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Oh, you mean the ones that say alcoholism, sexual predation and cancer are caused by devil spirits? That's in the Advanced Class. I can't recall the exact page off the top of my head. Did you know, at the time, that Wierwille was a hard core alcohol abuser, that he raped Way Corps and staff women or that he, as well as his brother, Harry and son, Don, died from cancer? Read here: http://www.greasespotcafe.com/main2/waydale/waydale-editorials/v.p.-wierwilles-cancer-and-the-doctrinal-dilemma-that-his-illness-presented.....html By the way, you know he wasn't a "Doctor", right?

I never heard of the paper until I read about it here on GSC.

Nobody stopped to hear him Though he played so sweet and high They knew he had never Been on their T.V. So they passed his music by I meant to go over and ask for a song Maybe put on a harmony I heard his refrain As the signal changed He was playing real good for free Playing like a fallen angel Playing like a rising star Playing for a hat full of nothing to the honking of the cars

BUMP!

You made some really great points, Frank. They had all kinds of behavior-control devices in that Way toolbox. Guilt was the one that got the most use. Fear placed a close second. Yeah, I remember how Wierwille used to claim he could get by on 2 or 3 hours of sleep a night because he spoke in tongues so much. I suppose repeating the same one or two phrases that he had memorized, for the other 20 hours must be what drove him crazy.......Lo shanta la maka see tay.......Lo shanta la maka see tay......Lo shanta la maka see tay.....Lo shanta la maka see tay...... Phew! That's enough to drive a man to drink .

In the news today. "The First National Bank of Hoopyville Hts. was robbed at gunpoint today. They should have known better than to keep all that money in one place."

This ain't like the Hotel California. You are free to come and go as you choose.

Yes, always blame the victim. It's such as handy, dandy way of excusing the perpetrator.

I have wondered the same thing myself. His behavior certainly fits the profile.

Wow! You're a researcher? I had no idea. What sort of experiences are in your curriculum vitae?

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Ahhhh. And therein lies this wacky concept of having respect for your fellow man.

I concede there may be individual sections where this proves to be true. But think about verses like "Whosoever shall say unto this mountain-----" Is it literal? Do you know anyone who ever literally moved a mountain with their believing? But if you can accept it as being symbolic instead of literal, there may be, perhaps, valuable lessons to be learned

Somewhere on GSC you can read the account of how VPW used the tragic death of Gary D., resulting from a car wreck, to browbeat people into blind obedience and cast the other person who was in the wreck into a cesspool of undeserved guilt. (1974 or 75)

It most definitely is. I know of someone who was informed, in no uncertain terms, that "bad things" (like cement overshoes) would happen if they didn't stop publicly speaking out against The Way. There were no spiritual metaphors couching their admonitions. (circa 1978 or 79.)

Now, see, this is where you screwed up. You assumed that the AC was about the Bible and its various records. But, it was really about debuhl spurts and learning that the bogey man would gitcha if you ever left the safety of the fortress of da household. Yeah, too many pressing spiritual lessons to learn for us to be wasting time learning about the Bible and stuff. What were you thinking? That they were a research and teaching ministry? Shame on you, you rabble rousing troublemaker!

Which one, indeed!

Question #1 1. Do you faithfully ABS?

Ever notice how hard it is to make good stuff happen? Gotta get the camera angle just so, make sure the focus is crisp, allow for proper exposure time, yada--yada---yada---yada---yada But for bad stuff?? piece of cake!! Just let your concentration get just a teensy bit out focus for just a second, speak a "negative" or two and--------BAM!! You got it, baby! "What you're confessin', you're possessin'----What you look at, you become." "If a man says, 'I'll be dead this time next year', guess what, he'll be dead. Have to be. Why? because it's a law. Works every time for saint and sinner alike. If I was a bettin' man, I'd put money on it."-----VP Wierwille (moderately paraphrased) Good stuff = hard to get Bad stuff = easy to get (It's spiritual.)

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Yeah-----and plentiful. "You have to go to (make TWI coffers) grow."

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Ah, yes, another classic from the genius mind of Burt Bacharach. Such a pity that musical tastes of the general public have evolved to a point of dismissing this genre.