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Hi guys, just got caught up on this thread a little bit. From my personal experiences I say absolutely yes that a true believer can change their mind and in fact change it back. Id did. I will say honestly and openly you wouldn't have found too many more zealous young wayfers than myself. I really believed what they taught and I really believed the facade they put out there for the general public and average home fellowship attendee. It's when I had major problems in life that the law of believing garbage gave me a serious reality check. Again, I followed the law of doctrine to the letter as well as my former wife. IT DOES NOT WORK. And that's where it all came crashing down for me. I was so hurt and disillusioned I just said screw it. It's taken me a slow process during a 13 span to get where I am today. Where am I today you may ask? Very secure in my faith in Christ.

and if I may add some more positive stuff ...if it wasn't for all the atheists, agnostics, as well as any other viewpoint that is different from TWI – I would probably still harbor a fundamentalism/spiritualism/Gnosticism mindset – even though I was out of TWI and didn't get involved with another ministry or church. I would be a burnt-out-believer-without-a-Twig – and probably would never have gotten into reevaluating TWI-doctrine....or going on to checking out philosophy of religion. My hat goes off to all the atheists and agnostics that I have debated with for keeping it real – which inspired me to try and be more honest and open...helping me unravel the nature of a belief system...and many times forcing me to stay grounded in the plain and simple interpretation of Scripture...another thing I really admire is their bare-bones approach to life...to appreciate life right now and those you know and love and to do things just because it's the right thing to do and not because you're going to get some eternal reward...Sometimes I've said to my daughter you won't have down syndrome when you're in heaven – and though I continue to hope in a heaven, there is a part of me that doubts - and I think that's what really fuels my desire to see to it that she experiences as full a life as possible. And when I have thoughts like that which take God and heaven out of the picture – it's actually not as scary as I used to imagine while in TWI – there's often some sense of urgency to appreciate what I have right now. in my weird sense of humor I sometimes wonder if there just might be some higher power that I am as yet unfamiliar with – who had the wisdom and benevolence to synchronize me with Grease Spot.

So, let's see..... lcm declared there was a new Advanced Class, and now your previous Advanced Class was voided, so now you had to pay AGAIN to take the NEW Advanced Class and find out how deficient lcm was when he made it. Then you had to pay for "Advanced Class Specials", which covered the SAME material but charged you AGAIN for them? twi is indeed a shameless money machine, with all the students as cash cows.