WordWolf

Well, that makes it hearsay, in and of itself. If someone sees the post, and replies, saying, "Yes, I was on-staff, and vpw told me personally that my mrs would be a lot more co-operative if I backhanded her every once in a while", then that would be another thing entirely. This might be considered a request for those who might have such testimony to step forward.

Interesting. My thinking, however, is to remember that, sadly, there have been plenty of people who've attempted to lead God's people astray, in following after fornication, and simony, and love of filthy lucre, starting with the sons of Eli and through the present day (if the Lord tarry, there will be more tomorrow). vpw and his criminal band are/were small potatoes in the scheme of things. 100 years from now, (if the Lord tarry), I expect people to still mention BG Leonard, George Mueller, EW Bullinger, EW Kenyon and JE Stiles, but not the slick salesman on the farm that ripped off their material, nor the organization that he dedicated to feeding his own desires. For the sake of the Christians they encounter, I hope the splinter groups grow past his own self-serving doctrines and practices, and follow after CHRIST instead.

I agree. As twi puts it, apparently He that is in you is NOT greater than He that is in the world, I John 4 notwithstanding. twi people are huddled together in clusters around the organization, afraid to make the slightest mistake and revoke the protection of the Almighty thereby, allowing the devil to immediately swoop in and do horrible things to them. That's a far cry from the Christian depicted in the old pfal Session 7 & 8, the Ambassador for Jesus Christ, with Christ in him, that many of us were "sold" and, apparently, later forbidden from seeing. That's an especially miserable thing to compare against the average Christian, interacting in those average churches that twi claims to be head and shoulders above and beyond. That's two entirely different subjects, however.

"Logical Fallacy: Two Wrongs Make a Right, aka Tu quoque: A charge of wrongdoing is answered by a rationalization that others have sinned, or might have sinned. War atrocities and terrorism are often defended this way." That was courtesy of "Don Lindsay's List of Fallacious Arguments". One might also add "on the GSC, rape, molestation, and plagiarism are often defended this way." (Mostly by one poster not on this thread currently.)

I don't know where you read that. Like Young's Concordance, they CARRIED the thing, but you could BUY it anywhere. Why would Zondervan agree to limit the distribution like that? You can fricking buy them in Barnes & Noble if you want. (Or online at Barnes & Noble.com..not like I'm advertising.)

Schuks, If you don't like what we post here, the simple solution is: don't visit. If you DON'T want to discuss twi, why did you show up in the "About the Way" forum? That's what this forum is FOR, you know. Go ahead and post in another forum, or go to another board on another website. Nobody's forcing you to eat at this cafe if you don't like the menu....

True, but that proves nothing in and of itself. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."

Most of the time, I don't think or speak of the guy, myself. Keep in mind that some people are new here and need healing, and many will need discussion of that sort of thing. (Sometimes it's like AA here, you know? Some people NEED the discussion.) Otherwise, I see no need to bring it up every 30 seconds either. Then again, I just go to another messageboard for THAT....

Once a day, I run AdAware, Spybot, an anti-virus, and anything else I can find. Usually, I do that once my internet connection is shut down. AdAware's got 2 commands-"Engage Internet lock" and "Stop all Internet activity" that instantly stop things, or you can just shut your connection. If you're paranoid, you can run all those immediately once you think you've caught a virus or spyware. Once a month, I run an external antivirus, just in case everything somehow missed it. Clean bill of health so far with my current security, but, I feel secure knowing that. I update the heck out of my security, also. I've never had to crack open my registry.

Hm. Got busy and missed this thread. :)--> *reads* ROTFLMAO! (rolling on the floor, laughing my asparagus off) [translation for Parsley] Shaz, I had NO idea that was you until a few minutes ago! :)--> I'm glad my sense of humour came through. Actually, I said I looked like Raf "in bad lighting", but apparently Steve heard it as "sideways" since I was in a hurry. Badmouthing people behind their backs misses all the fun of seeing their faces. Thus, Raf knew he was safe. :)--> For the record, I was prepared to happily pay retail for a GSC t-shirt. :)--> Raf, the place serves sushi also, but I felt that NOT having the Chinese food would have broken tradition. :)--> If you guys ever come down to NYC, I've got lots of ideas for restaurants.... If you want to make a weekend of it, there's plenty of stuff to do....

That's interesting... I designed the THIRD option specifically FOR Oldies....and somebody else....to guarantee they had an honest representation. I'll have to try harder with my next poll.

Redemption isn't about the current or future mental condition of the old man. It's all about Christ's sacrifice, and one's acceptance of His lordship and resurrection... ==================== Here's one time I agree with Oldies. Being Born Again is not a forcefield protecting you here and now from all temptations, etc. You DO have a "natural resistance", but not an "immunity". That's still free-will. If you ASK, God will really go to bat for you. If you follow His instructions and "touch not the unclean thing", your potential for harm is minimized. All accounts I've read-authenticated ones- concerning full-possession all have one thing in common: occult activity in the past Don't fiddle around with the occult, don't fiddle with drugs, stay off alcohol (a toast is one thing, drunkenness is something else), and possession should be effectively impossible for you. You never left an unlocked door open for an intrusion. Christians are harder to possess than non-Christians, first of all. They also can call on deliverance, and they should know what to watch out for. So, much less common for many reasons, but not impossible. =================== Raf, didn't you get their message? Someone wishes to read your articles! (Otherwise, why an opinion.) Obviously, they want access to them!

Mike? YOU FORCED THE ISSUE. You posted MULTIPLE POSTS on pages one AND two, goading everyone to respond AND advertising your thread. "You invite abuse. It would be rude not to accept it."- Hawkeye Pierce, MASH. Not enough attention on your OWN threads?

