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I'm starting to think this VPW fella might not have been as honest as we thought he was.

I've worked for quite a few places that went out of business, but I swear I had nothing to do with it.

I tried to get past the first sentence but I can't remember where I put my hip waders.

The title page says 1968. I took it in 1973.

Well, believe it or not (heehee), the Advance Class, on pages 26 and 27 of the silly-bus, gives some answers to this question. It seems that this kind of believing is the kind that comes from the renewing of the mind and is used to operate the law of believing. It's not the same as the manifestation of Believing, which is an impartation manifestation. "The manifestation of Believing is your operation of the God-given ability whereby you may believe to bring to pass the impossible at your command according to what God has revealed to you by Word of Knowledge, Word of Wisdom and Discerning of Spirits. It also inspires believing in others." Now take your Sing Along The Way books and turn to "It's Only Make Believe".

"The Word like it hasn't been known since...Uhhhhh 1967."

When I first took PFAL (has it really been 50 years?), I was told *cough* "We don't subscribe to a statement of beliefs because we change as our research evolves." *cough* That was supposed to explain the New Dynamic (ever changing) Church.

"I come to the garden alone While the dew is still on the roses." I think I figured it out. Too much dew, not enough roses to catch it.

Rainbow Bridge

More like the revenant. It just keeps coming back from the dead.

There is a place in PFAL where Wierwille intends to say "It just sits there like a diamond", but, for whatever reason, says "It just sits there like a duck." Now, some have argued that it only sounds that way, but I have personally listened to it many, many (too many) times and to me it sounds for all the world like he says "duck". In fact, it sounds so much like duck, we used to create minor distractions at that point in the session so it wouldn't be noticed by the class participants.

Isn't that tremendous! It just sits there like a duck.

FUN FACT "Nowhere in the Bible will you ever find mention of someone named Skippy." Source: Some comedian I can't remember.

You die because you stop believing? I'm pretty sure when an M777 howitzer comes to tell you a bedtime story, the lights are gonna go out whether you believe it or not.

I should add that, because it was considered non-retractable, it gave leadership an excuse to encourage followers to ostracize family and friends. It was a pretty handy tool to justify isolationism. No need to continue your relationship with them because they were beyond the point of ever being helped.

Old guy chiming in here. The unforgivable sin was defined and expounded upon in the early PFAL class. It freaked too many people out so it was removed and taught as a separate session and then again in the Advanced Class. The basic concept of the unforgivable sin was that people could get "born again" of the seed of Satan. This was different than devil spirit possession, which was temporal in nature. The reason it was considered unforgivable was because it had permanence due to it being seed initiated like the new birth Christ in you. Only, instead of Christ in you, it was supposed to be the Devil in you. Once you had it, it could never be removed or reversed. Looking back at what I just wrote, I feel pretty embarrassed to admit I ever bought in to this nonsense. But, here I am, 50 years later, trying to decide whether to laugh or cry about it.

gender fluid....hehe. I see what you did there.

Like the kids at the skatepark used to say, "It's all good, Dude.".

" I snuck away on a fishing trip once for a weekend with this waitress....."

A lot of inspiration came from stuff like THIS, too.

Having no debt is bad for your credit score.

You may want to ask the dealer if they've figured out a way to keep them from getting stolen. Around here, it seems like hardly a day goes by that the news doesn't report a high speed chase involving teenagers stealing a Kia or a Hyundai. Looks like a pretty nice car, though.

I don't know. I rather liked the mental image of a boutonniere-wearing pack animal.