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Growing up, there was a kid in my neighborhood named Dennis who could do this on cue. We were probably about 14 or 15 and had no idea it was done in churches or that it was connected with religion. He taught me how to do it, but I only did it once. (I was afraid of landing incorrectly and hurting myself.) He used to fall back on a sleeping bag on the ground. The only way I know how to explain it is you have to turn off a part of your brain. That is actually what you do when you speak in tongues. (Turning off a part of your brain, that is.) This has been shown in laboratories. You can make your brain do all sorts of tricks with a bit of practice. For example,ever heard of circular breathing? You have to turn off the part of your brain that says air can only flow in one direction as you breath. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_breathing And here's the all-time grand master of circular breathing.

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That line is actually a direct quote from a TWI class, thought it escapes me which one at the moment.

Now, that there is just plain funny!! Say, do you know the difference between fish and chicken?

The man was full of hot air. I don't believe he ever got revelation about anything!! Besides, think about how illogical that statement is. God told him there would always be at least two active CULT members until the Lord returns? What does that mean, really?

Rightly dividing The Word (if there is such a concept) isn't only about the words you speak, it's about the way you live your life and conduct yourself in relation to those words. It should be obvious to any reasonable person that Wierwille was miles away from rightly dividing The Word.

And speaking of poodles---- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2yxnEIUrio

I'm not sure what to make of the rings thing. To me, at least, it seems to suggest a serial nature to his deeds. We've probably all seen these TV shows where the serial killer keeps an ear or a finger or lock of hair from each victim. I think it was probably along those same lines. Scary, though, that he had a whole bunch of them yet to be given away. You have to wonder if he eventually gave them away and to whom.

Sounds a bit like a baiting tactic to me, but then what do I know?

I can never seem to get enough Sonny and Brownie. (Or Memphis Minnie, for that matter.) Guess I'm Just A White Boy Lost In The Blues.

It's evil, wicked, mean and nasty.

Louisiana 1927

Doesn't it just warm your heart to know that your ABS helped fund these things?

We did the same thing in FLO, except the rocks were already residing, happily undisturbed, at the bottom of a creek. (Waist deep at some parts.) But,at least the leeches and water snakes found it entertaining.

Lions and tigers and bars, oh my!

Would that be Magic Carpet Ride-----------Steppenwolf?

Rattlesnakes!! Ask if they have a burlap sack of them stashed in the back room. (It's important to get little trivia like that out of the way as early as possible.)

It's my opinion that they had the guns and dogs because they knew that what they were involved in was wrong and weren't taking any chances on having the deal go south. If a big drug dealer packs heat, no one is the least bit surprised. Same thing, really. Lot's of big money at stake there. A friend of mine was telling people in his area (quite vocally) about some inconsistencies he had seen at HQ that he found alarming. He quickly had armed thugs appear at his door(hundreds of miles from HQ) and tell him, in no uncertain terms, he had better keep his mouth shut if he knew what was good for him. This was in the late 1970's.

Yes-------- the ability to admit to yourself that your "hero" was a second rate flim-flam man who used the scriptures deceitfully in order to satisfy his own lustful perversions. Even in his grave, he continues to "use" you to further his perversion of the so called "Truth". Am I missing something?

This is the same dangerous (in my opinion) stance that was taken in TWI. TWI refused to acknowledge that, although depression can be a temporary state brought on by circumstances, it is frequently the result of actual chemical imbalances in the brain. Removing "negatives" from the person's life( ie:finding root "issues") has no effect on this type of depression. In fact, you may be doing the person great harm by denying them the treatment they require. And the devil spirit approach? Might as well just drill holes in the person's head so the evil spirits will have an escape route.

William Clarke----Your Love Is Real

I saw an article some years ago (can't remember where now) that said the Pope had a special transmitter fitted in that rather large piece of head wear he sports, that enables him freely to commune with celestial aliens (or secretly infiltrate the thoughts of Non-Catholic riff-raff in a plot to take over The World.) via a special brain wave frequency generator. It wasn't a very large article, only made the second or third page. (First page was already taken by an amazing story of a pig with three heads that roams the streets of Upper Bullsheetskava after the Sun sets. I never heard anything else about it. (The transmitter, that is.)

Well, WhiteDove, It's pretty clear to me now why it's impossible for you to understand. You simply weren't there. You were off in some dream world they told you to live in. Got to be like minded, ya know. Yup, speak a scripture and your troubles will magically melt away. Life must be quite simple in that dream world, where reality can be ignored and lechers ride white horses like knights in shining armor. Nope, no room for fear at this little dream world's inn; denial has already rented that room.