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First, to correct a few factual inaccuracies at the same time..... After vpw had unilaterally appointed lcm as his successor, and vpw's health waned, vpw found out that the system that embraced him while he was The Big Cheese With No Accountability now embraced lcm, and vpw found himself as irrelevant as he'd made everyone else. Unable to accept being treated like everyone else, vpw ran to Gartmore and cried on Geer's shoulder. According to CG- whose account I believe reflected what happened- vpw spent a considerable amount of time making all sorts of predictions (which all failed to come to pass) and claims that the current leaders of twi had now stepped out from serving God, etc, etc. CG wrote all this out as a 40-page letter, "The Passing of the Patriarch." He insisted on confronting the top leaders with it, and when he addressed the in-residence Corps with the same letter, he brandished a pistol. (He loved using dogs or guns to try to intimidate people.) The 40-page letter goes on at great length but never makes any SPECIFICS. If it was addressing real problems, why couldn't it name even ONE problem that needed fixing? It was all vague comments. Around this time, one or two PRINCIPLED leaders (RD and possibly one or 2 others) had been approached by people who had been abused/raped by vpw or lcm. RD immediately went to address this. He was escorted off grounds that same hour at gunpoint. A handful of top leaders got together to see if they could salvage the situation. Unfortunately, part of this was JAL writing an equally vague letter about some nebulous problems at HQ. JAL went around the US, telling people what he knew, collecting cash donations, making himself known, etc. Once it was clear that JAL and a few others were more intereted in making a new twi-style group, RD parted company with them. JAL and friends formed "Christian Educational Services" - later Spirit and Truth Fellowship International". In the beginning, they said they were open to discussing doctrine and there being no sacred cows. A few years later, they published a declaration of core beliefs, shut down their messageboard, and shut down disagreements as a whole. The 2 biggest concerns among their adherents were probably their rather harmful doctrines of "Personal Prophecy" and "Momentus." (We have entire threads about both subjects- each thread being about ONE of those 2.) They could now have someone "prophesy" that anyone who disagreed with them was a spiritual danger- and they did just this. JAL's aware of this one quite vividly- his divorce with his then-wife was traced to repeated "prophecies" made in an attempt to shut her up. To this day, AFAIK, JAL's never apologized for leading people over the cliff on that one and insisting it was Biblical- all while silencing discussion on it. The other was the SECULAR progam "Momentus." It's an MLM that runs as a training program. Its names keep changing so that people can't look it up online and find out all about it. A few of its names are claimed to be "Christian." The practices of the program show no connection with practices in the Bible. There's various activities that a good Psychologist or Sociologist could identify as increasing groupthink and encouraging people to be louder and more aggressive. A number of participants of Momentus (a number under EACH of its names) had breakdowns, required psychological assistance, etc as a result of participating. Eventually, CES/STFI stopped openly promoting it, and got evasive on whether or not they were still recommending it. (They refused to be clear about continuing to use it, or beginning to abandon it.) When people spoke to JAL privately, JAL rebuffed normal discussions and advertised Momentus. It was impossible to have a normal discussion with him any more- any conversation was a marketing opportunity. BTW, eventually JAL and STFI parted ways. JAL and their other leaders BOTH wanted to be in charge and in control of all the dough. So, JAL left and- AGAIN- formed another ex-twi twi-style group.

Hey, it's all good. :)

After this, the giveaways are next.

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I mentioned a comedy and that book, and I commented about something that could be funny (the comedy) or interesting (that book, by exclusion.)

Another way to look at the exact same thing you looked at..... The guy is now in his late 70s. He's still traveling around, preaching for pay (preferably those nice, non-taxable envelopes of cash known as "prayer offerings" or "abundant sharings" or "love-offerings" or the like.) He's fine with being VERY political and partisan, incidentally preaching Christ. How many ex-wayfers are doing that- as opposed to praying, preaching love, preaching Christ crucified-buried-raised-ascended-returning, in short, all the Biblically-speaking stuff, Biblically speaking? John's still trying to push John's latest gig down everybody's throat. That's something I can NEVER respect. Just saying. BTW, I'm curious if he's still following his more-than-a-decade practice of SECRETLY pushing MOMENTUS while avoiding the subject while the microphones were on. He never apologized for the lives RUINED by this un-Christian business that masqueraded as a Christian business, which he touted as if it was the next way corps- complete with insider-outsider status, private lingo, etc. He stopped OPENLY pushing it, but was still recruiting people to it several years later, by phone and so on. JAL has gone on record saying he will only dialogue with people whose use their real names- although he refused to dialogue with some people who gave their full names- and then only by phone. Those whom he DID speak to reported that he never actually listened or "dialogued" - he just used the phone-call as a chance to shill his classes and programs. That's something I've never been able to respect. Just saying. (In deference to the "absolutely NO politics" rule at the GSC, I'm not going to address the politics (tempting though it is.)

I didn't get offended at the scene with Jesus in "History of the World Part I", so I'm ok with this. I hardly equate either with a credible position, but neither has to be. Something funny or interesting can be good because it is funny or interesting, not because it's historically accurate.

Without even opening the video.... I think it's cute how they changed the logo. Used to say "word over the world", with the Aramaic approximating that ("word over the inhabited earth".) Now it says "the prevailing word" with, apparently, its translation into Aramaic. It was lcm whose delusions announced "the word was over the world" after their membership numbers collapsed, and who announced the new motto was "the prevailing word" in one variety or another. lcm's been booted but his delusion is still center-stage. Neat how their RIDICULOUS, UNGODLY "no-debt" policy is being relaxed somewhat. No word on if people kicked out over it are welcome to return, of course. They'd have to admit they were wrong all along. Worse, there were people who explained this clearly in the beginning, but twi's upper cadre turned a dear ear back then. Now, they're looking at ways to increase revenue. Allowing those in reasonable debt to attend the Advanced Class is a step in the right direction, but then "the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." To get to where they'd actually please God would take a similar journey. They've taken a single step. I wonder about the remaining 999 miles and change that remain.

My Blue Heaven Steve Martin The Three Amigos

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Ghostbusters 2 Brian Doyle-Murray Wayne's World

Tobias Wolff Jim Carroll Arthur Rimbaud Brandon Darrow Amsterdam Vallon Danny Archer Jim Carroll Fee Herod William "Billy" Costigan Roger Ferris Frank Wheeler Edward "Teddy" Daniels

In case anyone's curious, I added the explanations.

I think it's a de facto FREE POST by now.

So it's Human's turn.

*wild swing* "Thelma and Louise"???

I'm ignoring "Discovery." Was "Swamp Thing" any good?

So it's Human's turn.

That's him. I skipped the roles for which he's usually remembered.

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Name the actor. Tobias Wolff Jim Carroll Arthur Rimbaud Brandon Darrow Amsterdam Vallon Danny Archer

In the 2ns show, one episode showed him having a flashback. He wore the white suit in the flashback. BTW, in the first episode, he selected the one white suit and said to burn the others. Also, when the plane approached, and the guy rang the bell- "THE PLANE! THE PLANE!" Roarke told him that ONE hit of the bell was sufficient.

That's it.

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