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00:02 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU
00:04 BY THE FRIENDS OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:14 >> AND I FINALLY STARTED READING THE BIBLE SO I 00:17 COULD ARGUE WITH CHRISTIANS. 00:19 AND I SAID, 'THIS CAN'T BE TRUE.' 00:21 AND I THOUGHT EITHER JESUS WAS CRAZY 00:25 OR HE WAS A LIAR OR HE'S THE LORD. 00:33 >>WHAT I SOMETIMES DO DURING ONE OF THESE SERIES 00:35 OF MEETINGS IS I JUST TAKE A SECTION OF TIME AND I 00:38 SHARE WITH YOU MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF HOW I CAME 00:42 TO THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SHARING 00:45 WITH YOU AND KNOWING THE BACKGROUND 00:47 SOMETIMES HELPS. 00:49 I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A VERSE FROM THE BIBLE 00:51 AND THIS ONE IS FROM THE FIRST BOOK OF PETER-- 00:54 1 PETER CHAPTER 2, VERSE 9, 00:57 "BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL 01:01 PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE, 01:06 THAT YOU MAY PROCLAIM THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO CALLED 01:10 YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT;" 01:14 THE THEME OF WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS 01:16 MORNING IS VERY SIMPLE: THE WORLD IS LOOKING FOR 01:20 HAPPINESS, BUT MOST OF THE WORLD IS LOOKING IN 01:24 THE WRONG PLACES FOR HAPPINESS. 01:26 PEOPLE THINK THAT HAPPINESS COMES FROM FAME 01:30 AND FORTUNE, FROM HAVING ENOUGH FRIENDS OR 01:33 POPULARITY, OR FROM, YOU KNOW, JUST MATERIALISM OR 01:37 PHYSICAL SATISFACTION AND THOSE THINGS DON'T BRING 01:40 REAL LASTING HAPPINESS. NOW I CAME FROM A VERY 01:45 UNUSUAL SET OF PARENTS AND I'LL TAKE A MOMENT 01:49 AND SHARE ABOUT THAT. YOU EVER HEARD - 01:51 THAT'S MY MOM AND DAD - YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION 01:54 THAT OPPOSITES ATTRACT? IT'S STRANGE THAT THE 01:58 IRONY OF THAT - THAT SOMEHOW PEOPLE WHO ARE 02:01 SO OPPOSITE END UP GETTING MARRIED. 02:04 I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS EVER MORE TRUE THAN WITH 02:06 MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER. MY MOTHER WAS JEWISH. 02:11 MY FATHER CAME FROM A BAPTIST BACKGROUND. 02:14 MY MOTHER WAS A DEMOCRAT. MY FATHER WAS A REPUBLICAN. 02:19 MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY AND MY FATHER 02:23 WAS BORN IN A SMALL OKLAHOMA TOWN. 02:26 HE WAS A COUNTRY BOY. I MEAN, THEY WERE ABOUT AS 02:28 OPPOSITE AS YOU COULD BE. JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 02:32 DAD FOR A MOMENT: HE WAS BORN VERY POOR. 02:35 HE SOMEHOW GOT HIMSELF THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND 02:39 GOT SOME LOWER COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, DID FLIGHT 02:42 TRAINING - WAS VERY INTRIGUED WITH FLYING - 02:44 KNEW AMELIA EARHART AND CHARLES LINDBERGH AND SOME 02:47 OF THOSE PEOPLE. AFTER THE WAR HE BEGAN 02:50 A BUSINESS OF BUYING AND SELLING AND LEASING 02:53 AIRCRAFT UNTIL IT WAS THE LARGEST AIRCRAFT LEASING 02:56 BUSINESS IN THE WORLD - CALLED INTERNATIONAL 02:58 AIR LEASING - AND WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE. 03:03 HE LIKED RACING CARS. HE'D WATER SKI - FLEW 03:07 PLANES - HAD A LOT OF MONEY, BUT HE WASN'T A 03:11 VERY HAPPY MAN AND JUST EVERYTHING WAS WORK. 03:15 I MEAN, HE'D WORK JUST REGULAR 16-HOUR DAYS BUT 03:17 THEN HE WOULD, PRETTY MUCH, DRINK HIMSELF 03:20 TO SLEEP - STARTING AT LUNCH HE WOULD HAVE HIS 03:23 FIRST COCKTAILS. BY THE TIME HE CAME HOME 03:25 HE WAS ALMOST ALWAYS DRUNK. 03:27 WE WERE JUST ALWAYS WORRIED - WAS HE IN A GOOD 03:29 MOOD OR A BAD MOOD - AND WE'D RUN AND HIDE IF DAD 03:32 CAME HOME DRUNK IN A BAD MOOD. 03:34 SO IT WASN'T ALWAYS A VERY HAPPY HOME AND SO WHEN I 03:39 MEET PEOPLE THAT THINK, 'OH, IF I COULD JUST MAKE 03:40 MORE MONEY I'D BE HAPPY.' I THOUGHT, 'OH, YOU REALLY 03:42 THINK SO?' IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. 03:45 JESUS SAID, 'ONE'S LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST IN THE 03:49 ABUNDANCE OF THINGS HE POSSESSES.' MONEY DOES NOT 03:52 MAKE A VERY GOOD FOUNDATION FOR HAPPINESS. 