Nathan_Jr

This reminds me of a fallacious adage I’ve long despised: Those who can’t do, teach. There is a kernel of truth in that otherwise unenlightened cliché. A tremendous kernel. That’s riiight.

Thanks. It appears the first two comments were removed by mods. That must be discouraging for her. I posted a comment on her subreddit post hoping to start a discussion. You have more insight and perspective than I on the workings of the cult. I hope you will consider participating.

So sorry for screwing up the game and holding it up. This is no easier than the Clerks line. One more from the film: “My top schools where I want to apply to are Oxford and the Sorbonne. My safety’s Harvard.”

He wasn't very good with Hebrew and Aramaic, either. Either victor's god was a lousy teacher or victor was a lousy student or both..

What was the comment?

Clerks "I saved Latin. What did you ever do?"

I think Clerks. But I can hear Harrison Ford saying this line in any number of films, even if he never said it. A tough one.

I’m not really playing, but it could be from a Kevin Smith film. Or it could be from something else.

It looks like Bill Paxton to me, but I don’t know from which film, and it looks like it could be a photo older than Paxton, so that’s one I’ve been grinding on. I don’t know for sure.

Mmmph

So what? It doesn't matter. There does NOT appear to be a copyright infringement, no matter the laws, actual or heard, of Belize. LTA does NOT appear to be publishing nor reproducing for any purpose TWI's copyrighted material.

“This package is called “Jesus Christ Revolution” and will show the major impact Dr. Wierwille had on the Jesus Movement that occurred in the late 1960s-1970s…” Major impact, indeed. Jesus himself already told us the impact victor paul wierwille would have on his movement. John 10:10a

I’ve been contemplating a response to this absurdity for an hour. Please tell me if I didn’t fully absorbed it the first time. Say, a fellowship commander loses all nine of his members in particular. (They no longer believe Earth is flat.) Only he and his wife remain. It is an undeniable, demonstrable, actual fact of reality that all nine are gone-gone all the time, forever. What happens to the actual fact of reality if the branch does NOT approve of all nine’s departure? I believe you, but I just don’t get it. It’s probably my spiritual immaturity, or I’m relying too heavily on my own understanding.

I didn’t skip or miss your estimates and the note about them hiding accurate numbers. I thought your estimates made the most sense. But that 40,000 seemed an ill-fitting glove for the reasonable hand of your numbers. That’s why I was probing. Thanks for elaborating.

Wow. That’s some pop culture esoterica obscura!

How were the numbers derived when you were in? The number 100,000 at the peak is thrown around, but what does that mean? How was that tracked? Number of people sitting through the first 30 minutes of he class? Were twig leaders required to submit weekly statistics?

Simple math has never been a strength. How many crucified? How many crows from cocks? As many as their imagination can hold. 40,000 forty years ago? When was this and what does it mean? Is it the number of green cards signed? The number of classes purchased? The number abundantly sharing? How are home fellowships tracked? Are FCs required to submit attendance and revenue data weekly?

Who is between Shatner and Gates?

Bill Walton

Mmmph Right. Yahweh, the divine real estate developer, brokering deals in the “senses realm.” Now that’s power with impact! This is a god made in the image of man. Sometimes, there is no hate quite like Christian love.

Charlene, It’s on page 17 of your Undertow thread.

Good one. I wish it was longer. I’ve previously referred to the increasingly prevalent idea among neuroscientists and physicists that consciousness is fundamental. Panpsychism Theory; Rupert Sheldrake’s (a Christian) Morphic Resonance Theory; Donald Hoffman’s Conscious Realism Theory… see also, philosophers Phillip Goff and Bernardo Kastrop… and others… This idea is more ancient than NT. Some modern scholars argue that a psychedelic experience (non-normal consciousness) was foundational to the Ancient Greek Eleusinian mystery cult. Plato pointed to a fundamental consciousness. And even the 13th century Christian Dominican theologian, Meister Elkhart, talked about God as the very “ground of being” - the ground of consciousness. No. The “word of knowledge” is not a precious, special “gift” given only to fundamentalist American evangelicals who merely name it and claim it. Paul didn’t have a monopoly on it, either, even if he believed he did. I don’t begin with conclusions like victor and Loy. I don’t begin with belief. I only know that I know that I don’t know, and there is great liberty and “power with impact” in the not knowing.

Not sure which one down and left you mean. Bill Hader?

Thanks, bliss. Em was also on a recent episode of the IndoctriNATION pod. https://m.soundcloud.com/indoctrinationshow/mark-avoid-w-em-thomas?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0&si=10E753EC055A4873A9843355FD563C52 She's making the rounds. Good. Phuque these people.

There's your sign. Every time. The one claiming to have the truth is the one who surely does not.