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I understand how and why people might perceive them as pure, but, rest assured, they were far from pure or even relatively pure.

Meh. Mike disappears for extended periods of time and is unchanged when he returns. Gotta give him credit for one thing, though. He's thoroughly mastered that "Stand, no matter what!" schtick.

I guess I just don't understand why he would even need this degree, seeing as how God gave him access to all the secrets of the universe anyhow.

Let's all take our songbooks now and turn to "We've Got A Great Big Limited God". Isn't that tree-mend-us!!

Yes, let's compare. Let's compare a phony doctorate with a real one.

And this makes him a Dr.? I went to Burger Biggie last week. I must be a chef now.

He went to Princeton Theological Seminary, not "Princeton". Maybe it's true, maybe it's not. It should be easy enough to verify by doing an alumni search, something that doesn't really interest me. He spent a brief time at Pikes Peak Seminary ( a building that is currently functioning as a B&B). Where can I find his dissertation? And that makes him a "Dr."? How?

You all know he wasn't really a "Dr.", right?

Sooooo? ...............TVTs?

I don't think the expression "Date and Switch" was used internally but it's certainly what comes to my mind when the conversation turns in this direction. Young women would sometimes feign romantic interest in a class prospect just long enough to get them to sign up and start the class. Then, they would move on to the next "sale". Of course, we're all humans with physical needs, so sometimes the relationship reached the next level, as well. Lots of posters here have recounted their experiences with this practice

Maybe this is off-topic. I don't know. You decide. In the late '60s, early '70s it wasn't at all uncommon to see kids hitchhiking, especially kids who were too young to have their own car. And they often traveled together because that's what kids do, they hang out together. Well, at least that was the case in Cleveland, where I grew up. This much of Mike's story I can believe. All of this has no real relevance, of course, so do with it what you will. just because...

I have a girlfriend. She..uhhh.. goes to a different school in another town.

"In the beginning I misunderstood But now I've got it, the word is good Spread the word and you'll be free Spread the word and be like me Spread the word I'm thinking of Have you heard the word is love? It's so fine, it's sunshine It's the word, love"----The Lads from Liverpool

It makes no difference whether they were selling the class themselves directly or being held accountable for those who were. If you were a branch leader, area leader or limb leader, it was up to you to make sure the class was being sold.

TWI Verbal Tradition (A phrase that originated with Mike.) It refers to things you learned in twig, for example, that aren't officially recorded in the written materials. So, in other words, TWI can't be held accountable for any bad behavior you learned in twig, unless it's enshrined in the collaterals. "Lead by example". is just a suggestion /s

Hey, everybody! Sing with me. "I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy in piffle class. WHERE? in piffle class. WHERE? in piffle class."........

"He was a mean man."

We really don't know how people spoke in the "Olden Days". It would be erroneous to assume their vocal patterns, emphatic pauses, modifiers and so on would parallel modern day spoken English.

Grandiosity might be a nice place to start.

You previously stated you were unfamiliar with confirmation bias. This is a prime example of how it works.

Those numbers (so many for a tape class, so many for a film class) are further evidence it wasn't really "moving the word" that drove the process. If that was the case, they should have been happy to run the class for any number of students, even if it was only one. It didn't cost them anything to run a class. Those numbers were used as a sales incentive to motivate class recruiters to be more productive. "Well, if you sign up 10 people, we can reward you with a film class, but if you fall short, we can only let you have a tape class." Why would that arbitrary number make any difference outside of driving up the sales figures?

They're only off topic if you're planning to build a strawman. That's absurd. You haven't proven anything even remotely close to that and can't because it's not a provable point, it's a personal opinion.

Can I upvote this twice?