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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.

If a tree falls in the swamp and lands on a Mute Swan, does it make a sound?

Take some doggy treats, just in case.

"That's a nice store you have there. It sure would be a shame if it caught fire some night and burned down."

More importantly, has it been filtered?

It doesn't seem like much of a party if all you have to offer is a glass of water.

If this was my dilemma I would seek qualified legal advice instead of turning to armchair experts on the internet.

Now take your Bahhhbles and turn to The Book of Matches.

Or was it Frosty the Snowman? Hmmmm? He does rises again from the snow every winter.