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Yes, but, do any of these opinions predate the filming of PFAL in 1967? Maybe they do. And were they available for perusal by Wierwille? I don't really know. I am curious, though. Edit: The relevant point for me, though, is that this whole concept, whether intentionally or unintentionally, sowed the seeds of a martyrdom mentality..... "Sure I'm driving a WOW-mobile and living on Beanie-Weenies, but, look at what Paul endured for The Word."

Do you remember how, in the PFAL class, Wierwille said something to the effect that people have even said Paul's Thorn was sexual addiction? Really?? People have said this? Admittedly, I knew very little about the Bible before taking PFAL, but, is this really something anyone here has ever heard anywhere else besides PFAL? Or, was Wierwille obviating, in case someone might become suspicious of his own weaknesses? I think this whole "people" angle was simply part of the indoctrination process that established a "them vs. us" mentality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ua-wUGFFlM

The following article was posted on another site I visit. It has nothing to do with The Way in a direct sense. Somehow, though, it reminded me of how we used to "manipulate" scripture to make it say what we wanted it to say and look the way we wanted it to look. Opinions welcomed Photoshop and Photography: When Is It Real?

Screen printing for fun and profit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7JJg46e_pE

Exactly! He took legal action at the "secular" level....and a world of good resulted from it.

And just think! Every Halloween they could convert it into one of those Haunted House attractions that have become so popular.

The Rescue.... It's a BOOK, fer cryin' out loud! We're supposed to base life and death decisions on a literary work??? That sounds awfully risky to me. But, what do I know?

Anybody else ever think about all the catastrophic scenarios this would produce? Driver-less semis, careening out of control on the interstate. People on the operating table, suddenly left with no one to complete their open heart surgeries. High-rise tenants, left to burn to death while rescuers disappear into the clouds. And on and on.

There was an outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus which causes St. Louis encephalitis, in the geographic area and at the same time, that H.A. became ill. There is a good likelihood that this was the cause of his malady. H.A. was given homeopathic treatments along with the more conventional treatments he received. The protocol for treatment includes rest, not work. Way leadership may have "said" he worked his way back to health but, that defies common knowledge of how recovery from encephalitis is typically achieved

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7JJg46e_pE

Don't you worry 'bout what's on your mind I'm in no hurry I can take my time I'm going red and my tongue's getting tied I'm off my head and my mouth's getting dry. I'm high, But I try, try, try

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey------Paul McCartney

I think I know what you mean, Ham. "The Girl" (or "The Guy", as the case may be) was only part of a bigger package. At least for some people. It was part of that desire to be an interactive member of something bigger than the individual members. (ie: a family) For our generation, The boy-girl relationship symbolized that. For a lot of people it still does. But, back then, there weren't as many lifestyle choices as there are today. In the blue-collar environment I was raised in, it was pretty much expected that you would get out of school, get married and start a family of your own. And, that's how it pretty much was until everything changed by leaps and bounds in the late 1960s. But, by then, I was already out of high school and it was harder to change a lot of preconceived notions. So, "The Girl" represented an opportunity to pursue a lifestyle I had been conditioned for. Of course, for some people, it was just another way to "pick up chicks". For those people, though, I don't think their stays in The Way were typically long-lasting.

"Ya think The Eagles ever heard this?"

There'll be trains of blossoms There'll be trains of music There'll be trains of trust, Trains of golden dust

Time Has Come Today-----Chambers Brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxpcZrQQM-4

You can checkout any time you like, But you can never leave!

I sat it out because it was too obvious.

TAP...TAP...TAP Is this thing turned on?

At The Hop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNDN2yn7zjA