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Nice! An apt summary.

A long time ago on a calendar far, far away… A False Hope It is a period of civil unrest. An unscrupulous pastor striking it rich from plagiarism has won some converts by hijacking many of them from organized religion and the Jesus Movement. During battles to control his own followers certain brave souls had managed to break open the lock-box of dirty secrets as well as reveal the cult leader’s ultimate weapon, delusions of grandeur with enough power to destroy one’s grip on reality. Pursued by ridiculous threats of oblivion and devil possession, rebel ex-followers established cyber-bases where others could download the nefarious plans from the lock-box and shred them with the light-of-day-saber. Stay tuned for the next exciting episode The Farce Awakens: The Rise of Offshoots. also some propaganda messages were retrieved by the rebels... …pay attention for an important message to nurses and housewives in this first episode: PFAL 1967 documentary PFAL segment 03 1977 the Changed video

that's some good points JohnJ !!!!

With that perspective I personally have many memories that I have of enjoyable times, growth, life events. It’s amazing how removing the marionette strings allows the puppet to move freely.

Reconnected with an old Way friend over holidays. It’s amazing how the perspective of the rank and file believer just does not have any pertinent details of the real putrid fruit of the leadership. Ever since inception the Way has been hiding the insidious acts of its leaders and fleecing the unsuspecting kind hearted souls in the seats of their members homes. They sit there because the leadership has zero investment in any community across the world. Church in the home means there is no responsibility on the organization to provide the extras most community churches provide freely. The Way is an organization of takers not givers.

Memories good, bad or indifferent... I was just thinking a few days ago, as I prepared to visit a friend (in my "bubble") for our very quiet NY Eve celebration (a meal, a bottle of good wine, and a glass of port) than we once used to have to go to a massive Event in the auditorium. Way Prods would put on a show (sometimes quite good) and there'd be few comedy bits. And then it'd all cool down and there'd be prayers to bring in the new year. Do they still do that, I wonder? Can they even fill the front row in the auditorium nowadays? Or do they all "social distance" and sit 6 or 16 rows apart? (That'd "fill" the place.) I wonder tradition when this started. Lots of people see in the NY, to be sure, including many churches. But I'm also aware that 31 Dec was (if I recall aright) VPW's birthday. If the Event started in his lifetime, then it was likely just a big birthday party for him, not a "watchnight" service at all. Anyway - I prefer what I did this year...! (Oh, and btw I stayed over, rather than have drunk enough to put me over the limit.) Happy new year to you all !

After I left TWI, I realized my pre-TWI life was just as valid as during TWI. As posted above, we were taught to disavow our previous life as "old man" etc. i came to see my life a single thread, not a before and after. I reclaimed my previous life. I made a pie chart of my life with time in TWI highlighted. It's about a fifth of the pie and this point. As time goes by, the TWI section gets smaller and smaller....

Gosh, I found one of those Red Thread long-sleeve shirts the other day. Had forgotten I'd got it. It could be a nice shirt to wear, but I don't like its connotations. And no doubt it has TWI's name all over it and I wouldn't want to "advertise" them. Might have to make dusters or some such out of it.