Participants: Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000150A
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01:00 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE
01:02 FRIENDS OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>AND I FINALLY STARTED READING THE BIBLE SO I 01:13 COULD ARGUE WITH CHRISTIANS. 01:16 AND I SAID, 'THIS CAN'T BE TRUE.' AND I THOUGHT 01:19 EITHER JESUS WAS CRAZY OR HE WAS A LIAR OR HE'S THE 01:25 LORD. >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS 01:31 AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO SHARING 01:33 GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES 01:36 HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 01:39 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK 01:41 AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS . 01:50 >>WHAT I SOMETIMES DO DURING ONE OF THESE SERIES 01:52 OF MEETINGS IS I JUST TAKE A SECTION OF TIME AND I 01:56 SHARE WITH YOU MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF HOW I CAME 01:59 TO THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SHARING 02:02 WITH YOU AND KNOWING THE BACKGROUND SOMETIMES 02:05 HELPS. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A 02:07 VERSE FROM THE BIBLE AND THIS ONE IS FROM THE FIRST 02:10 BOOK OF PETER - 1 PETER CHAPTER 2, VERSE 9, 02:15 "BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL 02:18 PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE, 02:23 THAT YOU MAY PROCLAIM THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO CALLED 02:27 YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT;" 02:31 THE THEME OF WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS 02:33 MORNING IS VERY SIMPLE: THE WORLD IS LOOKING FOR 02:38 HAPPINESS, BUT MOST OF THE WORLD IS LOOKING IN 02:42 THE WRONG PLACES FOR HAPPINESS. 02:44 PEOPLE THINK THAT HAPPINESS COMES FROM FAME 02:47 AND FORTUNE, FROM HAVING ENOUGH FRIENDS OR 02:51 POPULARITY, OR FROM, YOU KNOW, JUST MATERIALISM OR 02:54 PHYSICAL SATISFACTION AND THOSE THINGS DON'T BRING 02:58 REAL LASTING HAPPINESS. NOW I CAME FROM A VERY 03:03 UNUSUAL SET OF PARENTS AND I'LL TAKE A MOMENT 03:06 AND SHARE ABOUT THAT. YOU EVER HEARD - THAT'S 03:08 MY MOM AND DAD - YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION 03:12 THAT OPPOSITES ATTRACT? IT'S STRANGE THAT THE 03:15 IRONY OF THAT - THAT SOMEHOW PEOPLE WHO ARE SO 03:18 OPPOSITE END UP GETTING MARRIED. 03:21 I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS EVER MORE TRUE THAN WITH 03:23 MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER. MY MOTHER WAS JEWISH. 03:28 MY FATHER CAME FROM A BAPTIST BACKGROUND. 03:31 MY MOTHER WAS A DEMOCRAT. MY FATHER WAS A REPUBLICAN. 03:36 MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY AND MY FATHER 03:41 WAS BORN IN A SMALL OKLAHOMA TOWN. 03:43 HE WAS A COUNTRY BOY. I MEAN, THEY WERE ABOUT AS 03:46 OPPOSITE AS YOU COULD BE. JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 03:50 DAD FOR A MOMENT: HE WAS BORN VERY POOR. 03:53 HE SOMEHOW GOT HIMSELF THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND 03:56 GOT SOME LOWER COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, DID FLIGHT 03:59 TRAINING - WAS VERY INTRIGUED WITH FLYING - 04:02 KNEW AMELIA EARHART AND CHARLES LINDBERGH AND SOME 04:05 OF THOSE PEOPLE. AFTER THE WAR HE BEGAN A 04:07 BUSINESS OF BUYING AND SELLING AND LEASING 04:10 AIRCRAFT UNTIL IT WAS THE LARGEST AIRCRAFT LEASING 04:13 BUSINESS IN THE WORLD - CALLED INTERNATIONAL AIR 04:15 LEASING - AND WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE. 04:20 HE LIKED RACING CARS. HE'D WATER SKI - FLEW 04:25 PLANES - HAD A LOT OF MONEY, BUT HE WASN'T A 04:29 VERY HAPPY MAN AND JUST EVERYTHING WAS WORK. 04:32 I MEAN, HE'D WORK JUST REGULAR 16-HOUR DAYS BUT 04:35 THEN HE WOULD, PRETTY MUCH, DRINK HIMSELF 04:38 TO SLEEP - STARTING AT LUNCH HE WOULD HAVE HIS 04:40 FIRST COCKTAILS. BY THE TIME HE CAME HOME 04:43 HE WAS ALMOST ALWAYS DRUNK. 