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Dr. W, a Priest and a Rabbi are on a sinking boat. Priest gets out, walks on water to the shore and survives. Dr. W gets out, walks on water to the shore and survives. Rabbi tries it and drowns.

Priest says "We should have told him about the rocks'

Dr. W says "What rocks?"

Hardy har. Heard this joke a million times in TWI. To review. Dr. W is a diety, the Priest used a trick and the Jewish guy dies. None of this is a funny joke. This is an antisemitic joke. Funny how time reveals a different perspective. "At least the priest was a Christian."   

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On 4/24/2024 at 9:45 PM, Junior Corps Surviver said:

Dr. W, a Priest and a Rabbi are on a sinking boat. Priest gets out, walks on water to the shore and survives. Dr. W gets out, walks on water to the shore and survives. Rabbi tries it and drowns.

Priest says "We should have told him about the rocks'

Dr. W says "What rocks?"

Hardy har. Heard this joke a million times in TWI. To review. Dr. W is a diety, the Priest used a trick and the Jewish guy dies. None of this is a funny joke. This is an antisemitic joke. Funny how time reveals a different perspective. "At least the priest was a Christian."   

WOW.  I honestly never heard this joke throughout my time in TWI.  But it does not surprise me in the least.

When people get to the point of crafting metal images of VPW for their clergy desks and teaching centers then the next logical step is to deify his words.  All of the little stories and jokes that are told behind the scenes and off stage are really vital in maintaining the hoax.  Like this one.  And other tall tales of VPs prowess.  Most of them were told by him but many by his sycophant followers.

This reminds me of the only record of VPWs “revelation” and snow on gas pumps.  It is not recorded anywhere in sanctioned TWI material.  So they hid the story and just tell rumors of it behind the scenes to dupe the unsuspecting.

I mean is the book “Lifelines” with quotes from VP still sold in their bookstore.  They elevate VPs words to a level above scripture.  You have to ask VP for the “literal translation according to usage” or VPs metaphor for “my interpretation”

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8 hours ago, chockfull said:

WOW.  I honestly never heard this joke throughout my time in TWI.  But it does not surprise me in the least.

When people get to the point of crafting metal images of VPW for their clergy desks and teaching centers then the next logical step is to deify his words.  All of the little stories and jokes that are told behind the scenes and off stage are really vital in maintaining the hoax.  Like this one.  And other tall tales of VPs prowess.  Most of them were told by him but many by his sycophant followers.

This reminds me of the only record of VPWs “revelation” and snow on gas pumps.  It is not recorded anywhere in sanctioned TWI material.  So they hid the story and just tell rumors of it behind the scenes to dupe the unsuspecting.

I mean is the book “Lifelines” with quotes from VP still sold in their bookstore.  They elevate VPs words to a level above scripture.  You have to ask VP for the “literal translation according to usage” or VPs metaphor for “my interpretation”

The snow on gas pumps was recorded in minute detail from vp’s lips to elena whitesides book, the Way Living in Love, which of course you’re aware of. I consider that book sanctioned material. That is almost a textbook on how to think, act, and talk like a seasoned wayfer.

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1 hour ago, hiway29 said:

The snow on gas pumps was recorded in minute detail from vp’s lips to elena whitesides book, the Way Living in Love, which of course you’re aware of. I consider that book sanctioned material. That is almost a textbook on how to think, act, and talk like a seasoned wayfer.

Hey hiway29,

By unsanctioned I was referring to them removing it from their bookstore for sale.

Also along those lines it is notably missing from MrsVPWs work.  
 

The Way prefers to have it spread as rumors and jokes as in this thread.

Yes Elena sounds like a seasoned wayfer in the book.

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8 hours ago, chockfull said:

Hey hiway29,

By unsanctioned I was referring to them removing it from their bookstore for sale.

Also along those lines it is notably missing from MrsVPWs work.  
 

The Way prefers to have it spread as rumors and jokes as in this thread.

Yes Elena sounds like a seasoned wayfer in the book.

I had no idea Living in Love was removed from the bookstore …. In my memory, it is a perfect piece of cult indoctrination ,painting this idealistic picture of the early years of vpw and life on the farm. I don’t see why theyd want to bury it. I was gone by the ‘fog years’, and certainly by the regime of hate and absolute control lcm it became. Was this part of the ‘old winecaskets’ , ‘cleaning house’, and all that? What a place !

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1 hour ago, hiway29 said:

I had no idea Living in Love was removed from the bookstore …. In my memory, it is a perfect piece of cult indoctrination ,painting this idealistic picture of the early years of vpw and life on the farm. I don’t see why theyd want to bury it. I was gone by the ‘fog years’, and certainly by the regime of hate and absolute control lcm it became. Was this part of the ‘old winecaskets’ , ‘cleaning house’, and all that? What a place !

Yes probably part of removing material from those no longer with the Way.  Similar to other solo musical artists as well as other authors.

The Way Living in Love is singularly unique as it is the only place where the supposed revelation to VPW with the snow on the gas pumps story and God supposedly telling VP that he would teach him “the Word” like it hasn’t been known since the first century.

That rumor was responsible for deifying the PFAL direction and the isolation of the Way off from the rest of the body of Christ.  Young minds all over were duped by this message.

And the leadership of the Way love the rumor.  But they hate any scrutiny on the rumor because of their decision to not pursue Biblical research in a department any more other than regurgitation of earlier VPW works.  Because of the rumor.

The rumor goes right along with the brass statues of VP on all TWI clergy desks as well as his brazen image in the entrance to teaching centers referred to as the “Timothy statues”

I mean you can almost see Moses Aaron and the molten calf standing right there.

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