waysider

Fellow Laborer Training "The one on the left is a turnip. The one on the right is a weed. Pull the one on the right." :o

Oh, great. Now I can't get that old Steelers Wheel song out of my head. Clowns to the left of me Jokers to the right Here I am

In a way, you have to feel kind of sorry for these people. Spend their lives building an elaborate race car for a race that was canceled years ago. Oh, well----Makes a good conversation piece.

I don't know if you call it revelation or a vision or spiritual awakening or whatever. It wasn't a hallucination. And it was NOT that "small still voice", "Christ's eyes behind your eyes" stuff that was taught in the AC. Did you tell anyone about your experience? What was their reaction? BTW---When I took the AC, it was in the old BRC so your description really caught my attention. edit This probably should have it's own thread.

I don't know if you've ever read any of my posts about VPW "giving me the finger" but I don't doubt your experience for a nanosecond.

Was that before or after we were "asked" for special ABS to defray the cost of restoring a 1949 Indian motorcycle to "bless" The Man Of God?

When plans were first announced for construction of the auditorium, we were told to always refer to the structure by its full name . We were told that acronyms and abbreviations were unacceptably disrespectful. Does anyone remember this?

Maybe you just weren't "believing".

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That's why we were encouraged to be selective in our recruitment efforts. We were supposed to seek out people who would be potential "leadership material" (franchisees).

From what I've gathered here at GSC, he works at the wholesale level. His customers are the retail outlets who market the product. A franchise operation, if you will. A bit like what the big hamburger chains do. That keeps him one step removed and out of the spotlight. I think (personal opinion) that this is a path Wierwille was exploring in the very early days. (Mid 60's to mid 70's) I believe this may have been what his original intention may have been with WOW, Fellow Laborers and early Way Corps. Remember, the W.C. was originally designed to be two straight years of in-residence training, followed by a return to their previous venues. For what ever reason, Wierwille scrapped that plan and redirected his efforts into developing his intense indoctrination program that became the new and improved Way Corps. In fact, as an enticement to WC enrollment, some Fellow Laborers were offered a one year apprenticeship credit for their final year and successful graduation from the F.L. program Perhaps Wierwille was too impatient or lusted for the control and power that resulted from the centralization of company operations. I don't know. That's purely speculation on my part. On the other hand, maybe those two elements are not as critical to CG as they were to VPW. that's my 2cents edit RE: WOW This would mean that the actual running of classes was only the secondary goal of participants. The primary goal was to locate and enlist enthusiastic franchisees who would set up shop and perpetuate the business once their WOW year was over.

I believe that conclusion is much too general. Even though we were taught that we should all think alike, the simple truth is that we do not. In addition, the "mindset" we were all admonished to subscribe to has, itself, evolved and changed.

I'm not really sure what you mean by that. My comments were directed more toward the progressing, evolving realizations one faces, not the abrupt, sudden confrontations.

Maybe so----but you and I are not Wayfers.

Sky4it I'm very sorry about your friend. The Way is an evil organization. Lots of lives have been damaged by their doctrines and practices. Some people even lost their lives due to The Way's idiotic "law of believing" and nonsense about being "born of the wrong seed". Some of us (myself included) lost dear friends and relatives forever because they died as a result of believing Way doctrine. I know that really isn't any consolation but I just wanted you to know you are not alone in your disdain for this vile organization that calls itself The Way. As for the longfellow reference, I want you to know that there were plenty of us who did not subscribe to that doctrine. Unfortunately, there were some who did. I was not among them. I know you said you will not be responding to this thread so I want to end by telling you I am truly sorry for the pain you are in. I hope there is some way we can help you here. waysider

"Boy the Way Productions played, songs that missed the hit parade, guys like us we had it made, those were the days, and you know where you were then, girls were girls and men were men, mister we could use a man like VP Wierdwille again, didn't need no welfare states everybody lost some weight, gee our WOWMOBILE ran great, those were the days!"

That's one of those things that sounds really clever when you're young. As you get older, though, and realize you're much closer to the end than the beginning, it takes on a whole new level of meaning.

Are you old enough to remember these? My Big Sister's Radio

Yeah---except that he couldn't tolerate franchises. All company stores or nothing.

Here is a link to some information about the subject. https://www.google.com/health/ref/Intersex My wife used to work with someone who has two children that are intersex. It's a very complex subject, both medically and psychologically not only for the children but for their caregivers, as well.

Geeze Louise! We used to have branch meetings bigger than that every week in the early 70's.

I'm sure there a lots of people who thought that's what they were doing when they signed up for The Corps. That's how Fellow Laborers was supposed to be. We were going to study ACTS for two years and then go back to our hometowns.

I'm no expert on these matters but that sounds an awful lot like fear motivation. Now, what was that retemory for fear? Blast! Where are those blinking cards when you need them?

Well-----We all have our "demons" in this lifetime, don't we? Figuratively speaking, of course.