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Yeah, that's what VPP taught in PLAF (The Wonder Class). The whole Way "thang" is so chock full of contradictions, you might as well toss the whole thing in the crapper and give it a good flush.

Embarrassed-----that I walked the straight and narrow, thinking that's what all the other good wayfers were doing.

This is the original question.

It's kismet.

I believe that is derived from the Greek phrase which, when loosely translated, means "kissed the right butts".

The secret of its success is its clandestine nature

I've heard it stated by someone in the inner workings of the organization, that, on at least one occasion, WOW assignments were determined by throwing darts at a dart-board.....I'm not joking.

It was not by "revelation", if that's what you mean. :B)

I find myself wondering if or how the Hayflick Limit might play a role in all this.

Wow! I thought the whole thing operated by revelation. hahahahahahahahahaha!

Ha! The missing link isn't missing after all. It's just been chillin' with the homeboys and keeping on the down low.

Did he want to define God....or be God's peer?

In cases involving extreme addiction, there can be severe medical consequences from attempting this. I don't recommend it.

The whole process was incremental, by design. With each step you were complimented on your progress and encouraged to advance until, finally.....you reached a stage where nothing you did was ever any good, even though you still maintained the same standards of operation....What was that all about?

Looking back, I think the instructors manual was really our first opportunity to take a brief peek behind the curtain....all the little gems of advice, like telling the students not to teach outsiders about 4 crucified (gee, I wonder why not <_< ), covering for VP's doctrinal slip when he says 'He's coming back as Lord God Almighty!", etc.

And------lest we forget, back in the 1960's, the devil wasn't a snake at all but,

Being a class instructor is a lot like being a shift manager at Burger Biggie....make sure there is always plenty of coffee and the toilets are clean. The class I am most ashamed to have ever been involved with was Christian Family and Sex. I apologize to anyone and everyone who was ever in a class I ran.

For what it's worth, the account in Genesis never actually says that the serpent is the devil or Satan.

How can I state this more clearly? It's a myth. And, it's not unique to Christianity. It appears in belief systems from all over the globe, throughout recorded history. That, in itself, ought to tell us that the lesson to be gleaned from it is vitally important to man understanding his own nature. Until we can move beyond the idea that it's a documentation of a historical event, our understanding of its meaning will be severely restricted. Therefore, it might be beneficial to see how it plays out in the Greek writings, the writings of Native American peoples and so forth.

I think if you try to analyze every little detail, as if it was all literal, you miss the essence of the message ..... Man's endless struggle to choose between good and evil......can't see the forest for the trees sort of thing, ya know? edit: This is why I think, if one hopes to understand the larger scope of the message, one needs to accept that there ARE contradictions, things that don't always fit, that mathematical precision and scientific accuracy are just a catchy little phrase that has no basis in reality.

Hmmmmm...greeting cards How about something like....... God bless, you're the best! (Not really, I am.) Are not! AM TOO! Are not! AM TOO!

It's all a matter of semantics. "The Way" has all but disappeared but, in reality, it lives on in the offshoots and 'holders-on'. THIS one even has a Corps program, a W.O.W. program and a L.E.A.D. program, as well as capitalizing on the Wierwille name....Phoenix continues to rise attempt rising from the ashes. edited for verb tense.

Right now, I'm polishing off a big bag of cheese puffs.........yum!