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One of the things about being an adult is making choices. The choice of persueing an education (I would suggest doing this). The choice of how or if you choose to worship. The choice of how to live your own life etc... A tough question for young adults is: What are your goals and how do you plan on achiving these goals? Another question could be... Is twi going to help achive these goals? Is twi going to help fund a college education for the person who faithfully goes to all the functions etc... but not in a "leadership" position? (I don't think so) Will twi tell you to study your class asignments or study the materials coming from twi? It is easier to follow after your goals without the schakels of twi (IMO)...

I am guessing one of the major differences between wc and attending a private college is accreditation :blink: If we get honest... did the wc do anything that would help to get a better career or better paying job? (with the possible exception of what ever "job" experience you were getting). And in all fairness... Some people learned job skills and were able to start there own business.

Thanks

I have a good friend who lives in NY... When we call each other, we just take into concideration of what time it is there... We simply adapt.

good question being asked... I would like to know the answer as well...

Many years ago... The state of Arizona via state legislation, decided that Arizonians didn't want to "spring forward" and "fall back" every year. I am happy that we don't adjust the clock here.

One of the things that is done around here is... The schools have "halloween parties", this way the kids are in a safe enviroment with parental supervision. And, kids still go "door to door"... When I answer the door, I see an adult with the kids, and the kids travel in groups.

I have never met a kid who cared about the process of making a candy bar. :blink: It is very hipocritical for Americans to condemn slavery when we have advocates promoting the practice. Of course, the practice I am speaking of illegle immigrants. In reference to the article... How is this for a quesation... Is the food on the table grown, harvested and/or processed by under paid, mis-treated illegle immigrants? Is the answer, "yes, because it's good for our economy"?

At the risk of de-railing another thread... How about listing things that we would like to see happen in the next 10 years... For example... 1. Better treatment and more cures for are discovered by medical science. 2. More people will judge a person based upon there own individuality instead of, race, color, national origin, sex or religion. 3. Hopefully, more "full time" jobs are available that pay a "living wage" are available to Americans who want to work (instead of them have 2 or more jobs that pay a minimum wage). 4. Children will learn to "play nice" together instead of playing alone on the computer...

Raf, Thanks for the PICs. It looks like there is alot of hard work that needs to get done. My prayers are with those who were devestated by Wilma.

Predictions in the next 10 years (for me) 1. Competeing in the "senior games" in racquetball :o 2. Go to the Grand Canyon (a few more times) 3. Take 1st place at state racquetball singles (in whatever division I am playing in at the time) :P 4. Go to a weenie roast :D

Arizona, it's a dry heat... :P :lol: :D (as I run, duck and hide...) In all seriousness, I hope everybody down there is doing ok.

The more I learn about twi, I have found an underlying theme… There was/is a conspiracy of silence. This silence was in the form of: “lest the ministry be blamed”, and the infamous “lock box” or you/they are too “spiritually immature”… Many people (including myself) did not see or hear of many of the terrible things that had happened to some of the followers in twi. For all the “good” that happened to some in twi, was it worth all the bad that happened to some in twi? IMO, I don’t think so.

Dave, I hope that you have a fantastic birthday! :D

OM, If this makes you feel good... twi, more specifically many of the people i knew in twi at one time were a great blessing to me an my life. Later on, I started of the bad things that were being done within twi... A fair question could be... Did the good things that happened while in absolve the bad that was done? IMO, no. The abuse that was done to so many can never be justified. If twi was a Godly ministery, none of it's people should have suffered.

I guess that I should have added.... There were later court cases with lcm as the defendant. I understand the letter as a cold hard business document, and a document that on one hand is pleading for sympathy and stroking lcm's ego at the same time. It almost seems like it the type of document someone would use as if they were trying to run a con :huh: That letter is an importand document! As a result of that letter, and the aftermath of that letter I left twi.

Looking back... It is interesting that during this time period that allagations of sexual misconduct or any other type of did not surface (or surface to the point that I heard of such things). either: 1. No misconduct conduct was happening 2. No body knew of any misconduct 3. All parties were involved in misconduct. I draw the comparison to the relationship between lcm and cg to the United States and the Soviet Union. Both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R had high power weapons and were set in a position to use them, therefore they/we didn't... I wonder if lcm and cg have enough information/documentation that was "set in the ready" on each other that there were some areas that they were both reluctant to bring "to light"? We may never know all the details of everything that happened... I believe that there are still many secrets that have yet to be revealed.

I just read that Wilma has set 2 new records... One for lowest barametric pressure (a very bad thing) and the second for the fastest growing.... Now at catagory 5.

OM, Yes, people can live together and they don't even have to be "believers". For example, the military will assign "roommates" to people who are on the same "tour of duty", "same unit" etc... However, the military is smart enough that people have different personalities and some people will have a more difficult time getting along with other people. Therefore, they will change room assignments. OM said: "I think it is possible for believers (who are willing and who practice the principles) to live together for one year." This could be true.... I noticed that you didn't mention that that year could be the year from hell, or not be enjoyable.... It is possible for any two believers to live together, just like it's possible that Santa Clause will bring me a new BMW for Christmas and the Easter Bunny will bring me a Fabragie (sp) Egg.

Let's look at the wow program a little more.... 1. after this so called training at the ROA, we were sent to find and meet our "new wow family". I want to know how in the F*** was the decision made as to who was with whom?!?!?!?! 2. I also want to know on how they decided who was going where? I understand that twi had it own interest in where they wanted to send bodies. However, these bodies were people! It seems they didn't care about the people when it came down to assigning locations. 3. Did anybody else think that working "part time" was a stupid idea!!! My "wow" family had financial problems all year because we all tried to be "good little wow's" and work part time jobs. I finally said to myself, "F*** THIS"! And got a full time job. I was a wow from 82-83 in Bossier City, LA. This was the worst year of my life! To this day, I have avoided setting my foot in that state. The people who decided who whould be with whom and where they would go showed the they were not communicating with the one true God when they made there decisions.

Cats, by nature are hunters. They will go to where they can prey upon the hunted. And it sounds like that you are creating the enviroment for the hunters by fattening up the prey...

I was at FT Devens from 83 to 86 and in Leominster from 89 to 93.

IMNSHO... Elton John does it best!

ahhhhh...... How romantic

I didn't know that you swim like a fish :lol: