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Congrats, Oak My goal is to someday own a car from the same decade I'm living in. Just kiddin' I'm happy for you.

Hey there, Oldies I don't really give a rat's patootie what any other "religious" group sanctions, we're talking about The Way and how they insisted we sever ties with all who were not part of the "in crowd". As far as popping in and out, I think you must have been in some other organization than me. In The Way that I was a part of, leaving "the hedge of protection" was the same thing as surrendering yourself and your loved ones to the mercy of the Devil who would probably use your momentary lapse to sweep in and exterminate you. Are you sure you were in the same TWI as me? The TWI that I was involved with was not a religion. It was a cult!! And you weren't "free" to think for yourself unless you were willing to accept the consequences of paragraph #2.

Hi, jeast I tried to find a youtube of this song to post but had no luck. :(

So then,Mike----- Just how DOES God use the word all?

Not sure why but this all sounds "familia".

You Gotta Make Your Own Kinda Music!!

"Harve thought he had a weed eater loose in his Fruit Of The Looms."

I refuse to answer this one! ;-]

I was working for ABC/Dunhill Records when she died. (As a forklift operator!!-- ) We had a big run on her records, as well as those of Jim Croce. Here's a link with her biographical information. http://www.casselliot.com/biography.htm She had one of those voices you just can't develop by study and practice. You recognize it the moment it hits your ears. Otis Redding was like that. So was Karen Carpenter and Candy Givens from Zephyr. Lydia Pence from Cold Blood STILL has one of those voices that grabs you immediately. Mama Cass died from a heart attack that was caused by her weight problem. So young, so gifted, such a shame.

As I walk this land with broken dreams I have visions of many things

I copied it and pasted it in the search window at youtube but I guess that doesn't work. Sorry

Oh, Lord-----Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.(The Animals) "Is there anybody going to listen to my story?"

It was in this week of 1967 that Dunhill records had to cancel their "Win a date with Mama Cass" contest because------No one entered!Heck, I would have entered just to hear her sing Dream A Little Dream Of Me.What a voice!

Ahhhh! That would be To Sir With Love---------------Lulu OK--Now that other one "Sick at heart and lonely, deep in dark despair"

Is it Bulldog by The Beetles?

OOPS!! Sorry, Dooj Didn't see you there. Ladies first. I insist!!!

You can always go------Downtown (Petula Clark) "Sick at heart and lonely, deep in dark despair"

I believe he knows what you are talking about, excie. He chooses not to believe it because to do so would mean he was scammed like the rest of us. (And that's a tough pill to swallow.)

There but for fortune may go you or I.

Holy Crud! Don't know how I missed this one. This dismissing of the entire corps thing must have been what inspired the dismissing of the entire Fellow Laborers program. The time frame is pretty close. Maybe just a bit later. Except, if I remember correctly, it wasn't an "opportunity to recommit". It was a mandate to "do as we say or you're toast!" ---------------- "This is not slavery"--OM Yeah, you're right, it's psychological manipulation.

Hiya, Oldies I took the liberty of bolding "unequally" in your post. (That's the word you omitted.) So now about this "unequal yoking" business------What do you suppose determines when "yoking" crosses the line and becomes "unequal yoking"? Come to think of it, what the heck is "yoking" anyhow? Did it mean the same thing back then as it does today? Questions, Questions, Questions. Do you suppose Paul might have been addressing a specific situation that was taking place at that point in time? Do you suppose our situation today replicates that particular one? And heck fire, was an "unbeliever" the same thing as what we call an "unbeliever" today? Be honest with yourself. You and I both know this section of scripture was used to instruct us that we were not to have associations or relationships with non-TWI people. Simple as that. They(unbelievers) were inferior to us because WE were the chosen ones.(cough, cough, cough) Cut them off before it's too late. They'll drag you back into the dismal abyss we call "the world". They will be your downfall. They will cause you to return to your old ways like a dog returns to its vomit. It a simple case of "private interpretation". VPW twisted privately interpreted this scripture to say you should cut off your non-TWI associations. That's a fact, Jack! But on second thought,maybe that's OK because his teaching on "private interpretation" is, itself, based on "private interpretation". And that's no "yoke"!

Hey you!! Get off my Cloud. (The Rolling Stones.) I once had a girl(or should i say, "she once had me"?)

I want to state for the record that I do not know these people on the site that I linked to, though the names sound vaguely familiar. I found this site purely by chance. I have no quarrel with them whatsoever. Heck, for all I know, maybe they even post here. But, holy cow! Anybody who doesn't think our thoughts were controlled, ought to give this stuff a very close listen. Much of it is either straight out of PFAL or some other Way class or teaching. Sure it's been updated to appeal to current tastes but the essence is clearly there. The focal point is "The Word". (As defined by whom, of course, is a vital concern.) Yes, God and Jesus Christ are mentioned but only as supportive reference. These people are attempting to build an entire "ministry" not around God or Jesus Christ, but around the catch phrase "The word of God is the will of God". In my heart, I like to think of myself as a musician. And, you know, there are about a gazillion ways you can interpret Take The A-Train. Play it fast, play it slow, play it in a minor key, make it a polka, do it reggae style, whatever. It's still really Take The A-Train.

To heck with the recipe, what time is dinner?

What?!!!! You think putting your wife and kids ahead of selling PLAF (The Miracle Class) makes you LESS of a man? I politely disagree with you, sir, and salute your integrity.