04:44 WE WERE JUST ALWAYS WORRIED - WAS HE IN A GOOD 04:46 MOOD OR A BAD MOOD - AND WE'D RUN AND HIDE IF DAD 04:49 CAME HOME DRUNK IN A BAD MOOD. 04:51 SO IT WASN'T ALWAYS A VERY HAPPY HOME AND SO WHEN I 04:56 MEET PEOPLE THAT THINK, 'OH, IF I COULD JUST MAKE 04:58 MORE MONEY I'D BE HAPPY.' I THOUGHT, 'OH, YOU REALLY 05:00 THINK SO?' IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. 05:03 JESUS SAID, 'ONE'S LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST IN THE 05:06 ABUNDANCE OF THINGS HE POSSESSES.' MONEY DOES NOT 05:10 MAKE A VERY GOOD FOUNDATION FOR HAPPINESS. 05:13 NOW I'M GOING TO SWITCH OVER AND TALK ABOUT MOM 05:14 FOR A MINUTE. VERY DIFFERENT - MOM WAS 05:17 JEWISH - HER MAIDEN NAME WAS TARSHIS. 05:20 SHE WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY. SHE WENT TO CALIFORNIA 05:23 WITH HER FAMILY WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG. 05:25 THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A BETTER LIFE. 05:27 AND MOM REALLY WAS INTRIGUED WITH WANTING TO 05:30 BE FAMOUS. SHE WAS VERY TALENTED. 05:33 SHE COULD SING, BUT BEYOND THAT, MOM SHE REALLY 05:38 BECAME FAMOUS AS A FILM CRITIC. 05:40 DURING THAT ERA IT WAS A VERY POWERFUL POSITION. 05:43 IF A CRITIC SAID A MOVIE WAS BAD, THEY LOST A LOT 05:46 OF MONEY. IF IT WAS GOOD THEY COULD 05:47 MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. AND SO, SHE KNEW A LOT OF 05:51 POWERFUL PEOPLE AND MOVIE STARS IN HOLLYWOOD. 05:53 HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF MOM WITH SOME OF THE 05:55 DIFFERENT CELEBRITIES. THIS IS MOM AND 05:57 DUSTIN HOFFMAN. THESE ARE YOUNGER VERSIONS 05:59 OF MOM WITH SYLVESTER STALLONE, MUHAMMAD ALI - 06:03 ANYONE REMEMBER GEORGE BURNS? 06:04 >>YES. >>PAUL MCCARTNEY. 06:06 HERE'S MOM WITH WARREN BEATTY, JIMMY STEWART, BOB 06:12 HOPE, NATALIE WOOD - SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY EVEN 06:15 LOOKED A LITTLE ALIKE. HERE SHE IS WITH SALLY 06:19 FIELDS WHO'S STILL ACTING TODAY. 06:20 CLINT EASTWOOD - STILL PRODUCING. PAUL NEWMAN. 06:23 ROGER MOORE - ONE OF THE JAMES BONDS. 06:25 SO SHE KNEW THESE PEOPLE AND WHEN WE WERE GROWING 06:28 UP, MY BROTHER AND I - WE DIDN'T REALIZE, YOU KNOW, 06:32 HOW FAMOUS SOME OF THESE FOLKS WERE, BUT FAMOUS 06:33 COMPOSERS AND SINGERS AND ACTORS WERE COMING TO AND 06:36 FRO IN OUR HOME, BOTH IN L.A. 06:38 - SHE LIVED IN BEVERLY HILLS AND NEW YORK CITY 06:41 AND THE ONE THING I NOTICED IS THEY WEREN'T 06:44 VERY HAPPY. IT'S ALL AN ILLUSION. 06:47 IT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING. 06:49 MOVIES AND TELEVISION - IT JUST CREATES AN ILLUSION 06:52 BECAUSE YOU MULTIPLY AN IMAGE, BUT THEY'RE JUST 06:55 NORMAL PEOPLE AND THEY STRUGGLE. 06:57 NOW I GREW UP MOSTLY IN NEW YORK CITY - BORN IN 07:01 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - MOM MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY 07:04 AFTER SHE DIVORCED DAD. PEOPLE WERE AMAZED THE 07:06 MARRIAGE LASTED SIX YEARS. I WAS THREE YEARS OLD 07:08 WHEN THEY DIVORCED. BOUNCED AROUND BETWEEN MY 07:10 GRANDPARENTS AND MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER BECAUSE THEY 07:13 WERE SO BUSY WITH THEIR CAREERS THAT WE JUST KIND 07:15 OF FELT LIKE WE WERE IN THE WAY. 07:17 I WENT TO 14 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. PART OF THE REASON IS THAT 07:21 MOM AND DAD WERE CHANGING CUSTODY, PART OF THE 07:23 REASON IS BECAUSE I WAS GETTING IN TROUBLE AND 07:25 THEY KEPT CHANGING ME FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, AND IT 07:28 DIDN'T HELP THAT MOM USED DRUGS. 07:31 AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD 07:33 THAT MOM SAID, 'WELL, EVENTUALLY DOUG, I KNOW 07:36 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TRY THESE THINGS. 07:38 I JUST AS SOON YOU DID IT AT HOME.' AND SO SHE 07:41 ROLLED A JOINT AND SHE SMOKED POT WITH ME. 07:43 VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE IN OUR HOME. 07:45 TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK MOM AND I WOULD SMOKE POT 07:48 OR HASHISH AND EAT ICE CREAM AND SHE SAID, 'I 07:53 JUST WANT YOU TO DO IT AT HOME.' WELL, YOU KNOW, IT 07:54 DIDN'T STAY AT HOME. AND SO I STARTED GETTING 07:57 INTO ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE AND I KIND OF BOUNCED 08:01 AROUND FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER. 08:03 I RAN AWAY FROM HOME THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS 13. 