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I'm sure you probably don't mean it this way, but, that really sounds like another version of "shifting the blame". Didn't get results?....Must not have been believing....didn't have your needs and wants parallel....didn't have a clear enough picture....must not have been available....etc. Who knows what "love" means, anyhow? In my early days in TWI, I would say I saw lots of people acting out of what most of us would call "love". Maybe we didn't get results because what we were taught was "speaking in tongues" was really glossolalia. Food for thought.

Building costs can vary wildly, but, I think it's fair to say that probably about 50% of what it cost to build that house would fall under the category of labor....labor that was supposedly being expended for the benefit of the organization, not an individual.. In the corporate world, that's called misappropriation of funds. Another word that is commonly used for it is "theft". Unless, of course, she had some sort of subcontracting arrangement with Way Builders and she paid for that cost herself.

Maybe....but, I'm sure there are plenty of people who would tell you they did it "in love" and still saw no results.

I must be a prophet....I foresee a contentious discussion coming on.....LOL!

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VP was a schemer, that much we know for sure. I feel confident in surmising he anticipated some sort of outcome that might not fit with what we would logically or innocently expect. We know he wasn't some sort of spiritual guru, as he had led to us believe. Therefore, I think there was probably a nefarious twist to his plan. Maybe G33r was privy to some of the details and used them, like a card counter, to play his own hand. Ultimately, I don't think anyone really knew what cards Wierwille was holding in his hand. I think Rosalie may have had an educated guess, though.

Wierwille was not a person of benevolent nature. (and that's a kind assessment) It's my opinion that he never gave anything away without an obligatory string or two attached. What strings were attached to Rosalie's ordination? Maybe she'll take that secret to the grave. Or, maybe someone will stumble upon it and expose the whole charade for all to see, once and for all. Even then, though, I suspect there will be those who simply won't accept it.

Spirituality aside, what secular qualifications does she have that would enable her to run an organization of that size and worth?

I just threw that one in there because the lyrics sound so....ya know? when they're taken out of context. It's Chestnut Mare..... by The Byrds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYkL8l6VLk FREE POST!!!!!

Even worse, you may discover that some of them don't even realize you're gone. "We sure do love you."

"I'm home grown, growing my own."

Maybe she didn't want anyone to mistake her for the Shunamite woman in the Bible. I mean, they're so similar.

You could tell them you no longer believe in reincarnation.....but you did in a previous life.

Mrs. Robinson...Simon and Garfunkel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsUKKOPak_s&feature=related Oh, I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while taking her meal, bathing, fine lady This one day I happen to be real close to her and I saw her standing over there so I snuck up on her nice and easy got my rope out and I flung it in the air!

Nah, that one was real.

Ever see one of these TV shows that deal with the supernatural? There they are, renovating an old house, when suddenly, upon tearing down an old brick wall, a ghost is "released" from its imprisonment. Now, I gotta wonder, if even Casper, a mere cartoon ghost, could go back and forth through brick walls whenever he wanted, how did this hapless specimen manage to get himself hopelessly trapped in a wall? Something else, too. If I was a ghost and could go anywhere I choose, why would I elect to live in Aunt Minnie's cedar closet, along with her moldy corsets and foul smelling hose? Just a thought.

If the ministry is your god, then this actually makes sense.

Copyrights. is the only one I could find.

Is off-topic? I don't know. (Well, it's got a frog, has something that sounds like speaking in tongues and talks about courtin'.)

Street Fighting Man....Stones Love you forever and forever Love you with all my heart Love you whenever we're together Love you when we're apart.

Amen

Call me crazy but, it makes me think of song.

He thought "demon" was too wimpy or watered down or..... whatever. That was in the Advanced Class Pg.16...(A.C. Silly-Bus) "Daimonion is devil or devil spirit. One or more may do the possessing. This word daimonion is the word that so many translate into english as demon. This in itself is a trick of Satan to translate daimonion as demons because it sounds less evil, less harsh, than devil." Fast forward to pg. 19 "A born again saved believer may become afflicted with evil spirits." ............................................................................... So, here we see, merely three pages later, that Wierwille contradicts his own rule by referring to devil spirits as evil spirits. From a literary standpoint, this section does not reflect the voice he previously used. From this I surmise (IMO) that Wierwille lifted this material from another source and didn't understand it or didn't even bother to "make it his own". ............................................................................... (I'm still chuckling over his being taken in by Arthur Ford.)