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Believer's capabilities vs. the capabilities of an unbeliever? Went down that road in the Advanced Class. Don't care to go down it again.

HERE is an interesting background regarding Cash's reason for recording that particular song.

You are correct Rock on!

Maybe more like Children of the Corn(fields).

Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash, as we fell into the sun

The very title is an actual error. It is NOT, in fact, power for abundant living. Unless, of course, the abundant living being addressed is that of one Mr. V. PeePee Wierwille.

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Junior's Farm-------Paul McCartney

Thanks, Mooseman. Them's my homeboys. Fond memories of live performances of that and many other JG classics.

This really connected with me. I was thinking about someone who has been dead for almost 40 years now. But his memories are still fresh in my mind. Maybe that's part of what it means to have life after death.

After I'd been in the word for about a year, I started to ponder these very same discrepancies. Now, of course, you couldn't just discuss these things with any old believer, lest they size you up as spiritually weak. So, I went to my branch leader who told me that the more abundant life is a spiritual concept. I told him this conflicted with what VPP taught in the opening sessions of PLAF (The Wonder Class). His answer to this was that I needed to SIT more, renew my mind, study more and avail myself more freely for service to the ministry. Then, and only then, would I be able to comprehend the depth of the spiritual significance of the more abundant life. And I actually bought that explanation. Shame on me.

Sometimes we're a touchy bunch here, we are, we are. Glad you've decided to join our little party, I am, I am.

It's my understanding that the reason this type of surgery is usually done with the person awake is that there is a risk involving general anesthesia. During the surgery, there is always a possibility that the cranial nerves (3 & 5, I think) might crossfire from the insult. This would cause the heart rate to drop. Now, if the heart rate is already low, due to anesthesia, it could cause stoppage. At least that's the way I think I learned it in physiology class all those years ago.

I usually just tell them to renew their minds and get over it.

Too many more times than I care to admit.

You just don't get as high up in an organization as they did without knowing the true score. Wierwille was a poser from the very inception of his little religious scam.

Brown Shoes Don't Make It Can't explain why. This really is "of the moment".

The waist is a terrible thing to mind.

This comes as a total shock. I'm so very, very sorry.

Well, he did have at least one thing--------our money----- and our blind obedience. Okay, so that's two things.

Yes. Any huckster worth his weight in wienershnitzle knows the value of a good schtick.

This is where you and I disagree. Before one actually took PFAL, the sales pitch IMPLIED that all you needed was PFAL. Once one finished PFAL, though, there was a seemingly endless array of classes that were needed for spiritual fulfillment. The granddaddy of them all was The Advanced Class. And, although these classes generated a healthy flow of revenue for Wierwille's Way, the purpose of them was to establish a dedicated core of followers who would consistently provide financial assistance to the organization. (abundant sharing) Regarding "learning to learn.": That's the primary function of college education, not the purpose of PLAF (The Wonder Class).

Nope. Only bumper stickers I ever had were the green ones that sported The Way's logo and a little blip about Biblical research, etc. I'm not really sure I understand how one can discuss The Way's stance on "Spirit teaching spirit" without referencing the class in which it was taught.