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Stop believing what TWI taught you about "spiritual sight" and go make an appt. with a licensed physician. I don't mean to be harsh ... but I am concerned. That kind of thing is not normal. I want you to be well.

It is said "truth is in the eye of the beholder" I stated my view already.

Hey Mark. 4 years IT manager, 4 years at Sybase, 4 years at ISPs. We live in Kentucky now, and are finally Way free.

On the suggestion of Twinky, here goes ... I had over a quarter century in The Way. I have been a TC, a BC, and been on staff. One fine day about a year ago, I woke up. Now, my feeling is that religion, christianity in particular, is nothing but a social method of controlling people. I can't stress enough the increase in quality my life has seen since waking up. I get to keep 12% of my income I would normally be ABSing, I get to have may hours per week to do with as I choose, my marriage is 100% better, nobody is telling me to seek "wise council" on things I know damn well enough to make a decision on myself, and I'm not being pressured to sell the class. In short, I am now my own person, and not subject to a controlling organization. Here we go ... oh followers of the irony machine ... How is it that your god gives you freedom of will, yet all aspects of your life are controlled? Answer? You have not awakened to the truth. Just as McDonalds is not good for your body, christianity is not good for your spirit. Now I'll sit here and sip on my tequila, and wait for responses.

Thank you very much. I've read quite a lot here, recognized some folks by what they post, and even read about people looking for my wife and I. Massive entertainment. I hope the writer's strike goes on a while longer, because this is way more entertaining. LOL! No doubt! I prefer living vicariously though. Yeah I was there too.

I don't know about anyone else, but under "reason for leaving" I would have chosen "woke up suddenly" if it were available. I've had an account here a long time. I had one on the old forums when we were told not to go on the internet. I always thought the people here were bitter people, with their "conscience seared with a hot iron". Well, I have no axe to grind ... well ... other than some people I knew and loved were driven to do things out of character blah blah blah. That's not the topic here though. I not only left the Way, but I don't believe there is a god any more. I think christianity and all religion is nothing but a social method of maintaining control over people. Since I have adopted this attitute, life has been awesome. I have 12% more to spend, I bought a nice car, am shopping for a nice house, and my marriage is 100x better than before. Will I come back? I doubt it. I could not care less what happens to the Way or Lynn's "other" way or any organization that is a 1000 horsepower irony factory. So yeah ... who comes here? People like me who see the entertainment value in this whole circus, and who hope that maybe by some stroke of insane luck (yes ... yes it DOES exist) I may run into an old friend or two.

For years I had been going to fellowship as a poser in my own heart. 25 years total, about 21 of them a bleed green and white true believer. Well, I finally gathered the guts to tell my wife I didn't want to go any longer. The unintended consequence was that our marriage would die at the same moment. Our kids long since quit going to fellowship, so it was just us. Now it's just her. I don't blame God. I blame myself, and the leadership in the Way for allowing people like the ones I had overseeing me to drive me out. I did my best. Now I guess I hang out in here with the rest of the "chaff" as Martindale used to so elequently put it. So what do people do in here anyway?