WordWolf

"It was a slow day. And the sun was beating On the soldiers by the side of the road. There was a bright light. A shattering of shop windows The bomb in the baby carriage Was wired to the radio."

OK. The last one didn't load for me. I should recognize 2, I don't recognize him or 3. But Geena Davis is hard to miss. Let's see.... Geena Davis A League of their Own Madonna

I'm still playing. I'm clueless, but still playing.

Can only be "Mister Ed Wood." I still love one description of "Plan 9 From Outer Space." There was 1 sentence describing the plot. The next sentence said "You'll think you walked in late and missed something important."

I take it the talking horse DIRECTED the worst movie ever, as well...

I've got a "Will Robinson" from "Lost in Space" (probably the show, not the movie) and a Reverend Whirley from the "Dragnet" movie, but I don't know if it's the same character mentioned here. I have no idea who played either, but it's possible one character played both.

vpw referred to different incidents at different times. vpw had a fascinating life with many miracles- whenever none of us were around. Whenever there were reliable witnesses, pfft! There was some other account in some class where, apparently, he claimed he was dealing with some devil-spirit, and kept asking it its name, ("Name yourself") and it kept saying "No, no, no." He said he finally got revelation that its name was "No." My reaction on reading that account was: -------------------------- "The spirit's name was "No!" Well, that sure explains a lot.... Whenever I meet these chicks, & I try to get their names, they also reply "No!" They must be possessed by that spirit! He must work out of singles bars! He works alongside "don't even bother"." ------------------------- (In case it's not obvious, I didn't/don't frequent singles bars, that was a joke.) "Advanced Class Tidbits" is in the "Twi discussions-Archive" section. Post 23 was the account. My response was a few posts down but I reposted the funny part. All kidding aside, if we were to imagine his account was a real account, vpw was crap at this "dealing with devil-spirits" thing from the get-go. His APPROACH was incorrect. It was organized for maximum cheese and drama, and minimum success. Think about it- who, historically, was the best performer in the "dealing with devil-spirits" category? JC himself. What did he do? In ONE incident, he asked for a name. In ALL THE OTHER incidents, there was no ceremony. He not only didn't ask them for a name, he FORBADE THEM TO SPEAK, and cast them out without any stage-dressing. No art to it, no dramatalurgical appeal. He ordered them to be silent, and he ordered them to leave. That's all we've got. But people tend to remember the ONE incident and forget ALL THE OTHERS. Why would a self-proclaimed Bible teacher forget about all the others, especially when teaching on a subject or carrying out the directives on a subject? My thinking is that, once again, he saw somebody claim to cast out devils in a big, dramatic show, and he claimed he was the one who did it and recounted some of the highlights that stayed with him. vpw's standard operating procedure was to do that- observe what others did, draw from the most dramatic parts, then claim it was him all along. For his purposes, the more obscure the source, the better, because it was LESS likely that he'd be caught ripping them off. Although, naturally, he had obviations to cover when he was caught. "This guy writes like you teach." "Where he taught error, I got out the error." "He was good with experience but not with The Word." etc, etc. And there are people who still FALL for this stuff! The man's been caught, beyond any REASONABLE doubt, ripping off the accounts of others, even when he misunderstood them or they didn't make sense! But those determined to NOT see it will not, those determined to make a patron saint of the man will say it was good that he did it, and we're evil for pointing out he was a thief, a plagiarist, a liar, a sybarite, a rapist, a molester, a simonist...

Correct! Who's name made it too easy?

I either heard him use something LIKE this once, or I heard him use this one once. What I heard was him on a recording, complete with soft mood music in the background while he spoke. In hindsight, it was completely contrary to his usual style, and it's now obvious WHY it sounded nothing like him. He was just an actor reciting a script the way the previous actor had recited the lines.

Fred Gwynne Yvonne De Carlo Al Lewis Butch Patrick

Nuts. I recognize the second name but NEVER saw that show. And where I've heard the first name's eluding me. I hope it comes to me soon....

An eyewitness once told me that vpw showed them a cache of materials (basically books) that vpw used as his originals- that he read over the work of these other books by accomplished Christians, and worked up his teachings from there. It should surprise nobody by now- he used to rip off the people he supposedly edited when he was small potatoes. In hindsight, it explains why his presentation style was all over the map- he just copied the presentation style of any presentation he ripped off! So, at times he sounded academic, at times evangelic, at times cold, at times warm, at times simple, at times exquisitely elaborate. All straight out of someone else's playbook.

