JustThinking

You may be a TWI tool if..... ... you spent money on a class but not your brakes which are worn out and need replaced. ... you have ever tried to "Mark and Avoid" the internet. ... you ever raved about WOW burgers. ... you only socialize with people at functions who had ministry name tags. (Not newbies) ... you miss once-in-a-lifetime events with your kids to attend a class you've taken more times than you can count. JT

OMG, you win! Much better! JT

You may be a TWI tool if... If you stand and applaud someone who is on the phone.

All, If you saw the thread started by a new grad of the SOWERS program, there seemed to be a swarm to fresh meat. It kind of made me feel like an old grad at twig when (miraculously) a new person showed up. 13 pages (and counting) of posts but only a few from the guy who started it. He seemed to drop off fast and we just kept it among ourselves. Have we talked TWI to death yet? Or is there still more or new things to cover? As an irregular poster, others here may be better able to answer. JT

In the end, there was more than enough bad to make me leave. However, the nice people I knew were what kept me there. In other words, not the doctrine. What WAS useful to me? - The idea that one could study the Bible. (Not really done in my childhood church) - Praying with a purpose. Again, not taught in my church. Not in any detail. I grew up thinking that prayer was like the church version of 911. - That books like a Concordance existed. After my first twig, I asked what it was and someone took an hour to show me how to use it. Very kind and patient. As Oldies said, they weren't new to the world but I did learn them in TWI so I'm grateful. There are more but I'm tired. :) JT

Professor Scarecrow hereby conveys to you the "I guess I had a brain Award." Pursuant to all such matters and henceforth, to whit, you shall be known as a smartie for ditching The Whiners of Odz and coming back to the real world. Congratulations!!!!! JT

Wow, what fun you could have. Invite some foreign exchange students to come with you just to make it REALLY hard for them. And don't get folks who speak spanish. Too easy. Go for something in the far east. And have them do speaking in tongues and interpretations. Make the interpretation about tolerance and respect for ALL people. Oh yeah, throw in something about not worshipping a dead guy and you'll really make their night. ;) JT

If you're still there, aren't you kind of dead already? Mentally, if nothing else. Besides, if reading the blue book for the 89 millionth time didn't bore them to death already... JT

Whoa, Frank, what were you thinking?!!! This was a test of your spiritual abilities and you blew it?! If you had said, you did like the coordinator's wife and, in fact, had the hots for her, you would have been corpse material. Heck, you might have been the new limb coordinator. I bet you're kicking yourself now, huh? JT p.s. It might be fun to try to remember the excuses I heard to get out of witnessing. Some were pretty original. :)

Ever seen the movie "Soylent Green?" JT

Was anyone here told the reason (real or not) that these were done? Anything Biblical or just the usual Way-speak? JT

OMG, that reminds me of the time we were given some stupid new bumper sticker to replace the old green one. Something about prevailing, blah, blah, blah. The only thing I really remember was dreading someone looking at the back of my car and seeing it wasn't there. No way I was going to work with that thing on my bumper. Do they still even sell bumper stickers? All 85 people in WayVille probably have one by now anyway. ;) JT

You already got to join the best d**m coffee shop around! :) JT

Bingo! Well said. It makes one wonder what goes through the minds of the corpse who have to stand in front of people and try to get them pumped up? Oh wait, there's a book about that:

Or were they were believer whips? JT

Does that mean TWI closed shop?!!!

Was a reason ever given awards for sticking around? I remember them starting but thought it was weird at the time. The folks getting them seemed a little awkward. One couple had been in 20 years, were dumped from the corpse and still kept slaving away. And they got a piece of paper? Woohoo!!!!! :blink: So what were the levels? 20 and up? JT

There was NOTHING until the end. And at that point, it was so late we all wanted to get out of there pronto. Especially parents on a school night. Three hours of that c##p! Ugh! What was I thinking!!! JT Oak, I think you're dead on. It fits the whole process. Give you everything in Pffle and you're a slave by the AC. Slave and slave driver, if you became a corpse. JT

Y'all have this all wrong! MOG is "Molester of girls." See kids, initials are always explained right there on the bus, in the context or they've been abused before. But I'm glad you can't see it in the original. JT

There's a joke in there somewhere... JT

Not in person for many (10+ ) years. No bumper stickers for about as long. I do see some on web sites like Facebook, MySpace, etc. Good to know that the internet is now blessed by WayVille. Anyone know when being online was no longer instant possession? Just curious. Weirdest encounter with an ex-wayfer? A guy at an airport with his kids wearing a really old WOW jacket. I asked if he was with the Way and he said "no." No explanation. "Were you ever a WOW?" "Yep." Man of many words.... Dumb me HAD to ask why he still wore the jacket then. His answer? "Uh, I like the color." JT

Wow! Still new bad ideas to discover from TWI. Amazing. Sorry you had to put up with that. JT

Nice to know that "God's Abundance" is essentially milking the dead unbelievers you just cursed the day before. Nice. Real nice. JT

We were told the number 6 million was exaggerated but not that camps didn't exist. Maybe this is new wine in an old something. Or was that old whining about empty bottles...? Anyhoo, point taken. Unfortunately, I wonder how many will grow old even outside of TWI. Many were hurt badly, lost family, careers, etc. Those things can cut one's life short. JT

Cue the theme song from Jeopardy... I'm with the folks who say this whole thing sounds contrived. There was a poster for some time who called himself Roy (I think) who was a big VPW booster. Maybe it's him? <_< JT