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Old 02-18-2011, 11:40 AM   #81
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Default Re: Talk to me about Vision Forum

Hobby Lobby purchases real estate, develops it and either donates or sells at cost despite the effort of development it to Bill Gothard for his purposes.

Quote:
David Green, CEO, Hobby Lobby
“Through the example and teachings of Bill Gothard and the Institute in Basic Life Principles, we have benefited both as a family and in our business. It is as we take those lessons from God’s Word that Bill clearly articulates that we live the full life that God intends.”
There is a very clear connection between Hobby Lobby and Bill Gothard. There appears to be a personal friendship between Gothard and the Hobby Lobby CEO.

If you google, you can find reference to properties in several areas which Hobby Lobby has bought and then sold at cost to Gotthard (after spending Hobby Lobby money to renovate and develop it to whatever Gothard wants it to be). There are several properties in Nashville in the last several years, and a property was just provided to Gothard this last fall, iirc.

Hobby Lobby also officially and formally supports Oral Roberts University, which is dominionist. Quite a few of their charity affiliations are Dominionist, but there is a direct connect between Hobby Lobby and Bill Gothard that they don't file under charity work for whatever reason they do so.

Just an FYI though, the Duggars no longer use ATI materials. They now use SOS from Alpha Omega Publishers. I'm not sure if they changed their opinion on Gothard, though they have been seen promoting Gothard less and VF more in the last couple of years. They still have strong ties and friendships within ATI, so the transition may have been an issue of practicality simply because the older girls can more adequately supervise education if all of the younger children are moved onto computer based schooling, which is what SOS is.

VF is creepy and scary. The work they are doing to destroy the spirit and individual souls of girls is just sickening to me. Its unbiblical, and they coach it in nonsense straw man arguments so you are too busy thinking how "pretty" and "idyllic" it looks to actually THINK about what they are saying and the full implications of it. VF and Dominionist roles in this new Stay at Home Daughter's movement, the purity movement and how they are now trying to control girls is sadistic and abusive. It is absolutely the stepping stone into deep psychological and sexual abuse and no one seems to be willing to run screaming that the emporer is NAKED here...except ironically Micheal Pearl who is EXTREMELY harsh on his opinion of this nightmare that is coming.
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