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I think when some of us caught glimpses of what we thought might be going on, we were subsequently gas-lighted. ("You must be possessed to even entertain such possibilities. Renew your mind.")

Thank you so much. This is fantastic!

I feel I must say that I never meant to disparage Mike (the person) in any way. He always took a civil approach when discussing matters with me. His ideas and beliefs were an entirely different story. Like so many of us, he, too, was an unfortunate product of the system.

aaaaaaaand....we seem to have drifted into doctrinal waters.

TLC said: "Maybe they were just trying to rattle some cages... yank a chain or two here or there. Trolling, I think they call it." Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, would ever put as much effort into trolling as Mike did into posting. He was firmly committed to the idea that the PFAL class came by revelation and was meant to replace the Bible. He said that when Christ returns he'll be holding a copy of the PFAL book in his right hand. (He didn't specify whether it would be hardbound or paperback.)

Eat enough familia and you'll quckly understand the meaning of "a powerful series of purges".

I'm not an accomplished bass player. I used to have a Fender P. It always felt heavy to me. I wasn't in love with it but I really did like the way it sounded. Fast forward....My hands started acting silly, so I got rid of it and got an Epiphone Viola because it has a short scale neck, and, being semi-hollow bodied, is much lighter,. I thought maybe that would be easier to play. And it was. Plus, I liked the sound after I outfitted it with round wound strings. It's not a high end machine but still quite nice for the price. I still have it but I can't play at all anymore. My hands refuse to cooperate. That happens when you get old. (or so I'm told.) Looks just like this one.

This should probably be moved to the doctrinal forum as there are likely to be difficulties in comparing the two without touching on doctrinal issues. However, I haven't watched the youtube, so I could be mistaken.

When I became involved in 1972, the mints and Drambuie were already an established protocol. That doesn't really answer how much but it does give some perspective on how long the practice went on.

"Heck, at corps week, the corps were blamed for NOT STOPPING THE RAIN" R.O.A. (1973?) : There was a bad series of thunderstorms that left everything a muddy mess and temporarily knocked out the power to the main stage. Wierwille walked up the the, then live, microphone and smugly announced, "I'm still here!", like it was a major spiritual accomplishment. If you're still here, why don't you use your mythical law of believing to clear the weather? What a "maroon"!

Written by Doc and Rosa Lee...........

Thanks for those links, Rocky. It's especially important for us older folks, who have more occasion to have to deal with pain than some of our younger counterpart, to understand the dangers of mixing alcohol with acetaminophen.

I seiously doubt that he ever thought of himself as having a problem. He also chain smoked Kool "shorties" like it was going out of style. His motto in life was "Do what you like as long as you like what you do." He died of metastatic cancer. (Liver and eye) The real kicker here, though, is that he taught alcoholism and cancer are caused by devil spirits. So, either he was wrong about the devil spirit thing or we were following a guy who was possessed. Quite a dilemma, no? BTW, His son, Don, and his brother, Harry, also died from cancer. edit: commas and stuff.

Raf did quite a bit of really good work on this particular subject. I have no idea how to find it again.

Yeah the secret initiation into the inner sanctum...... (Just 'cuz I'm feeling a little bit impish today.) HERE

Just calling it an advanced class is a joke, in and of itself. It's not advanced and it's not a class. It's an indoctrination into a medieval type of thinking.

49 AGAIN?????

Go easy on the eggnog, everyone. Happy Thanksgiving!

We know for certain, for instance, that for some reason, for some time in the beginning, there were hot lumps. Cold and lonely, they whirled noiselessly through the black holes of space.......

In the event of something happening to me....

If you spoke in tongues more you would understand.

Don't forget to follow the order of operations PEMDAS

I did learn how to "stretch" coffee, though. So, that's nice.

Exponentially, I would suspect..