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[Ham]

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Kind of reminds me of Lots' wife who grieved over all her posessions she had to leave behind.

Maybe she turned into a pillar of salt because the only other alternative would have been Lot being driven insane by her harping on about it years down the track ??!!

Personally, I would prefer this to:

"Well, I'm just so blessed today. I'm just so blessed that I'm blessed, and you should be blessed that you're blessed too. And thankful. And willing to tell the whole world that you are blessed.."

Enough already..

"Well then, what blessed you?"

"Nothing in particular".

Good grief. Turn me into a pillar of salt..

Honestly though Allan. You don't have to obey me, or sit and listen to my ranting. We are not married to each other, really. :P-->

[rascal]

Aww Mr. Hamm, I am SO blessed that YOU are so blessed...:-)

[CoolWaters]

rascal has got to be the most miraculous pillar of salt ever known to man! He/she reads, writes, thinks, raises children, breathes, eats and does all sorts of animated things.

Can I have your autograph, rascal? :)-->

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Allan...OM...

Why are you here instead of at fellowship?

[Ham]

Thanks Rascal.. I needed that!

[rascal]

Sorry Mr. Hamm, it was a momentary slip.

CW, thanks....

[Goey]

Seems to me that many of the folks who "just get over it" (or tell others to do so) are those who are still entranced by VPW's hogswallow and are still in denial of what really went on in TWI.

[WordWolf]

It is understandable, if incorrect,

if someone completely unaware how SOME lives were destroyed by twi,

forcing people to start from scratch,

can lack empathy for those forced to start over.

After all, if someone sees someone else in a bad mood,

and they're not aware that person's house just burnt to the ground,

they might think the person lacks a sense of perspective.

In those cases, the person lacking empathy simply needs to educate

and inform his/herself better as to the reason for the complaint.

twi utterly ruined the lives of some people, and partially ruined

the lives of many others. It is understandable that people be angry

that someone sucked out their life to further their own creature

comforts. (The ultimate goals at the top seem to be the luxuries

for the people at the top, purchased at the expense of those

coerced into giving 10-15% of their income or facing ostracism and

expulsion-after being conditioned to believe that to face such is a

death sentence.

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Further,

if a criminal has stolen one's house and car,

and is currently enjoying use of both,

even if the thefts were decades ago,

it is not inappropriate to continue to speak out against them.

Finally,

if someone is seeking innocents to victimize,

it is the moral responsibility of those who know this to warn those

who do NOT know this.

twi's ability to draw new victims to suck dry has been hobbled by the

warnings of people all over the world wide web,

and especially here.

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So,

so long as they seek even ONE more victim,

we will continue to speak out and warn the public.

LOTS of people read what we post here.

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Now,

there are people who are AWARE what others have suffered thru

at the hands of twi, and still tell them to "get over it."

Their position is that they were unharmed by twi,

and so those who claim that THEY were, are exagerrating or lying.

Those who say such things were harmed in a most insidious way,

for they WERE harmed-

their ability to exercise their senses to discern good and evil

has been crippled.

So, until they understand the clever nature of the harm that was

done to themselves,

they will continue, in the manner of one who was abused,

to continue the cycle and verbally abuse posters here who tell their

stories.

I leave it up to each individual poster to examine their own hearts

and determine if anything I've said above applies to them.

Ironically, those who NEED to do this the MOST are the ones LEAST

likely to do so, but that goes without saying.

[Ham]

quote:

if someone completely unaware how SOME lives were destroyed by twi,

forcing people to start from scratch,

can lack empathy for those forced to start over.

There is another category- those who were in charge, and wrecked lives.

Seems they would REALLY like us to just get over it.

Yep. Perhaps most of us are just another inconvenience, just another kick in the side just when they just start to relax.. maybe that's why sometimes I see the admonition, "just take a chill pill".

Maybe that's what THEY have to do. Can't be very pleasant to have to live on tranquilizers and anti-depressants, without any other valid reason, just to get through the day.

[rascal]

You bring up a valid point Mr. Hamm....most of us are unaware of how extensive the damage to one`s thought processes is after decades of involvement with twi.

It takes a long time to sort out the damaging thought processes, many years to unravel the valid teachings from the corrupted scriptures.

Many who now decry others for their lack of respect or adherance to twi dogma simply need the time and distance to step back and review their involvement....

It just takes time....