03:55 NOW I'M GOING TO SWITCH OVER AND TALK ABOUT MOM 03:57 FOR A MINUTE. VERY DIFFERENT - 03:59 MOM WAS JEWISH - HER MAIDEN NAME WAS TARSHIS. 04:02 SHE WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY. SHE WENT TO CALIFORNIA 04:05 WITH HER FAMILY WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG. 04:07 THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A BETTER LIFE. 04:09 AND MOM REALLY WAS INTRIGUED WITH WANTING TO 04:12 BE FAMOUS. SHE WAS VERY TALENTED. 04:16 SHE COULD SING, BUT BEYOND THAT, MOM SHE REALLY 04:20 BECAME FAMOUS AS A FILM CRITIC. 04:23 DURING THAT ERA IT WAS A VERY POWERFUL POSITION. 04:26 IF A CRITIC SAID A MOVIE WAS BAD, THEY LOST A LOT 04:28 OF MONEY. IF IT WAS GOOD THEY COULD 04:30 MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. AND SO, SHE KNEW A LOT OF 04:33 POWERFUL PEOPLE AND MOVIE STARS IN HOLLYWOOD. 04:35 HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF MOM WITH SOME OF THE 04:38 DIFFERENT CELEBRITIES. THIS IS MOM 04:43 WITH SYLVESTER STALLONE, MUHAMMAD ALI - 04:44 ANYONE REMEMBER GEORGE BURNS? 04:46 >>YES. >>PAUL MCCARTNEY. 04:47 HERE'S MOM WITH WARREN BEATTY, JIMMY STEWART, 04:51 BOB HOPE, NATALIE WOOD - SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY 04:54 EVEN LOOKED A LITTLE ALIKE. HERE SHE IS WITH SALLY 04:58 FIELDS WHO'S STILL ACTING TODAY. 05:00 CLINT EASTWOOD - STILL PRODUCING. PAUL NEWMAN. 05:03 ROGER MOORE - ONE OF THE JAMES BONDS. 05:05 SO SHE KNEW THESE PEOPLE AND WHEN WE WERE GROWING 05:08 UP, MY BROTHER AND I - WE DIDN'T REALIZE, YOU KNOW, 05:11 HOW FAMOUS SOME OF THESE FOLKS WERE, BUT FAMOUS 05:13 COMPOSERS AND SINGERS AND ACTORS WERE COMING TO AND 05:16 FRO IN OUR HOME, BOTH IN L.A. 05:19 - SHE LIVED IN BEVERLY HILLS AND NEW YORK CITY 05:21 AND THE ONE THING I NOTICED IS THEY WEREN'T 05:24 VERY HAPPY. IT'S ALL AN ILLUSION. 05:27 IT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING. 05:29 MOVIES AND TELEVISION - IT JUST CREATES AN ILLUSION 05:32 BECAUSE YOU MULTIPLY AN IMAGE, BUT THEY'RE JUST 05:34 NORMAL PEOPLE AND THEY STRUGGLE. 05:37 NOW I GREW UP MOSTLY IN NEW YORK CITY - BORN IN 05:41 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - MOM MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY 05:43 AFTER SHE DIVORCED DAD. PEOPLE WERE AMAZED THE 05:45 MARRIAGE LASTED SIX YEARS. I WAS THREE YEARS OLD 05:47 WHEN THEY DIVORCED. BOUNCED AROUND BETWEEN MY 05:49 GRANDPARENTS AND MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER BECAUSE THEY 05:52 WERE SO BUSY WITH THEIR CAREERS THAT WE JUST KIND 05:54 OF FELT LIKE WE WERE IN THE WAY. 05:56 I WENT TO 14 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. PART OF THE REASON IS THAT 06:00 MOM AND DAD WERE CHANGING CUSTODY, PART OF THE 06:03 REASON IS BECAUSE I WAS GETTING IN TROUBLE AND 06:04 THEY KEPT CHANGING ME FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, AND IT 06:07 DIDN'T HELP THAT MOM USED DRUGS. 06:11 AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD 06:12 THAT MOM SAID, 'WELL, EVENTUALLY DOUG, I KNOW 06:15 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TRY THESE THINGS. 06:17 I JUST AS SOON YOU DID IT AT HOME.' 06:20 AND SO SHE ROLLED A JOINT AND SHE SMOKED POT WITH ME. 06:23 VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE IN OUR HOME. 06:25 TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK MOM AND I WOULD SMOKE POT 06:28 OR HASHISH AND EAT ICE CREAM AND SHE SAID, 06:32 'I JUST WANT YOU TO DO IT AT HOME.' WELL, YOU KNOW, 06:34 IT DIDN'T STAY AT HOME. AND SO I STARTED GETTING 06:37 INTO ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE AND I KIND OF BOUNCED 06:41 AROUND FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER. 06:42 I RAN AWAY FROM HOME THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS 13. 06:44 I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR PURPOSE. 06:46 I USED TO THINK ABOUT SUICIDE ALL THE TIME 06:49 BECAUSE MANY OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE WENT TO, THEY 06:51 SAID, 'THERE'S NO GOD.' AND WHEN YOU DIE YOU JUST 06:55 TURN BACK INTO FERTILIZER. THERE'S NO PURPOSE. 