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It all kind of reminds me of a verse to a song I wrote a long time ago. Silk and satin in the night cater to the fool's delight. Sweet, enticing, vibrant sounds Lure him to the circus grounds. A hypocrite in all his might So wrong in that he thinks he's right. Still he hears not. Still he sees not. Will he? Public Domain

I don't recall anyone ever claiming that Murphy's Law came via revelation from God Almighty. Anyway, calling Murphy's Law a "law" is a bit of cynical, ironic, sarcastic twist of words as the average person who has reasoning skills may recognize that the concept itself is doomed to fail when forced to fit the criteria for a "law". Hence, you will surely fail if you try to prove it to be a "law". You would have to. (It's Murphy's Law. )

Oh, my! How can this be possible? The collaterals were given by divine inspiration to Dr. Wierwille. Why, oh why did God give him a defective analogy? I mean, if you've been waiting 2,000 years to divulge a secret, you surely want it to be worded perfectly, no? Maybe that's the real "great mystery".

HaHaHaHa Oh yeah, The Lord's Prayer argument. Wierwille said it doesn't apply to us because: 1. It was for the Christ "administration" and this is the Grace "administation. Therefore, it's not written "to us". 2. Asking God to "Give us this day our daily bread" contradicts the Epistles where it says God has already blessed us with "all spiritual blessings", etc. Therefore, we don't have to ASK God for anything. We just tell him what we want and thank him in advance. "Just name it and claim it." OOPS! Almost forgot.-----Make sure you are "believing" when you do that last step. <_< ("Works for saint and sinner alike.")

I don't think anyone ever interpreted Wierwille as meaning it was a law in a "legal" sense. At least I never met anyone who did. He(VP) clearly stated that it was (in his words) a "law" in the same sense that gravity is a "law". Like a "law" of physics. The "laws" of physics are predictably and dependable. To say that the "law" of believing is on a parallel with the laws of physics is ridiculous. The laws of physics can be qualified and quantified in a laboratory. If believing is a "law" in the same sense, it should be possible to do the same thing with it. Wierwille's "law" of believing was but one variation of numerous other philosophies that were popular at the time. Some included God in the mix and some did not. Wierwille not only included God in the mix; he implied that God personally gave him this insight. I suggest that if we want to continue to take this discussion in this new direction, we move it to one of the many threads that already address this subject.

Hey George!!! Yer up!!!

Personally I like the line----- "Gee, I think you're swell."

I just watched this on youtube. (the bigger of the two productions) For what it's worth, I thought it was nicely staged. No goose bumps but nicely done. Nice arrangement.----beautiful individual vocal performances.-----lighting and costuming had a very soothing effect. Only thing I did not care for was the side to side movement. I found that a bit contrived and distracting. They might have been able to "wash" individuals with light or have them take a step or two downstage(or both) when they were featured, instead. But that's just a matter of my personal taste. Regarding the changing of the lyrics: What's the big deal? It's not like these lyrics are engraved on a Holy Tablet or something. It's just a song. What if it had been written that way to start with? Would there be a big push to change it to Jesus to make it "right on"? One thing that I really, really don't miss about TWI is having to always worry about whether this or that is "right on" according to TWI standards of the only true(cough) right dividing of The Word. Everything became focused on the mission of promoting TWI. No room for artistic license. Ever wonder why that early Way music knocked your socks off? It's because it came from what the artists themselves felt compelled to express. Once TWI stepped in and started dictating what needed to happen to make it "right on" it started to lose the emotional steam that drove it. That's my 2 cents.

We have a winner!!

Here's a little clue. The song is actually somewhat tongue in cheek. If you listen closely to the lyrics, you will find they are mildly poking fun at this particular genre. That becomes even clearer when you see the direction their careers took after this effort. Here's another snippet: "You're my pride and joy, etc."

What a great song! Written by Willie Nelson, BTW.

Sorry, Brush I never took the "New And Improved" series so I can't compare the two.

jeast The thread I referred to is in the "soap opera" forum. It's titled "All women belonged to VPW." (It's a long one!!)

Like music to the ears.

Hey!!! Itsn't that what WE did??

T-Birds ft. Kid Ramos

Re: This will potentially be harder than I thought "Your Honor, I present the "Just got back from church" thread as exhibit A."

I really think you're groovy. Let's go out to a movie. Whatta ya say now?

Fellow Laborers was a two year, in-rez. program in Ohio. The term "tour of duty" was used with a bit of tongue in cheek.

Ha!! Not me. I'm still a kid!!

Paging Cindy Roberts!! caseyqueen is looking for you

Ya know--- Something tells me you're gonna be just fine, kiddo. :)

William Wicherly----The Country Wife?????

Chronology is of the essence. This subject was discussed here about 8 or 9 months ago but I don't recall the thread title.

OK-- There's a bit of twisted irony here. This is from Steal This Album. Your name is Abi. There is a very famous book titled Steal This Book which was written by another Abbie. (Abbie Hoffman) Well, the gender is different but I chuckled about it anyway. :)