08:05 I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR PURPOSE. 08:07 I USED TO THINK ABOUT SUICIDE ALL THE TIME 08:10 BECAUSE MANY OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE WENT TO, THEY 08:12 SAID, 'THERE'S NO GOD.' AND WHEN YOU DIE YOU JUST 08:15 TURN BACK INTO FERTILIZER. THERE'S NO PURPOSE. 08:18 AND I REMEMBER, DISTINCTLY, WHEN I WAS 08:20 LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY, I WENT TO THE EDGE OF ONE OF 08:23 THESE TALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS - YOU KNOW, WE 08:25 LIVED IN A BUILDING THAT WAS 20 FLOORS UP AND - GET 08:28 OUT ON THE ROOF AND I STOOD AND I LOOKED AND I 08:31 THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS JUMP AND I 08:34 WON'T BE UNHAPPY ANYMORE.' DO I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT 08:37 I WASN'T A VERY HAPPY CHILD? 08:40 I JUST FELT LIKE MY PARENTS WERE BUSY WITH 08:42 THEIR CAREERS AND I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY PEACE OR 08:45 HAPPINESS. I BELIEVED YOU DIE AND 08:46 YOU TURN BACK INTO DIRT. AND I THOUGHT I GOT IN 08:49 TROUBLE IN SCHOOL ALL THE TIME, 'WHY NOT 08:50 GET IT OVER WITH? ALL I'VE GOT TO DO IS JUMP AND 08:52 I WON'T BE HURTING ANYMORE.' THE SAD THING IS 08:55 I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT AT SEVEN YEARS OLD, 08:58 BUT GOD JUST KEPT HOLDING IT BACK. 09:01 YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT HELPED ME? 09:04 I HAVE AN INSATIABLE CURIOSITY AND I THOUGHT, 09:06 'IF I KILL MYSELF TODAY, SOMETHING REALLY 09:09 INTERESTING'S BOUND TO HAPPEN TOMORROW AND I'LL 09:11 MISS IT.' (LAUGHTER) AND SO I WAS ABLE TO POSTPONE 09:14 MY SUICIDE ONE DAY AT A TIME, BECAUSE OF 09:16 CURIOSITY, FOR YEARS. YEARS LATER, I REMEMBER 09:20 WHEN MOM TURNED 40, SHE CALLED ME UP. 09:22 SHE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU KNOW, I REALIZE THAT MY BEAUTY 09:24 AND TALENTS ARE FADING AND I'M JUST THINKING OF 09:27 ENDING MY LIFE.' I SAID, 'MOM, LET ME TELL YOU HOW 09:29 I DEALT WITH THAT.' AT THIS POINT I WAS A 09:31 CHRISTIAN. I SAID, 'YOU LOSE ALL YOUR 09:33 OPTIONS WHEN YOU COMMIT SUICIDE. 09:35 YOU NEVER KNOW, IT MIGHT GET BETTER TOMORROW AND 09:37 YOU'LL NEVER FIND OUT IF YOU KILL YOURSELF.' I 09:39 SAID, 'JUST TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME.' YEARS 09:41 LATER SHE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY HELPED ME.' SO 09:45 I BEGAN TO THINK, 'YOU KNOW, WHY KILL YOURSELF BY 09:48 DOING SOMETHING BORING LIKE JUMPING OFF A 09:50 BUILDING OR TAKING A HANDFUL OF PILLS?' 09:53 I HEARD A BEER COMMERCIAL AND IT SAID, 'YOU ONLY GO 09:56 AROUND ONCE IN LIFE, GET ALL THE GUSTO YOU CAN.' I 10:00 WASN'T REAL SURE WHAT 'GUSTO' WAS BUT I THOUGHT, 10:02 'WELL, THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. 10:04 I'M GOING TO - I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE AS MUCH FUN 10:06 AS I CAN AND I'LL JUST - I'LL KILL MYSELF HAVING 10:09 FUN.' AND SO I JUST BEGAN TO LIVE A VERY WILD LIFE 10:13 WITH ABANDON. WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH 10:15 MOM - I WAS ALREADY USING DRUGS AT HOME WITH MOM 10:18 AND I FOUND OUT WHERE HER STASH WAS SO I ALREADY 10:22 KNEW ABOUT THAT SIDE. WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH 10:23 DAD, DAD'S SPECIALTY WAS ALCOHOL. 10:27 HE LIVED IN A MANSION IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA WITH A 10:29 BUTLER AND A MAID AND HE HAD A COMPLETE BAR IN THE 10:33 HOUSE - STOCKED BETTER THAN SOME CITY BARS. 10:36 AND MY FRIENDS AND I, WE WOULD DRINK AND I WAS 10:38 GETTING INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE. 10:40 I STARTED GETTING INVOLVED IN STEALING AND FIGHTING 10:45 AND DRUGS - I STARTED SMOKING CIGARETTES AND I 10:50 WAS IN AND OUT OF JAIL. I RAN AWAY FROM 10:52 HOME SEVERAL TIMES. AND SO, I WAS GETTING 10:54 INTO LOTS OF TROUBLE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS 10:57 IS, I WANTED ATTENTION. I WANTED MY FRIENDS TO 10:58 LIKE ME AND I JUST - EVERYONE WANTS LOVE AND I 11:02 JUST FELT LIKE NOBODY EVEN CARED ABOUT ME AND SO I 11:04 JUST TRIED SO HARD TO GET SOMEONE TO LIKE ME, I'D 11:06 DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH DAD 11:09 - THIS IS THE ISLAND - THAT'S A GOOGLE PICTURE OF 11:11 SUNSET ISLAND #1 - THAT'S WHERE DAD LIVED. 