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What about "Make it your own."? Wouldn't that be somewhat akin to that dastardly practice of "private interpretation"?

Hell's bells! Wierwille didn't even know the meaning of "research"------of any kind. According to VP, it was searching something that had already been searched, thus, re-search. What kind of backwoods logic is that???? Doesn't that just make you want to start a bonfire, hold hands and sing Kumbaya?

The irony of seeing Travolta in this episode is what makes it "Just Plain Silly".

I no longer feel like "I know that I know that I know". And I'm fine with that.

No, I don't believe that "believing equals receiving" or that "the law of believing" is validated by any of the scriptures you touched on. Wierwille got a lot of this stuff from "new age" thinkers, such as Norman Vincent Peale, and slapped a few scriptures on it to give it a facade of credibility. I have to assume, at this point, that you haven't spent much time examining the wealth of information available here at GSC regarding the so-called "law of believing". You might start on the home page if you're open minded enough to buck the lessons of session #7 (ie:"never even allow yourself to consider.")

-----Little Richard

Lest we forget, there is also the matter of same sex activity in the animal kingdom which Wierwille, in the CF&S class, claimed is non-existent.

A rabbit hole? More like a snake pit.

Quote: "I was involved back then but don't remember the album "All Aboard." Was this a song or a little poem that Wierwille or someone performed? Who wants to hear a song/poem about someone named Emil who has a cancerous growth on his face. Gross" The album consisted of Wierwille reciting spoken word over music by Way Productions. By the time this was released in 1976, Wierwille had stripped the creativity out of the ministry music and replaced it with "music" that would best suit his agenda, which was recruitment of new members via PLAF (The Wonder Class).

Those are the lyrics to THIS.

As long as warm bodies fill seats, it gives the impression of legitimacy to their tax exemption. It's a business strategy. Plain and simple.

I'm all ears!

Arnold's deprogramming.

It reminds me of an episode of Welcome Back Kotter. Arnold joined a cult called Baba Bebe and the Bebe Babas. The Sweathogs try to deprogram him to no avail. Finally, after Arnold describes what life will be like in the commune, Mr. Kotter says "Arnold, that's not religion, it's slavery." The light of realization didn't come on right away but it started to glow. (Maybe I'll post the episode in the "Silly" forum if I can find it.)

Welcome! First slice is on the house.

In case you are unfamiliar with her story, the "decision", as you call it, was made for her when they unceremoniously expelled her from HQ.

They used to call me the wanderer Who never wanted to settle down But I'll tell you, baby I wander no more, got to stay around

Maybe it's just the skeptic in me. I can't see TWI supporting the efforts of operations on foreign soil unless there is some sort of financial motivation. They are, after all, in the business of generating cash flow. I'm just sayin'-----

All this talk about "kinder and gentler" made me remember this old tune:

Good Golly! I look back at Fellow Laborers and think about how preposterously ironic the whole thing was. Fifty people, living in what was, essentially, a commune, deluded into thinking we were recreating the first century church environment. How bizaare is that??? In retrospect, nothing we did resembled the first century "church". (And the program was promoted as a way to intensely study the book of Acts for two years so we could go back to our hometowns as better "leaders".)-------- I think it was more like a pipe BOMB than a pipe DREAM.

Do they still teach the law of believing? I'm just sayin'----

Here's one from the All Aboard! album (1976) side 2/ cut 1 "Do The Best You Can" ************************************************ Emil had just recently discovered that God's Word is God's will. He believed The Word about salvation, With power he was filled. His life was full of love, joy, peace, Yes, he'd been saved by grace. But he had an opportunity, A malignant growth, a sore upon his face. Emil had been reading in The Word How in old, elders anointing with oil And he knew some of that oil Would heal his cancerous boil. He went down to the drugstore And he said to the clerk, "I want to buy some oil to get a job done. I know it'll work." "What kind of oil do you require? 3-in-1, olive, camphor, flax or is it castor you desire?" Emil replied, " I don't guess it matters what brand or kind." "Just give me some of that castor oil kind." Emil went straight home, The bottle of castor oil he uncapped, Stood before the mirror, Rubbed the castor oil on his face with a gentle pat. "Lord", he said, "I'm doing the best I can." "If you'll do your best, I know that I'll be healed." I 'spose you're wondering what happened to Emil And that cancer sore. Emil's doing right nicely And he doesn't have cancer anymore. Emil learned something A lot of us seem to forget. Believe God, do the best you can And God will do the rest *************************************** (Grammatical errors intentionally left uncorrected.) Wierwille uses this clever little ditty to "teach" that you can use the "law of believing" to heal cancer. Mighty dangerous doctrine to promote. (And some people still think this stuff is harmless.)

Works for me!

'nother case of "My dog's bigger than yours."

Something he actually got right. In CF&S, he stated that the carrying angle of the female forearm is more pronounced than that of the male forearm. He stated this was presumably to facilitate cradling a baby. Presumption aside, this is anatomically correct.