06:58 AND I REMEMBER, DISTINCTLY, WHEN I WAS 06:59 LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY, I WENT TO THE EDGE OF ONE OF 07:02 THESE TALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS - YOU KNOW, WE 07:04 LIVED IN A BUILDING THAT WAS 20 FLOORS UP AND - GET 07:08 OUT ON THE ROOF AND I STOOD AND I LOOKED AND I 07:10 THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS JUMP AND I 07:14 WON'T BE UNHAPPY ANYMORE.' DO I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT 07:17 I WASN'T A VERY HAPPY CHILD? 07:19 I JUST FELT LIKE MY PARENTS WERE BUSY WITH 07:22 THEIR CAREERS AND I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY PEACE OR 07:24 HAPPINESS. I BELIEVED YOU DIE AND 07:26 YOU TURN BACK INTO DIRT. AND I THOUGHT I GOT IN 07:28 TROUBLE IN SCHOOL ALL THE TIME, 'WHY NOT 07:30 GET IT OVER WITH? ALL I'VE GOT TO DO IS JUMP AND 07:32 I WON'T BE HURTING ANYMORE.' THE SAD THING IS 07:34 I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT AT SEVEN YEARS OLD, 07:38 BUT GOD JUST KEPT HOLDING IT BACK. 07:40 YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT HELPED ME? 07:44 I HAVE AN INSATIABLE CURIOSITY AND I THOUGHT, 07:46 'IF I KILL MYSELF TODAY, SOMETHING REALLY 07:48 INTERESTING'S BOUND TO HAPPEN TOMORROW AND I'LL 07:50 MISS IT.' (LAUGHTER) AND SO I WAS ABLE TO POSTPONE 07:54 MY SUICIDE ONE DAY AT A TIME, BECAUSE OF 07:56 CURIOSITY, FOR YEARS. YEARS LATER, I REMEMBER 07:59 WHEN MOM TURNED 40, SHE CALLED ME UP. 08:01 SHE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU KNOW, I REALIZE THAT MY BEAUTY 08:04 AND TALENTS ARE FADING AND I'M JUST THINKING OF 08:06 ENDING MY LIFE.' I SAID, 'MOM, LET ME TELL YOU HOW 08:08 I DEALT WITH THAT.' AT THIS POINT I WAS 08:10 A CHRISTIAN. I SAID, 'YOU LOSE ALL YOUR 08:13 OPTIONS WHEN YOU COMMIT SUICIDE. 08:15 YOU NEVER KNOW, IT MIGHT GET BETTER TOMORROW AND 08:17 YOU'LL NEVER FIND OUT IF YOU KILL YOURSELF.' 08:19 I SAID, 'JUST TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME.' YEARS 08:21 LATER SHE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY HELPED ME.' 08:25 SO I BEGAN TO THINK, 'YOU KNOW, WHY KILL YOURSELF BY 08:27 DOING SOMETHING BORING LIKE JUMPING OFF A 08:29 BUILDING OR TAKING A HANDFUL OF PILLS?' 08:32 I HEARD A BEER COMMERCIAL AND IT SAID, 'YOU ONLY GO 08:36 AROUND ONCE IN LIFE, GET ALL THE GUSTO YOU CAN.' 08:39 I WASN'T REAL SURE WHAT 'GUSTO' WAS BUT I THOUGHT, 08:42 'WELL, THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. 08:43 I'M GOING TO - I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE AS MUCH FUN 08:45 AS I CAN AND I'LL JUST - I'LL KILL MYSELF HAVING 08:48 FUN.' AND SO I JUST BEGAN TO LIVE A VERY WILD LIFE 08:52 WITH ABANDON. WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH 08:54 MOM - I WAS ALREADY USING DRUGS AT HOME WITH MOM 08:58 AND I FOUND OUT WHERE HER STASH WAS SO I ALREADY 09:01 KNEW ABOUT THAT SIDE. WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH 09:03 DAD, DAD'S SPECIALTY WAS ALCOHOL. 09:07 HE LIVED IN A MANSION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH 09:09 A BUTLER AND A MAID AND HE HAD A COMPLETE BAR IN THE 09:12 HOUSE - STOCKED BETTER THAN SOME CITY BARS. 09:15 AND MY FRIENDS AND I, WE WOULD DRINK AND I WAS 09:18 GETTING INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE. 09:20 I STARTED GETTING INVOLVED IN STEALING AND FIGHTING 09:25 AND DRUGS - I STARTED SMOKING CIGARETTES AND I 09:29 WAS IN AND OUT OF JAIL. I RAN AWAY FROM 09:31 HOME SEVERAL TIMES. AND SO, I WAS GETTING 09:34 INTO LOTS OF TROUBLE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS 09:36 IS, I WANTED ATTENTION. I WANTED MY FRIENDS TO 09:38 LIKE ME AND I JUST - EVERYONE WANTS LOVE AND I 09:41 JUST FELT LIKE NOBODY EVEN CARED ABOUT ME AND SO I 09:43 JUST TRIED SO HARD TO GET SOMEONE TO LIKE ME, I'D 09:46 DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH DAD 09:49 - THIS IS THE ISLAND - THAT'S A GOOGLE PICTURE OF 09:51 SUNSET ISLAND #1 - THAT'S WHERE DAD LIVED. 09:53 HE WAS ON THE NORTH PART OF THAT PICTURE. 09:55 HAD A HOUSE RIGHT THERE ON THE BAY. 09:57 WE HAD THREE BOATS IN THE BACKYARD - HAD A YACHT, A 10:00 SKI BOAT, AND I HAD A LITTLE SAIL BOAT. 10:02 AND THE FRIENDS THAT I GREW UP WITH ON THE 10:04 ISLAND, WE GOT BORED IN THE SUMMERTIME AND WE 10:09 WOULD GO BREAK INTO THE HOMES OF THE OTHER 10:12 MILLIONAIRES. WE'D JUST SIT AROUND AND 10:14 SAY, 'WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?' 