Man of God?........or A-Fraud?

[skyrider]

The USA Today articles on A-Rod....(dubbed A-Fraud, by some)....expanded on the modern reality that steroids and their ilk have dumped upon sport -- baseball as much as any. After steroids, the charm of a simple game has vanished.

In a similar manner.........the 'charm' of a simple bible class, and programs, is tainted by the modern reality that wierwille was NOT a man of God.....but A-Fraud. All that he purported to be, he was not......imo. What he was.......was a plagairist, an opportunist, a masked-"minister," a sexual predator, and a host of other ilk. He deceived himself and many others unto death.......no confessions, no coming clean, no court of law.

No, wierwille didn't take PED (performance-enhanced drugs)......but his "performance" was enhanced by BG Leonard's class that vpw stole and claimed as his own. How many other "injections" did wierwille get? How many articles and booklets did wierwille plagairize to gain momentum......before "his" books came into print? One could easily make the case that those Jesus movement guys......h3fner/doop/others..... "injected" twi with more performance-enhanced godliness.

There was a time some 30 years ago......when I thought that running pfal classes was equivalent to the *box score* of word over the world. It was simple.........right? Just run classes and the "word" was moving. No, there wasn't peanuts and crackerjacks.......or the seventh-inning stretch.....but it was simple and believable. Besides, I was young.

Now......not so much. The modern reality of twi's ilk has darkened my view of past involvement. At one time, it seemed so simple........now, it's so complex.

Yes.......It was A-Cult.

Wierwille was A-Fraud.

Edited February 19, 2009 by skyrider

[waysider]

VeePee turned it into a pretty cushy living like A-Rod, too.

[Bolshevik]

A-rod doesn't have a ring . . .

[cheranne]

I wish everyone would of left the Jesus People alone,just think how good that could of been.

[Mark Clarke]

Interesting analogy. Just as performance enhancing drugs have spoiled the simplicity of a good game, so the "performance enhancements" of A-cult spoiled for many the simplicity of Bible study groups.

Mini wave: :jump: :jump:

Edited February 19, 2009 by Mark Clarke

[skyrider]

Interesting analogy. Just as performance enhancing drugs have spoiled the simplicity of a good game, so the "performance enhancements" of A-cult spoiled for many the simplicity of Bible study groups.

Aww, yes.........simplicity. One has to be very cunning and subtle to sway the course of the committed. Inch by inch, word by word, class by class, program after program...........the simplicity is corrupted.

In isolated doses.......here a little, there a little.....it goes undetected. But over time......the abuse is registered and here at GreaseSpot the collaberation of material is overwhelmingly convincing. Back in the 70s, who would have ever envisioned a discussion forum on the world wide web to compare and cross-check thousands of first-hand accounts?

Can't say that we weren't warned.....

2Cr 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Edited February 19, 2009 by skyrider

[GrouchoMarxJr]

Should I be so bold as to claim that this is an anti twi thread?...or would that make me "dishonest"?