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I saw it today...loved it (cried too :o-->)

Happy Birthday and Happy Mothers' Day!

TWI-2: One drink for every reference to the "topic of the month" (Our focus this month is on "Jesus Christ Our Promised Seed") Two drinks for reference to "topic of the month" in prayer (...in the name of Jesus Christ, our Promised Seed) Three drinks for reference to the "topic of the month" that has nothing to do with the rest of the sentence. (Just like the magi overcame long distances and smelly camels to see the Jesus, our Way Disciples have likewise overcome by witnessing to "many" people" in their communities) Drain the bottle if the teacher refers to or quotes anyone other than Wierwille using the "topic of the month" (even John Calvin, the great reformer knew that JC was our promised seed)

A side topic on another thread involved the pronunciation of Greek words. I figure that you could go two ways: Either admit that you're not really sure of the correct pronunciation and do your best, or make the effort to get it right. Personally, I never knew how to determine where the accent went in a word, but could usually figure out the sounds by just looking at the original Greek spelling. Wierwille, and more so Martindale, seemed to pronounce Greek according to English rules of grammar, but would occassionally get adamant about pronouncing something a particular way. In the mid-nineties, all the local Corps were passing on Martindale's newly learned pronunciation of kratos. They were insisting that it be pronounced "krah-tahs", which was pretty much right, instead of krah-tohs (long "o"), the way folks had been pronouncing it. Which was weird since the accepted Way pronunciation of other Greek words that ended in the same two letters were still be pronounced with the long 'o' sound. I always thought it was pretty stupid the way Wierwille inserted the 'K' sound when there were two consecutive vowels: exogekomai, pleroko, for ex?geomai, plero?. WAlter Cummins came out with a guide to Greek in the seventies, with guidelines on pronunciation, but it never seemed to get followed.

Just because a person can theoretically walk out of an abusive situation doesn't mean that it's not abuse. The recipient of the abuse often has decided that what will be lost (marriage, children, job benefits, God's protection) is too important to lose even in exchange for getting away from or stopping the abuse. The abuser knows this. The husband who kicks the cr*p out of his wife knows that she is afraid to be out on her own; the loud-mouthed boss knows that the employee that he treats badly would be hard pressed to find another job elsewhere; the cult-leader knows that many followers have been convinced that death lies outside the cult walls. Sadistic Way leaders knew the power that they had.

2 drinks for every GSer who gets anal about rules and/or Greek pronunciation :D-->

Subject covered on Sunday Teaching Tape by main teacher Subject reviewed the following week by secondary teacher (in case you lost your f**kin* tape I guess) Subject taught in fellowship meeting Subject as taught on Sunday teaching tape reviewed in fellowship meeting Gee, is FOUR TIMES ENOUGH to cover one stupid subject? And as was mentioned before, it was often a chapter from a book or a class segment that was the subject anyway. AUGH!

I haven't seen any GSC nametags at any of the gatherings that I attended, but we did have a nifty "cast of characters" at the royal wedding: a "program", listing who was who among the GSers in the wedding party.

Any teaching by some pool soul who didn't know what he was talking about, but tried to mouth the line he had learned in TWI, but would shred the original intent...oh wait, that was The Way of Abundance and Power

When I was "in", I didn't mind the teachings themselves so much, but I didn't see the point of listening to Way productions, especially when they did something visual (but we still clapped) After Martindale left, they got even more boring. As much as Martindale was an idiot, he was entertaining at least.

