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Hello.....anybody there?Where did everybody go,Shipper?

You're certainly a sincere man, but you know, it's just no guarantee for truth.Aren't you selling lots in Florida now....Ten feet underground?Myself, I jest vanted ze knowledge,zat was all.I did not care for zee ministry or sumsing,I jest vanted ze knowledge(laughter).Before I took AFPL I could not stop drinking after ze 1st or 2nd beer until I was all fool up or until I run out of money.After LPFA class I learn abundantly and I never run out of money(more laughter).

Good points.I admit, since I left TWI I've become "scriptually challenged".The point I'd like to make is that God doesn't command us to get married;that woudn't jive with New Testament scriptures and unmarried men would not be believers just yet.But if we choose to,God certainly tells us how to live in that marriage.That being said,I believe that marriage and the desire for companionship is not a spiritual desire, but a desire that comes from our soul ,a desire which non-believers can have.A practicing believer would surely be more desirable because his application of the scriptures would help mold him into a person of good character.Unfortunately,people often practice the Bible only where it is convenient for them, and how often have we seen "believers" throw the Bible out the door as it applies to their marriage.I believe an unbeliever is just as capable of a lifetime of phileo type love, and isn't that what we're mainly looking for in a companion?

Bellyflopper,I appreciate your comments.I don't necessarily want to move the thread to a guts spilling time.I just haven't been in contact with any duo c-corps guys since I saw you at the yashari yashi in Tulsa.People say don't throw out the baby with the bathwater and I'm trying to figure out what is baby and what is bathwater.As I said earlier I had a blast in the corps and some of the training was certainly beneficial.But I absolutely loathed corps night and thought it was a complete waste of time.And considering that it was the creme de le' creme of our training I always wrestled with the notion that I was f'd up in the head .Besides that I had to sit by two homely women.I think corps night would have been much better if we had open seating,were allowed to smoke, and could leave when we got bored.

I'm mainly a 9th corps poster-boy but I had to stick my two cents in.I don't believe God has anything to do with marriage or picking a partner.Old Testament guys had several wives,concubines,unbelieving wives,they traded cattle for wives,etc. etc.Much of that was dictated by local custom.Our current local customs regarding marriage are often changing and confusing.If you connect with someone mentally, physically,intelectually and emotionally,I think it"s called "chemistry".If that becomes love,I don,t think it matters whether your spouse reads Ephesians or the sports page first thing in the morning.Besides chemistry,I would look for character...rather than a belief system in a person.

Thanks guys.This is my third attempt at posting thisA.M.,my reply keeps getting erased.Anyway,didn't the good doctor spend till Christmas in the first three verses of the book of Romans?Does it take two months to explain what "Paul an apostle" really means? I used to think I unwittingly confessed satan as my lord and savior as a kid,and that was why my spirit(s) wasn't enlightened on corps night.And then try to explain to my twig how it jelled in my heart.Times like those you you wonder just what to say to your people.Well,Tuttle,at least my fake laugh was genuinely fake.

I sure hope it is good for bidness,Rocky.When it rains, I wonder if I'm one of the just or the unjust that is being rained on.Would the church down the street be glad to have me,Fellowshifter? Maybe if I abundantly shared. Well ,my yung'ns are at the flicks with their chicks tonite,so as I sit here alone I've decided to make a confession that I've wanted to make for almost 25 years. So here goes.I have always thought Corps night was the most boring,mind-numbing,confusing night(s) of my life.It was bad enough that we had to listen for three hours to a crackly phone hook-up that sounded like an old black and white news clip of the Hindenberg disaster,but then we had to disperse immediately into our twigs and feign how blessed and spiritually enlightened we were.I dared not say this in-residence,lest someone tell Craig and I become dropped corps.Altho I did figure Dr. and LCM probably had revelation that I wasn't "getting it".I hated how everybody would whoop it up on corps night a la Lloyd Bishoprick and I thought it was such a drag. There, I said it. I feel better now doctor. You guys don't need to respond to this,I just wanted to say this to somebody I know was there.

Blessed are those wombs that never bare and the Papsworths which never gave suck!

Do I have to be some sort of a Christian leader? Maybe I'll just join the priesthood and dedicate my life to blessing altar boys.Will that get my mug posted? And if they shall say go up thou bald head, and mock me,till my heart is waxed feeble and I become as a jewel of gold in a swine's snout,and dwelleth in a wide house with a brawling woman,shall my mouth be filled with gravel?I must needs hear edifying words of prophesy from four virgin daughters. Exca hast thou three sisters?

Shipper,I don't know how much of it was believing,or the fact that his dad owned a Ford dealership that made him such a high roller.He was fun to hang with.Rocky,where were you during all those Word in Government classes? Probably on LEAD.I don't make up my mind on who to vote for til I get inside the booth.Howsabout those Snakes.

Iwas gonna come over and shake you to see if you were still alive.So we gots to get political to get you to post eh? Voluntary tax...I like that.Hey, we ought to get together some time and make a voluntary contribution to the Indian Gaming Commission.

Exca...that picture of Wendling's gotta be 20 years old. I used to borrow that tie from him on Corps night.

Exca...You left out Jeff Wendling.I think he's a card carrying member of the Illumanati now....Or maybe its Jews for Jesus.Hey Tuttle,isn't buying lotto tickets a form of gambling?Didn't the Man of God lose his best friend over a family poker game? What concord hath Kriston with Belial? Nevertheless,if you win it,my vote goes to James and Karen GAMBLE's house ,you infidel, down in Chile.

