tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post5392311748132905350..comments2024-03-28T16:17:27.623-07:00Comments on Banned by HWA! News and Observations About Armstrongism and the Church of God Movement: Ron Weinland Tax Trial Starts: Bought Son a Car and then Shipped It To Him In GermanyNO2HWAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02018654662518613623noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-673061965643701652012-06-06T10:23:14.560-07:002012-06-06T10:23:14.560-07:00Life's learning process is just amazing to me,...Life's learning process is just amazing to me, in that the light bulbs continue to go off, and to make one continually reexamine and reevaluate.<br /><br />I've recently come to realize the importance of effectiveness. Many years ago, in one of our classic Monday morning sales meetings, a leasing consultant opened with, "Gentlemen, we work in a profession in which our raises become effective the moment we are!" At that time, I realized that this was a profound statement in the field of sales, but it's just one of those "creeper" things that picks up weight the more we contemplate it.<br /><br />Effectiveness spells the total difference between success, mediocrity, and failure. Ministries can be effective, or nearly invisible. They can nourish, or leave followers with a sense that somehow they never delivered. In so many cases, people continually attempt to apply principles which they believe will lead to effectiveness, but are actually incapable of such. <br /><br />Effectiveness is something very desirable, whether it be related to parenthood, marriage and family relationships, professional endeavors, hobbies and other creative outlets, or our own Christian lives, personal ministries, and or testimony.<br /><br />Armstrongism was very effective in some measurable ways for Herbert W. Armstrong. There is no doubt about that. However, it has proven to be very limited in almost all ways in terms of effectiveness for his followers.<br />This is why we refer to the ACOG movement as being "personality cults". The exploiters are occasionally effective in amassing wealth and status, but the exploited are perpetually held in a state of ineffectiveness by what they are taught.<br /><br />It seems obvious that Ron Weinland, though highly visible through his ridiculousness, falls amongst the ineffective.<br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-73174731500380342392012-06-05T09:29:18.587-07:002012-06-05T09:29:18.587-07:00It was a "Fleet" car. Of course you wou...It was a "Fleet" car. Of course you would send it by boat! <br /><br />:)DennisCDiehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10417850852638492246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-43141775512021793542012-06-05T01:00:14.736-07:002012-06-05T01:00:14.736-07:00Will there be witnesses at this trial?
Oh, neverm...Will there be witnesses at this trial?<br /><br />Oh, nevermind.<br /><br />I think the judge should allow the prosecutor to poke the silent witness with a pin til she finally says something.<br /><br />NormAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-75480135009077030172012-06-04T19:34:27.375-07:002012-06-04T19:34:27.375-07:00BB,
On the surface you could say that, but I don&...BB,<br /><br />On the surface you could say that, but I don't think the feds would have a hard time showing how calculating Weinland really is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-59691063083121580562012-06-04T19:20:38.927-07:002012-06-04T19:20:38.927-07:00Has anyone thought to counsel Weinland with the o...Has anyone thought to counsel Weinland with the obvious? He could very effectively plead not guilty by reason of insanity and have that be totally believable and probably not even contested by the feds? <br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.com