The Way talked out of both sides of their mouth on this, non-Way literature would be referred to, and then we would be told to stick with the PFAL materials.
Much depended on the local leader. After all, Wierwille was obviously well-read, and Martindale used to brag about all the books he read, and even displayed the Harvard Classics on the WayAP set.
In my area the biggest opponent of "secular" literature was my ex-wife. She interpreted Wierwille's statement in PFAL to put aside all your secular reading materials as a lifelong thing. She nagged me when I read books or newspapers, and eventually nagged me into dumping my LP collection.
A few weeks ago my oldest son told me that it was painful for him to watch me throw those records out.
Just another way for them to get us to depend on them for everything. Heck, you couldn't go to the bathroom by yourself unless you got permission from your local leadership. -->
They recommended the 6-point plan for happy families and built for pleasure or something like that and another marriage book, but yes, self-help books, even Christian ones were heavily shunned by craig. I think, like Oak said, the rest depended on your local leadership.
The key, imo, was to read the things you wanted to but to not make too much of a big deal about what you read and certainly don't elevate it above anything TWI taught. THAT would get you in trouble, but it was okay in my area to read and quote from things like that. In fact our RC's wife was a prolific reader and the last wc couple I was under, the wife had tons of magazines around the house all the time, especially those family oriented ones.
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The Way talked out of both sides of their mouth on this, non-Way literature would be referred to, and then we would be told to stick with the PFAL materials.
Much depended on the local leader. After all, Wierwille was obviously well-read, and Martindale used to brag about all the books he read, and even displayed the Harvard Classics on the WayAP set.
In my area the biggest opponent of "secular" literature was my ex-wife. She interpreted Wierwille's statement in PFAL to put aside all your secular reading materials as a lifelong thing. She nagged me when I read books or newspapers, and eventually nagged me into dumping my LP collection.
A few weeks ago my oldest son told me that it was painful for him to watch me throw those records out.
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Just another way for them to get us to depend on them for everything. Heck, you couldn't go to the bathroom by yourself unless you got permission from your local leadership.
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They recommended the 6-point plan for happy families and built for pleasure or something like that and another marriage book, but yes, self-help books, even Christian ones were heavily shunned by craig. I think, like Oak said, the rest depended on your local leadership.
The key, imo, was to read the things you wanted to but to not make too much of a big deal about what you read and certainly don't elevate it above anything TWI taught. THAT would get you in trouble, but it was okay in my area to read and quote from things like that. In fact our RC's wife was a prolific reader and the last wc couple I was under, the wife had tons of magazines around the house all the time, especially those family oriented ones.
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