Raf

Why do you weep? What are these tears upon your face? Soon you will see All of your fears will pass away

MOG WARS Episode One The Phantom Snow Storm The world of Christianity is humming along quite nicely, with its usual mix of honest, hard-working ministers trying to do the work of their God together with hucksters and charlatans looking to make a quick buck. In the far off system of New Knoxville, Ohio, (if there's a bright center to the universe, you're at the church it's farthest from), a young preacher named sees a snowstorm that no one else sees. Convinced it was a message from God Himself, the preacher makes sure he tells no one about this miraculous vision for more than a decade... MOG WARS Episode Two Attack of the Class Decades have passed since the phantom snowstorm struck New Knoxville. Now ensconced as the nominal head of a nominally interesting Corporation, the preacher makes his move, taking bits and pieces of other writings and classes and cobbling them into his own, Frankenclass. The impact is astonishing. People are actually willing to PAY for this stuff. Good money, too! MOG WARS Episode III Revenge of the &$*# The preacher finds a new apprentice, one far more powerful in his spitting ability and younger than the preacher's congenital tongue-kissing brother. Little does he know that his apprentice will one day be the undoing of his Corporation. MOG WARS Episode IV A New Hopelessness The MOG is dead, his apprentice, the Brow, ensconced as the new MOG. The Brow has as much lasciviousness, lust for power, and patent dishonesty as his predecessor, with none of the charisma. But across the galaxy is a renegade bodyguarding bus driver whose dedication to the original MOG was second only to his own lust for power. And from the pen of the bus driver came a force so powerful, it would shake the foundations of the Corporation. MOG WARS Episode V The Corporation Strikes Back The bodyguard bus driver and his fellow separatists are cast from New Knoxville, ushering in a new era of uncontrolled sycophancy for the Brow. Anyone who refuses to pay homage to the Brow is sent by the wayside. Some Separatists are only too pleased to follow the bodyguarding bus driver off a cliff, with many others saying WTF? Back in New Knoxville, the Brow concocts a plan to do away with Frankenclass and replace it with his own, deadly concoction of false conclusions and baseless assumptions. MOG WARS Episode VI Return of Some Level of Sanity Plagued by a relentless barrage of factual information coming from the vast reaches of Cyberspace, the Brow is forced to confront his darkest secrets. Toppled from power, he flees. But it's not a victory for the bodyguarding bus driver, either. He, too, was plagued by a barrage of apathy coming from all directions, and the sudden realization that most Separatists were none too keen on the idea of supplanting one self-important MOG-wannabe with another self-important MOG-wannabe. Yub Yub!

How do you not know how I got "into"?

DJS, I appreciate your post here, but I'd like to challenge you on something. If things really have changed, if it really has softened up, if the legalism really is going away... ... then state your name. I say this because it's my suspicion that you are still under the ministry's "control." You will be penalized for posting here, particularly for posting something that's not 1000% supportive of TWI's position. If I am wrong about this, then I am wrong. Such is life. I've been wrong many times before and will be again. But if I am right, DJS, then you are not free, and the liberty you have in Christ has been usurped by an organization. Every positive thing you cite is available outside of TWI. Every last one, plus the freedom to express yourself as you wish, without concern that someone will find out. Please consider it. Raf

There's a 1913 movie on IMDB called Into the North. Is it Into the West ?

Not only does this NOT PROVE that heteros means "other when only two are involved," it actually helps disprove it. If heteros means "other when only two are involved," then "two other" is redundant. It would be like saying I bought a pair of two shoes. You go on to say that heteros is used to distinguish the kakourgai from the lestai, but why? Why distinguish between the kakourgai and the lestai when the lestai are not being mentioned at all in this gospel? Again, the use of heteros doesn't prove a single thing you're insisting it does.

Now I see what's been going on. Thanks everyone. So who's up? AH, here it is: did anyone get this yet? I'm stumped.

You're really confusing me, Digi, so let's clear the air. It's a game. It's all in fun. It's all good. I'm not pointing a finger at you, and I didn't even say it was cheating. I just said it's not a good idea. I even added a smiley. :) Just like that one. It's all good. It's all a game. Woohoo! Yippee! and all that. :)

"Ugly American" was a self-deprecating comment, meant to indicate that I don't get something a British person would get. "In and Out" was obscure. To get from a photo of Queen Elizabeth to ER? Can I get some Americans to chime in here? How many of you have EVER heard of ER as a reference to Queen Elizabeth? But hey, no one said this was an American board. Or game. :)

Good point.

I'd start TWI II at the reading of POP. The entire mood changed. Instead of people leaving, entire movements were leaving. A TWI I attitude and POP were incompatible.

Family Tradition! Hank Williams Jr?

Yeah, it's generally a good idea NOT to do that. :) The other thing is to look for something SIMILAR to the word you're looking for, but not identical. Something that suggests what you're looking for. For example, when looking for the word "Bout," I searched for images related to "boxing match."

If that's the explanation, then I'm mistaken (ugly American!!!!)

I think that ER was WAYYYYYY too obscure.

Wait a minute: How did the pictures spell out "Buster." I mean, Bust is obvious, but ER?

I can't get past the first pic. :)

The first time, it was an old man and a yellow lab. Old+Yellow was easy. But I didn't answer it (for the reason that when I get these things too quickly, I sometimes want others to have fun). But then you changed it to the current two pics, and I had ZERO idea that it was the same movie. Yes, a very good debut.

The list at the bottom of GS sid it's No Member's birthday today! Happy Birthday, No Members!

Thanks. Cutepdf is the one I was looking for!

Funny, because that's what I guessed from the original clue, but then marypoppins changed it, and I was baffled. :)

Sorry I missed it alfakat. I'm not big on the birthday threads, but I'm trying to do better. So happy... belated? birthday!

WordWolf, The movie was Legal Eagles, starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger and Daryl Hannah.

Oh my! Is that right? (checking) Bullinger's writing never was very clear. (I used to joke that the easiest way to fall asleep is reading "How to Enjoy the Bible." WordWolf and I were going to write a follow-up: "How to Enjoy How to Enjoy the Bible").

Ah. So it comes from Bullinger, who used it to prove the same "four crucified" teaching for which Wierwille used it. Any other non-Bullinger sources?