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Vehemently promoted abundant sharing but always managed to find himself on the receiving end. You need "all 9 all the time" to live the abundant life but those non-Christians in session one were doing just fine without them....go figure.

Clearly, he used the promise of material abundance to woo new class recruits....

Wierwille acquires a small fleet of vehicles to help him "move the word" but somehow can't seem to (not even once) visit the FellowLaborers, who are only an hour and a half away from HQ.

WOW training (1976?) Wierwille tells new recruits..."Keep it in your pants!" Meanwhile, back at the farm....

Why were we expected to live in communes and subsist on pluralities when he....Well, you know what he did.

Criticizes the church for following rituals and then promotes elaborate "events" that involve elaborate robes, mantles and religious apparel

Says the spirit inside us is perfect.... but...... we'll have to speak in tongues (much) to make it "perfecter". Why is it so hard to believe positively FOR something, when even the slightest of fears can bring it into fruition?

Talks about how we need not have any fear because of the Christ in us....then surrounds himself with attack dogs, armed guards and rule-enforcement thugs. I think maybe Dilemma is Conundrum's not so distant cousin.

Wierwille talks about the importance of having needs and wants parallel, yet, he gets virtually anything he "wants" though he actually "needs" very little of it. (Bikes, private jet, classic cars, private chalet, etc.)

Conundrum: Wierwille talks about the impossibility of counterfeiting tongues and then describes how he, himself, had counterfeited tongues.

Early on, Wierwille related how, when he was at a low point in his work as a minister,, he asked/told God to give him a sign or he would quit. The result, of course , is the amazing "snow on the gas pumps" story. Later (Advanced Class, maybe?) Wierwille categorically states that you can't ask/tell God to give you a sign. He uses scriptures, of course, to "validate" his point....."It's like a black fly in your chardonnay bowl of familia."

Well, the undertaker drew a heavy sigh seeing no one else had come, And a bell was ringing in the village square for the rabbits on the run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-6nBT27Bbo

Movies aside, my nomination would be for John L., for his portrayal of a buffoon in a non fiction work.

A thank you note will be forthcoming, I'm sure........or not.

I used to wonder what the profoundly deaf could do, in lieu of speaking in tongues, that would give them "proof in the senses realm" and all that stuff.

The whole thing reminds me of that scene from Fantasia where the splinters from the broom keep multiplying. HERE

O.K., here's the thing. The CEO's leadership of these corporations splinter groups are knowingly marketing a product that has been proven to be both defective and harmful. Yet, they continue to market it. If we were talking about hula hoops or widget flanges, most reasonable people would understand the deception.

Here's some vocal fry you might enjoy.

Here's my take on it: 1. Have them sign "the green card". 2. Undershepherd them through "the class". 3. Work with them to get them through all the peripheral classes/requirements needed for The Advanced Class. 4. Get them through The Advanced Class. VOILA! Then..... they can use "all 9 all the time" and do this whole trip by revelation. (My obligatory effort to segue this into ATW.)

Except, maybe, the ones that are headed toward the exit sign?

I was thinking "iron lung" because it was one entity, being sustained through the intervention of artificial means. (The so-called "ministry" was the iron lung that gave life to Wierwille's MLM dreamland.)

The Way has ALWAYS been one moving part.....an iron lung, to be more specific.