11:14 HE WAS ON THE NORTH PART OF THAT PICTURE. 11:16 HAD A HOUSE RIGHT THERE ON THE BAY. 11:18 WE HAD THREE BOATS IN THE BACKYARD - HAD A YACHT, A 11:20 SKI BOAT, AND I HAD A LITTLE SAIL BOAT. 11:22 AND THE FRIENDS THAT I GREW UP WITH ON THE 11:25 ISLAND, WE GOT BORED IN THE SUMMERTIME AND WE 11:30 WOULD GO BREAK INTO THE HOMES OF THE OTHER 11:33 MILLIONAIRES. WE'D JUST SIT AROUND AND 11:34 SAY, 'WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?' 'I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.' 11:35 'LET'S GO BREAK INTO THIS HOME.' AND SO WE'D GO - 11:38 AND WE'D DARE EACH OTHER. JUST, YOU KNOW, KIDS HAVE 11:41 NOTHING TO DO AND SO WE'D GO BREAK INTO A HOME. 11:44 IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT WE STOLE, JUST STEAL 11:46 SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU WERE IN THERE. 11:48 I STOLE A TENNIS RACQUET - JUST ANYTHING. 11:51 AND THEN THEY STARTED DARING ME - THEY'D SAY, 'I 11:53 DARE YOU TO BREAK IN WHILE THE PEOPLE ARE STILL 11:55 WALKING AROUND.' YOU COULD SEE THE LIGHTS ON. 11:57 BECAUSE WE KNEW THE DOORS WERE OPEN BECAUSE THE 12:00 ISLAND HAD A SECURITY GUARD SO PEOPLE WERE VERY 12:02 RELAXED AND SO WE'D BREAK IN AND WE'D STEAL 12:06 SOMETHING. THEY WOULD DARE ME TO JUMP 12:08 OFF THE BRIDGE INTO THE WATER AND I WOULD DO IT 12:11 JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TO TRY AND GET 12:13 THEIR ATTENTION. WELL THINGS CONTINUED TO 12:15 PROGRESSIVELY GET WORSE WITH THE DRUGS, THE 12:17 STEALING - I BEGAN TO BREAK INTO OTHER HOMES AND 12:22 STEALING CARS AND RUN-INS WITH THE POLICE. 12:28 I TOOK TRAFFIC SCHOOL SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I 12:30 EVEN HAD A LICENSE BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS I GOT IN - 12:34 BUT SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED. 12:36 I FINALLY LEFT HOME WHEN I WAS 15 AND I TOLD DAD - MY 12:41 STEP-MOTHER SAID, 'EITHER HE GOES OR I GO.' AND I 12:44 DON'T BLAME HER. I WAS REALLY A PROBLEM. 12:47 DAD MOVED ME INTO ONE OF HIS HOTELS. 12:48 HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO LIVE HERE.' THAT DIDN'T 12:50 WORK VERY LONG AND FINALLY I SAID, 'LOOK, DAD, I'M 12:52 GOING TO GO.' AND HE SAID, 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO 12:54 DO WITH YOU. I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING.' 12:55 AND I SAID, 'I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO GO FIGURE 12:57 IT OUT BY MYSELF.' AND I LEFT. 13:00 AND I TOOK OFF HITCHHIKING AT 15 YEARS OLD. 13:04 I WENT UP TO BOSTON. I HAD FORGED MY DRIVER'S 13:06 LICENSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN IN 1957. 13:09 I CHANGED MY LEARNER'S PERMIT TO '52. 13:12 I GOT A FALSE ID THAT SAID I WAS OLDER THAN I WAS AND 13:16 SO I GOT AN APARTMENT IN BOSTON AND I STARTED 13:21 BREAKING INTO HOMES AND STEALING - STEALING CARS, 13:24 USING DRUGS - I HAD A PART-TIME JOB AS A 13:28 SECURITY GUARD - (LAUGHTER) - BELIEVE IT OR 13:30 NOT. I DID - A PLACE CALLED 13:33 BOSTON INTELLIGENCE - AND SO I'D GUARD PLACES AT 13:37 NIGHT AND THEN I'D STEAL DURING THE DAY BECAUSE IT 13:39 JUST LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE MOVING. 13:41 AND WHILE I WAS LIVING LIKE THIS IN BOSTON, 13:45 GETTING INTO LOTS OF TROUBLE, I MET A FRIEND 13:47 WHO WAS VERY RELIGIOUS AND HE WAS A SECURITY GUARD 13:51 AND HE FOUND OUT ABOUT WHAT I WAS DOING DURING 13:53 THE DAY AND I SAID, 'JERRY, ARE YOU GOING TO 13:55 TURN ME IN?' AND HE SAID, 'OH NO, DOUG, 13:58 I DON'T NEED TO TURN YOU IN.' HE SAID 'YOUR KARMA'S 14:00 GOING TO GET YOU.' I SAID, 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN?' HE SAID, 14:03 'EVERYTHING YOU DO COMES BACK.' >>YEP. 14:05 >>I SAID, 'THERE'S NO GOD.' I STOLE THAT 14:07 TELEVISION. I GOT RID OF IT AND 14:09 NOTHING HAPPENED TO ME.' HE SAID, 'YOU'LL SEE.' AND 14:11 NOT LONG AFTER HE TOLD ME THAT, I WOKE UP IN MY 14:14 APARTMENT IN BOSTON AND MY DOOR WAS OPEN. 14:16 AND I GOT MY SCRUPLES TOGETHER AND I LOOKED 14:18 AROUND - MY TV WAS GONE - AND MY RADIO. 