Rocky

Umm... not necessarily. It's YOUR fictive retelling (or at least interpretation) of things you want to be the history.

Mike, that's lazy conjecture, not analytical or anything approaching objective or rational.

Why are you afraid that someone might disagree with you? My answer to your hypothetical question of what God could possibly have told someone to do... is how would anyone know whether God would have done so? Put another way, you posted a good comment about civil society needing laws... why would God tell someone to plagiarize someone else's copyrighted work? Wouldn't it have made more sense for God to tell Wierwille to either ask permission or give proper credit to authors he borrowed from? That is, unless Wierwille was more interested in giving himself the glory as opposed to giving it to God.

Quite true. Carrying this idea further, Mike has not made any argument that would come close to suggesting Wierwille was obeying God by plagiarizing.

That sure sounds an awful lot like the logical fallacy, "appeal to authority."

Mike appears to be constructing an elaborate (fictive) scenario hoping to make sense of his specious claims. This construct is in the form of an argument but lacks substance. Waysider's supposition, that Wierwille's early followers may not even have known or realized VeePee had stolen the material seems more plausible to me.

Not sure Mike is still on the radio... but he's got a great voice for it and for narration.

That takes the form of an argument supposedly based on logic. However, it is based on suppositions and is not documented, at least not by you as presented.

Inevitably, it deteriorates, even IF it's agreed upon ahead of time. And for it to be valid, it would have to be agreed upon ahead of time by all parties that would be materially impacted.

Back at you, annio! :)

Might this be one reference you used?

Do you have any online citations that might help other readers here understand your methods and develop like skills? Please share.

How did you acquire your expertise at divining whether someone who posts here is "well-intentioned" or not?

How did you arrive at your expertise at determining what other people's motives might be?

I'm pretty sure that's not how forums work. In fact, that sounds like bullying passive-aggressively framed as politeness. What really is the way you can choose not to be a victim? Hint: it's not to try to control other people's behavior.

Do you now? How special.

Btw, Socrates, I think Mike is correct that you restated his "C" point in different words than he used, but it's the same concept.

Are you describing contrasting economic systems... perhaps socialism vs capitalism?

That's trademark veepee self-justifying rationalization. Well, it really wasn't originated with veepee. But it's something he did frequently. Hmmm... where is there posted a rule saying that any discussion of Wierwille must be limited to the About the Way forum? "TWI" wanted? Really, Mike? Who dreamed up the motto, "Word over the World?" Wasn't it, as Socrates says, "Saint Vic?"

Take a deep breath.

Isn't that special?! <3

According to Hayes' blog he served in the both chambers of the Maine legislature.

And what exactly is your point?