Zixar

Welcome, dawayback! People's experiences vary. Many times the plain old believers out in the twigs actually did get along rather well and were blessed by the fellowship. Other folks were not so fortunate and wound up harrassed, controlled, abused, and even raped by the leadership. I was in during about the same time period you were, and I was startled that all the problems didn't start with Martindale's meltdown after the Passing of a Patriarch fiasco. While VPW may have put more of a smile on his public face, in private he turned out to be not at all admirable. Plagiarism, deceitfully handling the Word, and serial adultery are just the tip of the iceberg compared to the young women he abused. So, The Way turned out to be a cult after all, but the individual Wayfers were a mixed bag. Some were wonderful, commendable folks, some should have been lined up for rope and a millstone. Hold fast to that which was good. God bless! Zixar The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

SGL: No, that's the Black Speech of Mordor. Cthulhu would be "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." Can I get a "I&auml I&auml" from the cultists? The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

socks: Just remember that the color scenes are shown in reverse order, while the black&white scenes are shown in forward order. I heard a rumor there's an easter egg on the Memento DVD that would play it all back in chronological order, but I haven't found it. The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

And its motto-verse? Ecclesiastes 9:10a "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might..." The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

Hey, lindy? September wasn't all that long ago, mate, and you participated in the thread! http://gscafe.com/groupee/forums?q=Y&a=tpc...=7456071334&p=1 I'm not trying to be a jerk, it's just that given your lack of belief in God, your question seems to do little more than mock Him. If I'm mistaken and you are sincere, then perhaps you might find that my answer to your question is just a corollary to what I presented over there. The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

It's just that I've answered this question (or very similar ones) at least five times over the Waydale-GSC years. I figure people won't want to read the same thing yet once more. The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

This is really more of a Doctrinal issue, isn't it? The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

Rascal's right. It wasn't just a case of: Victim: "Durn, I'm pregnant!" Rev: "Say, why not get an abortion?" Victim: "Good idea!" Anyone who was in TWI past Session 12 of PFAL had to have seen the mandatory conformity impressed on its members, whether done with a frothing rant from leadership, or a smiling bliss-ninny telling you 300 times why you shouldn't say "Christmas". The Corps got it worse than anyone, and unfortunately, way too many of them passed it right down the tree. The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

papajohn: I hadn't thought of that. Still, it's not like a forceful deprogramming. Shouldn't the participants have the choice to leave the halfway house when they choose? I guess I don't see it like a criminal HH, or a rehab-type HH. Battered-women's shelters operate in cities where the possibility exists that an abuse victim may get cold feet about leaving her abuser and go back. I don't see that as a deal-breaker for locating it relatively near NK, I just see it as free will. Of course, I have no hands-on experience with any of these type of situations, so I'll defer to those who have greater knowledge. The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

While TWI might still have its tentacles embedded in the brains of certain NK officials, (as evidenced by the vandalism of the billboard put up a couple of years back) I doubt that they'd have quite the same freedom to harass folks in Dayton. Most of my NBW relatives in Dayton were either apathetic or suspicious of TWI to begin with, and LCM's tenure made enough newspaper coverage to push all of them towards the latter. Besides, we already know that TWI monitors this site, as evidenced by the letter they sent to Paw over Mrs. Wierwille's convalescence. They know we're reaching far more people than ever post here, and that's their biggest fear. Bad publicity (such as would come from harassing halfway house residents) would only breed more discontent among the ranks. The multi-cult idea is brilliant, turning the focus away from a few folks with a seeming grudge to a broad-scope non-denominational service facility. The fact that such a place would happen to be in TWI's own backyard, well, maybe that's just a happy coincidence... ;)--> The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

Evan: Sounds very cool! Wish I could afford a custom-built instrument...maybe one of these days. Sounds like you've contracted G.A.S.--guitar acquisition syndrome. Usually, the only treatment is a sharp blow on the back of the head from a wife's frying pan...and that's just a temporary fix. ;)--> Play on! Zix (Sufferer of TAS, and showing symptoms of MAS and BAS. [telescopes, mandolins, banjos]) The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

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dmiller: "MastertoneS"? Well, if I had had two grand to drop on a beginner instrument, I might have gone for a Gibson, too, but... :)--> You know, if you've got a spare Mastertone just lying around gathering dust, you could always send it my way... :D-->Strummin' and a thumbin', Zix (p.s. Thomastik strings are awesome on my mandolin. Very expensive, but worth every penny.) The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

Try Thomastik-Infeld bluegrass banjo strings. Once you tune them, they STAY tuned... God bless! Zix (who just started with his new Deering) The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

I think you're probably looking at Dayton for the location of such a thing, but it's the HQ folks who are probably the most Waybrained if they're still there after all this time. Might be difficult to get anyone out, but it's worth looking into. (Paw: It's 'discreet', btw. 'Discrete' means something else... ;)--> ) The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

Fence: Good point. Welcome to GSC! The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

bowtwi: LOL! Good save! :)--> The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

I find it kind of amusing that this thread has a very high view-to-post ratio, so a big hello to all the embarrassed lurkers! :D--> Just remember, neither 'penis' nor 'vagina' is a four-letter word... ;)--> The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

bumping this back up... The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

Wow. 60 seconds! The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

Anybody want to set the over/under time for the first joke?The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

If memory serves, the dog was more traumatized than the woman... The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

There's a bit of a problem, though. Seeing an Earth-sized planet around a star 100 light-years away would require a telescope that could see an individual hydrogen atom at three-quarters of a mile. (a 1 nanometer object at 1200 meters) Put in more layman's terms, it's the same as seeing a single golf ball on Mars at its closest approach. (a 50mm object at 60 million kilometers) Nothing has that kind of optical resolution. The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

For those of you who have/had teenagers, did you find it difficult explaining sex to them? Any horror/funny stories from your own parents' birds & bees talk? The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...

Regardless of how you now feel about the leadership or doctrines of TWI, how do you honestly feel about your own behavior resulting from your involvement with TWI? The Secret Signature of the Day has been cancelled by the HTML Police. Or so the Germans would have us believe...