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Well it seems they took our criticism of the fog path postcard and have upgraded it to the burial site of the charlatan. The fountain of dead wineskins. I think the most appropriate response would be to send a postcard back with a person in pensive thought with the question ”Time to Change?”

Your quick reply above concerns only my first 8 words - the rest (called the context and the main point), you never even touched on. God has always been HIDDEN or NOT VISIBLE to the 5-senses yet Jesus never called him "the absent God" or even "the absent Father." He never declared to the Jews that the scrolls took the place of the absent God. How close was Jesus with God, his Father? John says that's just how we are to be with God and with him.

Yep, "thesaurus.com" gives 47 synonyms for hidden - not one is "absent." When we played "hide and seek" growing up, we were hidden but still present. If we were absent (left the playing area), the poor seeker was plain out of luck

Hi Mike, even if the "absent Christ" phrase happens only those 2 times, the reality of it shows up in many of the practices within twi as this thread shows. One of those practices is how twi reinforces this belief in their doctrine without ever using that specific phrase. If you read the following, you'll see what I mean and if you reply, please speak specifically about what is written. Thanks. ____________________________ The words in purple below are taken from twi's article on the Great Principle (GP), the website for which is shown on page 1 of this thread. Referring to the gift of holy spirit, John 16:13 says, “…for he [it] shall not speak of himself [itself]; but whatsoever he [it] shall hear, that shall he [it] speak….” This implies that your spirit, the gift, hears and learns from God and obeys what He tells it to say. However, nowhere in this verse does it say the spirit of truth learns from God. We can see this again in verse 15. Jesus Christ says, “All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he [it, the gift of holy spirit] shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.” This is the first part of our basic principle—God, Who is Spirit, teaches your spirit. This verse does not say “God…teaches…” Jesus says that all the Father has is his (Jesus’), then he says the spirit of truth shall take of mine (Jesus’) and shall shew it unto you. The Spirit of truth takes from Jesus! Jesus got the ax by twi! The next verse – which they left out in their article – confirms verse 13. 14 He [the spirit of truth] will glorify me [Jesus] because it is from me [Jesus] that he will receive what he will make known to you.

It's interesting. People have received this postcard and it has brought some old posters back to this site, people who haven't been seen in a while. Perhaps they have been lurking, watching without posting. Would be good if we could get the database that TWI is using, and send everyone The Other Side (GSC) postcards . Not going to happen, of course.

Well, I'm thinking I'll be marked safe from receiving a "Come Home" postcard. I've moved at least 6 times since my TWI departure!!

Except it’s not. Absent is not a synonym of hidden. It’s just not. Nice crawfish move, though.

Sectors? . . . Nevermind If The Word takes the place of the Absent Christ what's the holy spirit (lowercase) for? And if believing works for Saint and sinner alike what's The Word for? And if no man knoweth the hour what is anyone missing by Jesus being Absent? It's all out of anyone's hands anyway.

Yeah, I know they've kept lists of PFLAP grads. That's how I figured they'd been doing it... without using any database/filter techniques. I doubt they have a current address for me, however. I told them to take me off of mailing lists at least 30 years ago.

New, Dynamic, goal posts.

No, I have not ignored anyone, though a lot does slip by me just from the sheer volume of it all. I've been reading a lot of the archives and pondering things. After 20 years of posting, my "stated goals" are going through an evolution. I see lots of change in the air.

According to vp, the word takes the place of the absent Christ. I think twi uses that phrase "Christ in you" to support something Mike has often said in his posts. Since Christ is hidden or not-visible in the 5 senses, it is up to way believers to manifest Christ to the world. So again, the focus is on the individual believer to be "Christ-like" (since he's absent and all) and that gives rise to people following way leaders instead of Christ. I sent this post to Mike yesterday on the "Absent Christ" thread as a reply to an older post of his where he had written: "How many times does it say Christ is currently HIDDEN or NOT VISIBLE to the 5-senses?" My reply was along the line: "God has always been HIDDEN or NOT VISIBLE to the 5-senses yet Jesus never called him "the absent God" or even "the absent Father." He never declared to the Jews that the scrolls took the place of the absent God. How close was Jesus with God, his Father in heaven? John 17:20-23 says that's just how we are to be with God and with him."

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I haven't gotten one yet and feel left out. After all, I wrote an entire book about The Way and me.

Crazy. Im sure for some that postcard is akin to receiving an invitation back into an abusive relationship from the abusive ex-spouse nontheless....