WEIRD THINGS SAID IN THE WAY

1. After 30 years of membership: "well, you have all this time to explain why you aren't converting!"
2. "You shouldn't travel alone; you could get depressed and kill yourself, or worse, lose your faith!"
3. "This is the gateway. This is the door that God has opened for you; you can enter now, and stay in this community, the place where God lives; or you can leave and live in the world, spiritually dead. But you need to choose now, because the door is only open for a little while. If you leave now there will soon be a point where you won't be able to come back, and if you stay, you are committed. But what joy to live and die with this love, this community!"