Once again relying upon your own discernment is very scary as we are like sheep so easily led astray. QuotePsalm 119:105Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. The bible is our light and guide book. Friends we have all experience much from Turning Point or Radiant Life, many of us can share our testimony as to how we were affected or lead astray by the false teachings. Su
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Where to search on Saltydroid QuoteJames Arthur Ray's Pre-crime CrimesOct 15, 2009 ... This whole thing is quite shocking and James Ray should be held ..... I know for a fact that Michael Beckwith, one of the people in the ... saltydroid.info/james-arthur-rays-pre-crime-crimes/ - 223k - Cached - Similar pages keepingthesecret.com / Dr. Reverend Michael BeckwithApr 17, 2
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I believe its because we were all hoodwinked into following leadership, submitting to leadership, obeying leadership, etc. That was the focus. Over time Mike and Tony had elevated themselves as being almost like Moses, Abraham or David, 'the Man of God', at the time. read the forward Mike wrote for Tony's book " Tony and Mike both embraced the Old Testament and Miss-Used
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Quote Future of God A dialogue with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Andrew Cohen Who is God and what does it mean to realize the power of Spirit within yourself? For millennia, traditional mystics have talked about transcending the world as the ultimate aim of spiritual awakening. Others, like Tikkun magazine founder Rabbi Michael Lerner and EnlightenNext founder Andrew Cohen, have emphasized t
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I love my brothers in the Lord,but I do not fear Gil Larson .I have seen him get angry and use it for a control mechanism . None of us should be beyond reproach or accountability.I would never say these things to cause division,THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH! All that should be done hear is to have some questions answered.Is it a sin to demand some answers? How dare they deviate from the Apostles teachin
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Not to derail the conversation here about what is and what is not a pyramid scheme, but I want to briefly address something that I've noticed time and time again. People who support Desteni (Members, Recruiters, Fence Sitters, etc.) seem to be unable to link actions with words. In one instance, some who advocate the Desteni material get very defensive when told that they are in Desteni o
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It would appear that Harold Camping's *NEW* Doomsday date of "May 21, 2011 ET"(Eastern Time - USA) has come and gone and once more the Prophet-Wannabes like Harold Camping and others like Prophet Timothy (real name: Speed Rathbun - "Trumpet Call of God") have failed to accurately predict the Rapture. Isn't there a lil' something from Christian scriptures that
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QuoteLLG@SelahSelah - I thought it was God’s will that I give all my possessions to the poor and quit my job and leave my home and family and live on the streets telling people about Jesus. I gave my jewelry away on a Friday, and on Sunday my intervention began. You can see it as a coincidence, but I wonder if it wasn’t a way of testing my faith kind of like Abraham and Isaac (not that I am co
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@SelahSelah - You have been echoing my own thoughts and feelings to a ‘T’! Before being involved I felt kind of secluded too in my faith and definitely longed for Jesus to come back. It’s like a ray of hope when you find someone who you believe to be a prophet of God and he tells you Jesus is coming back (which I had already come to the conclusion was the case anyway), you feel so ecstatic and
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Wow, everyone should watch this video right away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is an interesting documentary titled-'Seventh-day Adventism - The Spirit Behind the Church' # "This hard-hitting, eye opening documentary explores the teaching of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, it's origins and the changes which have occurred throughout the years. It examines the claims of the religio
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NLP Course Reportedly Taught at South Fallsberg Shawdan View profile More options Jun 27 1998, 12:00 am Newsgroups: alt.support.ex-cult.siddha-yoga From: shaw...@aol.com (Shawdan) Date: 1998/06/27 Subject: Re: Therapists and NLP Print | Individual message | Show original | Report this message | Find messa
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in m In my opinion, protected by the First Amendment, I would suggest that this is an adroit use of derivative legitimacy. These gurus and teachers are in most cases deceased. RabbiAbraham Heschel fought on the front lines for justice and civil rights[, against the very sort of oppression that has been described for years by Cohen's students. Some had troubled histories (to sa
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I'm sorry if any of my posts seemed accusing, I was just wanting to hear the truth and its true it set a person free. you mentioned fear, and I had just read the other day how we are no longer slaves to fear, to me following fears directions is following the enemies directions, in the world you can suceed at this for a while but in Gods house it can only lead to distruction. so far you seem
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This is not off-topic, as I am responding to several posts already here on this thread.... Famous home-schooled children: Constitutional Convention Delegates · Richard Basseti - Governor of DE · William Blount - U.S. Senator · George Clymer - U.S. Representative · William Few - U.S. Senator · Benjamin Franklin · William Houston – Lawyer · William S. Johnson · William Li
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Warren Farrell, a former feminist and now 'father and chilren's rights' activist, has some very disturbing views on rape and incest. It's been brought to my attention that any attempts to address this on Wikipedia has been censored by so-called "Men's Rights" groups (I support men's rights, but too many of these groups are extremely misogynistic and believ
