There is a whole narrative that goes with the hook shot story. Wierwille apparently told this story to Way Corps at one of those nite-owl type events. There is a thread on it here somewhere. He also claimed to have had the original idea for McDonald's but the debuhl stole it and gave it to Ray Kroc. He also claimed to have played basketball at the pro level (minor league, I think). Lots of tall tales, as well, involving his credentials, which have since been shown to be bogus.
There is a whole narrative that goes with the hook shot story. Wierwille apparently told this story to Way Corps at one of those nite-owl type events. There is a thread on it here somewhere. He also claimed to have had the original idea for McDonald's but the debuhl stole it and gave it to Ray Kroc. He also claimed to have played basketball at the pro level (minor league, I think). Lots of tall tales, as well, involving his credentials, which have since been shown to be bogus.
I sometimes wonder if he ever had an original thought, or if he just plagiarized it all. If he didn't plagiarize ALL of it, he certainly gave it a good try. Ever hear that Billy Graham overcame shyness in preaching by going to the woods and preaching to the trees? It's a famous anecdote of Graham's childhood. In TW:LiL, Harry claimed that vpw did it. vpw used to shirk his chores, and go off into the woods for hours at a time. Harry, who did not see him during those trips, said that he knew vpw was "preaching to the trees" when he vanished. So, he didn't vanish to shirk his chores, he went to practice preaching. News to everyone else. His own Dad thought he'd make a poor preacher (as recorded in TW:LiL.) His neighbors were skeptical when he went to divinity school. That's not the response you get to someone who PLANNED to be a minister, who practiced for it through his childhood. Small surprise he told the Corps at least once that he considered 3 fields, including ministry and music. Small surprise that TW:LiL records him as being ready to quit TWICE in his early career as a minister. And that it was a year AFTER HE BEGAN PREACHING that he first heard of the Bible as the Word of God and believing it, also recorded in TW:LiL. He made up for his lack of dedication, his laziness, by cutting corners. He outsourced his sermons. He relied on the work, the dedication, of real Christians who cared and did their best. And slapped his name on it. And to this day, there's still some people buying into that.
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There is a whole narrative that goes with the hook shot story. Wierwille apparently told this story to Way Corps at one of those nite-owl type events. There is a thread on it here somewhere. He also claimed to have had the original idea for McDonald's but the debuhl stole it and gave it to Ray Kroc.
He also claimed to have played basketball at the pro level (minor league, I think). Lots of tall tales, as well, involving his credentials, which have since been shown to be bogus.
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Way, I wonder if he ever told the truth?
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I sometimes wonder if he ever had an original thought, or if he just plagiarized it all. If he didn't plagiarize ALL of it, he certainly gave it a good try. Ever hear that Billy Graham overcame shyness in preaching by going to the woods and preaching to the trees? It's a famous anecdote of Graham's childhood. In TW:LiL, Harry claimed that vpw did it. vpw used to shirk his chores, and go off into the woods for hours at a time. Harry, who did not see him during those trips, said that he knew vpw was "preaching to the trees" when he vanished. So, he didn't vanish to shirk his chores, he went to practice preaching. News to everyone else. His own Dad thought he'd make a poor preacher (as recorded in TW:LiL.) His neighbors were skeptical when he went to divinity school. That's not the response you get to someone who PLANNED to be a minister, who practiced for it through his childhood. Small surprise he told the Corps at least once that he considered 3 fields, including ministry and music. Small surprise that TW:LiL records him as being ready to quit TWICE in his early career as a minister. And that it was a year AFTER HE BEGAN PREACHING that he first heard of the Bible as the Word of God and believing it, also recorded in TW:LiL. He made up for his lack of dedication, his laziness, by cutting corners. He outsourced his sermons. He relied on the work, the dedication, of real Christians who cared and did their best. And slapped his name on it. And to this day, there's still some people buying into that.
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