Kevlar2000

Renting out the former Pikes Peak Theological Seminary and Shoe Shine Emporium, selling, uh, I mean offering advanced degrees in Biblical subjects such as Deceiving the Holy Spirit Today The Bible Tells Me So (or maybe not) The Lack of Money is the Root of All Evil Appropriating Other People's Research for Fun and Profit

Paging Dr. Moreau...Dr. Moreau, you're wanted in the lab.... The Island of Dr. Moreau

Sir Scamalot, I believe I'm starting to detect a theme in your posts. :D-->

Excellent. Thanks, Paw. I might even be tempted to go into the chatroom once in a while. :)-->

Ex10, Thank you for sharing your perspective. I have no argument with your statements, as Victor Wierwille seemed to exhibit different personalities to different people. My only extended experience with him was at the 1978 Advanced Class in Emporia, and my overall sense was he was very quickly irritated about the least little things. I would only add the following thought to what you wrote: My Way experiences from 1971 to 1987 were formed fairly independently of any personal interaction with Victor Wierwille. I only knew of the public persona he displayed at venues like PFAL, the Sunday Night Tapes, the occasional roadshow, and the Rock of Ages. In fact, I would hazard a guess that most of the thousands who were associated with the Way at any given time never actually met the man, much less were exposed to his humors. He could well have been a monster, and I would never have known. I would like to think that, had I had even an inkling of the shenanagans going on, my time spent with that organization would have been far shorter than it was.

Maybe it was "The Inedible Bulk" ;)-->

See, my tongue-in-the-cheek objection to comparing this LC (or any Way leader) to a body part is - body parts are useful and necessary. Whereas these folks....need to get a life. And stop trying to imitate useful body parts. ;)-->

Now that really is an insult... to penises everywhere. They'll just have to rise up and take a stand caravan against that kind of negative comparison. Because we all have to hang together, or we will surely all hang separately. (I know, it's cheap humor, but it's the only kind I can afford. --> )

Psalmie leaves, and the Orioles start winning. They even swept the SpankMees, I mean the Wankees, I mean the Yankees. Cause and Effect? Naaaah, couldn't be! :D--> Enjoy your new home, and I hope you always have a fond place in your heart for BaltiSnore. ;)-->

Everyone has flaws and faults, Wierwille and Graham included. But from what I can see, Graham tried to sublimate them in the service of the Lord; Wierwille abandoned himself to them. And I remember hearing that "Way of Life or Death" tape on my WOW year and thinking, "Man - righteous, righteous, righteous!" Now, in retrospect, I can understand the jealousy I refused to hear then. IMHO, Billy Graham is the man Victor Wierwille wished he had been.

Those people from Baltimore - royal pains in the arse, all of them. And a Simpson, as well. D'OH!

Okay, "we're" all gone now.

We swears...on the Precious!

Actually, it would have been a riot if Pawtucket had changed all of this site's web addresses so they would have automatically re-directed everyone to the Way's website. Something to keep in mind for next year. :)-->

Because that would involve their followers developing and using, as you mentioned, logic, scientific research and critical thinking skills; the result of which could have been viewpoints divergent from the Way's teaching (doctrine and dogma). Also, I'm not so sure Wierwille, Martindale, Rivenbark et al would have been interested in having their "adherents" adept at spotting con-men and -women. For reasons which, at least to me, are obvious.

...comes sweepin' down the plain, And the wavin' wheat...

Psalmie, my heart goes out to you. We had to put our 10 yr old cat to sleep about a month ago after she had developed a massive kidney infection. When they did the tests and took x-rays of her at the vet hospital, they saw she only had one functioning kidney - which had probably been the case her whole life. Not that she showed it, or ever had a problem urinating. Not being a cat person, she had not been my first choice for a pet, but mom and daughter prevailed. Of course, you know who got stuck feeding her, taking her to the vet, and cleaning the cat box (thank God she went in the box - I would have had fits if she hadn't). But you know how cats somehow burrow their way into your heart, even when you resist it. When she'd .... me off, I would call her "Asswipe" with a French-like pronounciation (az-WEE-pay)and threaten to shave her butt and make her walk backwards. She'd just blink at me with a look that said, "Iloveyoufeedmenow". She was on my daughter's lap when they put her to sleep, and it was hard to tell who was crying harder. You never think you would get that attached to an animal...and then you find out differently.

Happy Birthday, Psalm! And Many, Many More! :)-->

Hi, Psalm - Sorry to hear you all are leaving the Land of Pleasant Fibbing, but it sounds like this is a wonderful move up for you and your family. Congratulations! You do know, however, there's an Emigration tax on people moving out of Bawlamer, Murlin. It's twenty percent of all your future earnings, and two-thirds of your first-born child. --> :D-->

Where else can you hear the greatness of the Word taught as it hasn't been known since the First Century? (i.e., give us more money, or no more Word for you!)

I would have asked, "Will this money make you taller?" (yeah, I'm a real smart@$$ :D--> ) Hee-hee, right before a teaching on believing and receiving, we could have sung "You can't always get what you want..."

Dude, if you really want to know that badly, why don't you contact them and ask where the nearest fellowship is? The Way's address Enjoy!

I was watching "Demolition Man" starring Sylvester Stallone early this morning. In this movie, prisoners are placed in cryogenic stasis until they come up for parole. One of the prisoners listed in deep freeze was Scott Peterson. I wondered if I had been half asleep and had been dreaming, so, of course I Googled to see if anyone else had noticed this. And of course they did - this is just one of the many sites that came up: Scott in Deep Freeze Weird!

It's a crappy poster, pure and simple. Kind of sums up the talent and abilities of the remnant at the Way.

Over what? Over the world? OMG, are you saying Beanie Babies are over the world? Are we now living in the Land of the Prevailing Beanie Babies? *what odd word associations one makes on a bleary-eyed Friday morning. :D--> *