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The despicable thing about all this.. The SOB sat up in his little chair at my advanced class, detailing how PRIVILEDGED we were to get his syllabus- how HE went through all the "shenanigans" to get "da accuracy of the holy spurt field".. how it was worth so far much MORE than we paid for it.. and he did not even blush once.

As if said person didn't give you a GOOD REASON to think that way.. Getting reamed for serving with the white coffee cup instead of the beige one.. or serving the diet coke with four ice cubes instead of three- just tells me that details are regarded more important than people. That kind of .... made me "think evil" too.

Yep. And all innies will be required to turn in requested pages of their copies, under the watchful eye of the mini-mog at a fellowship near you..

Scary, isn't it? heh heh.

But I'm kind of with rascal on this one.. I got involved with a radio club here when I left der vey. It was lots of fun, and I got to help out with some important stuff around here.

Well, I would say that doctrinally, they are similar to the older days of TWI, but seems to be run by a bunch of a LOT nicer folks. I think they instituted a few checks and balances so a madman couldn't get hold of the thing very easily.. W*yn* C*a* is on staff there, along with J*hn Sh*o*er. People may rightfully or not rightfully argue with them on a doctrinal level, but on a practical level they seem OK.. nice, loving folks. Personally, I've heard the PFAL "message" enough already. Repackage it, revamp it, or even correct its errors, and it still doesn't have much appeal for me. Seen it too many times..

Heck, I forget. Just wait a minute, and see if I can remember to walk back in the room.

Well, it must be: tithing. We all KNOW that tithing brings wings to tampons to life, or something like that..

Yep.. Of course, pouring over a hundred and some pages in a stinking sylabus somewhere could be considered learning revelation "the hard way". I thought revelation was SUPPOSED to be "phenomena". i.e., nowhere is it GUARANTEED. I think all the attempts to "streamline" the process was little more than nonsense. If its easy as "falling off a log backwards", what improvement is a grueling week of classes and hundreds of pages of crap to "master"?

Ah, now it makes sense. "Virtual" ABS, "virtual" hedge.. Of course if he decides to spend the cashola somewhere else, I guess the virtual hedge goes away, and he becomes a greasespot before he even knew it.

Naw, its the CATS that own the house. They let the wimmen stay there, the wimmen let the men..

There is another category- those who were in charge, and wrecked lives. Seems they would REALLY like us to just get over it. Yep. Perhaps most of us are just another inconvenience, just another kick in the side just when they just start to relax.. maybe that's why sometimes I see the admonition, "just take a chill pill". Maybe that's what THEY have to do. Can't be very pleasant to have to live on tranquilizers and anti-depressants, without any other valid reason, just to get through the day.

I wonder if this is all another coincidence.. I took der class in 1975 also, June I think... Would I do it all again? I'd have to. Even knowing where all this would lead. I'd have to take the da*n class, more than once, do all the twig stuff, go WOW in 77, meet my now ex, and have two of the greatest kids this side of the Mississippi. Wouldn't trade these two kids for anything I lost along the line..

He should send it to us.

Thanks Rascal.. I needed that!

Would have been better off singing "Louie, Louie"..

The sad thing about all this, is the SOB's are just sitting there, waiting. "Have you been on the internet? These sound like internet driven questions" "You sound like you're just being evil and vindictive" "Its none of your business" I don't know quite what to tell you.. Shant be very pretty. I don't think you'd succeed in getting question number two out of your mouth.. Well, one thing.. you may find out who your real friends are in there. We'll see how kinder and gentler "they" are, indeed. "We respect your opinions, go in peace.." I'd fall over.. But who knows. Maybe they'd be nice- to your face. Watch your back..

"Selected" alright- over hundreds of thousands of organizations that refused to contribute $$$.

It was another scam, in my opinion. They pay to be "selected", or "picked", to be advertised- on TV! Kind of like a letter I got, boy oh boy, I was "selected" to make hundreds of thousands of dollars ("potenially" in fine print).. just have to send in $29.95, money order or credit card, to get the priviledge of being "selected".. Finally, a victim of a scam, just like themselves..

Sadly, I think the MOST twisted, are those who carry the evil doctrine and practice they learned in TWI, and try to jam it down people's throats. Sure- may as well go start your own ministry of misery.. NOTE: I am NOT labelling all offshoots as such. But they just adore the tough love concept. If people disagree, beat them like h*ll with a few more bible verses.. DEMAND loyalty. DEMAND "old line grads" to tow the line. That's twisted. Should've figured it out- it didn't work in TWI. What makes the individuals think it will work outside of TWI? I think people still in should have the "priviledge" to read this stuff. Look what kind of toad "they" are going to turn YOU into, if you stay around long enough. I've posted a lot of what I was turned into. And a lot wasn't very pretty..

I'll think about it, though some others here may have better suggestions.. "Because they are a bunch of filthy, thieving scumbags" probably wouldn't go over very well..

Personally, I would prefer this to: "Well, I'm just so blessed today. I'm just so blessed that I'm blessed, and you should be blessed that you're blessed too. And thankful. And willing to tell the whole world that you are blessed.." Enough already.. "Well then, what blessed you?" "Nothing in particular". Good grief. Turn me into a pillar of salt.. Honestly though Allan. You don't have to obey me, or sit and listen to my ranting. We are not married to each other, really. :P-->

Allan, I think the whole point is, nobody really gets over it.. you may suggest you are, and I would disagree. I may make up for lost time, finally get on track with my true calling, get smarter, love myself and others, and start making right decisions.. But no, I am not "over it". Can't forget it, either. Its part of who I am. The crap I endured, the crap I gave out too- effects my character. Effects the way I think about things.. Maybe not as much today as five or six years ago, but its still there. And it still hurts sometimes. Not nearly like it did though.. Stuff I did twenty years ago STILL bothers me. Ludicrous crap I saw people do twenty years ago still disturbs me. Some of it I am only recently figuring out how wrong it was. Sometime I wake up in the night, and remember one more mean, hateful, but "biblical" thing I pulled off on somebody.. but this is far far less frequent now. If it was wrong, it SHOULD bother a person. I am actually getting a life, here. At least now. I'm finally doing what I should have done over twenty years ago. At first I almost kicked myself for being so stupid.. finishing the task up so much later in life, but I figured that I can't change that. I just pray I can live long enough to do it.

I keep looking for one of those darn things, just can't find it. Probably wouldn't do a heck of a lot of good, anyway..

Yep. Of course, it wasn't anything new.. but it was claimed as such. What the wascal said was exactly what EWB published almost a century before, in Witness of the Stars. New light? Nonsense. Anybody who is anybody in the Christian world knows this stuff, or at least about it.