is then? ... then he decided that was WAY too hard so... ;)-->

No, I don't think it was. I'm thinking of the lady mentioned in PFAL. An orthopedic surgeon?

How about the surgeon that VP said he talked to all the time by phone? He claimed he used to teach her what he was learning. (Note: Valid only if this story happens to be true)

HJ, You are SO not spiritual! Red is the devil's color and purple is for homo's. Well, it used to be for royalty but they stole it from God's super-duperty spayshul household, donchaknow? Only green and gold are ok this year. Red WAS used for the WAP class but that is now an old wine skin. ;)-->

In Steve!'s defense: I do get frustrated with LOOOOOOOOOOONNNGGG posts that have nothing at ALL to do with the topic and are obvious sales pitches. My solution? Skip over 'em. Call me lazy but I have a lot of respect for folks who can just get to the point. Personal note: After working around politicians for a while, I am VERY suspicious of anyone who takes 20 minutes to answer a question that wasn't even asked.

hiway29, :D--> I feel your pain. We did them at branch meetings too. I loved the songs but it's kind of weird for new folks. JT

Bluzeman, Thank you for the explanation. I can't say I got all of it but enough to get my answer. Thank you! JT p.s. Am I the only one who just skips over posts that run on forever?

The "1/2 As Smart As The Last Guy" Ministry

Exie, I love you too. :)--> No strings either. JT

The Field of Screams

That may be the epitaph of many who passed through TWI. JT

Oak: Amen! By the time I left, my standards in this category were actually pretty low. In other words, I didn't expect much from my "leaders." They wouldn't have needed to do much. They still failed. And then I found this place... :)-->

Lindy, I guess I didn't say. Sorry about that. GSC played a big part in my leaving. I was heading for the door for a while. Or it my be that the passion I once felt for TWI had died during the 90s. Craig screaming, incompetent corps, corps who couldn't keep it their pants, mass desertions, etc. Hardly encouraging. I was one of the dumb ones who thought that, despite it's problems, TWI was the best in research. GSC cleared that delusion up for me. In the end, it was death (or rebirth, in my case) by a thousand paper cuts inflicted by TWI itself. What GSC did for me though was to help me see just how many other people felt like me. Most of the folks who left that I had known were rabid followers of some splinter group. Or they were just consumed with hate for [pick your evil current/former Way leader]. GSC was a place for me to lurk and listen. It took a lot for me to even register here. The release I felt by finally getting to have a meaningful conversation about problems was huge! No more goofy wayferisms to pretend it's not really a problem or just ignoring it. I didn't hate anyone. I just didn't see the point anymore. Talking through my past in TWI helped me to define just why I wanted to go. And then I was gone. Just a quick conversation to say "hey, I love you but I'm not coming back." And that was it. I truly thank God for the people here. If it weren't for all of you, I might still have been trying to "stick it out" until things got "better." You Lindy, Exie, Radar, Catcup, Raf and others may have no idea how much you've meant to me and my family. I couldn't leave out Paw for opening his "doors" for a group like us. So that's my story and I'm sticking to it. ;)--> JT

So... back to the thread. We were talking about the web page, I believe. I'm clueless about web page "stuff." Does this mean the WayGB can tell the names of anyone who has visited the site? JT

Mike: Anyone can. Till then, it helps to be armed. (Figuratively speaking) It worked for Daniel, Moses, Abraham, Joshua, the 12 apostles, some that Jesus sent, and John Wayne.

Radar, I doubt I know Don Wierwille better than anyone here. Only met the man once. It was at ROA in the early 90s. A friend said that God had really put Don on his heart and he had been praying for him. He knew I was going to ROA and asked, if I saw him, to sit with him and say "hi." To be honest, I thought "like I'm ever going to see him just sitting under a tree alone!" By that time, a lot of the homey feeling was gone from the Rock. (IMO) However, I was determined to make it happen because my friend wasn't the type to make requests and certainly not to say "God told me..." Very unusual. Well, I DID find him sitting under a tree all by himself. (I guess I should watch what I tell God, huh?) I asked him if I could sit with and tell him "hi" from an old friend. He said "sure!" and we just chatted for a while. 20 minutes, maybe. It was almost weird that no one else seemed to even notice him until we were done talking. He was nothing but warm and kind. And in no rush to go "oversee" something. He made me feel like his time with me was very important. I never got to know him but this is how I will remember Don. JT

Red, Woops! I just noticed that you were here a year before me. Still glad you're here. :)-->