14:22 AND I WAS MAD. I CALLED THE POLICE. 14:23 I SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO TRACK THESE GUYS DOWN. 14:25 YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIEVES.' I SAID, 'I PAY 14:27 TAXES FOR YOU GUYS TO DO YOUR JOB.' AND I WAS VERY 14:30 INDIGNANT. AND I STARTED WATCHING AND I NOTICED THAT 14:33 EVERYTHING I DID SEEMED TO BACKFIRE. 14:35 >>YEP. >>I'D STEAL SOMETHING AND - MY 14:38 FRIENDS WERE ALL ALL THIEVES - THEY'D STEAL IT FROM ME. 14:41 OR I WOULD STEAL SOMETHING - AND I WAS OFTEN HIGH OR 14:44 DRUNK - AND I'D HIDE IT AND I'D SOBER UP AND SAY, 14:47 'WHERE DID I PUT THAT?' OR I MISPLACED THE MONEY. 14:52 OR I'D STEAL SOMETHING AND, I REMEMBER ONCE, I 14:55 JUST RISKED MY LIFE. I STOLE THIS STEREO, I GOT 14:57 BACK, I PLUGGED IT IN - IT WAS BROKEN. IT DIDN'T EVEN WORK. 15:00 (LAUGHTER) AND I STARTED THINKING, 'THERE MUST BE A 15:04 GOD.' YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'DO UNTO OTHERS AS 15:07 YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU' AND IT SEEMED 15:08 LIKE EVERYTHING I DID IT WAS BACKFIRING ON ME. 15:11 WHAT CONVINCED ME, FINALLY, WAS A LITTLE THING. 15:14 I WENT TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE - I DIDN'T QUIT STEALING 15:17 IMMEDIATELY, I KIND OF TAPERED OFF. 15:20 I WENT TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE AND I STOLE A BOX OF 15:21 KRUSTEAZ INSTANT PANCAKE MIX (LAUGHTER) AND I KNOW 15:25 THIS SOUNDS REALLY DUMB BUT, I DID IT BECAUSE IT 15:28 WAS WHOLE WHEAT PANCAKE MIX. 15:31 (LAUGHTER) NOW YOU'VE GOT TO JUST THINK ABOUT HOW 15:33 DUMB THIS IS. I AM DRINKING, I'M 15:35 SMOKING, I'M USING DRUGS, BUT I WAS A HIPPIE AND I 15:37 THOUGHT, 'I'LL JUST USE WHOLE WHEAT PANCAKE MIX.' 15:40 (LAUGHTER) THEY HAD THIS BRAND-NEW BOX OF KRUSTEAZ 15:44 INSTANT PANCAKE MIX AND THIS WAS BACK BEFORE THEY 15:46 HAD THE BAR CODES AND THEY HAD THE LITTLE 15:48 ROUND STAMP ON TOP. THEY'D STAMP THE TOP WITH 15:49 THE PRICE - LITTLE CIRCLE - $1.19 - I STOLE IT. 15:53 THAT DAY, I WENT BACK TO MY HOUSE AND SOME FRIENDS 15:56 HAD COME BY WHILE I WASN'T HOME. 15:57 I HAD JUST BOUGHT A BRAND-NEW JAR OF TANG 15:59 INSTANT BREAKFAST DRINK. ANYONE REMEMBER THAT? 16:02 MY FRIENDS DRANK THE ENTIRE JAR AND THERE, BY 16:07 THE EMPTY JAR, WAS THE LID AND THE LID WAS STAMPED $1.19. 16:11 AND I LOOKED AT THE PANCAKE MIX AND I LOOKED 16:13 AT THE LID AND I THOUGHT, 'CRIME DOESN'T PAY.' 16:15 (LAUGHTER) I STARTED THINKING THERE MUST BE A 16:16 GOD. SO I BEGAN TO SEARCH. 16:19 SO I STARTED GETTING INTO ALL THESE EASTERN 16:20 RELIGIONS AND BUDDHISM - THIS WAS BACK IN THE DAYS 16:23 OF THE BEATLES AND EVERYBODY WAS MEDITATING 16:25 AND THE EASTERN RELIGIONS WERE VERY INTRIGUING IN 16:27 AMERICA AND SO I WAS MEDITATING AND I WAS - I 16:31 GOT INTO SOMETHING CALLED THE SPIRITUAL SCIENCE OF 16:33 DNA AND I TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF, KIND OF, THE 16:36 JEWISH HERITAGE AND MIXED THAT IN AND, OF COURSE, 16:40 I'D GONE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND SO I KIND OF 16:41 MADE THIS BIG OLD POTLUCK OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT 16:44 RELIGIONS WITH MYSELF AS MY OWN LITTLE POPE TRYING 16:47 TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND I WAS VERY SPIRITUAL AND I 16:50 - I, YOU KNOW, I'D QUOTE SUDDENLY FROM ONE RELIGION 16:52 AND THEN FROM ANOTHER RELIGION AND WHILE ALL 16:53 THIS WAS HAPPENING, I WAS SO SPIRITUAL AND SO 16:55 RELIGIOUS, I'M STILL USING DRUGS AND DRINKING. 17:00 I'M STILL A SLAVE TO MY SINS. 17:02 IT HADN'T MADE ME ANY BETTER. 