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One of the ploys of those insufficiently schooled is to smear Darby by attributing to him positions he never took and doctrines he never agreed to- then blame him for disseminating them. Darby NEVER taught of a "pre-tribulation rapture." Disagree with a "pre-tribulation rapture" all you want, but spare Darby the consistent LIE that was invented by Dave McPherson and used in his hate-filled, anti-rapture CRUSADE. McPherson's life seems to be about attacking that position and using any tool- including lies and misinformation- to attack it. Chief among them is that Darby got this doctrine from a vision by Mc Donald, and that both taught a "pre-tribulation rapture." Neither John Darby nor McDonald taught either, and any person who can do an internet search on Margaret Mc Donald, and READ what her supposed vision was about. Whether it is a true vision or not, it never mentions a "pre-tribulation rapture." Mc Donald was specifically worried that the Church living at her time would be present on Earth through the Tribulation- and that they weren't READY to live through it. Why would a "pre-tribulation rapturist" be concerned that Christians would not be ready to live on Earth through a tribulation if they weren't even going to BE THERE? Believe what you want, teach what you want, but do not rely on MISINFORMATION to support your point. You're not McPherson. He attributed all sorts of things including his father's death to the doctrine of "pre-tribulation rapture". You need not take such a PERSONAL (and ridiculous) stance against a doctrine even if you think it's error.

He WASN'T a farmer. When he was supposed to do chores on the farm, he ran off for long periods of time where no one could find him. His own father's reaction, when vpw said he wanted to be a preacher, was that he hadn't even learned how to work on the farm, so he wasn't ready to put in the real work of a preacher.

Seems to me it depends on WHY they got involved and what they're doing. I've met a number of religious leaders I thought were eminently trustworthy- and still are- and Billy Graham, despite being very famous, went out of his way to avoid problems in that department, to the point of never being alone with any woman not his wife, not even for the minute it would take to ride an elevator with her.

I saw MOST of those, and I have no doubts that "no taking notes during PFAL" was MANDATORY in some places, when and where I took it, it was recommended that NEW students NOT take notes in pfal THE FIRST TIME THEY SAT THROUGH THE CLASS. When I took it, I was a "professional student" who knew what worked for me best, so I had a Bible, syllabus, and notebook all on my lap. I juggled all 3 during the first segment, and shifted through them to take notes and follow along as if I did it all the time. At the end of the first segment, the class coordinator recommended I just take the notes direectly into the syllabus, which would free me from juggling a 3rd book. So I did. My continued note-taking helped me focus on the material. I wasn't the only "professional student" who put his notes there, either.

Was that "headquarters" or the "Fine Art and Historical Center" that had it? IIRC, I saw it at the FA&HC. Then again, I saw it around 1988. If you saw it later, it may have been moved from the FA&HC to HQ when they sold the FA&HC. (Not that there was ever an announcement about the sale, but they've always been secretive about selling off properties.)

Usually people will say "I'll be out of town, so anyone can take my turn" or something along those lines. In this particular case, if you're saying you want to take the next turn, go ahead, you can take mine. (If you don't post, I'll post eventually.)

We're a LOT more easy-going than that.

They couldn't wiggle out of the MEANINGS OF THE WORDS meaning other than what they said, which is why I posted them.

Oh, victor paul wierwille was such a pervert- bedding, drugging and bedding and so on- women he was responsible for and called his "children", and spoke freely about the idea of fathers introducing daughters to sex during life CFS classes- that I doubt a woman being his literal sister would have stopped him all by itself. (I think old man Wierwille would have kicked his 'donkey' if he tried to bed a sibling, for example.)

After I left came the requirement to actually write out a schedule of the coming week in 15 minutes increments, submit the schedule, and stick to it. Frankly, I don't know how that requirement wasn't met with laughter and sarcasm. (I can only imagine the things I'd write in the middle of the schedule if I submitted one...)

If you guys can list some more twi buzzwords, I can treat them like a "Mad Libs" list and do another Mad Libs round with them.

Bumped because someone was looking for fun. :)

Ah, if you'd left it a little longer, I would have checked the thread and named it. I like Steely Dan. You can let a song go at least 3 days before giving up....

I don't think other people have been checking in. The Jack Bauer reference means this is "24". (Which I've never watched.)

James 5:12 (KJV) " 12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. I forget what led up to it, but someone once asked me about how I was doing in regards to doing God's will. I forget how they phrased it, but I remember my reply. I replied I was doing the best I knew how, with 2 exceptions. They asked which they were, and I replied that they were concerning the taking of oaths, and hair-length. I wasn't in the way corps, but I was well aware my own attitudes concerning oaths- which were atypical for the 20th century- were not in harmony with what Scripture said, and had no hesitation in saying so- in fact, I volunteered it when asked.

Wouldn't surprise me. the way international always has been more about promoting their POV of the Scriptures more than what the Scriptures actually SAY. These are all from the King James English, and rather obviously refute twi's drivel on this subject. 1. Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; 2. Daniel 4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. 3. Daniel 4:10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. 4. Daniel 4:13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; 5. Daniel 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. Lots of Christians know better than twi about dreams. Back when, I made a point of by a book by a competent Christian on the subject, since twi never seemed to know the first thing about it. ================================== For the curious, that book was "Exploring the World of Dreams (A Scriptural Guide to Hearing from God in the Night Season) by Benny Thomas, Whitaker House Publishing." It's straightforward, sensible, and, AFAIK, completely correct. (I tried to find a flaw in its logic, and was unable to find one. From me, that's an endorsement.)

No, such a post never occurred. You can count on Rosa-lie to speak any lie which she thinks benefits here. In that case, the only people who could have called her on lying would have had to admit they were reading the GSC, and that was forbidden....

Depends on where you associate. In some places, there's a lot of people raised Catholic. Of course, another way of looking at the same people is "Of all the born-again Christians I know, most were formerly Catholics but aren't anymore." BTW, the survey leaves out most of the world. Our posters from Mexico and points south, not to mention Australians, are left out.

His ENTIRE reply was nothing more than a catchphrase from the way international? Is he capable of thinking on his own anymore? It doesn't SOUND like it. I mean, a computer programmer can design a program that just spits back twi catchphrases in response to e-mails, and those certainly don't think.

I glanced at "the wall." If there was an original thought there, I didn't see it. I saw an amazing amount of quotes and buzz phrases from twi. It looked like there was a contest for some sort of twi cliche festival and nobody announced the winner. Then again, if they believe that, none of them actually wins....

This saying seems to date from after I left. It just seems to beg for the standard response... (Don't you want to conform to what the way international teaches?) "Don't you want to live in the center of God's will?" " 'Center of God's will'? CHAPTER AND VERSE, PLEASE."

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the way international quietly owns real estate in different locations. They're the lease-holders on a number of houses. The limb homes are obvious examples, but there's others that are not "obvious." One was the house a certain doctor lives in. loy craig martindale was installed into an apartment in the house, presumably so the doctor could keep an eye on him, while keeping lcm out of the public eye and "off the radar."

Right. Your turn.