No. Apparently, not capable-or simply unwilling- to have a discussion. This is a thread about Caiaphas' prophecy. We're at least TRYING to discuss that. If all you want to post about is whatever you want to post about, you already have a thread for that. If you're posting on this thread, it's expected that it be in some way related to the actual subject of the thread. Otherwise, it would be reasonable for us to conclude you're either trolling or here solely for advertising. (That's not even addressing factual errors, which would address a derail off the topic.)

There's a certain irony in that. In the Mosaic Law, a supposed prophet who misses by ONE PROPHECY had, by definition, not spoken from THE LORD, and was to be put to death. vpw spoke a prophecy to you from his arrogance, and dropped dead a few years later. In fact, the cancer was already attacking cells of his body when he said it...

This was the first post in the thread. The current round leaves us 3 short of the 3 roles or 3 actors to begin a round. Can we get them?

That's it. I hear the movie's a LOT more survivable than the book, where her incessant internal monologues make her out to be even MORE vapid, MORE bland, and MORE senseless than the movie. As it is, the movie is VERY mockable.

"Big Bang Theory."

In this TV-movie, a Seattle hospital has a young surgeon, the daughter of a current surgeon, whose bland lack of personality hides her indecision as to whether or not she wants to try S & M with this tie-obsessed millionaire she just met.

"In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women." "Say 'hello' to my leetle friend!"

It does, and some are demonstrably wrong. (Someone who care can start a thread on them.) Even cg added to them, saying vpw said we knew 16 and taught those, and since we knew 20 at that time, he would teach those. He also rephrased a few in the process so they made more sense, then later made more tweaks that made less sense. He added stuff like "revelation given once is specific to the place and time it is given." Yes, nothing truly deep, nothing "KEY." I would accept them being called "rules of thumb" and open them up to discussion. For one thing, the supposed supporting verses usually DIDN'T. That was obvious with the "SIT daily is required for revelation" one, since it's not required at all, and never was required, and no verse even suggests it. All the hype about "signs, miracles, wonders." How about THIS, even one time? "All right class, we've been discussing Gifts of Healings for several days, with examples from Scripture, modern anecdotes, and explanations in the modern vernacular. However, nothing takes the place of practice. So, we have brought in these volunteers from the local hospital. I have explained the situation, how we can't promise we will heal them fully, but that we will at least do no harm and they may be healed, in whole or in part. I will demonstrate with the first person, then I will take volunteers and guide each through work with one of the others until we are done." Now THAT would be "Advanced" teaching of healing. A man who supposedly, healed THRONGS of COMPLETE STRANGERS and non-Christians should have found that a piece of cake to perform. Too bad he was a fraud when it came to healing and miracles.

Nothing so family-friendly. And wrong accent.

You're not retrojecting. (I don't think; I can't see you through the screen.) vpw was always fond of ONE standard for HIMSELF, and ANOTHER standard for EVERYONE ELSE. Simply put, he apparently thought he was better than everyone else and deserved better than everyone else. In this particular case, it gave him the luxury of SUPPOSEDLY knowing his stuff more than us, and to prevent us from doing our own investigations and finding out how full of baloney he was in his retold tales, told as if they were HIS stories and not those of others.

(Here's what I remember offhand, in no particular order... To receive revelation, you must first be meek. Stand fast on what you have received. Don't wait for God to repeat Himself, obey the first time. Speaking in tongues daily is prerequisite to revelation. Study God's Word daily. What you can know, God expects you to know. Travel light. Don't argue with God. Inspired action and/or utterance may be required. Revelation may come at unlikely places or unlikely times. When you stumble, get back up. Walking requires a learning process. Sometimes it is necessary to put unbelievers out of the room. Revelation given once may change. Revelation given twice is established. Don't be deceived by the 5 senses. Action precedes results. Believing without works is not believing. Wait until "green light" revelation. Do not tell all that you know. Receive the word of wisdom.) Make a new thread if you want any more.

In this TV-movie, a Seattle hospital has a young surgeon whose bland lack of personality hides her indecision as to whether or not she wants to try S & M.

"In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women."