cheranne

If the ship goes down.we go down with it!(Spoken like a true Cult Leader!) :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure:

For a long time I missed some people and (susans girls in okc)after all this was said and done I am still in contact with 1. I missed the people but not the message.

Thanks to Mark Clarke

How The Way International Stoled Christmas by Mark Clarke Share apologies to Dr.Seuss he says. HOW THE WAY STOLE CHRISTMAS Every Christian in Church-ville liked Christmas a lot. But The Way, with HQ in New Knoxville, did NOT. They hated religion, and mainstream tradition; They wanted control and our perfect submission. It could be their heads weren't screwed on just right. It could be perhaps that their shoes were too tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been that their hearts were two sizes too small. But whatever the reason, their hearts or their shoes, They put forth their doctrine � the don'ts and the do's. "It can't be called Christmas, 'cause it's not a Mass. (You know that of course if you've taken The Class.) "We'll say Household Holiday, or Ho-Ho for short Let's see, what other Scriptures can we distort? No singing angels, that's strictly forbidden! (The morning stars singing in Job must stay hidden.) "A tree decked with ornaments, lights and such things Is pagan and godless � what evil it brings! It started with Rome and their long winter nights. (Or that's what we've heard, and we know what's right!) "But the biggest wrong Christmas tradition of all Was the date of Christ's birth � he was born in the fall! The Doctor assured us, his teaching was true. (The men who researched it before him knew too!) "So rather than focus on Jesus this season Let's cause more division and argue the reason. We've got to be different from regular church, So we can grab kids who have started to search." But some of the folks on the field said, "What gives? Who are you to control us? The Lord Jesus lives! We're not doing those pagan rituals you fear. We're celebrating Jesus, at the end of the year. "So what if he really was born in September? The main thing is getting more folks to remember That he is the King that God promised to send, And there will be peace and good will in the end." The Way didn't like that, not one little bit. It threatened their power to teach Holy Writ. "If they start to think for themselves, then they'd see They really don't need us � then where would we be?" So they made an example of the folks on the field By driving them out from their spiritual shield. "You're out of the WOWs and you're out of the Corps, And you won't be allowed in our Twigs anymore. "You're causing division, we'll mark and avoid you For daring to question the group that employed you. And Satan will get you, you'll all be grease spots By midnight, for thinking outside the nine dots!" They thought they were doing the work of the Lord By keeping such cop-outs from wielding the Sword. "We can't compromise, we must remain strong. We cannot afford to find out we were wrong!" The folks on the field had just heard the news And the Way thought that they would be singing the blues. But their sound wasn't sad! Why, their sound sounded merry! It couldn't be so! But it WAS merry! VERY! You might think that they were the losers that day For having been booted and shunned by The Way. But they'd sat and they'd read from the Bible last night And concluded that what The Way taught can't be right. Then they thought of something they hadn't before. Maybe Jesus�� perhaps�� means a little bit more. We're saved without classes, and without name tags, We're saved without Teachers with all of their brags. And what happened then? Well, in Church-ville they say That the folks on the field grew three sizes that day. And the minute their hearts didn't feel quite so tight, They knew that they still were beloved in God's sight. They learned that God gave people brains, and what's more, You don't have to leave them outside the church door. They read for themselves, and they thought that way too, And found that the Truth's not a What but a Who. And no matter the origins of Christmas traditions, They knew if they gave them their own definitions That bright decorations spread gladness and cheer; And we sing Hallelujah, Messiah is here! Posted by: runforyou...

I found this intresting too. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vISWAgy_emg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vISWAgy_emg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vISWAgy_emg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

This song explains how I felt pretty much! object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

when I first heard this song it just made me stand still and listen because...that is how I felt. Frozen. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3ORuIBjjBU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3ORuIBjjBU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3ORuIBjjBU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

In for A "LANDING" THAT IS HYSTERICAL!

Glad your here!

Finding your voice can be "daunting" and that is what this thread is about the side effects people experience. The beauty of a flower-The emotions of a stone. I believe people coming here are all in transition and constant healing,as we are all human. Finding your voice is what is important.

(Note)to adjust the sound go to previous post(of YOUTUBE Crosby Still and Nash on this thread and just turn up the volume.)Thanks ya'll. That is so true! Something the local church sometimes mistakes for you knowing the bible! SLAM ON THE BRAKES PEOPLE there is a subtle twist to knowing twi material and KNOWING JESUS!

Here is my slide trying to explain in a dream. http://www.slide.com/r/gU5M6zmK7D-b4D5D2e8sW7-dbdkI9afl?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

Reply to myself and others who may have felt this way from the battle within,I remembered this song that better describes my feelings. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> the words that say it's hard enough to drink the wine,expressions on the face of the saviour...and so on and so forth...early on leaving twi I felt inside I had betrayed Christ with a kiss like Judas and I wanted to die. BUT! That is how cult mindset works. People that leave twi feel all kinds of things such as "greasespots" (as we were told we would become)but NONE of those lies are true NONE of It. I didn't plan on that side effect either. I'm just saying....that is how I felt. :(

Good Point Brainfixed Mostly when I was out I was fighting the battle within myself to unlearn wrong teachings from TWI,and if I went to a church service not agreeing with all they spoke of either! It was like looking at the word "SURRENDER" writting in the sky and knowing I should but I didn't want to! :blush: like pulling teeth! That was my fight.

well good for her! I thought she was from a TWI offshoot the way she was talking/and all.

Geez! That is scary that I found it intresting! :o

Anyone know? I saw her a couple of times on t.v and she sounds intresting but...I don't know something kinda urks me?

I found Jesus (He was behind the couch the whole time! In my heart at Home) :blush:

You may want to look into In Home Health care,they are people that help you take your Meds and make sure everything is allright,do not isolate yourself.

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