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Well TWI made a big case for "rise and expansion" and in fact made unambiguous claims that if there was no expansion then people weren't living the word or some such statement Obviously this was used to fuel recruitment drives for PFAL and the various Way classes. At some point when numbers dropped and continued to drop, Way leadership quietly modified this approach so they wouldn't have to explain why people were no longer attracted to TWI. Of course they also blamed stagnation and diminishing numbers on cop outs, gays, and possession thereby not having to accept the fact that TWI has little appeal to a person of any age. Historically the strength of the early Way days was in the youth. Lots of idealistic young people made TWI what it was and as those people grew up there have been no significant sources of replenishment. There are no 60s Jesus freaks looking for a cause or vagabond hippies on the lookout for a community. Both of these movements greatly benefitted TWI in the early days. Besides what could TWI possibly offer anyone today ? A fellowship concept with middleaged (and older) know-it-alls who rave on in their own special lingo while demanding your money and time. Whats the payoff ? More of the same next week ? The WAy continues to shrink in size but grow in ego and I'm sure their current explanation for this situation is to suggest that "only the committed remain". There used to be a poster here at GSpot who claimed to be an innie ("Lowly Lolly Puppy") though I was never convinced that she/he wasn't WayGB or worse some troll who fabricated a Way history based on general posts here at GSpot. In any case this person would never provide details on anything except to say "numbers are up", "more classes are running now" but when pressed for data ,he/she would clam up and say "well thats what we were told".Oh wow. So some limb drone said "numbers are up". Thats real authoritative ! Of course then we later found out that some of those "numbers are up" statements were based on the fact that current followers were running their children through the various classes. (Like they had a choice). Its like when there was a new Way book. Leaders would say "we can't keep copies of this. Its hot !". Well I wonder why when its required reading and the only consumers are Way followers themselves. They wanted married couples to have their own subscription to The Way Mag just to get more cash and make the claim that its a successful publication. There is so much lying in TWI and the sad reality is that most of it is targetted at its own followers in order to keep them in in place. They used to take for granted that each ROA would be bigger and bigger each year but once that turned around they cancelled it to keep from looking bad (like that strategy worked) so the former followers and the NK community wouldn't be able to say "wow. 500 people showed up for the Rock and 450 of those people were HQ staff". No. The energy in TWI right now is designed to keep people in place and hide the what we already know - that TWI is dwindling in size. They used to brag about numbers now they shun any discussion relating to them. And have you seen the pics on the Website ? Some of these people who used to rave on about being athletes of the spirit and fitness clearly aren't eating on a needs-only basis. This isn't a cheap shot since back in the 70s and 80s some of those hot shots would berate those with weight problems. Now whats going on ? The middle aged spread is okay in the sight of God ? what is the concept now ? Couch potatoes of the spirit ? The concept of "present truth" has allowed TWI to basically change their story any time they contraict themselves. Its just another way for them to lie to people who keep them in business.