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JANUARY 2010 Update
Michael Rood addresses his newsletter "Dear Torah Fans" and dresses like a Mid-Eastern rabbi, leading his followers to think he's a true Torah teacher. Then why are his newsletters and talks so very thin on Torah and so full of doomsday scare tactics and promos for his DVDs? Rood's Torah Illusion reveals Rood's actual motives in his own words.
Atheist Richard Dawkins claims to prove through rational evidence that complex life came to exist on earth strictly by natural processes and natural selection, without any intelligent design. But when he tries to explain how the universe came to be such a perfect setting for life, and how life first came into being, he admits no naturalistic evidence exists- it was "sheer luck." Without the perfect universe and information-packed cell, his claims for natural selection are completely impossible. Atheistic Dawkins Makes a Case for Intelligent Design reviews portions of Dawkins' book The God Delusion and his descent into wishful thinking in imagining life's origin by accident.
One idea that has gained popularity is that personal spirituality is good, but organized religion is bad, because it is corrupt and oppressive. What good is organized religion? What happens when it goes awry? The answers will surprise you.
MAY 2009 Update
The Way Magazine reported on the Way Corps, Disciples of The Way Outreach and special events in the March-April 2009 issue. TWI states that Jesus Christ is not the author of life, but is only the means to life, which only God can provide. If that is the case, then why does the book of Acts call Jesus Christ "the author of life" and repeatedly state that Christ is the source, not just the means? You'll find the details in The Way Corps, Disciples and The Author of Life.
MARCH 2009 Update
Former TWI president Martindale resigned after female followers of TWI filed lawsuits against him, alleging he exploited them for sex. His first thought must have been- "but I haven't done anything wrong." According to TWI theology, he indeed had not done anything wrong. The Way's Theology of Sex: How Way Leaders Used the Bible to Promote Promiscuity and Adultery describes in detail how leaders used Way theology to persuade women to have sex with them, and how the Way's sex class prepared students for promiscuous sex. It includes accounts of Kristen Skedgell's sexual experiences with TWI leaders from her book Losing the Way.
SEPTEMBER 2008 Update
The Way Int insists that believers must obey the Law of Tithing and Abundant Sharing. Believers must tithe (give 10 percent of net income to TWI), or they will not have their material needs met. They must also practice "abundant sharing" (giving more than 10 percent), or they will not receive spiritual blessings. Buying Blessings evaluates this TWI teaching as recorded in the appendices of the new Way of Abundance and Power class syllabus. This detailed evaluation notes that most of the terms WAP uses (such as "tithe," "abundant sharing," "operate the principles," and "tithe doth still provide" are never found in the Church epistles (and except for one, never in the New Testament).
The New Way of Abundance and Power class (WAP) mixes elements of the old WAP class taught by disgraced former TWI president L. Craig Martindale, and the older Power for Abundant Living class. In The New Way of Abundance and Power class of 2006: The Absent Christ , we examine several sections of the class including segments on the destructive power of believing (Job), theories on two part creation and continental drift, and the lack of teaching on Jesus Christ. We also outline how the class is presented and when and how it's offered.
TWI splinter group leader John Lynn recently wrote a letter defending and praising "the old" Way International, proof that the old Way Arrogance lives on as well. TWI now is less than a tenth of what it was in the early 1980s, but TWI was far less than a tenth of what its followers thought it was in its heyday.
V. P. Wierwille's DEATH CERTIFICATE yes, it's a photo reproduction of the real thing, along with an explanation of why it is important, not morbid, to know the details of VPW's death.
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