'I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.' 10:15 'LET'S GO BREAK INTO THIS HOME.' AND SO WE'D GO - 10:18 AND WE'D DARE EACH OTHER. JUST, YOU KNOW, KIDS HAVE 10:20 NOTHING TO DO AND SO WE'D GO BREAK INTO A HOME. 10:23 IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT WE STOLE, JUST STEAL 10:25 SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU WERE IN THERE. 10:28 I STOLE A TENNIS RACQUET - JUST ANYTHING. 10:30 AND THEN THEY STARTED DARING ME - THEY'D SAY, 'I 10:32 DARE YOU TO BREAK IN WHILE THE PEOPLE ARE STILL 10:34 WALKING AROUND.' YOU COULD SEE THE LIGHTS ON. 10:37 BECAUSE WE KNEW THE DOORS WERE OPEN BECAUSE THE 10:39 ISLAND HAD A SECURITY GUARD SO PEOPLE WERE VERY 10:41 RELAXED AND SO WE'D BREAK IN AND WE'D STEAL 10:45 SOMETHING. THEY WOULD DARE ME TO JUMP 10:48 OFF THE BRIDGE INTO THE WATER AND I WOULD DO IT 10:51 JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TO TRY AND GET 10:52 THEIR ATTENTION. WELL THINGS CONTINUED TO 10:54 PROGRESSIVELY GET WORSE WITH THE DRUGS, THE 10:57 STEALING - I BEGAN TO BREAK INTO OTHER HOMES AND 11:01 STEALING CARS AND RUN-INS WITH THE POLICE. 11:08 I TOOK TRAFFIC SCHOOL SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I 11:10 EVEN HAD A LICENSE BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS I GOT IN - 11:14 BUT SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED. 11:15 I FINALLY LEFT HOME WHEN I WAS 15 AND I TOLD DAD - MY 11:20 STEP-MOTHER SAID, 'EITHER HE GOES OR I GO.' AND I 11:24 DON'T BLAME HER. I WAS REALLY A PROBLEM. 11:26 DAD MOVED ME INTO ONE OF HIS HOTELS. 11:27 HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO LIVE HERE.' THAT DIDN'T 11:29 WORK VERY LONG AND FINALLY I SAID, 'LOOK, DAD, I'M 11:31 GOING TO GO.' AND HE SAID, 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO 11:33 DO WITH YOU. I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING.' 11:34 AND I SAID, 'I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO GO FIGURE 11:37 IT OUT BY MYSELF.' AND I LEFT. 11:39 AND I TOOK OFF HITCHHIKING AT 15 YEARS OLD. 11:43 I WENT UP TO BOSTON. I HAD FORGED MY DRIVER'S 11:45 LICENSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN IN 1957. 11:48 I CHANGED MY LEARNER'S PERMIT TO '52. 11:51 I GOT A FALSE ID THAT SAID I WAS OLDER THAN I WAS AND 11:55 SO I GOT AN APARTMENT IN BOSTON AND I STARTED 12:00 BREAKING INTO HOMES AND STEALING - STEALING CARS, 12:04 USING DRUGS - I HAD A PART-TIME JOB AS A 12:07 SECURITY GUARD - (LAUGHTER) - 12:09 BELIEVE IT OR NOT. I DID - A PLACE CALLED 12:12 BOSTON INTELLIGENCE - AND SO I'D GUARD PLACES AT 12:16 NIGHT AND THEN I'D STEAL DURING THE DAY BECAUSE 12:18 IT JUST LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE MOVING. 12:20 AND WHILE I WAS LIVING LIKE THIS IN BOSTON, 12:24 GETTING INTO LOTS OF TROUBLE, I MET A FRIEND 12:26 WHO WAS VERY RELIGIOUS AND HE WAS A SECURITY GUARD 12:30 AND HE FOUND OUT ABOUT WHAT I WAS DOING DURING 12:33 THE DAY AND I SAID, 'JERRY, ARE YOU GOING TO 12:35 TURN ME IN?' AND HE SAID, 'OH NO, DOUG, 12:37 I DON'T NEED TO TURN YOU IN.' HE SAID 'YOUR KARMA'S 12:39 GOING TO GET YOU.' I SAID, 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN?' HE SAID, 12:42 'EVERYTHING YOU DO COMES BACK.' >>YEP. 12:44 >>I SAID, 'THERE'S NO GOD.' I STOLE THAT 12:46 TELEVISION. I GOT RID OF IT AND 12:48 NOTHING HAPPENED TO ME.' HE SAID, 'YOU'LL SEE.' AND 12:51 NOT LONG AFTER HE TOLD ME THAT, I WOKE UP IN MY 12:53 APARTMENT IN BOSTON AND MY DOOR WAS OPEN. 12:55 AND I GOT MY SCRUPLES TOGETHER AND I LOOKED 12:57 AROUND - MY TV WAS GONE - AND MY RADIO. 13:01 AND I WAS MAD. I CALLED THE POLICE. 13:02 I SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO TRACK THESE GUYS DOWN. 13:04 YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIEVES.' I SAID, 'I PAY 13:06 TAXES FOR YOU GUYS TO DO YOUR JOB.' AND I WAS VERY 13:09 INDIGNANT. AND I STARTED WATCHING AND I NOTICED THAT 13:12 EVERYTHING I DID SEEMED TO BACKFIRE. 