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  1. Rocky
    Uncanny really how you claim to have communicated successfully, when you did NOT succeed in communicating at all. That is, according to communication theory, which posits that success in communication consists of encoding a message, sending it, then having it received and accurately decoded by the intended audience. YOU do not succeed until YOU receive acknowledgment that YOUR message was accurately decoded by the intended audience. OTOH, you did claim to not have PUBLISHED your book. But your description of having put it here on GSC for other readers to hopefully someday read it contradicts said claim. That IS what publishing consists of. IOW, Mike, we have plumbed the depths of your intentions and actions based solely on words that you posted responding to my probing challenges to you.
  2. Rocky
    No, YOU can ask any chemist or physicist about it. Bullshonta. You seem to KNOW (anticipate enthusiastically, perhaps). Instead of development of an esoteric hypothesis about free will, you might find it more fruitful to focus on YOUR OWN exercise of will and taking responsibility for your actions. KNOWING that you will stir up "that kind of commotion" belies your claims of non-responsibility... or perhaps IRresponsibility.
  3. Rocky
    Yeah, 26 pages and having it pointed out to you pointedly. "On Facebook, in the discussion groups, I have had everyone take my chapters (or earlier portions of them) very seriously, and I can tell they read the text I offer. I've been seriously discussing my material there for approximately 5 years now, maybe more." If you are getting feedback there, why in the world do you feel a need to impose yourself on GSC?
  4. Rocky
    Talk to Raf or Pawtucket about the reasonableness of donation size. Of course YOU THINK you're right and I'm wrong about you taking over GSC. Far be it from me to try to convince you otherwise. What was it Wierwille use to say (quote), a man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. Nevertheless, for two decades you've been a thorn in the side of GSC and whenever you post, it ALWAYS becomes about YOU. As to ASD type behavior/conduct, I observe that you often do not pick up on verbal cues of other posters. Granted, written verbal cues are harder to pick up on than when non-verbals can be observed, but after a while one would think you'd get the point that NOBODY is taking your "thesis" seriously. I mean, 26 pages so far. Sheesh. Proverbs 21:2 New King James Version 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts.
  5. Rocky
    Acting like a troll isn't the same as ASD. I'm confident you know that.
  6. Rocky
    Months ago, Twinky noted the possibility that Mike was "on the spectrum." Others poo poo'd the notion. Mike's posting without being able to recognize that people are toying with him on this thread takes us back to Twinky's proposition. That he can't recognize the realities of social interaction he's in the middle of... AND fancies himself an intellectual in neurology matters, suggests he may indeed have some ASD even if not severe. Obviously, I'm not qualified to diagnose. I'm simply noting my observations of his behavior in our little ecosystem here.
  7. Rocky
    Again, the reality is posters on this thread are TOYING with you, almost certainly because (as has been documented in various comments) nobody is taking your "thesis" seriously... and because it is obvious to everyone (perhaps excluding you) that you're both full of bullshonta and freely posting without honoring either your fellow posters or the (legitimate) owner(s) of the website who make it available for you to publish your "book" without contributing financially.
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  9. Rocky
    However, like the story WW relayed about the chef, just before my comment, whether Mike knows what he's doing or not is not relevant. That he refuses to OWN his responsibility for communicating his message clearly IS relevant. IMO, it's well past time to send Mike home. It's a poor communicator that communicates vaguely and then blames the audience for not seeing his points.
  10. Rocky
    What is CLEAR is you haven't taken it upon yourself to learn the fundamentals of communication. Likewise you refuse to own YOUR responsibility to make your message clear to readers. IF you perceive that YOUR message is not being received in the way you intended it, the responsibility for clarification is YOURS alone.
  11. Rocky

    Cults S3

    Rocky replied to chockfull's topic in About The Way

    A totally human construct. To me, it highlights the power of peer pressure, the need for belonging, and the quirkiness born of religion founders propagating how to communication the "specialness" of their particular sect/cult. Nevertheless, intriguing.
  12. Rocky
    It's as if he's taken ownership of the entire website.
  13. Rocky
    Bless their pea-pickin' little ol' hearts.
  14. Rocky
    Good golly, Mike. it's as if you can't take even the most UNsubtle HINT.
  15. Rocky
    Makes sense to me.
  16. Rocky
    Of course. IMO, Wierwille was a selfish man who developed a niche within a religious context. Reflecting back to M Scott Peck's thesis in People of the Lie, the essence of evil is deception, or lying. From that angle, I certainly don't give him the benefit of the doubt. It has now been about 30 years since I read People of the Lie. From Goodreads: "People who are evil attack others instead of facing their own failures. Peck demonstrates the havoc these people of the lie work in the lives of those around them." That quote certainly describes Wierwille.
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    The Whole Duty of Man 9 And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set[c] in order many proverbs. 10 The Preacher sought to find [d]acceptable words; and what was written was upright—words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of [e]scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd. 12 And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh. 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all. 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.
  19. Rocky
    ‘Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.’ These words, along with ‘to everything there is a season’, are among the most famous in the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. The Bible is full of well-known quotations which are often cited in a way that floats quite free of their original context; so what does ‘Vanity of vanities’ and ‘all is vanity’ actually mean? There’s a simple answer to this, but it’s also – like many simple answers – imperfect. But let’s begin with this answer, in any case: 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. In summary, the Preacher who is the author of Ecclesiastes tells us that everything we do is ‘vanity’: empty, futile, and short-lived. It doesn’t matter if you’re wise or a fool, ultimately, because everyone ends up dying. The author goes on to encourage wisdom as something to strive for in order to ensure a well-lived earthly life, but he is sceptical of whether it carries any long-term benefits beyond this life.
  20. Rocky
    What if... the people who wrote the Bible were doing essentially the same thing(s) the writers of Norse, Roman, Greek, or any other culture's mythologists were doing when they wrote what those cultures accepted as godly insight? What if they were simply, within the context of the culture in which they lived and dwelled, were inspired to make sense of life as they knew it at the time? To me, that would make a lot of sense and explain the silliness or vanity (or vainness) of: IOW, that pretty much everything Wierwille taught us was -- and putting it this way gives ol' Victor the benefit of the doubt -- was either complete and total bullshonta OR it was simply him explaining life the way that made sense to him. Of course, within that framework, what made sense in life was how VP could most efficiently and effectively separate us from our hard earned money.
  21. Rocky
    Your "model" of any kind of free will is complete and total bullshonta.
  22. Rocky
    Bravo! Your entire post/comment is worthy of hearty emphasis. Thanks, Old Skool.
  23. Rocky
    I respect these people, historians and other academics, FAR more than Bullshonta Mike, on topics related to this thread.
  24. Rocky
    https://www.amazon.com/Why-Receive-Holy-Spirit-How-ebook/dp/B00IQFBMTE/ https://www.amazon.com/gift-Holy-Spirit-Jack-Stiles/dp/0800704789/
  25. Rocky
    Then there's the question of who's responsible for that which one feeds one's mind (brain). If Mike's right, how many incarcerated humans in how many countries are no longer responsible for what they did? See my comment above about mens rea. Mike is FULL of bullshonta.
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