Nathan_Jr

Damn. Ry MF’n Cooder. Now, this is an example of authenticity. Thanks for this, Waysider!

Yep. Obvious. Lots of mimicry, mirroring, imitation. Authenticity is destroyed.

Imitation. I wondered about that, too. Imitation is not authentic, is it? Imitation is like a counterfeit? It's not the real deal.

No. You either understand or you don't. #1 The one who claims to HAVE the Truth is surely the one who does not. #2 That which can be possessed is not Truth. I don't need you to beleeve me. I would that you don't beleeve anything at all. Either, know or don't, understand or don't. Be still. Watch. Find out.

The one who claims to HAVE the Truth is surely the one who does not. That which can be possessed is not Truth.

The easiest person to fool is yourself. Beleeef has no place where Truth is concerned.

The easiest person to fool is yourself. Beleeving that you know that you know that you know is a fool's errand. Doubt is a virtue.

Mmmph

Self proclaimed importance. I have the bracelet that says so. It's established.

Yikes! Another essay question? I'll add it to the list of unanswered questions.

That’s fair. Denial of reality as a form of escape from it. I can see that.

I’ve only read some articles you’ve posted. I don’t know anything about him. Is he a self proclaimed reformed narcissist?

Beware the self proclaimed.

So… TWI+VPW+SharedFantasy+PFAL+Collaterals = The Word I like it. Makes sense in context. HOWEVER… That’s not Mike’s formula. His is: YourBelieving+YourWalk+ChristInYou+TheBible = The Word

When you say The Word, you mean….?

Usually, what you picture would be the actual response. The other pat responses were: I’m just trying to rightly divide the word of truth…or… Well, I’ve never been asked that question (exasperated sigh). When I read that passage about the crowing cocks, it was in the fellowship house after the tithe was collected. I was so floored, so astonished, so dumbfounded by the stupidity, I couldn’t speak. I froze. It was horrifying to me the credulousness of these people - that they would believe anything, ANYTHING, that was attributed to victor paul wierwille.

In one of those books it is asserted that cocks had different crowing habits in "Bible times." Though the Latin Vulgate and Codex Sinaiticus are frequently cited, no citation is provided for the authors' Biblically crowing cocks. The asserted claim is absurd without foundation. Upon reading that sentence, I realized I couldn't take the rest of the book seriously. Though there may be some good information and data, that spurious claim was enough for me to doubt the credibility of the rest of the book.

Jason Robarbs Phillip Baker Hall Melinda Dillon

It never ceases to amaze me the precise parallels between what is testified here and what I observed in the wierwille-licking family I once married into. For years, before I found GSC, I just thought these people were uniquely focked up, twisted, delusional, yet otherwise very nice people. They tried so, so hard to convert me. I always politely declined. But they just wouldn't stop. Where there is division there is conflict. Where there is conflict there is disorder.

It seems many people have these traits. Narrow-minded people everywhere. Not everyone, though. Yeah. The science mention is awkward.

Thanks, Rocky.

Are all cinematic forms fair play? Animations? Musicals?

No. Didn't realize he was an author. I'll look for them.

You got it!

This was difficult to read. It's true. All of it.