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It was part of the whole package. We were sold the whole package. That package was of a religious organization that was unique in that its authority and teaching were solely from the Bible, and whose understanding of the Bible and God Almighty was unique among organizations, and uniquely accurate, because only its founder refused to consult with people, only with God Almighty. So, the whole organization was special, and involvement was predicated upon all that. If we'd known from the beginning that the teachings were an eclectic assembly of different Christian writers and teachers rather than taught by God Almighty, and that the founder got ALL of his content from others rather than NONE of his content, we certainly would have approached the group differently. It certainly would have been more worthy of respect-if they'd told us the truth from Day One rather than lies from Day One. There's no reason to question this- if it was just another group, albeit an excellent one, it could warrant a certain amount of respect. If it was THE Group, with THE Truth (which is what we were taught), that's another thing altogether- and twi's retention is still largely based on that to this day just as it was when we were involved.

It seems like, in the comments I quoted above, 1) you're arguing semantics, 2) trying to claim you didn't always submit and/or that 3) it wasn't necessarily the original intent. My impressions, however, are that despite your own possible original intent to not get caught up in the submission, you eventually did anyway. Have you ever heard of Peter Senge? He was (is) an MIT professor. His book, The Fifth Discipline, is about learning organizations. Wierwille's cult learned and developed alright, but not the way Senge suggests it should have. Twi adapted as it grew to become more like what VPee wanted it to be. I also suggest insight can be gathered from Noam Chomsky and his writings on manufacturing consent. Chomsky focuses, regarding this subject, on mass media. In twi, Wierwille controlled the media. It began with his directive in the PFLAP class to put away all of your other reading material for months. Of course, if you stayed around that long, you were hooked and then dismissed philosophy, "world wisdom" in favor of VPee's "wisdom."