DUNE by Frank Herbert

I will not fear

Fear is the mindkiller,

Fear is the little death

That brings total Oblivion

I will permit my fear to pass

Over me and through me

And where it has gone

I will turn the inner eye

Nothing will be there

Only I will remain.

 

one

i was alone in the beginning,

I will be alone in the end.

I need answer to no one else.

Randy

knowledge...

Is your relationship with God about "knowing things"?

something's missing here...

Nat Geo's 'Inside a Cult': Would you drink the kool-aid?

"Cults are different because they cross the lines of propriety. They are renegades to society and basic human rights, mostly women and children, and are unified by their leaders' hubris, hucksterism and sheer strength of mind power.

"The leaders are God's con men. They are usually always male, charismatic, some are very attractive; they communicate and express their prophecies and beliefs with utter conviction. 

"They are masters of manipulating the broken, the weak, gullible, psychologically damaged and feeble-minded around them in their zeal for what they purport as their rightful leadership as the anointed God-human deity in the presence of their flocks. "

- from National Geographic

El Porto Sunrise

Gary Busselman sez:

I've found the best way to deal with relatives who are shunning me is from a reasonable distance. 100 miles seems to be about right.

Sarcasm is reserved for friends and the friendly.

Believing Witnesses see me as a ridiculer, an opposer, and that's what I am. I actually don't ridicule, I just write Watch Tower policies and practices and they look ridiculous without any help from me.