I was priveleged to serve there twice.I know one of the times there were six Jeffs there.Can you name them?One of the times TomJ said "If any of you ask me to go skiing I'll shoot you.***** you dammit!" He was very cross.Course, not long after that a 10th corps guy asked me if"that was the word of God" when he saw me giving somebody the finger. I wanted to do my research paper on "Uprooting The Seed Of The Serpent And Replacing It With Good Seed".My advisor was going to be Francis Winkowitsch. But that got nixed.So I got John Schreve as my advisor and titled my paper "Great Third Basemen Of the Patriarchal Administration"

Shipper I believe the guy VP yelled at was Ken "Let me check the Greek" Burns.He was one of those intellectual-type guys.I don't recall anything about Pjs,I just remember it being so damn cold I think I slept in my parka.Wasn't Excathedra there when we were there?It's been over twenty years,Exc,aren't you over Bill Dugan yet? I think there's a Bible verse somewhere that says something about looking ahead.HEY, your prophesy was very edifying EXC. I feel so blessed ,I can't stand it.

Yes I really got blessed, I really learned alot, I really saw the family.I coulda sworn you said tits.Must have been thinking of one of our wonderful Corps sisters.Some of them were so nurturing.Gunnisson was alot of fun ,except for Jenkins and all those gahdamn 10th corps,who made it their mission to .... the rest of us off.Ahh,sweet memories.

Tuttle, you bully,I tink we were auso sitting whit Harm Oatehouse of da Way boders program.So you had the hots for Arlene,too?Were you there when Fellowshipper taught us how to milk a cow?"You umm, just put your uhhh hands around the umm tits,sorry people that's what we call them on the farm." I loved him for that.If I could think of something else to say I'd say it.So long from B'hai country.

Hey Tuttle,Wouldn't it be sumthin if Ozzie Osborn bit a chicken's head off at a Way family table?Hey,man the way you're using DeNinno's name like that, you're really becoming a prick.....in my eyes.You know what? I think you guys are cheating and using your 9th corps housing lists.I just know what I've worked in various texts in the Greek and Aramaic and so forth.If this stuff keeps up I'm afraid there's going to be some serious Wallaces come between us.You people get honest,you're Corps

,dammit! If you don't like it go get a job at Iowa beef or at Willard's Donuts.ANNOUNCEMENT:Russell Senior Corps meet in top floor Warhol at 7:p.m.

You're right Fellowshipper,this thread is petering out in a hurry.Kinda like a flaccid penis. See how beautifully it hangs.

I think a lot of us tried to recapture what we missed in our Way years.You know,things like making money,enjoying music that wasn't written by WayProd ,hobbies,drinks with our meals etc. etc.Perhaps we overdid it on some things.I,myself checked into the Betty Clay Ford clinic (figuretively)a few years back ,realizing my attitude had become,"the less you expect, the less you become disappointed".A lot of drunken self-pity.But,hey,it's a walk And.....NEWS FLASH...NO BASEBLL STRIKE!Oh,man the game's on.Sorry,shipper,I gotta go.

I don't know if the new and improved TWI was any different than the one we were in.The rulings and teachings of TWI would always supercede anything the Bible,logic or common sense would tell us.Our"guidance" was whatever was handed down by the board of trustees.Since I got out,I do whatever it is that I want ...and I really enjoy myself.Oh,I feel lost sometimes and wish I really knew The Truth,but who does know it?I'm sure I could dedicate my life to rescuing animals,fixing the hole in the ozone layer,or saving the planet,but I haven't received the calling.Meantime,I'm being a good dad,soaking up the sun, and keeping my eyes out for a young blonde dumbbell that I can get to know biblically.As far as my Corps years,I wouldn't trade them for anything.I had a blast. Well, sorry.I had a vision I was at a night owl and this just came out.Heeeeeeeaaaal mine manifold inequities.

I feel shamed for dwelling on your grammar

,fellowshipper.You are rather to be commended .I looked up in the adv. class syllabus and there.s not even a spirit of bad grammar.(Altho there is a familiar spirit that sounds just like your gramma.)You're awesome,dude.Honestly, Tom,I don't ginosko the first thing about LCM's class.I got out in about '87 and lost interest in TWI shortly after that.Been spending most of my time as a body and soul man (that's the part of you that isn't doing all nine all the time,whatever the hell that is).Be that as it may,I think there were many geuinely good people in TWI and I do miss them.Hey this 9th corps thread is giving me some good laughs, brings back some fond memories, and gives rest to mah soul.Beep-beep boop-boop,no wait gah,ghi,gu,moo,lu,gh,gh........

God may have taken away your nicotine devils, fellowshipper,but you're still loaded with spirits of lust,lasciviousness,and not to mention bad grammar.But...even when you twist your head around,puke on me,and say "your mother sews socks in hell",I love you like a brother.

I need to post once more before heading out on the field.Mine heart is once again heavy.Baseball players may go on strike.What mean they to break mine heart?As you know I'm very enthused, I have tremendous zeal for...this.....sports.The owners, the players,like Martindale and Gere,they know the truth,but you know what they told me?If we give in we won't be able to sell any more bibles!What did Simon see? I'm afraid it won't be the Cincinatti Reds or the New york Yankees.Tohu va boo-hoo.

Tuttle,I used to get so blessed watching you for hours just trying to tie the smallest knot,just working it.Was Sunesis the one who used to come out of the snack shop without a nickel in his pocket saying I can lick any man in town tonight?I'm not so sure about gathering with all those Ozarkiw hillbilly Mitchells.