13:14 >>YEP. >>I'D STEAL SOMETHING AND - MY 13:17 FRIENDS WERE ALL ALL THIEVES - THEY'D STEAL IT FROM ME. 13:20 OR I WOULD STEAL SOMETHING - AND I WAS OFTEN HIGH OR 13:23 DRUNK - AND I'D HIDE IT AND I'D SOBER UP AND SAY, 13:26 'WHERE DID I PUT THAT?' OR I MISPLACED THE MONEY. 13:31 OR I'D STEAL SOMETHING AND, I REMEMBER ONCE, I 13:34 JUST RISKED MY LIFE. I STOLE THIS STEREO, I GOT 13:36 BACK, I PLUGGED IT IN - IT WAS BROKEN. IT DIDN'T EVEN WORK. 13:39 (LAUGHTER) AND I STARTED THINKING, 'THERE MUST BE A 13:43 GOD.' YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'DO UNTO OTHERS AS 13:46 YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU' AND IT SEEMED 13:47 LIKE EVERYTHING I DID IT WAS BACKFIRING ON ME. 13:50 WHAT CONVINCED ME, FINALLY, WAS A LITTLE THING. 13:53 I WENT TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE - I DIDN'T QUIT STEALING 13:56 IMMEDIATELY, I KIND OF TAPERED OFF. 13:59 I WENT TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE AND I STOLE A BOX OF 14:00 KRUSTEAZ INSTANT PANCAKE MIX (LAUGHTER) AND I KNOW 14:04 THIS SOUNDS REALLY DUMB BUT, I DID IT BECAUSE IT 14:07 WAS WHOLE WHEAT PANCAKE MIX. 14:10 (LAUGHTER) NOW YOU'VE GOT TO JUST THINK ABOUT HOW 14:12 DUMB THIS IS. I AM DRINKING, I'M 14:14 SMOKING, I'M USING DRUGS, BUT I WAS A HIPPIE AND I 14:16 THOUGHT, 'I'LL JUST USE WHOLE WHEAT PANCAKE MIX.' 14:19 (LAUGHTER) THEY HAD THIS BRAND-NEW BOX OF KRUSTEAZ 14:23 INSTANT PANCAKE MIX AND THIS WAS BACK BEFORE THEY 14:25 HAD THE BAR CODES AND THEY HAD THE LITTLE 14:27 ROUND STAMP ON TOP. THEY'D STAMP THE TOP WITH 14:29 THE PRICE - LITTLE CIRCLE - $1.19 - I STOLE IT. 14:32 THAT DAY, I WENT BACK TO MY HOUSE AND SOME FRIENDS 14:35 HAD COME BY WHILE I WASN'T HOME. 14:36 I HAD JUST BOUGHT A BRAND-NEW JAR OF TANG 14:38 INSTANT BREAKFAST DRINK. ANYONE REMEMBER THAT? 14:40 MY FRIENDS DRANK THE ENTIRE JAR AND THERE, BY 14:46 THE EMPTY JAR, WAS THE LID AND THE LID WAS STAMPED $1.19. 14:50 AND I LOOKED AT THE PANCAKE MIX AND I LOOKED 14:52 AT THE LID AND I THOUGHT, 'CRIME DOESN'T PAY.' 14:54 (LAUGHTER) I STARTED THINKING THERE MUST BE A 14:55 GOD. SO I BEGAN TO SEARCH. 14:58 SO I STARTED GETTING INTO ALL THESE EASTERN 14:59 RELIGIONS AND BUDDHISM - THIS WAS BACK IN THE DAYS 15:02 OF THE BEATLES AND EVERYBODY WAS MEDITATING 15:04 AND THE EASTERN RELIGIONS WERE VERY INTRIGUING IN 15:06 AMERICA AND SO I WAS MEDITATING AND I WAS - I 15:10 GOT INTO SOMETHING CALLED THE SPIRITUAL SCIENCE OF 15:12 DNA AND I TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF, KIND OF, THE 15:15 JEWISH HERITAGE AND MIXED THAT IN AND, OF COURSE, 15:19 I'D GONE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND SO I KIND OF 15:20 MADE THIS BIG OLD POTLUCK OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT 15:23 RELIGIONS WITH MYSELF AS MY OWN LITTLE POPE TRYING 15:26 TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND I WAS VERY SPIRITUAL AND I 15:29 - I, YOU KNOW, I'D QUOTE SUDDENLY FROM ONE RELIGION 15:31 AND THEN FROM ANOTHER RELIGION AND WHILE ALL 15:32 THIS WAS HAPPENING, I WAS SO SPIRITUAL AND SO 15:34 RELIGIOUS, I'M STILL USING DRUGS AND DRINKING. 15:39 I'M STILL A SLAVE TO MY SINS. 15:41 IT HADN'T MADE ME ANY BETTER. 15:45 DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S LIFE-CHANGING FREE RESOURCE. 15:48 NOT ONLY CAN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE GIFT IN THE MAIL, 15:50 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY STRAIGHT TO YOUR 15:52 COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. 15:54 TO GET YOUR DIGITAL COPY OF TODAY'S FREE GIFT, 15:56 SIMPLY CALL US AND ASK FOR THE OFFER NUMBER SHOWN 15:59 ON YOUR SCREEN, OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS 16:02 AND DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY. 16:04 AND BE SURE TO SELECT THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD 16:06 OPTION ON THE REQUEST PAGE. 16:08 IT'S NOW EASIER THAN EVER FOR YOU TO STUDY GOD'S WORD WITH 16:11 AMAZING FACTS WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT. 16:14 AND MOST IMPORTANT, TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. 