17:04 WELL, ABOUT THIS TIME, MY FATHER FLEW TO BOSTON AND 17:09 HE MADE A SPECIAL TRIP AND HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU NEED 17:13 TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. YOU'RE WASTING YOUR LIFE.' 17:16 MY BROTHER, FALCON, WAS SICK. 17:19 HE COULDN'T TAKE OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND I HAD 17:22 A STEP-BROTHER FROM DAD'S THIRD WIFE, BETTY, AND HE 17:26 WAS STARTING TO DO IT. HE COULDN'T. 17:28 DAD SAID, 'YOU'RE THROWING YOUR LIFE AWAY. 17:30 YOU NEED AN EDUCATION.' HE SAID, 'DOUG, I FOUND A 17:32 GOOD SCHOOL. YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.' 17:34 HE SAID, YOU LIKE ADVENTURE? THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT'S ON 17:36 A BOAT.' IT WAS CALLED THE FLINT SCHOOL - THERE WERE 17:39 TWO SCHOOLS LIKE THIS IN THE WORLD BACK THEN. 17:41 ONE THEY MADE A MOVIE OUT OF CALLED WHITE SQUALL - 17:44 THAT WAS AN ALL-BOYS' SCHOOL. 17:45 THIS ONE WAS CO-ED. AND SO HE SAID, 'OH, 17:47 YOU'LL LOVE IT.' AND HE PLED WITH ME. 17:49 I SAID, 'OKAY.' SOMEHOW HE GOT ME A PASSPORT, FLEW ME 17:52 TO MILAN, ITALY, PUT ME ON THIS BOAT - IT WAS 17:58 ACTUALLY TWO SAILBOATS THAT SAILED TOGETHER, IT 18:01 WAS CALLED THE FLINT SCHOOL AND AFTER WE LEFT I 18:04 REALIZED I'D SORT OF BEEN TRICKED BECAUSE THIS WAS A 18:07 VERY UNIQUE SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN OF POLITICIANS 18:11 AND MILLIONAIRES TO GET THEM OUT OF THEIR 18:14 ENVIRONMENTS. THEY HAD A LOT OF KIDS 18:16 GETTING MIXED UP WITH MOONIES AND CULTS AND 18:18 DRUGS BACK THEN AND THEY GOT THEM OUT OF THE 18:20 ENVIRONMENT AND PUT THEM IN A CONTROLLED 18:22 ENVIRONMENT, TAUGHT THEM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS 18:25 PRINCIPLES, BUT THEY TAUGHT ATHEISM. 18:28 NOW I'M VERY SPIRITUAL AND THEY'RE SHOWING FILMS OF 18:30 DARWIN. THEY'RE TELLING US TO READ 18:31 THE BOOKS OF AYN RAND - ATLAS SHRUGGED - I DON'T 18:33 KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT STUFF. 18:35 IT'S SORT OF LIKE YOU'RE GOD AND THE CAPTAIN SAID, 18:38 'LOOK, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE - YOU HAVE TO EAT ON 18:40 THE FLOOR IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE.' AND 18:41 SO I'D SAY, 'FINE.' I'D EAT ON THE FLOOR. 18:43 I DISRUPTED THE SCHOOL AND THEY SAID, 'WELL, YOU'RE 18:47 GOING TO HAVE TO STAY IN YOUR ROOM.' AND I HAD MY 18:48 FRIENDS BRINGING ME FOOD AND IT JUST - THIS WENT ON 18:51 FOR TWO MONTHS. SO WE HAD AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. 18:55 WE WERE SAILING FROM NORTHERN AFRICA - TUNIS, 18:59 AFRICA - OVER TO PORT OF MAHON, SPAIN. 19:02 AND ON THE WAY ACROSS WE ENCOUNTERED JUST A 19:05 TERRIBLE STORM AND WATER WAS COMING IN. 19:09 THE MAIN SAIL RIPPED. THE WIND WAS HOWLING. 19:12 CAPTAIN WAS SEA SICK. THE WATER WAS COLD - IT 19:17 WAS CHRISTMAS TIME - AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ATHEISTS 19:20 DO WHEN THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DIE? 19:22 >>PRAY. >>THEY STARTED PRAYING. 19:25 AND I WAS DOING SOME PRAYING. 19:27 AND - YOU MAKE PROMISES. YOU ALL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE 19:30 DOING WRONG WHEN THAT HAPPENS. 19:32 AND SO, OF COURSE FEAR IS THE WRONG REASON TO SERVE GOD. 19:37 AS SOON AS THE STORM WAS OVER WE FORGOT ALL ABOUT 19:39 THE PRAYERS AND THE PROMISES. 19:40 I MANAGED TO CONVINCE THE CAPTAIN, 'LOOK, I'LL 19:44 COOPERATE FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS 19:47 BREAK IF YOU JUST LET ME GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 19:49 BREAK. AND THEY WERE SO ANXIOUS 19:51 TO GET RID OF ME, HE CALLED MY DAD AND SAID, 19:53 'YOU'VE GOT A DEAL.' AND TOLD MR. BATCHELOR, 'WE 19:55 THINK DOUG'S SHOWN GREAT PROGRESS. 19:57 WE'RE GOING TO LET HIM COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.' 19:59 BECAUSE MY DAD HAD TO PAY THE WHOLE YEAR UP FRONT, 20:01 THEY DIDN'T CARE. THEY JUST WANTED 20:02 TO GET RID OF ME. SO I GOT ON THE AIRPLANE 20:04 IN MADRID, SPAIN, ORDERED BEER AND GOT A PACK OF 20:08 CIGARETTES AND TOLD THEM, I SAID, 'YOU WILL NEVER 20:10 SEE ME AGAIN.' AND THEY NEVER DID. 20:12 I GOT BACK TO THE STATES, WENT ON A SKI VACATION 20:16 WITH DAD, WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL I RAN 20:18 AWAY FOR THE LAST TIME AND I WENT HITCHHIKING ACROSS 20:20 THE COUNTRY TO A PLACE I FOUND WHEN I WAS 15. 