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and lest we forget "never stop taking your medication". unless: the medication is an antidepressant. We all just KNOW that people should be able to fix that little "weakness" in the mind with da verd.. besides, you really oughten not to be possessed around here.. or the "leader" was just too damn nosey. I've heard them inquire into people's supposed health and welfare, and sarcastically ask, "why are you taking THAT?" ahem, well, maybe because the doc thought it might get me better or something. I've seen people not be able to take a stinking aspirin in peace. Seems any GOOD doctrine or thought was violated like there was no tomorrow.

as Rosada the Hutt, sleeping in the heat of day in her royal chamber, is awakened. "you MUST listen to the Okie, your royalarseness.." "Jean, you weak and cowardly fool, I told you not to admit him, and to cower only to my royal greatness. He's using a half baked Okie mind trick.." loy Tightpantswalker speaks: "You must step aside, your royal fatness. The farce is strong with me.."

Maybe we could hire this guy to follow him around, I'm sure loy wouldn't notice. Probably have to buy his contract from George Lucas..

so you guys dressed up in tuxedos for a "banquet" that ended up being no better than a meal at McDonalds. At least that is what it looks like. at least that's my impression. Those outside the fold so to speak, had the impression that you guys were being doled out the secrets of the universe on a silver platter..

I remember when I got in der vey- MOST people were sooooo health conscious, eating natural foods, trying to adopt natural methods for health care, shunning "unnatural" types of things.. at least in the early seventies. How in the world did we adopt a doctrine that allowed such an UNNATURAL concept? It is cold, "logical", and so sterile.. Just thinking.

vic and loy.. hmmmph. I think their character and "compassion" came right out of a dark character in a Hemmingway story.. sheesh.

I think the most adamant critics of abortion are those who have endured one, or have had to pick up the pieces of people's lives after the fact. Der Gulag had a real simple "solution"- mark somebody with "issues" as devil possessed and simply throw them to the curb. you didn't have the luxury to even properly mourn the death of a spouse or loved one before somebody was in your business, telling you how you oughta just get over it. Zero tolerance policy.. in only you'd just "renew" da mind. vic and loy didn't have to pick up the pieces. To them, abortion was just a "little" thing. I still think they oughta be women in the next life.. if there is such a thing.

To this day they pull out the lame "eat the fish, spit out the bones" analogy. Despite the fact that I can't stand the smell of fish, I did fish when I was young. Just couldn't eat what I caught, the rest of the family did though.. I caught a fish once, my dad says, "we don't eat those, THEY ARE ALL BONE" it was a sucker..

Honestly, with the effect of prophecy shenanigans and momentus, I think a more fitting comparison to be to the Three Stooges. In my opinion.

Sadly, the "gossip column" here has more to offer than that sad group with delusions of prophethood among those on the top. They never really left the way, and they admit it. "We've left with the GOLD".. "Eat the fish, spit out the bones..." same sad posturing. Same arrogance, instead of "we are PREVAILING" the war cry is "we have the BEST PACKAGE". Where did they get 92.7 percent of their "package"? Now they've turned on themselves. Maybe nowhere else to go. I think for those who have thrown off the cult mindset, from the outside, it looks like a bad situation comedy. Or "survivor, Indiana". Sorry, that's the way I see it.

Ah.. I think I "gawwt" it. It's some kind of unholy trinity, you have J.S. the father, MG the errant "son", and J.L is the "ghost" writer. He's somehow absent, yet his effects are still felt.. edited to more closely match reality..

Coffee? You guys were betrayed. The way I heard it, that wasn't coffee, it was decaf..

Ouch.. it sure hurts to be cute at times..

And all that time, I thought you guys were having some kinda big old party..

Hey, did you see the game? I walked by the place last night, it was so full they wouldn't let me in even to buy a hot dog..

I trust my emotions a hundred times over what I trust anything that came out of that kornfield outfit.. but if you think my emotions are ruling, you simply don't know me.

Now now Dot. You have to be just a little more subtle. You simply make a note in capital letters the name of this culprit, and wait until the next wednesday just BEFORE corps night. You get what you want, a shortened version, he who may have shared again wakes up the next morning in the woods somewhere. considering SOME of the intellect I've seen come out of that place (yeah, I know, some of you were pretty sharp) it would take the most part of a year for somebody to put together the connection between the sharings and the muggings.. It would be a twisted form of operant conditioning.. "Why isn't anybody around here sharing any more lately??"

When I was a young lad, I couldn't STAND the smell of two things: 1. Swiss Cheese 2. Fish. I grew out of the aversion to swiss cheese. But.. I hate fish.. always have. Awful, evil, disgusting stuff.. I have worse problems with fish than I do getting a shot at doctors office. And they practically have to use a rubber mallet to get me calm enough to get a needle of any kind into me.. Don't tell me I have to eat fish..

who says? maybe they didn't see it in the original..

I think that it is up to the individual. Oldies, you wanna hold onto it, fine by me. Personally, for me, I see no merit in it. Like some others, I've filled my bucket with lots of other stuff.. and Raf, I do respect you and what you've done sorting through all that stuff.

After figuratively "sundialing" the guy, and wiping off the greasy mustache, I'd probably give it back.. One of my daughter's original work looks nicer anyway..

Of course I could do what vic did. Cut it out of it's frame, paste it on a poster, draw a mustache on it.. nobody would ever suspect..

Whether vic happened to be "right" about something, at least to me, is not relevant. It's merely, stolen property, stolen goods.. and some of it laced with spiritual rat poison. I got tired of peddling stolen merchandise. Even if it's the Mona Lisa, you can't exactly enjoy it, or show it off.. what do you do with something like that? Hang it in your living room?

It still doesn't make sense to me. Who, pray tell, is doing the "entitling"? See.. you do not sit in that position. Your permission or empowerment is not necessary. Nor is mine. On the other hand, I do not feel any thing that came from vic is "entitled" a FAIR SHAKE. Of course, the same can be said of me.

Oh, yes, this has been a while, hasn't it. All I'll say is it was a DISASTER, for me. But it was mine, and it was REAL. Honest to God real.. more than I can say about any lilly livered way "ministry" "let's just be so blessed" "renewed mind" stupidity.. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.. and I wouldn't have it any other way. All I can say "Mr." Linder, let's see YOU try to grow up when you're fifty, or older.. good luck.