16:18 WELL, ABOUT THIS TIME, MY FATHER FLEW TO BOSTON AND 16:23 HE MADE A SPECIAL TRIP AND HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU NEED 16:26 TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. YOU'RE WASTING YOUR LIFE.' 16:30 MY BROTHER, FALCON, WAS SICK. 16:32 HE COULDN'T TAKE OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND I HAD 16:35 A STEP-BROTHER FROM DAD'S THIRD WIFE, BETTY, 16:40 AND HE WAS STARTING TO DO IT. HE COULDN'T. 16:41 DAD SAID, 'YOU'RE THROWING YOUR LIFE AWAY. 16:43 YOU NEED AN EDUCATION.' HE SAID, 'DOUG, I FOUND A 16:46 GOOD SCHOOL. YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.' 16:47 HE SAID, YOU LIKE ADVENTURE? THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT'S ON 16:49 A BOAT.' IT WAS CALLED THE FLINT SCHOOL - THERE WERE 16:53 TWO SCHOOLS LIKE THIS IN THE WORLD BACK THEN. 16:55 ONE THEY MADE A MOVIE OUT OF CALLED WHITE SQUALL - 16:57 THAT WAS AN ALL-BOYS' SCHOOL. 16:59 THIS ONE WAS CO-ED. AND SO HE SAID, 'OH, 17:01 YOU'LL LOVE IT.' AND HE PLED WITH ME. 17:02 I SAID, 'OKAY.' SOMEHOW HE GOT ME A PASSPORT, FLEW ME 17:06 TO MILAN, ITALY, PUT ME ON THIS BOAT - IT WAS 17:11 ACTUALLY TWO SAILBOATS THAT SAILED TOGETHER, IT 17:14 WAS CALLED THE FLINT SCHOOL AND AFTER WE LEFT I 17:18 REALIZED I'D SORT OF BEEN TRICKED BECAUSE THIS WAS A 17:20 VERY UNIQUE SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN OF POLITICIANS 17:25 AND MILLIONAIRES TO GET THEM OUT OF THEIR 17:28 ENVIRONMENTS. THEY HAD A LOT OF KIDS 17:29 GETTING MIXED UP WITH MOONIES AND CULTS AND 17:31 DRUGS BACK THEN AND THEY GOT THEM OUT OF THE 17:34 ENVIRONMENT AND PUT THEM IN A CONTROLLED 17:36 ENVIRONMENT, TAUGHT THEM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS 17:38 PRINCIPLES, BUT THEY TAUGHT ATHEISM. 17:42 NOW I'M VERY SPIRITUAL AND THEY'RE SHOWING FILMS OF 17:43 DARWIN. THEY'RE TELLING US TO READ 17:45 THE BOOKS OF AYN RAND - ATLAS SHRUGGED - I DON'T 17:47 KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT STUFF. 17:48 IT'S SORT OF LIKE YOU'RE GOD AND THE CAPTAIN SAID, 17:51 'LOOK, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE - YOU HAVE TO EAT ON 17:53 THE FLOOR IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE.' AND 17:55 SO I'D SAY, 'FINE.' I'D EAT ON THE FLOOR. 17:56 I DISRUPTED THE SCHOOL AND THEY SAID, 'WELL, YOU'RE 18:00 GOING TO HAVE TO STAY IN YOUR ROOM.' AND I HAD MY 18:02 FRIENDS BRINGING ME FOOD AND IT JUST - THIS WENT ON 18:04 FOR TWO MONTHS. SO WE HAD AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. 18:09 WE WERE SAILING FROM NORTHERN AFRICA - TUNIS, 18:12 AFRICA - OVER TO PORT OF MAHON, SPAIN. 18:16 AND ON THE WAY ACROSS WE ENCOUNTERED JUST A 18:18 TERRIBLE STORM AND WATER WAS COMING IN. 18:22 THE MAIN SAIL RIPPED. THE WIND WAS HOWLING. 18:26 CAPTAIN WAS SEA SICK. THE WATER WAS COLD - IT 18:30 WAS CHRISTMAS TIME - AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ATHEISTS 18:33 DO WHEN THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DIE? 18:35 >>PRAY. >>THEY STARTED PRAYING. 18:39 AND I WAS DOING SOME PRAYING. 18:41 AND - YOU MAKE PROMISES. YOU ALL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE 18:43 DOING WRONG WHEN THAT HAPPENS. 18:45 AND SO, OF COURSE FEAR IS THE WRONG REASON TO SERVE GOD. 18:50 AS SOON AS THE STORM WAS OVER WE FORGOT ALL ABOUT 18:52 THE PRAYERS AND THE PROMISES. 18:54 I MANAGED TO CONVINCE THE CAPTAIN, 'LOOK, I'LL 18:57 COOPERATE FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS 19:00 BREAK IF YOU JUST LET ME GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 19:02 BREAK. AND THEY WERE SO ANXIOUS 19:04 TO GET RID OF ME, HE CALLED MY DAD AND SAID, 19:06 'YOU'VE GOT A DEAL.' AND TOLD MR. BATCHELOR, 'WE 19:08 THINK DOUG'S SHOWN GREAT PROGRESS. 19:10 WE'RE GOING TO LET HIM COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.' 19:12 BECAUSE MY DAD HAD TO PAY THE WHOLE YEAR UP FRONT, 19:14 THEY DIDN'T CARE. THEY JUST WANTED 19:15 TO GET RID OF ME. SO I GOT ON THE AIRPLANE 19:18 IN MADRID, SPAIN, ORDERED BEER AND GOT A PACK OF 19:22 CIGARETTES AND TOLD THEM, I SAID, 'YOU WILL NEVER 19:23 SEE ME AGAIN.' AND THEY NEVER DID. 19:26 I GOT BACK TO THE STATES, WENT ON A SKI VACATION 19:29 WITH DAD, WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL I RAN 19:31 AWAY FOR THE LAST TIME AND I WENT HITCHHIKING ACROSS 19:34 THE COUNTRY TO A PLACE I FOUND WHEN I WAS 15. 