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It was one of the most depressing, disappointing experiences of my entire life.

"In the beginning" appears only one time in the whole bible. Therefore, it should be obvious...we're not here.

Ert is da turd planet from da Sun.

"P.I. for me, but not for thee."....V.P.W.

Earl Burton

VPW was connected to Liberty Lobby. He got conspiracy information from them and passed it off to us, leading us to believe he had gotten the information by revelation. One of these theories involved the USSR taking over the USA. (mid 1970s) If the USA fell to Communism, the Word would be lost again because only TWI had the ability to rightly divide it. We had lots of prayer vigils and kept the situation high on our lift lists. There's a WHOLE lot more to the story, but, in summary, our believing and SIT was all that saved America. We were helping VPW to stand in the gap. Dat's Riiiiight.

"You see, kids, there was a time when the only thing that stood between the World's very existence and its total annihilation was my power of believing and an undying commitment to stand in the gap." "But, Grandpa, I thought you said you were a plumber." "Oh my, where does the time go? Do be a good sport and hand me the TV remote. I don't want to miss Jeopardy!."

Something we didn't need to worry about in TWI, because, ya know, we weren't a cult.

We used to run a mile every morning in FellowLaborers. ("To the tree and back") People said you get used to it and maybe even learn to enjoy it. I never did.

Hence the term, "Empties floating by".

Ditto to that, Mr. Ham.

Hunt Close (Jerome B. Robinson) is in current, mainstream circulation. It was released in 1978 and rereleased in 1993. Wierwille recommended it to Way Corps as a guide to... child rearing. I don't know if it was available through the bookstore, but was/is readily available from major booksellers, such as Amazon.

Good morning, starshine. The earth says "Hello".

I'll just jump right to Godwin's Law here and state that Hitler was a lot of things besides the monster he is remembered to be. In the grand scheme of things, do we really care what personal accomplishments he may have achieved?

Well, I mean, we're ALL "something else", as well. And, that's important. But, in the context of Way history, I'm personally not all that interested in whatever else he may have been outside of his role as a religious leader.

Rock of Ages: An exercise in delusion Chapter one "It was a dark and dreary night."

That's a mighty big brush you're painting with.

Can I get an amen?

And yet, this was a real thing in the earlier days of the ministry. There was a believer in the early 1970s who was advised to stop his medication for a chronic illness. I don't recall the specific malady. Long story short, he died. It didn't take long for Wierwille to take to the stage at R.O.A. to advise people to keep taking their meds while they continued to believe for healing. He was aware enough to realize he needed to cover his butt legally. People were looked down upon for seeking conventional medical treatment because it supposedly exposed their lack of believing. I don't know of anyone who was flat out denied or forbidden from seeking medical treatment, but the group pressure was overwhelmingly extreme. It applied, as well, to folks who had illnesses of the mental variety. In those instances, though, they were also portrayed as harboring devil spirits.

I knew a guy in The Way (staffer) who lost his life to cancer by doing this. He left behind a wife and 2 little kids. Then, they crapped on his memory because he must have not been believing big enough.

HERE Another former member named David, 19, said 'The Saints' felt they were the highest form of Christianity. 'They believed they were the only true Christians because they could speak in tongues,' he said.

It's in the collaterals. The Blue Book, I think. Or maybe the Green Book. I probably should have paid better attention.

So, we can only learn from Christians?

Sounds like a bit of a stretch to me.