modcat5

Once again: I never chased anyone off this site. Not one person. Several people chose to leave after the site rules were fairly enforced with clear explanations. One of those people (not chockfull) chose to libel me on multiple platforms because I refused to let him use this site to libel and slander other people who aren't even participants here. Yes, I did send a nasty message to chockfull. And I'd do it again. The level of dishonesty coming from chockfull is not something I am required to tolerate as a person, and my message was sent as a person, not as a moderator. As a moderator, chockfull has not been banned and remains welcome to return anytime. But I will defend myself against chockfull's lies as often as chockfull cares to spread them. And I reserve the right to private expressions of contempt for people who deliberately choose to mischaracterize how I carry out the moderation duties here.

I've been trying to be less legal about such things, but yeah.

I'd prefer not to. I'd rather see threads on The Four Crucified, all scripture interprets itself, JCING, The Law of Believing, tithing, etc

Greetings all. This sub forum is an experiment. It occurred to me that there was no specific place to discuss the doctrines of TWI as distinct from the practices and history. So THIS forum is specifically to discuss what TWI teaches and whether it is Biblically accurate. That's it. Please stick to that. I'm talking to you, fellow unbelievers. We get it. You think it's all bunk. No need to repeat it every thread. All are welcome to discuss whether Christians should tithe or go beyond. All are welcome to discuss whether the law of believing makes scriptural sense. But if you're going to go on every thread and ... You get the picture. Just don't. Thx

Anyway. Let us know what you decide.

For the love of... Ok. Stop. I am trying not to be heavy handed here but for the love of Jiminy Cricket can you all please stay on topic?

Pretty much. Categories are supposed to facilitate discussion, not hamper it. Whether something belongs in Doctrinal or About the Way is sometimes a matter of nuance and emphasis. And yes, there will be overlap. Our discussion about Speaking in Tongues was about all of the above. It was impossible to discuss whether TWI taught us all to fake SIT without at least agreeing on what SIT means in TWI and in Christianity. So a lot of the debate was whether the thread belonged in About the Way or doctrinal, and no one was really wrong. Point is, put your thread where you think it goes. If we feel a need to move it, we will, and we will explain why. Politics is a problem because folks on both sides proved incapable of having a conversation without it degenerating into namecalling and personal attacks, and no one trusted the moderators to be neutral or consistent. Yes, sometimes religion and politics cross paths. TWI's right wing identity is a part of who they are. But so is their pro-choice stand. Tread carefully and respectfully, and we will do our best to do the same.

Fairly certain I am the only moderator whose identity is known and who visits all the time. When I am not modcat5, I am Raf. You can feel free to contact me on either profile. I give $15 a month to GSC and I take nothing. Pawtucket runs the place. I don't think his ID is secret but I also don't think he publicizes it, so not posting it here. The other mods are Modgellan and ModSerling, each of whom has chosen to remain anonymous. Lots of people here are Christians. Lots of people are not. Oldiesman, WordWolf, Allan are believers, though they probably disagree with each other on an issue or two. Chasity, StayedTooLong and I (Raf) are atheist. We try (and often fail) to confine our skepticism to the Atheism subforum in Matters of Faith. So here's the deal: THIS forum is ABOUT THE WAY. So I was hoping we could get some clarity here: If you would like to talk about what's going on at TWI TODAY, what they're teaching, how they are conducting themselves, how they are coming to terms with their past and recruiting for the future, awesome. As long as you're standing by what you "report" back to the group. If you would like to discuss the MERITS of their doctrines, we have a whole "Matters of Faith" section for that. I am very interested in seeing what TWI is up to, what they're charging for their classes, what The Rock is like, etc. Anyway, you do not have to GIVE to participate in GSC, but I'm not gonna lie: we appreciate every dime.

Uh, yeah. I'm trying to be hands off but you guys are making this difficult. Candace Owens? There is NO reason to discuss her outside politics. Zionism is a political discussion by definition. You're giving us very little wiggle room here. The topic of this thread is TWI, present tense. Keep it focused. Next political comment gets deleted without warning.

NO POLITICS.

We're going to let the namecalling slide because it resolved on its own, but in the future please refrain from it. If you want to question the rational basis of someone's post, employ reason, not namecalling please. Sincerely, the poster who coined the name Smikeol.

Congrats on trying to be apolitical with this topic. Move on to another conversation please.

I actually agree. Didn't pay mind to this thread earlier and no one reported it, but we need to be consistent.

Pretty sure "the previous movie" has a different name than the one you're thinking of.

Ok, for those who don't know, modcat5 and Raf are the same person. And this is not MUCH of a trivia question, but I enjoy it. In the TV series "The Good Place," which is about the afterlife, the core characters are told that one of them must be sent on a train to "the Bad Place" to correct an afterlife imbalance. They debate over which of them would be best to sacrifice himself/herself for the others, when the main character comes to a sudden realization that means NONE of them will board the train to the Bad Place. What was the realization?