19:36 IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE PALM SPRINGS THERE'S A VERY 19:38 TALL 10,000-FOOT MOUNTAIN CALLED MOUNT SAN JACINTO. 19:42 HALFWAY UP THIS MOUNTAIN THERE'S A CAVE - THERE'S 19:46 SOME - SEVERAL CAVES UP THERE - AND I SAID, 'I'M 19:49 GOING TO FIND GOD IN NATURE.' NOW ON MY WAY OUT 19:53 TO PALM SPRINGS, SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED. 19:56 I GOT STUCK ON THE HIGHWAY IN OKLAHOMA. 20:02 I WAS COLD, HUNGRY, ALL THESE TRUCKS WERE GOING BY 20:06 AND I WAS A LITTLE HUNG OVER AND I WAS 20:10 DESPERATE AND I SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I OUGHT TO TRY 20:12 PRAYING.' AND AFTER STANDING THERE FOR EIGHT 20:15 HOURS FREEZING - BECAUSE I HAD FLORIDA CLOTHING ON - 20:17 IT WAS DECEMBER IN OKLAHOMA AND IT WAS 20:19 FREEZING COLD. I PRAYED AND I SAID, 20:21 'LORD, I KNOW I'VE BEEN A TERRIBLE PERSON. 20:24 IF YOU'RE THERE, WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME? 20:27 AND I NEED HELP WITH FOUR THINGS.' I SAID, 'PLEASE 20:29 HELP ME TO GET A RIDE TO WHERE I'M GOING.' I HAD 20:32 LIKE 1,500 MILES TO GO. 20:33 I SAID, 'PLEASE HELP ME GET SOME FOOD.' I WAS 20:36 HUNGRY. 'HELP ME GET SOME MONEY.' 20:38 I LOST ALL MY MONEY DRINKING AND PLAYING 20:40 POOL THE NIGHT BEFORE. AND THEN I PRAYED FOR A 20:42 RIDE WITH SOMEONE NORMAL, BECAUSE I WAS GETTING 20:46 PICKED UP BY SOME VERY STRANGE CHARACTERS. 20:49 AS SOON AS I FINISHED PRAYING, THE NEXT VEHICLE 20:51 GOING BY STOPPED, PICKED ME UP, TOOK ME ALL THE WAY 20:54 TO MY DESTINATION IN PALM SPRINGS, AND PREACHED TO 20:57 ME ALL THE WAY OUT THERE, WHICH I DIDN'T ASK FOR. 21:01 THEY GAVE ME $40.00 WHEN THEY DROPPED ME OFF. 21:04 THEY BOUGHT MY FOOD ALL THE WAY OUT. 21:05 EVERYTHING I PRAYED FOR, GOD GAVE ME. 21:07 I THOUGHT, 'WHAT A COINCIDENCE.' (LAUGHTER) 21:10 BUT I HAD TO LISTEN TO HIM OR JUMP OUT OF THE CAR. 21:13 SO I LISTENED TO HIM AND I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, THE 21:15 BIBLE'S A FAIRY TALE. NOW I'M GOING TO FIND GOD 21:17 THROUGH NATURE.' SO I MOVED UP INTO THIS CAVE 21:21 WAY UP IN THESE DESERT MOUNTAINS AND I JUST 21:23 DIDN'T WANT TO BE AROUND PEOPLE. 21:25 I WAS SO TIRED OF THE PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY 21:26 AND I DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE. 21:28 I SAID, 'I'M JUST GOING TO SEE IF I CAN FIND GOD 21:29 THROUGH NATURE.' WELL, THE MIRACLE IS, WHEN I MOVED 21:32 INTO THIS CAVE, THERE WAS A BIBLE THAT SOMEONE HAD 21:35 LEFT IN THE CAVE UP THERE IN THE HILLS AND I FINALLY 21:38 STARTED READING THE BIBLE SO I COULD ARGUE WITH 21:40 CHRISTIANS. AND, YOU KNOW, I SAID, 21:45 'THIS CAN'T BE TRUE.' BUT AS I KEPT READING, I 21:48 REALIZED IT IS TRUE. AND I THOUGHT, 'WHAT 21:52 HAVE I GOT TO LOSE?' YOU KNOW, I READ IN THE 21:54 ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT JESUS REALLY LIVED. 21:57 AND I THOUGHT EITHER JESUS WAS CRAZY OR HE WAS A LIAR 22:04 OR HE'S THE LORD. HE DIDN'T LIE. HE WASN'T CRAZY. 22:08 MAYBE GOD DID BECOME A MAN TO SAVE US AND THAT 22:13 THERE'S A PURPOSE FOR OUR LIVES. 22:15 SO UP THERE IN THE CAVE I FINALLY DECIDED, YOU KNOW, 22:17 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING ELSE. 22:20 I GOT ON MY KNEES, I SAID, 'LORD, I'M A MESS. 22:23 WILL YOU COME INTO MY HEART AND GIVE ME SOME 22:24 PURPOSE FOR LIVING?' AND I WAS AS FAR AWAY FROM 22:28 GOD AS A PERSON COULD BE. I'M RUNNING AROUND NAKED 22:30 UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. I'M EATING OUT OF GARBAGE 22:31 CANS, USING DRUGS, SMOKING, LYING, STEALING - 22:33 I MEAN, I WAS A BIG ZERO - AND I SAID, 'LORD, WILL 22:37 YOU GIVE ME SOME PURPOSE FOR LIVING?' 22:39 AND I FELT HIM FORGIVE MY SINS. 22:41 HE CAME INTO MY HEART AND EVERYTHING BEGAN 22:44 TO CHANGE. NOT ALL AT ONCE, BUT 22:45 THINGS BEGAN TO HAPPEN. ONE QUICK STORY, BEFORE WE 22:48 RUN OUT OF TIME, I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE GOSPEL 22:52 AND THE CHANGES GOD WAS MAKING IN MY LIFE, I SAID, 22:54 'LORD, I'M WILLING TO TELL PEOPLE, BUT I'M A HERMIT. 