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That is such a heartfelt, touching post, Shary.

The headquarters building in Sanford truly is beautiful. On the outside. But it now represents so much that is the opposite of beauty, that the sight of it makes me nauseous.

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean."

Matthew 23:27

Yeah, and to think, I used to live in that building...UGH!!! It is beautiful as you say though..."on the outside" .

This is interesting. Young Bemused remembers visiting gods from the executive committee speaking in chapel sessions at Numonohi about the amount of real estate that NTM had acquired in the States. Of course "God" always provided it, but it was the way that we were told that God provided made me curious. There never seemed to be a wad of cash that appeared divinely, it was more that NTM always seemed to profit from other peoples misfortune and sort of "inherit" real estate at bargain basement prices and it struck me as cheap and tacky. Then there were long stories of multitudes of tradesmen who gave their time for free to fix up the places.
I always wondered if there was ever a straight deal. And this attitude flowed over to the locals, many a time I remember the locals being beaten down on prices that they could ill afford to be so, yet as the rich guests in a poor culture we could afford to have been more generous. I remember my father expressing his discomfort with this and on this matter he was a good man.

As for Sanford, it's become a Monument to Evil, with endless Rugs of Righteousness covering the Filth of Decades in the Corridors of Power.

Can anyone just roll up and visit, or does one need security clearance? Just if I'm ever in Florida, thought I might call in and have a chat with Larry, suspect he's been offering prayers about me and thought he might like to meet me in the flesh.

We were driving by and my MK friend who lives in Sanford said we could stop and have a look around it was Saturday. Don't know if any of the big shots would have been there. By the way Bemused she is also a nurse doing home care. True MK fashion she likes to g into the places no one else wants to go. She has also had a patient who lived in the building.

Just out of curiosity Iwillflyagain how many people live in the building?

Don't thinks anyone can "live" in the building, people who are there are not living, they are just "existing" and there is a huge difference. Until one has been set free and learnt to fly, one will never truly live but just exist.

My guess is that behind the beautiful facade are a lot of people who are to scared to ask any questions, who live in fear that they will be dismissed and their nice perks evaporated if they dare question the hierarchy. Their remaining strands of conscience will be telling them that much of what they see, hear and experience is wrong, but their need to maintain what they have attained will override, so they will live in fear and try and smile.

And that is no way to truly live.

Amen, Bemused.

That excellent post can't wait till Sunday.

I am glad you said it today.

So right Bemused it is not living.

Last I heard, the "beautiful on the outside white headquarters building " was full to capacity , at least as of two years ago. Ntmers now rent or buy homes in the area. Tell me if I am wrong ntm, but as of two years ago, that was one perk that went out the window.

However, renting or buying in the area requires a nice chunk of support. And central Florida is a nice place to live.

As Raz says, the sight of the building makes me sick. A friend tagged me in a photo with her in front of it from 20 years ago on facebook and I should remove it now. I just threw away things yesterday that had the name of the field I served on along with ntm on it. My feelings on the matter would have been completely opposite if ntm would have come clean years ago or even now say they were wrong, If they would express even one iota of genuine concern for the hundreds of child victims, I would be willing to care about ntm again. But for now the thought of them makes me sick.