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I know why your fearful and suspicious of people because I’ve been through the same or similar abuse from religious organizations. I too was afraid, confused, hurt and then just mad. But again, I am not a member of the Trumpet Call of GOD group, nor do I know ANYBODY that is. My comments were sincere and honest to the best of my ability. I am going to try and see your response as merely a
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Although Wilbur has trademarked the term 'Integral' he was not the originator of the theory: 'Although the first use of the term integral in a spiritual context was in the nineteenth century, Integral Theory's most recent antecedents include the California Institute of Integral Studies founded in 1968 by Haridas Chaudhuri (1913–1975), a Bengali philosopher and academic. Cha
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Basava Premanand (17 February 1930 - 04 October 2009) B. Premanand, the doyen of Indian rationalist movement, is no more. He breathed his last on Oct 4, 2009 at 2.20 pm at Podannur, Tamil Nadu. He was 79. According to his wishes, his body has been donated to the local medical college. Born on 17 February, 1930 in Kozhikode (Kerala), Premanand was a keen observer of paranormal phenomen
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Indian Skeptic www.indiansceptic.in Indian Committee For Scientific Investigation Of Claims Of The Paranormal Science and Rationalists’ Association of India Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA) "A commoner walking on burning charcoal in a Miracle Busting Programme" Basava Premanand (17 February 1930 - 04 October 2009) B. Premanand, the doyen
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New post on another thread. Thanks SnottsdaleHustler10.... and if you do read this; Keep up the good work.... "PSI Seminars PSI Seminars Review by SnottsdaleHustler10 So I've attended all PSI Seminar courses and here is the final summation for those interested in knowing the truth: 1) PSI is an LGAT (Large Group Awareness Therapy) which sadly gives it an appearance of legitim
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AN INTERVIEW WITH VICTOR AND VICTORIA TRIMONDI by James C. Stephens Reflections on the Dalai Lama’s September 2003 Visit to America and the Ceremony at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on the Second Anniversary of 9/11 An Interview with Victor and Victoria Trimondi (Germany) September 11, 2003 Stephens: This September 11 on the second anniversary of the terrorist atta
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Thanks FreeYoMind; My favorite of your above link is this:] Timothy! Hear the word of the Lord! You are My prophet, My student, My apostle. You shall become much more...yea, a “god” among men, for I shall share of Myself with you. I will live in you like none before. Wow! God is more in Lil' Timmy that was in Abraham! Moses! King David! John the Baptist!...and Jesus himself!
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I have been reading through some letters and this is what I have come across so far. I will continue to try to work on this. Most of the letters I have written underneath them. I have put the link to each letter so you can check them yourself. Some I have copied and pasted the whole letter and some just a part. Some I didn't put anything but added them because some thing about them did not s
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Has he discussed it in his services recently? It's been a year since I have attended any services there. It was his comments in a service in Feb 2009, implied threats to sue people posting critical things on the Internet, that led me to this website and thread of posts. In a service a few months before that he threatened to "punch out" people that were engaged in "church
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Once again I'm compelled right or wrong to speak out about my experience with the Roc and PastorG . I don't know who the heck you guys are describing here, but it's not Gernimo Aquilar. I dont have anything to gain or loose, so what I have to say is truth based on what I have seen and witnessed at the Roc. Many will stumble on this post and believe what they read without ever giv
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One of the best, and earliest warnings about the Oily Peakers back in 2003, from the late Green activist Walter Contreras Sheasby. excerpt: "Support for a remedial program of oil exploration and development versus switching to research and development of alternative energy sources tends to be found among oil experts who are consultants to the industry. While accepting some of t
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NEXT LEVEL THINKING Date: May 2, 2010 Time: From 9:00 am until 10:30 am Location: Turning Point Church 715 W Division Mount Vernon, WA 98273 BIBLICAL THINKING Luke 16 14The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. 15He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued a
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I left TP a while ago and have been following the forum. I found this article and thought it aptly summarized some of the beliefs of people at TP. And I believe that the leadership endorses or follows some of these people. I've included the link to the entire article which also includes references. CREFLO DOLLAR Creflo A. Dollar is the founder of the nearly 24,000-member World Changers
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And speaking of love letters to Ikeda............ --------------Beginning of Quote, Yahoo Group SokaGakkaiUnofficial-------------------------------------------------------------- Re: Daisaku Ikeda children's book video trailer Thank you. A nice presentation. However I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering why Soka Gakkai's founding president Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
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The Power of An Hour: Business and Life Mastery in One Hour A Week (Hardcover) by Dave Lakhani (Author) The forward to this book by Dave Lakhani is by T. Harv Eker. The writing by T. Harv Eker is highly manipulative, and he is trying many embedded suggestions, pretty close to the level that James Arthur Ray does them. Dave Lakhani also thanks Joe Vitale in the book, and Vitale is anothe
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