22:57 I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IF 22:59 YOU - I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE WANTING ME TO TEACH AND 23:01 PREACH TO OTHERS ABOUT YOU.' BECAUSE I WAS SO 23:03 EXCITED I SAID, 'YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LET ME 23:05 KNOW.' NOT LONG AFTER I PRAYED THAT PRAYER, I 23:08 CALLED MY MOM IN BEVERLY HILLS. 23:10 SHE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE 23:11 THIS, BUT I HAD LUNCH WITH SOMEONE FROM NBC. 23:14 THEY WANT TO FLY UP TO YOUR CAVE IN A HELICOPTER 23:17 AND INTERVIEW YOU.' RIGHT AFTER I PRAYED AND SAID, 23:19 'LORD, IF YOU WANT ME TO WITNESS FOR YOU, 23:21 YOU LET ME KNOW.' THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY MOM 23:23 AT MY CAVE. SHE FLEW UP IN A HELICOPTER. 23:25 THEY DID A NATIONAL INTERVIEW. IT WAS ALL OVER THE 23:27 COUNTRY THAT DAY. MY FRIENDS IN JAIL SAID THEY SAW IT THREE 23:30 TIMES IN ONE DAY. (LAUGHTER) AND SO, FROM THAT TIME 23:34 TO THIS, GOD'S JUST OPENED DOORS FOR ME 23:37 TO BE SHARING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 23:38 HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. 23:41 THIS IS A PICTURE OF - I'VE BEEN BACK 23:42 TO THE CAVE SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS. 23:45 THIS IS OUR SON MICAH WHEN HE WAS LIKE SEVEN 23:47 YEARS OLD. HE HIKED UP THERE WITH ME. 23:48 THIS IS THE WATERFALL AND THE POOL RIGHT OUTSIDE MY 23:50 CAVE. I WENT BACK UP WITH THE WHOLE CREW. 23:52 THAT'S KAREN IN THE MIDDLE WITH STEPHEN AND - I WENT 23:57 BACK ONE YEAR AND I ACTUALLY BROUGHT ANOTHER 23:58 BIBLE AND I LEFT IT IN THE CAVE - JUST IN CASE. 24:02 KIND OF A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL THING THAT I DID. 24:04 BUT MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY IS ALL PASSED AWAY. 24:10 MY FATHER, MY MOTHER - I WAS WITH MOM WHEN SHE DIED. 24:12 I WAS WITH MY BROTHER WHEN HE DIED. 24:14 AND I REMEMBER I WAS OUT WALKING WITH MY BROTHER 24:17 ONE DAY - FALCON WENT TO SCHOOL. 24:20 HE GOT A COLLEGE EDUCATION. HE TRIED TO WORK FOR DAD 24:22 AS LONG AS HIS HEALTH WOULD PERMIT. 24:24 AND YOU CAN TELL I'M THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY. 24:27 THIS WAS AT MY BROTHER'S WEDDING. 24:29 I KIND OF HAD TO COME OUT OF THE CAVE 24:30 AND YOU COULD TELL. AND I WAS WALKING WITH MY 24:35 BROTHER ONE DAY AND HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE 24:38 LUCKY.' AND I THOUGHT, 'WOW.' I SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT 24:42 THE HOUSE IN MIAMI BEACH ON THE WATER. 24:44 YOU'VE GOT THE BOAT. YOU'VE GOT THE NEW CARS. 24:47 YOU'VE GOT ALL THE THINGS THAT THE WORLD WANTS.' 24:50 HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE LUCKY.' HE SAID, 'I'D GIVE 24:54 EVERYTHING I HAVE IF I COULD HAVE YOUR LUNGS AND 24:56 LIVE A LITTLE LONGER.' HE SAID, 'GOD ISN'T FAIR.' 25:00 - MY BROTHER SAID - HE SAID, 'I'M SO SMART BUT I'M 25:03 SICK.' AND HE SAID, 'YOU'RE SO HEALTHY BUT 25:06 YOU'RE STUPID.' (LAUGHTER) AND, YOU KNOW, MY BROTHER, 25:14 HE BASICALLY SAID, 'I KNOW I'M DYING. 25:19 I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING IF I COULD LIVE 25:21 A LITTLE LONGER. I WOULDN'T CARE ABOUT ANY 25:24 OF THE STUFF - ANY OF THE FAME - IF I COULD JUST 25:26 LIVE A LITTLE LONGER.' AND I SAID, 'FALCON, DO YOU 25:29 WANT ME TO PRAY WITH YOU?' HE USED TO TEASE ME WHEN 25:31 I PRAYED, 'OH YEAH,' HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE GOING 25:33 TO PRAY OVER THE FOOD. GO AHEAD. 25:35 RUB A DUB DUB, THANKS FOR THE GRUB.' HE USED TO 25:36 TEASE - (LAUGHTER) - BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WAS 25:39 DYING I SAID, 'FALCON, DO YOU WANT ME TO PRAY?' 25:42 HE SAID, 'YES, PLEASE.' AND WHAT PROFIT IS 25:46 IT IF YOU GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD? 25:47 IF YOU'RE FAMOUS - IF YOU'VE GOT FORTUNE - IF 25:49 YOU DON'T HAVE LIFE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. 25:51 MY BROTHER WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING FOR A LITTLE 25:53 MORE OF THIS LIFE AND YET, SOMETIMES, WE'RE RELUCTANT 25:56 TO LET GO AND LET JESUS TAKE OUR LIVES 26:00 AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. 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