20:23 IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE PALM SPRINGS THERE'S A VERY 20:25 TALL 10,000-FOOT MOUNTAIN CALLED MOUNT SAN JACINTO. 20:29 HALFWAY UP THIS MOUNTAIN THERE'S A CAVE - THERE'S 20:33 SOME - SEVERAL CAVES UP THERE - AND I SAID, 'I'M 20:36 GOING TO FIND GOD IN NATURE.' NOW ON MY WAY OUT 20:40 TO PALM SPRINGS, SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED. 20:43 I GOT STUCK ON THE HIGHWAY IN OKLAHOMA. 20:48 I WAS COLD, HUNGRY, ALL THESE TRUCKS WERE GOING BY 20:53 AND I WAS A LITTLE HUNG OVER AND I WAS 20:56 DESPERATE AND I SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I OUGHT TO TRY 20:59 PRAYING.' AND AFTER STANDING THERE FOR EIGHT 21:01 HOURS FREEZING - BECAUSE I HAD FLORIDA CLOTHING ON - 21:04 IT WAS DECEMBER IN OKLAHOMA AND IT WAS 21:05 FREEZING COLD. I PRAYED AND I SAID, 21:08 'LORD, I KNOW I'VE BEEN A TERRIBLE PERSON. 21:10 IF YOU'RE THERE, WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME? 21:14 AND I NEED HELP WITH FOUR THINGS.' I SAID, 'PLEASE 21:16 HELP ME TO GET A RIDE TO WHERE I'M GOING.' I HAD 21:19 LIKE 1,500 MILES TO GO. 21:20 I SAID, 'PLEASE HELP ME GET SOME FOOD.' I WAS 21:22 HUNGRY. 'HELP ME GET SOME MONEY.' 21:25 I LOST ALL MY MONEY DRINKING AND PLAYING 21:26 POOL THE NIGHT BEFORE. AND THEN I PRAYED FOR A 21:29 RIDE WITH SOMEONE NORMAL, BECAUSE I WAS GETTING 21:32 PICKED UP BY SOME VERY STRANGE CHARACTERS. 21:36 AS SOON AS I FINISHED PRAYING, THE NEXT VEHICLE 21:37 GOING BY STOPPED, PICKED ME UP, TOOK ME ALL THE WAY 21:41 TO MY DESTINATION IN PALM SPRINGS, AND PREACHED TO 21:43 ME ALL THE WAY OUT THERE, WHICH I DIDN'T ASK FOR. 21:48 THEY GAVE ME $40.00 WHEN THEY DROPPED ME OFF. 21:51 THEY BOUGHT MY FOOD ALL THE WAY OUT. 21:52 EVERYTHING I PRAYED FOR, GOD GAVE ME. 21:53 I THOUGHT, 'WHAT A COINCIDENCE.' (LAUGHTER) 21:56 BUT I HAD TO LISTEN TO HIM OR JUMP OUT OF THE CAR. 22:00 SO I LISTENED TO HIM AND I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, THE 22:01 BIBLE'S A FAIRY TALE. NOW I'M GOING TO FIND GOD 22:04 THROUGH NATURE.' SO I MOVED UP INTO THIS CAVE 22:08 WAY UP IN THESE DESERT MOUNTAINS AND I JUST 22:10 DIDN'T WANT TO BE AROUND PEOPLE. 22:11 I WAS SO TIRED OF THE PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY 22:13 AND I DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE. 22:15 I SAID, 'I'M JUST GOING TO SEE IF I CAN FIND GOD 22:16 THROUGH NATURE.' WELL, THE MIRACLE IS, WHEN I MOVED 22:19 INTO THIS CAVE, THERE WAS A BIBLE THAT SOMEONE HAD 22:22 LEFT IN THE CAVE UP THERE IN THE HILLS AND I FINALLY 22:25 STARTED READING THE BIBLE SO I COULD ARGUE WITH 22:27 CHRISTIANS. AND, YOU KNOW, I SAID, 22:32 'THIS CAN'T BE TRUE.' BUT AS I KEPT READING, I 22:34 REALIZED IT IS TRUE. AND I THOUGHT, 'WHAT 22:39 HAVE I GOT TO LOSE?' YOU KNOW, I READ IN THE 22:41 ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT JESUS REALLY LIVED. 22:44 AND I THOUGHT EITHER JESUS WAS CRAZY OR HE WAS A LIAR 22:50 OR HE'S THE LORD. HE DIDN'T LIE. HE WASN'T CRAZY. 22:55 MAYBE GOD DID BECOME A MAN TO SAVE US AND THAT 22:59 THERE'S A PURPOSE FOR OUR LIVES. 23:01 SO UP THERE IN THE CAVE I FINALLY DECIDED, YOU KNOW, 23:04 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING ELSE. 23:07 I GOT ON MY KNEES, I SAID, 'LORD, I'M A MESS. 23:09 WILL YOU COME INTO MY HEART AND GIVE ME SOME 23:11 PURPOSE FOR LIVING?' AND I WAS AS FAR AWAY FROM 23:15 GOD AS A PERSON COULD BE. I'M RUNNING AROUND NAKED 23:17 UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. I'M EATING OUT OF GARBAGE 23:18 CANS, USING DRUGS, SMOKING, LYING, STEALING - 23:20 I MEAN, I WAS A BIG ZERO - AND I SAID, 'LORD, WILL 23:24 YOU GIVE ME SOME PURPOSE FOR LIVING?' 23:26 AND I FELT HIM FORGIVE MY SINS. 23:28 HE CAME INTO MY HEART AND EVERYTHING BEGAN TO 23:31 CHANGE. NOT ALL AT ONCE, BUT 23:32 THINGS BEGAN TO HAPPEN. ONE QUICK STORY, BEFORE WE 23:35 RUN OUT OF TIME, I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE GOSPEL 23:38 AND THE CHANGES GOD WAS MAKING IN MY LIFE, I SAID, 23:41 'LORD, I'M WILLING TO TELL PEOPLE, BUT I'M A HERMIT. 