Wayward: Check your Private Topics please

Hey no one minded if the pagans and atheists showed up last year...the more the merrier :D-->

I wish you could drink it in the original

Oldies & anyone else debating whether "ABS" should be used for this or that: Is the term "abundant sharing" ever used in the bible? Even once? And "ABS" is just a three character abbreviation for "abundant sharing" that we had to use on the "blue forms" (FNC for Foundational Class, INT for Intermediate, etc) - I really hate using their terminology when it isn't necessary But that's just my opinion...the rest of you carry on! :D-->

Genesis 3:1-7 Kentucky Text 3:1 Now Littlehawk was more durn subtle than any revenoor in the field that the LORD God has done made. And commenced sayin' unto the woman Yea hath God said Don't eat of any of them thar trees or drink of the fruit thereof 3:2 And the woman said unto Littlehawk Shoot, we can drink you under the table 3:3 But the fruit juice of the tree that sets right thar in the middle of the garden God done said, Don't drink it! Or y'all will die! 3:4 Then Littlehawk said Shoot, no! 3:5 God shore knows that in the day y'all drink of the pars then y'all's eyes will be open and ye'all shall distill spirits like unto God 3:6 And when the woman commenced to drinkin' and it popped out her eyes, and hung on to a tree as if she was Sudo, she took the mason jar thereof and done gave to her man, and he commenced to drink the par juice too 3:7 And both their eyes popped out and they knew that they were naked, so they vowed to not drink so much again.

Raf: That was the two pear limit

In my obsrvation, this was another one of those things that depended on where you were, who your leaders were, what the local habits were etc. I know many folks, including leaders who adhered to a two-drink limit, and not any of those 40 oz drinks either. I knew just as many who insisted that they could hold their liquor, so it was okay for them.

If they pronounced me "possessed" after I left, I never heard about it, it's not like they sent out certificates or anything. But I heard plenty of other people called "possessed" when they left that I'm sure that I received that title as well. In the waning days of my marriage my ex-wife continually suggested that I was entertaining guests in my mental attic whenever we had a disagreement.

Mitch Miller: Sorry, confused you with Tom Strange...post has been edited

Digi: I am always available to give kazoo lessons. Tom Strange: I am humbled, sir.

Rascal: I accept deputization as paper products czar. Paper and/or styro plates and bowls Napkins Paper towels Plastic cups Toilet paper Trash bags Plastic forks, knives, spoons etc Can transport pretty easily. I just changed vehicles...got a Cutlass Fake Wood-Sided Station Wagon...christened it "Big Woody".I doubt I will be camping, much prefer the great indoors for sleeping. I have access to two thirty-cup pots. Somebody else better supply the coffee though, mine wasn't too popular :(--> I'm also available for car-pooling. Can meet anyone from north or west in Nebraska, or pick someone up along the way. Last year I cut across Missouri from KC to St. Louis and down through southern Illinois. With this paper products job, do I get an ordination or something? I don't need compensation, but a title is good for me :D--> There will be high-class laminated Weenie Roast Doctorates this year too. Something to look forward to. Did I mention kazoos?

Wonder if I can get enough kazoos for everyone?

Seemed to me about the same as in the general population.

Music...did somebody say KAZOOS? Hey rascal...you ARE the BD...after all, who else got a doctorate last year? :D--> And who better than you to sweet-talk local law enforcement into not busting us? I'm planning on being there...as far as paper plates and bowls and such-like...I work in a grocery store!...prolly can score some free or d*mn cheap stuff. Put me on the plastic & styrofoam committee...and oh yeah...30 cup coffee pots, I can score a few o' them too.

This is a slight derailment, but only slight, so I won't go to h#ll, just purgatory :P--> Talking about cars. We were about six months from paying off a car loan when the "no debt" ruling came down. We were fellowship coordinators and were allowed to continue to run it since we were so close to being out of debt. The problem was the car, even though it was in good shape, was not large enough for my family (6 kids) so we decided that we would get a second car. The plan was to get a big station wagon for $500 at the local car lot and save up to buy a decent car in about a year. This car was the butt-ugliest car you ever saw! But we weren't in debt! We figured that we were "doing the Word", staying out of debt, stewarding our money, yada, yada, yada. But the branch and state leadership started bugging us to fix up the car. Our plan was to spend as little as possible on the ol' bomb, so that we would have enough to buy a newer one as quickly as possible. They wanted us to paint it (it had fake wood sides and LOTS of rust). Then they started bugging me to at least put hub caps on it. So I took two hubcaps off my other car and put them on the passenger side of the car so that he would see them when I parked in front of his house.