TheJewel Wrote:
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> "I never knew R.D. Cronquist except to see him
> sometimes at South Gate. He would put his chair
> right next to the pulpit on the platform and sit
> right in front of all the others on the platform.
> That always seemed strange to me."
>
>
> Yea RD definitely had a strange streak. I always
> thought he wanted to be on par with JRS in some
> way, which is what I suspect you were picking up
> on. He had a very flamboyant personality but was a
> few cards short of a full deck, IMO.
>
> I once had an appointment with him for
> relationship counseling with a girl I was dating
> at the time. We got a few minutes together with
> him then he did a session with each one of us
> seperately. She later told me that at the finish
> of her "one-on-one" session, it got a bit more
> one-on-one than either of us expected. As she told
> it, he took her into a full body hug, told her he
> questioned her claim to virginity and told her "I
> could make it with you if I wanted". Of course I
> wasn't in the office to witness this but I tend to
> believe her account, although I was skeptical at
> the time.
>
> I suspect this was more of the cold reading stuff
> that was prevelent in the group, an effort to
> trick someone into revealing something that he
> could then claim God showed him -- many even
> believing himself that god did.
>
> Needless to say, The girl was a bit shaken by
> this, as was I. I remember having trouble
> believing her story at the time. After reading
> through all this stuff, I suspect there are more
> stories like this lurking out there.
I sure there was crap like that going on at different locations. Not to bring up the whole unequal yoke thing so people could dump their spouse for someone else. I guess I did bring it up. ;) Unfortunately this crap goes on everywhere. Not to give an excuse for any of it.
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> "I never knew R.D. Cronquist except to see him
> sometimes at South Gate. He would put his chair
> right next to the pulpit on the platform and sit
> right in front of all the others on the platform.
> That always seemed strange to me."
>
>
> Yea RD definitely had a strange streak. I always
> thought he wanted to be on par with JRS in some
> way, which is what I suspect you were picking up
> on. He had a very flamboyant personality but was a
> few cards short of a full deck, IMO.
>
> I once had an appointment with him for
> relationship counseling with a girl I was dating
> at the time. We got a few minutes together with
> him then he did a session with each one of us
> seperately. She later told me that at the finish
> of her "one-on-one" session, it got a bit more
> one-on-one than either of us expected. As she told
> it, he took her into a full body hug, told her he
> questioned her claim to virginity and told her "I
> could make it with you if I wanted". Of course I
> wasn't in the office to witness this but I tend to
> believe her account, although I was skeptical at
> the time.
>
> I suspect this was more of the cold reading stuff
> that was prevelent in the group, an effort to
> trick someone into revealing something that he
> could then claim God showed him -- many even
> believing himself that god did.
>
> Needless to say, The girl was a bit shaken by
> this, as was I. I remember having trouble
> believing her story at the time. After reading
> through all this stuff, I suspect there are more
> stories like this lurking out there.
I sure there was crap like that going on at different locations. Not to bring up the whole unequal yoke thing so people could dump their spouse for someone else. I guess I did bring it up. ;) Unfortunately this crap goes on everywhere. Not to give an excuse for any of it.