This article was published on The Painful Truth website, “a collection of Facts, Opinions and Comments from survivors of Armstrongism and The Worldwide Church of God.” This was written after Rodney moved from Georgia to Minnesota.
Category Archives: Rodney O. Lain Archive
These articles penned by the late Rodney O. Lain are from websites that no longer exist. We’ve fixed a few typos but essentially left these articles as they were originally published.
So, You Think You’re a Writer, Eh?
The only way I can lose this election is if I’m caught in bed with a dead woman . . . or a live boy. – Edwin Edwards, former governor of Louisiana And, he did win that election, BTW.
This was probably Rodney O Lain’s best know column and certainly his most controversial. It got him booted from one of the many websites he wrote for.
“Don’t lie to me, Gustav! You’re a stinkin’ Mac user!” – Ratbert, from a Dilbert comic strip, in which he proposes a “Holy War” in order to “standardize on one computer” by having the company “identify and eliminate the deviant users of Macintosh, Unix and – God help us – OS/2 Warp” “What if half the […]
What if half the things ever said turned out to be a lie… How will U know the truth? If U were given all the answers and U stopped to wonder why… How will U know the truth? “The Truth,” O{+>
Why can’t we learn about God for ourselves, without some preacher trying to tell us what to believe?
Sad to report that Rodney Lain finally committed suicide on 6/14/02. He had gone off his anti-depressants.
This article was written by Michael Brandenburg after Rodney was disfellowshipped by the Macon, GA, Worldwide Church of God (WCG) congregation. It was originally published on the MarkTab Ministries website, which no longer exists.
This article was written when Rodney was disfellowshipped by the Macon, GA, Worldwide Church of God (WCG) congregation. It was originally published on the MarkTab Ministries website, which no longer exists. It is copyright by Rodney O. Lain. Links have been retained when possible, but many go to the Internet Wayback Machine.
Signifyin(g) as a Rhetorical Device in Selected Writings of the Harlem Renaissance
The Thirteens (Black)*
The Signifying Monkey*
Simply Written – Signifyin(g) in the Writings of Langston Hughes
Lawd Today! – Signifyin(g) in the Writings of Richard Wright
“Ain’t She Specifiyin?” – Signifyin(g) in the Writings of Zora Neale Hurston
Fiction is of great value to any people as a preserver of manners and customs…. – Pauline Hopkins (circa 1900) You can never really get your point across to a person until you learn how to communicate with him. If he speaks French, you can’t speak German. You have to know what language he speaks and […]
