For me it wasn't what he said as how it was said. Just reminded me of a John Wayne/John Travata wanna be. Come across as sincere as JW but in tights, with a splash of Archie Bunker.
Ten years later, more Archie, no tights and a tidal wave of Hugh Heffner.
Guess I was too 5 sences minded. Never could get pass the looks or the mannerisms.
He said some ridiculous statement..... that if he wasn't president the Way he would be the president of just about any corporation out in "the world"......and run it better.
His use of numerous, really mean terms for homosexuals in the main tent at ROA '95. Terms like "rump ranger" and "pillow biter." I had my kids there for goodness sakes! Even if it wasn't the last one, I certainly wouldn't have had them back anyway. So much for a "family" event.
I can remember when he said something that was quite logical. It was something like quitting and going back to pumping gas!
To bad he wasn’t *smart* nuff to follow through....... :D-->
And St George dude, when did weakness ever bring down strength??? I think about Jesus hanging with sinners, weak ones and then also David hung out with the losers and turned them into the mighty men..........
Well, let's see. There was Eve bringing down Adam, Ahab bringing down Jehoshaphat, Delilah bringing down Samson, Solomon's wives bringing Solomon down, and those are just the biblical references that come to mind without careful deliberation. There are plenty of secular examples, too. As I recall, LCM said that weakness brings down strength, "unless strength is very good." The examples you cite are evidence of that.
I'm obviously no big fan of LCM, but not everything he said was stupid.
On a slightly different tack, I think the dumbest thing LCW did was to put all the Corps on salary. Beyond the problem of giving the Corps far too much time to meddle in other people's lives, it was financially devastating. Putting people who could have been contributing $ on the payroll (while kicking out almost everybody else who was contributing) was either 1.) believing for a miracle, or 2.) incredibly stupid. I believe history has shown the latter to be true.
maybe a thread on this subject would be good. Because if weakness always brings down strength as WordWolf pointed out, then our natural nature would always win.
Perhaps a new thread would be in order to stop derailing this one.
Really dumb things, what was that in AOS where the minister stands in the gap between followers and the devil? Been so long I can’t remember.........
Eve having lesbian sex as the origin sin tops my list.
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quote:I simply mentioned that in the Bible it says that it is impossible for God to lie.
Aparantly God has a loophole to get around that annoying little restriction. He gets humans to do the lying for him. This way God gets off on a technicality and your whole bible does not fall apart.
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dmiller
He took the "fear is the sand in the machinery of life" quote, and turned it into --
"Fear is rust on your zipper."
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He also said that as a believer, he (you and I also) were better than angels, and could go where "angels fear to tread". (pfal 77)
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Dumbest thing LCM has ever said?
Like there was ever a time when he said something *smart*?
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Garth... your to funny.
For me it wasn't what he said as how it was said. Just reminded me of a John Wayne/John Travata wanna be. Come across as sincere as JW but in tights, with a splash of Archie Bunker.
Ten years later, more Archie, no tights and a tidal wave of Hugh Heffner.
Guess I was too 5 sences minded. Never could get pass the looks or the mannerisms.
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Hope R.
"If you only give 9% then God won't spit in your direction!"
That was in the early 90's. It's on a tape because that's where I heard it.
Another stupid quote is the "go until you break glass" one-liner which I never understood.
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I think "go until you break glass" was a basketball reference.
George
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dmiller
Makes sense. Unless he was referring to drinking too much to hold onto the glass!
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I loved when he "snorted". After that I could'nt get focused.
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Paradiseden
He said some ridiculous statement..... that if he wasn't president the Way he would be the president of just about any corporation out in "the world"......and run it better.
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Oakspear
How about the whole WayAP class? (and wasn't it "Go until you hear glass"?)
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Jim
He was an insufferable prick. We all knew it, just like the emperor's clothes.
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johniam
Somewhere '94/'95 ish he said (in the context of the purges) "This is going to be done right if I have to coordinate every twig from HQ!"
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His use of numerous, really mean terms for homosexuals in the main tent at ROA '95. Terms like "rump ranger" and "pillow biter." I had my kids there for goodness sakes! Even if it wasn't the last one, I certainly wouldn't have had them back anyway. So much for a "family" event.
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I thought "go until you break glass" was referring to an imaginary "glass ceiling" of believing action...
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Bob
"Weakness brings down strength."
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GeorgeStGeorge
I'm not sure that that was dumb. In a lot of cases, it's quite true.
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Garth,
I can remember when he said something that was quite logical. It was something like quitting and going back to pumping gas!
To bad he wasn’t *smart* nuff to follow through.......
:D-->
And St George dude, when did weakness ever bring down strength??? I think about Jesus hanging with sinners, weak ones and then also David hung out with the losers and turned them into the mighty men..........
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Grizz,
Well, let's see. There was Eve bringing down Adam, Ahab bringing down Jehoshaphat, Delilah bringing down Samson, Solomon's wives bringing Solomon down, and those are just the biblical references that come to mind without careful deliberation. There are plenty of secular examples, too. As I recall, LCM said that weakness brings down strength, "unless strength is very good." The examples you cite are evidence of that.
I'm obviously no big fan of LCM, but not everything he said was stupid.
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On a slightly different tack, I think the dumbest thing LCW did was to put all the Corps on salary. Beyond the problem of giving the Corps far too much time to meddle in other people's lives, it was financially devastating. Putting people who could have been contributing $ on the payroll (while kicking out almost everybody else who was contributing) was either 1.) believing for a miracle, or 2.) incredibly stupid. I believe history has shown the latter to be true.
George
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It was
"Weakness ALWAYS brings down strength."
Often, when you spot qualifiers like "every time", "always", "never", or
"none", you spot an error right next to it.
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Hey St. George,
maybe a thread on this subject would be good. Because if weakness always brings down strength as WordWolf pointed out, then our natural nature would always win.
Perhaps a new thread would be in order to stop derailing this one.
Really dumb things, what was that in AOS where the minister stands in the gap between followers and the devil? Been so long I can’t remember.........
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Why do I ever think lcm even came up with the STUPID things on his own?
He couldn't even make up the MORONIC sayings on his own!
The phrase "athletes of the spirit" was ripped off the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes....
Here's something I just found when I remembered the EXACT way the sentence
went.....
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This is from the Official Website of the Baltimore Ravens,
http://www.baltimoreravens.com
September 2, 2002. GASH ADDS TO RAVENS' POWER SURGE.
By Adam H. Beasley.
Sam Gash has a brutally simple philosophy to playing foorball.
"Go until you hear glass break," Gash said.
That's the goal. That truly is the goal. I think that's what Alan [Ricard]
does and that's what I've been doing for a while."
Gash, the 11th-year fullback who re-signed with the Ravens over the Labor
Day weekend, has made his name in the NFL with that ethos.
Now, he's trying his best to pass it along to his successor.
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I STILL don't know what it means, but at least now I suspect it has something
to do with being a run-blocker in football.
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Steve!
Stupid things?
How about "You'll be a greasespot by midnight!"
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Eve having lesbian sex as the origin sin tops my list.
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Aparantly God has a loophole to get around that annoying little restriction. He gets humans to do the lying for him. This way God gets off on a technicality and your whole bible does not fall apart.Link to comment
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