tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post1672393098356301491..comments2024-03-28T22:34:16.707-07:00Comments on Banned by HWA! News and Observations About Armstrongism and the Church of God Movement: Article: A Shocking Lack of Discernment: Promoting the Heresies of Herbert W. ArmstrongNO2HWAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02018654662518613623noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-2538778436251429102013-05-10T17:07:20.502-07:002013-05-10T17:07:20.502-07:00"All the ideas behind BI and racism in genera..."All the ideas behind BI and racism in general are pretty much blown out of the water..."<br /> <br />It's your ignorance that is blown out of the water by science since it shows that some races are less intelligent than others. Stop getting your "science" from the PC idiot box. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-56792026340778190452013-05-10T10:54:00.444-07:002013-05-10T10:54:00.444-07:00"Are the ACOGs still preaching that folks are..."<i>Are the ACOGs still preaching that folks are going to be sent back to Africa when Jesus returns?</i>"<br /><br />All the ideas behind BI and racism in general are prettymuch blown out of the water by modern biology and the sequencing of the human genome and being able to compare the genomes of different races as well as that of other living things.<br /><br />In our present state, which is pretty rudimentary still, no one is able to differentiate the races simply by examining the genetic code because the differences that are visually so obvious to us are such tiny, superficial modifications in the code that they're not obvious. To claim that it's a "sin" for a white person to have some superficial snippets of code from another race is backward, ignorant, lunacy. Nothing new for an ACOG though. They're full of backward, ignorant, lunacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-36602525321794681442013-05-10T09:49:38.352-07:002013-05-10T09:49:38.352-07:00Joe Kovacs and Weinerdude must be the Two Witlesse...Joe Kovacs and Weinerdude must be the Two Witlesses. HWA was just an also-ran. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-61921388072060064462013-05-09T10:48:42.193-07:002013-05-09T10:48:42.193-07:00Are the ACOGs still preaching that folks are going...Are the ACOGs still preaching that folks are going to be sent back to Africa when Jesus returns? <br /><br />This is such a hypocritical area for them! After thousands of years of blending and intermarriage, they define certain groups as being Manasseh or Ephraim, even though there is only a faint tint of dna. That is supposed to qualify them as modern day Israelites who somehow forgot their hypothetical national identity. Yet someone with majority Anglo-Saxon blood, who had a black grandmother and therefore has some of the dominant African features is scheduled to go to a continent they know nothing about, to be with people with whom they have little in common, reporting to "kings and priests" in Jerusalem from an ethnic group supposedly higher in the food chain. And, they attribute this ignorance to God, and call it "God's way". <br /><br />I'm sure that there are some members who haven't imbibed of the Kool Aid who are more compassionate, but how do they justify their compassion and logic against the proclamations of their Apostle? Do they think God is going to "heal" the bloodlines, and remove elements that came from "sinful" mistakes? <br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-8410268639210306302013-05-09T10:17:10.093-07:002013-05-09T10:17:10.093-07:00One thing which I've realized more and more, a...One thing which I've realized more and more, and this puts many theological issues into perspective, is that we humans are very limited in our perceptions, or conceptualizations of the spiritual. It is, to say the least, a growth area.<br /><br />Any conceptualization we humans could come up with automatically limit God. Take for example, what was done with the Holy Spirit. Armstrongism, while claiming to have 100% truth, thus making it the only "true" church, severely limits something which is basically unfathomable. What does this do? Well, in their case, it opens the door to a cruel and oppressive authority structure which we all allowed to be a placebo, substituted for the workings of God the Holy Spirit in each of our hearts and lives.<br /><br />To look at what we might become, and the magnitude of the reward described by Jesus Christ, is this something which humans can actually define, quantify, and teach as 100% truth? What part of the Bible defines those who receive their reward in the kingdom as being omniscient, and omnipresent, as an example? Those are qualities of God, but will we have them, or will we be continuing to learn, and centered in one location at a time? It also appears that there will be lesser and greater rewards (parable of the talents). If one were theologically honest, one would have to admit that there is much which is unknown, and that we have severe limitations even in being able to understand and describe these unknowns.<br /><br />Severe dogmatism, micro-legalism, and hyperbole are just a few of the negative points to the Armstrong gospel.<br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-10127787936127260862013-05-09T07:42:28.207-07:002013-05-09T07:42:28.207-07:00These days, the kettle of Armstrongists has boiled...These days, the kettle of Armstrongists has boiled down to a precious few who grip tightly to those teachings. Most have woken up, smelled the coffee, and left.<br /><br />For the hardcore few who remain, well... it would be easier to get a dog to quack or a duck to bark than it would be to convince them that they've been conned.<br /><br />I'm sure that 'Shocked by the Bible' now gives some Armstrongists excitement, thinking "The World" is accepting "The Truth"<br /><br />Yet, they don't realize how ridiculous WorldNutDaily is, and how in the 'carnival of Armstrongism' the people they tithe to are the carnies, and they are the rubes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-2803427331496465592013-05-09T07:14:36.205-07:002013-05-09T07:14:36.205-07:00It should be noted that in the world of cultists, ...It should be noted that in the world of cultists, pretty much everyone thinks they will become God or think they <i>are</i> gods.<br /><br />This epiphany came while watching the H2 history channel about cults and seeing the methods of Charles Manson. There was also a segment on Jim Jones: Sure, don't worry, line up for the cyanide -- it will all work out for you.<br /><br />As long as members of the Cult of Herbert Armstrong line up to pay homage to their god as idolaters, they are at risk.<br /><br />And these days, the Armstrongists are desperate because more proof than ever is emerging about the con games in Armstrongism and because nothing has happened that they were expecting: The desperation is reaching a fever pitch of mania.<br /><br />Disaster looms, but not the prophesied disaster of the dead false prophet, rather the personal disaster of people falling prey to this kook insanity.<br /><br />And who knows?<br /><br />Perhaps the "Place of Safety" may one day devolve into a death camp for the happy Campings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com