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Wierwille said it was at that moment. He used the phrase "right away, boomst".

He said he heard an audible voice. Look it up. It's in print.

Yeah ----or---- Maybe the whole "Spirit only speaks to spirit " stuff is a bunch of hooey.

I can't remember. Did the snow storm incident, where God spoke audibly to Wierwille, happen before or after he said he had given up on the bible? edit: I hope you don't sense my outrage.

Chapter and verse?

Oh, now this is going too far. I'm simply outraged.

"I know you are, but what am I?"----II PeeWee 1:1 edit: My apologies for the obvious display of outrage.

OMG! You are one funny dude! If I had a nickel for every time you caused me to spray my keyboard with coffee, I'd have...uhhh, a whole bunch of nickels. (I hope I didn't sound too outraged.)

"And it came to pass that the Lord spoke to Noah and said, "Build me an ark to the designated specifications." "But, alas, Noah, unable to hear Him clearly, instead, built a birchbark canoe and a couple of birdhouses with the leftover materials." (He sold them on eBay and they all lived happily ever after.) edit: I hope I didn't sound too outraged.

Was he ever in charge of flip-charts at a tape class? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Before the beginning....(Skip to 8:05, if you so choose.)

Ahh! That's the absolute beauty of The Great Principle. "Spirit can only talk to spirit." Sooo... "God, who is spirit, talks to your spirit, which talks to your mind, which is not spirit, which...."...Hey, just a cotton-pickin' minute!

Session 5, PFAL, I think... Well, it was 50 years ago, ya know? (Not all old grads "missed" this the first time around...snark)

This is what I remember, as well. edit: Spoken as guy who sometimes remembers stuff.

"And so it came to pass that the serpent planted his seed in the garden and the snake plant sprung forth." Hallelujah!

Grammatical markers: A concept not widely understood by English speakers, yet oh so critical in some other languages. Just one reason why word studies and interlinear translations can result in pretzel logic. Thinking we could substitute this word for that word and arrive at a meaning. It can be all the difference between going TO the store and coming FROM the store. I think back on images of little kids putting on Mommy and Daddy's clothes and pretending to be grown-ups. That's what we were, kids pretending to understand the nuances of linguistics and translation. Lambano, laballo, ball, throw the ball, throw it out....Lo shanta.

Yes, they had to have conspired on the plan. And not just the two of them, as became apparent when the same scenario played out in FellowLaborers of Ohio, just a short road trip away from HQ. Pretending some big spiritual catastrophe would doom us all if we didn't get in line. All a charade.

I just did a copy/pasta from a YouTube URL.

HERE ya go, Charity.

It was scripted and staged. The same thing happened in FellowLaborers at the same time. What a co-winky-dink,eh? There was nothing spontaneous about it. It was all about eliciting control.

Well, my name it is a number It's on a piece of plastic film

The fool hath said in his heart..."Lo Shanta!"

It's a common cult tactic, not used only by The Way. "Bad things will happen if you leave. You'll be a greasespot in the road by midnight." If the fear for your own safety isn't enough to get to you, shame is waiting in the wings to make an entrance. Shame in believing your decision to leave may have played a part in tragedy or damnation befalling your loved ones. So much for The Abundant Life. Add it to The Green Card.

The implication is that if you abandon TWI, before they reach the age of accountability, they won't be covered by the hedge of protection. Hence, if something bad happens to them, it will be your fault.

It was often used as a pressure tactic to elicit loyalty to TWI. "You can't leave now. "What will happen to your kids?"