In Reply to: Ivan takes me back to 1972 posted by Carol on September 15, 2004 at 21:35:37:
that's funny. It also reminds me of when I first left TF, between 1989 and 1990, I was exiting little by little. Well, I was pretty full of fear, as you can imagine, thinking everything was going to hit me now that I was voicing my doubts and actually living outside the claws of leadership. Not too long after that, there was a huge earthquake in So. Calif. and I could just hear TF's predications of endtime catastrophes and it's all because someone wasn't nice to them somewhere in So. Calif, or something. There have been predictions of Calif. falling into the ocean from as long as I can remember. But, boy, when I was leaving TF at that time, I was so paranoid. I had to really fight against that mindset. Now I don't worry about that stuff anymore. I figure, whatever will be will be. I don't have to look in the skies for God's next judgment. I just don't believe in a God like that.
It is a terrible thing, though, what is happening to all those poor people in that area, so many homes lost, lost revenue, displaced persons, lost lives. And it won't let up. I am definitely praying and having good thoughts for them all.