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Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner

The "baby crap green" thread In Genesis, he was that voice that insisted "You'll just have to trust me."

The New Read Thread.... In Cannabis he was the stamen on the plant In Lysergis he was Tartrate-25 In Drambuie, he was the spittle of a drunken lecher

The Black Thread In Genesis he was the seed who thought he had a serpent In Leviticus he was the issue of blood In New Knoxville he owned a coach with motors In Rome City he was the wooden spoon of abuse In Emporia his date was the wicked witch of the west In State College, he was the merciless hunter of innocent birds

What do we do? I'm not sure. The answer to that, IMO, has to be tailored to the individual, because, everyone was affected in their own personal way. For me, there was a lot of guilt about leaving that had to be addressed. I couldn't do that until I understood what exactly it was that I had left. What you have to deal with may be completely different. I think, though, we all have to start with some of the basics. The doctrines, like the law of believing and hedge of protection and devils hiding in the bushes just waiting to pounce on you. Then, we have to take a critical look at the lifestyle we lived and consider how that shaped the way we think and behave and react. This is all, of course, just my opinion. Yours may be completely different. And who's to say what course of action is right or how long the journey should take? You have to chart that course yourself.

Looking at it on a more serious note, we learned in The Way that believers were special because they could actually change things in the physical world but simply thinking about them. Renewed mind, Law of Believing, Dealing With the Adversary etc. (I don't care how many times people point to the scripture that says we can move mountains, I simply don't accept that as being literal.) Or how about this: We were taught that there was some sort of magic bubble surrounding us because we were the "one true household". Hellooooo! It was a cult. There was never any magic bubble. And that's, perhaps, some of the easier stuff to overcome. How about the way you automatically respond to oppressive authority? Do you automatically buckle under to it? Or, do you find yourself infuriated by it and hell-bent on defying it? Do you find yourself having to always be right about everything? There's more. Lots more. Some of it is very subtle. That's the stuff that comes out when you least expect it.

Well, there is humor in it, I agree, but, then there is a serious side to it if you consider the lyrics. When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do Fate is kind She brings to those who love The sweet fulfillment of Their secret longing Like a bolt out of the blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true That could describe several things, such as The Green Card ("anything your heart desires") and The Law of Believing ("makes no difference who you are."). And then, you have the analogies that can be drawn from the journey Pinochio takes from being a puppet, to being exploited, to all the hardships it causes him, and, of course, it all works out in due time. (hopefully)

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-----and that's the truth

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That is, in essence, how the Fellow Laborer program was promoted. (at least to me) We were supposed to be "in-rez." at limb HQ for two years to do an in depth study of Acts. Then we were supposed to go back home as better, more qualified leaders. (Anyone who actually participated in the program is probably chuckling their butt off reading that.)

You said a mouthful there, Sister.

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"and to this day have not cited one biblical sin I have committed since 2000 that disqualifies me from ministering to God’s people" Honest, Santa I've been a good boy all year.

Yeah, I agree. Death isn't sickness----it's death. Though I can see where sickness could contribute to or even cause death. Now the part about sickness being death "in part" makes no sense. Is it like some big jig saw puzzle? You put enough pieces together and "presto!", you have death in whole? Like every time you get a cold, another piece of the "jig saw puzzle of death" falls into place? It especially makes no sense when you factor in primary regeneration where cells are replaced by exact duplicates. Where is the death in that? If you say that death applies to the cell being replaced, you have to concede that it's canceled out by its replacement. I think it's just something he read or heard somewhere and tossed in to show us all how "profound" his insight was.

Ahhhhh!-------That has to be a GSC classic. :)

What they need is a class on how to write shorter letters.

Sometimes I think VP reveled in the strife he generated

Page 31 of the Advanced Class syllabus states: Sickness is death in part or in whole. From a medical standpoint, this is not accurate. The body hears itself in one of four ways. 1. Primary regeneration------This is a cell by cell, exact duplication. (Anyone who wears contact lenses and has suffered an abrasion has experienced this one.) 2. Secondary regeneration----- The cells are replaced by the same type of cells but not in a precisely duplicitous fashion. 3. Tertiary regeneration----- The cells are replaced by a different type of cell and may extend beyond the site of the initial insult. 4. Quaternary regeneration-----Simply stated, this would be a cancerous replacement of normal cells. And then there is the matter of how the body continually replaces cells so that, in due time, none of the cells in your body are the ones you originally entered this world with. Now, I suppose someone might point to the way some cells sacrifice themselves (die) to fight off infection. But, good golly, did you really need an "Advanced Class" to reiterate lessons from ninth grade biology? Questions to ponder: What (if anything) does this really mean? Is there any scriptural basis to support this? Did Wierwille, perhaps, simply "borrow" this phrase from some other source?

Look beneath your lid some morning, See those things you didn't quite consume— The world's a can for Your fresh garbage . . FRESH GARBAGE

If "Idle hands are the devil's tools", then why is there "no rest for the wicked"? :B)

I don't really think he knows who he is targeting. He's just tossing it out there and hoping somebody picks it up.