23:44 I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IF 23:45 YOU - I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE WANTING ME TO TEACH AND 23:48 PREACH TO OTHERS ABOUT YOU.' BECAUSE I WAS SO 23:50 EXCITED I SAID, 'YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LET ME 23:52 KNOW.' NOT LONG AFTER I PRAYED THAT PRAYER, I 23:55 CALLED MY MOM IN BEVERLY HILLS. 23:57 SHE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE 23:58 THIS, BUT I HAD LUNCH WITH SOMEONE FROM NBC. 24:01 THEY WANT TO FLY UP TO YOUR CAVE IN A HELICOPTER 24:04 AND INTERVIEW YOU.' RIGHT AFTER I PRAYED AND SAID, 24:06 'LORD, IF YOU WANT ME TO WITNESS FOR YOU, YOU LET 24:08 ME KNOW.' THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY MOM AT MY 24:10 CAVE. SHE FLEW UP IN A HELICOPTER. 24:12 THEY DID A NATIONAL INTERVIEW. IT WAS ALL OVER THE 24:14 COUNTRY THAT DAY. MY FRIENDS IN JAIL SAID THEY SAW IT THREE 24:17 TIMES IN ONE DAY. (LAUGHTER) AND SO, FROM 24:21 THAT TIME TO THIS, GOD'S JUST OPENED DOORS FOR ME 24:23 TO BE SHARING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 24:25 HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. 24:27 THIS IS A PICTURE OF - I'VE BEEN BACK TO THE CAVE 24:29 SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS. 24:32 THIS IS OUR SON MICAH WHEN HE WAS LIKE SEVEN 24:34 YEARS OLD. HE HIKED UP THERE WITH ME. 24:35 THIS IS THE WATERFALL AND THE POOL RIGHT OUTSIDE MY 24:37 CAVE. I WENT BACK UP WITH THE WHOLE CREW. 24:39 THAT'S KAREN IN THE MIDDLE WITH STEPHEN AND - I WENT 24:44 BACK ONE YEAR AND I ACTUALLY BROUGHT ANOTHER 24:45 BIBLE AND I LEFT IT IN THE CAVE - JUST IN CASE. 24:49 KIND OF A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL THING THAT I DID. 24:51 BUT MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY IS ALL PASSED AWAY. 24:56 MY FATHER, MY MOTHER - I WAS WITH MOM WHEN SHE DIED. 24:59 I WAS WITH MY BROTHER WHEN HE DIED. 25:01 AND I REMEMBER I WAS OUT WALKING WITH MY BROTHER 25:04 ONE DAY - FALCON WENT TO SCHOOL. 25:07 HE GOT A COLLEGE EDUCATION. HE TRIED TO WORK FOR DAD 25:09 AS LONG AS HIS HEALTH WOULD PERMIT. 25:11 AND YOU CAN TELL I'M THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY. 25:14 THIS WAS AT MY BROTHER'S WEDDING. 25:16 I KIND OF HAD TO COME OUT OF THE CAVE AND YOU COULD 25:17 TELL. AND I WAS WALKING WITH MY 25:22 BROTHER ONE DAY AND HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE 25:25 LUCKY.' AND I THOUGHT, 'WOW.' I SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT 25:29 THE HOUSE IN MIAMI BEACH ON THE WATER. 25:31 YOU'VE GOT THE BOAT. YOU'VE GOT THE NEW CARS. 25:34 YOU'VE GOT ALL THE THINGS THAT THE WORLD WANTS.' 25:37 HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE LUCKY.' HE SAID, 'I'D GIVE 25:41 EVERYTHING I HAVE IF I COULD HAVE YOUR LUNGS AND 25:43 LIVE A LITTLE LONGER.' HE SAID, 'GOD ISN'T FAIR.' - 25:47 MY BROTHER SAID - HE SAID, 'I'M SO SMART BUT I'M 25:50 SICK.' AND HE SAID, 'YOU'RE SO HEALTHY BUT 25:53 YOU'RE STUPID.' (LAUGHTER) AND, YOU KNOW, MY BROTHER, 26:01 HE BASICALLY SAID, 'I KNOW I'M DYING. 26:06 I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING IF I COULD LIVE A LITTLE 26:09 LONGER. I WOULDN'T CARE ABOUT ANY 26:11 OF THE STUFF - ANY OF THE FAME - IF I COULD JUST 26:13 LIVE A LITTLE LONGER.' AND I SAID, 'FALCON, DO YOU 26:17 WANT ME TO PRAY WITH YOU?' HE USED TO TEASE ME WHEN 26:18 I PRAYED, 'OH YEAH,' HE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'RE GOING 26:20 TO PRAY OVER THE FOOD. GO AHEAD. 26:22 RUB A DUB DUB, THANKS FOR THE GRUB.' HE USED TO 26:23 TEASE - (LAUGHTER) - BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WAS 26:26 DYING I SAID, 'FALCON, DO YOU WANT ME TO PRAY?' 26:29 HE SAID, 'YES, PLEASE.' AND WHAT PROFIT IS 26:33 IT IF YOU GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD? 26:34 IF YOU'RE FAMOUS - IF YOU'VE GOT FORTUNE - IF 26:36 YOU DON'T HAVE LIFE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. 26:38 MY BROTHER WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING FOR A LITTLE 26:40 MORE OF THIS LIFE AND YET, SOMETIMES, WE'RE RELUCTANT 26:44 TO LET GO AND LET JESUS TAKE OUR LIVES AND HAVE 26:47 ETERNAL LIFE. (MUSIC) 26:54 >>SO WHAT IS THE TRUTH? 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