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This makes perfect sense to me. What I'm wondering, though, is if it is possible to learn to recognize these nuances in oneself and subsequently offset them. Or, does the predator also sense that the person is attempting to mask them? I'm not asking this casually. I would truly like to know.

Animals can sense things about people, such as whether they're mean or cruel or friendly or caring, etc. I don't know how they do it. Maybe it's chemical or magnetic or electrical or whatever. I don't know. Neither do they. I've always had a problem with codependency. If a big storm blows shingles off my in-laws roof, guess who feels compelled to climb the ladder and fix it? I don't know how people sense it but they do. Some people, unfortunately, can sense it and exploit it. I think it's like that with sexual predators (just my opinion). Somehow, they sense a weakness in their prey and take advantage of it. I don't think it's a process that involves logic and reason. It must be similar to the ability animals have to sense things about people. And, the world is filled with animals.

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I find myself wondering if there is some connection between all the Penn State events and Wierwille's regular "hunting trips" to State College, Pa. Probably just a geographic coincidence but, weirdly ironic, any way you slice it. I mean, if your interest is truly in hunting pheasant and quail, why would you ever leave the corn fields of Ohio and drive all the way to State College, Pa.?

"In Kris' book she admitted to cheating on her husband with another guy in the area for a time because the other guy made her feel more loved. She wasn't a young girl; she was an adult. She knew VP was married. What? The cult made me do it? Pressure? Yes, but she could have refused. A woman she named Becky refused. So did GSC alum Valerie52." John None of this relieves Wierwille of the commitment he made when he took his marriage vows. He cheated on Mrs. W. and, it wasn't a one time thing. Wierwille was a habitual adulterer. The sexual history of his partners is irrelevant. Furthermore, he had a moral and professional obligation, as a Christian minister, to conduct himself in a manner becoming the position he held. He failed miserably in that regard. You can't blame his partners for that. That burden fell squarely on his shoulders alone. Imagine this scenario: Mrs. Johniam walks in on Mr. Johniam and one of his twig sisters doing the horizontal mambo. Mrs. "What in the world is going on here????" Mr. "Don't worry, Dear. She's had other affairs before this one."

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You just don't get it , skyrider. Ya see, some people spoke in tongues, for the first time, at the culmination of session 12. That makes it all worthwhile, now doesn't it?. HALLELUJA!

I dunno. Somehow, the concept of cult leaders thinking they're "ordained by God" just tickles my funny bone. Sorta like preschoolers putting on Mommy's lipstick and prancing around in her high heels. Do they know they look silly? Of course not. Fantasy becomes reality...at least in their minds.

Walk Away----Joe, Dale and Jim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_GZIaghqV0 Too easy for me. These are my homey's. Saw them do this live, lot-o-times. FREE POST

No offense taken. This was simply meant to further explain what I meant in a previous post when I said it had an "esoteric twist".

And, now, one of Wierwille's most active (If not the MOST active) collaborators in the whole sex scandal fiasco is facing his own health crisis. So, we are asked to feel sympathy for him. Call me cold, but, I don't think so.

Interesting site. Personally, I'm not interested in making any kind of "religious commitment".

".......it makes me wonder where is the outrage about the Catholic church?" Maybe you haven't been following the news. There has been plenty of outrage, regarding sexual molestation in the Catholic Church, over the past several years. It's been a mainstay of the news media for quite some time. "As for VP, he's dead!" Yes, he's dead. The doctrines, attitudes and practices he fostered, however, live on to this day. That people continue to defend him and revere him, even in his absence, says a lot about the depth of the indoctrination he sowed.

The "it" factor. Yes. Thinking of people as though they are inanimate things, not humans with feelings and thoughts and dreams. Just a disposable commodity. Wierwille let his slip show when he said, "You can stay (in the Corps) as long as your money holds out." Yet, he was a master of pretending to care. Come to think of it, I guess he warned us of that when he said, "Sincerity is no guarantee for truth."

You know he wasn't a real "Dr.", don't you? ....People just "thought" he was.

I'll go with this one. (And facilitators, such as Rosie, are no less excusable.)

I thought my question was pretty straight forward. The old "answer a question with a question." doesn't fly anymore.

Where did I say this?