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  1. Nothing else matters to this cult except preserving the narrative....ie wierwille was called and destined by God to "teach this word that hadn't been known for centuries." Problem was..... preachers and ministers HAD been teaching these truths. Twi is a classic example of an authoritarian, thought-control cult. Manipulation of 1) behavior, 2) information, 3) thoughts, and 4) emotions. The only way twi can function is thru deception at every level. Notice how they skewer twi-history and ONLY focus on the 1967 pfal-filming as a seismic shift in the spiritual universe. Why do they AVOID.... Wierwille's beginnings of teaching Leonard's class (1953) in the Van Wert Church basement? Vpw's staying on church payroll until August 1957. New Headquarters and Independent Beginning: Thursday, December 19, 1957. Ten years of vp's driving from city to city to teach pfal classes (1958-1967). Meager abundant sharing.....until confiscating Heefner's and Doop's independent works (March 1972) Really, wierwille only had 10 years of exponential growth AFTER cunning deceit and exploits. Wierwille lost an eye, had cancer.... keeping this cancer secret from the body of believers. Reminds me of something I recently read about George Orwell's character Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Winston worked in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth where his job was to rewrite historical documents so they matched the constantly changing party line (twi's "present truth"). This involved revising newspaper articles and doctoring photographs -- mostly to remove "unpersons" (mark and avoid people/corps). In manipulating and altering historical realities......in essence, “history had stopped. Nothing existed except an endless present in which the Party (Cult) is always right.” Another thing, twi avoids any mention of all other attempts of these foundational classes.....Another pfal class full of dead men's bones Power for Abundant Living (1967). Wierwille plagiarized wholesale from B.G. Leonard (stolen class) PFAL '77. Wierwille attempted to update this class in 1977 (failed) Way of Abundance and Power Class (1996). Martindale's attempt. A class filled with sport analogies and jockstrap ego. (crash & burn) WAP Class Update (2004 ?). Three Amigos teach sections. Still has the lingering effects and questions of Craig Martindale's presidency and cover-up. Power for Abundant Living Today (2022). Shiny and new. Makes it looks like twi is actually doing something rather than just serving refried teachings over and over again. With each passing decade..... twi has become the "unpersons."
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  2. Addressing these three points out of an excellent post. The line about the holy spirit field - VPW said he dedicated his life. TWI has gone a few steps further and I can't tell when the upgrade happened but they say vvictor paul wierwille was raised up for the holy spirit field. As if God specifically called and dedicated his ministries to uncover the holy spirit field that has been hid since first century. I kid you not. I was taught this concept during my corps training repeatedly and dang near verbatim. The idea of "ingesting" nothing but ministry materials is also a key element of the corps training. We weren't allowed to watch/read anything secular unless the corps coordinator approved it and only during "self structure time". Otherwise, we were to study only way minstry publications, or approved publications. By approved publications I mean material related to TWI but contributed by someone that VPW didn't actually steal from outright, such as George Lamsa or KC Pillai. Don't get me wrong. These ideals were still pushed at the FNC level with the class coordinators being instructed to suggest the students put aside all secular material for a period of time and read nothing but "the word" (which basically meant ministry publications) and at the end of that time their minds would be so renewed they wouldnt even recognize themselves. This garbage is set in stone. The way is a preservatation society that has enshrined wierwille and many of the things he did when he was alive. He is their guiding light and their idol.
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