Rocky
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It means do as you're told by the minions of the MOG. One of the prime directives is to sell classes, er... operate the ministry of reconciliation. A fundamental principle is what The Wierwille Interpretation told you was "getting your foot off the firehose." Otherwise known as Malachi 3:10.
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Yes, it makes sense to me. I think you may have found the essence of cultism as we knew it in The Wierwille Interpretation.
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We can only recognize and realize our mistakes and less than optimal life choices when looking in the rear view mirror. That's why it's so incredibly important to be kind to ourselves, learn and develop habits for forgiving ourselves (and others).
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Indeed, this is the apparent salient point of the so-called strategic plan. Perhaps regardless of all the first-hand posts challenging the wrong doctrine/dogma and practice of The Wierwille Interpretation of the way life is supposed to be, (TWI) what's really confronting the cult is its effort to work around the ramifications of its own choices.
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I realize that... I was playing on the word "cheater."
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Are you sure it's not the "cheat-ah" which has not change its spots?
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aka GASLIGHTING.
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That was my thought too. I'm not a lawyer, but I'm confident they'd run afoul of laws of Ohio, Colorado and/or the US if they were to hastily try to do any of that.
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Debunking vp’s “accuracy and integrity of the Word”
Rocky replied to T-Bone's topic in About The Way
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Wasn't it literal translation according to usage? Isn't that brain wash for "it means whatever Victor W wanted it to mean?"
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parochial [ puh-roh-kee-uhl ] adjective of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain. of or relating to parochial schools or the education they provide. very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial: parochial views; a parochial mentality. 60 years ago or so, I attended a couple of parochial schools. In my home town (same town in which George Eastman made his fortune and disrupted how people VIEW the world around them), parochial schools were Catholic schools. Susan B Anthony settled in the same town and disrupted societal order by leading the WAY to women's suffrage. Clearly, TWI (the cult/religion started by Victor Wierwille) demonstrates still a very limited or narrow outlook, in fact an apparently narcissistic outlook on the Bible and their relation to it. GSC, OTOH, broadens the Wierwille-ite perspective. And I'm very thankful for the people who have shined light on the path out of said narrow and narcissistic outlook on the Bible. Selah.
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Every one of the comments posted today has poignant and salient insight. EVERY one of them. It warms my heart to have read each of them. The only thing I could possible think to add to this chorus of rejoicing is how thankful I am and obviously all of us are to have been delivered from that cesspool of wrong doctrine (dogma) and faulty practice. Thank you to Chockfull, red rock and blues, cman, Old Skool, and Twinky... and any others who may add to the rejoicing. We ARE greater than the sum of our parts.
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Important insight. Thank you.
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Food for thought. I'm confident nobody is immune to this kind of thing.
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The only part I have a hard time with is when ONE person wants to be referred to as more than one person. I suppose, just like everything else about this subject, it will be normalized eventually, but it still doesn't make sense to me at this time. Case in point, Ken Jennings accommodatingly but still awkwardly referring to Mattea Roach as THEY sets off cognitive dissonance in my head.
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Good point.
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Siloed information sources. That's an exquisitely reasonable characterization of what MIKE brings to GSC. In fact, cultism is ALL about siloed information.
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Isn't the truth rather that you don't know how to tell a coherent story?
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I didn't factually claim Mike will never get it. Nevertheless, I believe Mike will never get it. I certainly would be happy if someday Mike gets it and proves me wrong. Recognizing Mike's confirmation bias, however, is not something I or anyone could necessarily prove about anyone... It's important (for me) to recognize and accept that I'm not always right, nor will I always be right. It won't disappoint me or cause a wound to my ego when I learn that something I believe or believed ends up being wrong. This is in stark contrast to the mindset and beliefs I developed during my 12 years in twi.
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On the subject of free will, this professor, Agustin Fuentes, has written about why we believe. And on why we believe WHAT we believe. There's an old adage that we are what we eat (Thy words were found and I did eat them?). Prof Fuentes (who professes at Princeton University these days), says, in this video entitled Why belief is the most powerful disruptor, that we are WHO we MEET.
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Well, of course. Why would you expect my posts to NOT be about my ideas? Does that offend you?
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It's not (ever) about you. It's about ideas. Always.
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No thanks.