That one's easy. Have him walk you through the steps and download one video clip. The firewall will ask you if you want this file to have access or something. Click yes, AFTER you check "always remember this answer". Then it'll download everything from that site, or whatever.

I think he might be here for NEWS. Remember, twi keeps its people in the dark. He may be here to learn stuff they're hiding from him. You know how news here is more complete than communiques from hq...

As near as I can explain it and understand it... A firewall controls what programs can enter and leave. Malware and so on "piggyback" on a program that was allowed in. Picture an angry midget hiding in someone's backpack who was just let in by the bouncer. Also, some things disguise themselves as acceptable stuff. E-mail viruses are like that. If you think someone sent you something, or, in some cases, just go to read their e-mail, a virus will hide in it and try to get out. I opened an e-mail attachment the other month and immediately got a notice that my anti-virus caught that "klez" thing trying to sneak past the rope. Do you have an antivirus program installed? That's the next one we can address. Let me know when you're all caught up.

A related question: What could possibly have invalidated them so that this was not a redundant statement? How could he LOSE a reward?

Man, those of you "in" during th 90's really got "bent over a chair".....

The entire "old wineskin/present truth" thing was an lcm fiction. The truth is PRESENT like people are present in a roll-call. The truth is HERE-THAT'S what's meant by the "present truth"-the truth that's here. We don't have to wait for the truth, it's here!

If it counted as 2 firewalls, I'd be concerned. One is a toy that doesn't seem to do much, and NEVER affects OUTGOING traffic. Supposedly, the MOST it does is make your PC a little harder to "read". That having been said, I have no reason to turn it off. Then again, feel free to do so once you have ZoneAlarm running- would be no BIG loss anyway....

Don't worry about leaving the built-in firewall on. I do and it probably makes NO difference. Remember, it's a Microsoft product. "Microsoft security" is a lot like "honest politician" or "friendly fire." If you haven't downloaded all the critical updates, the exact page for XP users is http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp There's a corner box: "Protect your PC." Read it and follow the directions. It has nothing to do with the updates, tho. :)--> "Scan for updates". When it's 100% complete scanning, download ALL the "critical updates" it displays. If this has been a while, this could take hours. Each one plugs a different security "hole" that MS should have fixed before releasing XP. However, they don't care much about security, so they didn't. Once you've done that, run the antivirus scan I mentioned before. It will take an hour. A better link for the same scan is http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp THEN let me know you're ready for more stuff. :)-->

Personally, I'd like to know, also. I mean, it IS a big indicator if they just moved someone else into the house, or if they arranged for her possessions to be shipped to a family member (by prior arrangement.) For that matter, who, legally, owns that building? Does twi own it on paper, or does she? I know vpw signed over her family's farm (the Kipp farm) to twi, but is the house also in their name? Might be, might not be. The WayGB, if no one else, HAS to know this is what they can look forward to, either way, at BEST. twi has a standing policy of firing people as they approach obsolescence, so they can abrogate any legal responsibility. (They're devoid of taking MORAL responsibility, so the LEGAL issues are paramount to them.) The retired bot/bod are possible exceptions. Everybody else is cut free as soon as their usefulness is ended....

Nearly all of the Brady Bunch. (Except Barry Williams and maybe Maureen Mc Cormick.) This is a different curse than the "Different Strokes" curse. I'm waiting to hear that Conrad Bain knocked over a liquor store....

Ok, ZoneAlarm... I use ZoneAlarm. It's got the best reputation of all the free firewalls I know. Its advantages: it is extremely user-friendly, and self-guiding. Ok, firewalls, the basics.... A firewall controls traffic going in and out of your computer. Think of a good firewall as a 300-lb doorman at the velvet rope of your pc. He keeps out the undesirables, and lets in the beautiful people. I hear it slows things down a fraction, but I've never noticed. Besides, it IS a necessity. A firewall must OK programs that want access. Some programs want to access your computer. Sometimes that's good-you want to download something. Sometimes that's bad-someone wants to take over your computer or drop a virus. Some programs in your pc want to access the net. Sometimes that's good-for example, ZoneAlarm will check on its own, and tell you when an update is available for it, offering better security. Sometimes that's bad-a virus made it onto your pc and now wants to e-mail someone all your personal info. The firewall will give you the option of blocking each. With programs you really trust, you can tell it "yes, I approve of this program always, remember that answer next time." With programs you DON'T trust, you can tell it "always block its attempts to call out." (RealOne Media Player keeps trying to reach its server, but on my pc it will NOT succeed until I WANT it to.) I recommend taking a few weeks with it, and learning which programs connect to what. That way, you know which ones you can "always approve", and which to make it ask for permission for. Then, when you see a completely new program you've never heard of suddently ask to access the net, you'll know it wasn't YOU who put it there.... ZoneAlarm has options that allow you to see every attempt to probe your pc at the time it is attempted, or it can just count them and only speak up for permission for access. (That's the "jiggling the doorknob" thing, those probes.) I'd leave that on for 1/2 an hour just to see how often you get probed. Once you get the idea, then you can just let it give you "system alerts". So, if I were you, I'd switch on the built-in firewall, then download ZoneAlarm. Play with that for an hour or so... Then I'd go to http://www.trendmicro.com and have it do an antivirus scan and remove everything that got thru before the firewall was installed. That will take an hour. Then I'd update AdAware and Spybot and run them. Then I'd consider installing a free antivirus program. They generally include 2 things: the scanner (you can scan anytime) the shield (it acts similar to the firewall. When it spots an incoming virus it recognizes, it isolates it and bags it for trash removal. BTW, did you update your Windows program with all the critical updates? There were a few this month alone....

The built-in firewall is ca-ca. I switched mine on and proceeded to download a REAL firewall right after that. It's better than NOT having it on, but it's a toy.