Important Things That Occupy the Minds of Conservative COG Members

You would think that COG related boards around the country would be enraptured with William and Kate's wedding in London today.  Considering William will eventually sit on the Throne of David after his nutcase dad is dethroned or abdicates.  But noooooooooo, not a word so far.

Instead these are the important topics of discussion with the rabid pre-1986 HWA loving COG members:

UFO OVER SAKURAJIMA / JAPAN (VOLCANO AREA)
evidence here: The Big Wobble

Scientists find Extraterrestrial genes in Human DNA
evidence here: Canadian National Newspaper

This writer seems to be more concerned about the poor chickens than the human lives lost.  But then he goes off the deep end and into some incredible stretching of his imagination about God frying the earth. Why are Armstrongites so giddy about their 'god' punishing humanity?  They get all breathless about how humanity will suffer.  They want it to happen.  I guess they think it will prove them right.

"I will Make Your Heavens Like Iron And Your Earth Like Brass"

  Leviticus 26:19, last part, "I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like brass." I am sure that you all have heard about the destructive tornadoes that have struck several of the southern states killing millions of chickens in several chicken houses along with a very large number of people. I, also, feel sure that all of you are aware of the constant rains and more rains that are striking the crop growing areas including the local area. As I said earlier, the local farmer friend of mine told me that his ground is so saturated with rain making for soggy fields that he has been unable to have gotten into the fields to have gotten his crops planted that remain much overdue!!

  Now, my question! With the now muddy fields, will God soon now turn on the heat with scorching sun to bake the fields into brass fulfilling Bible prophecy; referring to our sins?!! It will be interesting to see, since we are so very close to the end!!

 Um, how many hundreds and thousands of times have we heard THAT statement?  So far seventy years of spouting that claim has NOT produced the desired outcome they all want.  Instead, they just sit there taking in the lies over and over, year after year, decade after decade.

Prophet Malm: "I Don't Have The Money to Set Up Feast Sites"

End-time prophet James Malm is 'establishing his credentials'.  He wants those dumb sheeple in all the various COG's to know that they are wayward, law breaking, unrepentant  Laodiceans.  How dare you ignore the end-time warning message that  the Elijah is giving all of you!

I am not starting a church organization (at least not yet, anyway!); I am giving a warning and a wake up call to all of the “Called Out”.   We have all been deeply asleep and it is necessary that we wake up and understand the signs of the times.

 God is sifting out the people who will stand solidly on his word alone as true pillars; from those who are lukewarn for the law of God; who are compromisers; who are perhaps zealous for a corporation, yet who are really lax in complete obedience to him. Blah, blah, blah!  This is the same broken record that Armstrongism has been trumpeting for decades.  "You dumb sheep will never get it right!"  "God has delayed Christ's coming several times now because you are NOT ready!"  "Wake up!"

This sifting process is quite simple; it involves waking peiople (sic) up to an intense study of God’s word while revealing those things which have been sealed until the end.
This revealing will separate those who are humble enough to really study from those who think they know it all. (i.e. if you dare to ask questions you are NOT humble, therefore you are in direct rebellion against God.  You have a lukewarm attitude and as a result God is NOT revealing anything to you.)

Prophet Malm is predicting another breakaway of COG members from UCG, and COGaWA sometime after the Feast his year.

Thousands are visiting and studying; that does not mean that they agree or that they support what I say.  The situation is in a state of flux and development.
This will not settle out until the fall Feast or shortly after.  Only then will the full fruits of what is going on become clear.

Prophet Malm is telling his followers to add an extra day to the Feast this year.  But more importantly he does not have the funds to set up Feast sites around the world for the TRUE BELIEVERS (i.e.  his followers)

I advise people to go to the Feast as they have planned: THIS YEAR.  Those who want to observe the Feast on the days that God commands should book an extra day for the FoT.  They should also observe Trumpets and Atonement at home or with like minded frends (sic).  I just do not have the funds and the helpers to set up sites across the globe.  I will of course be publishing on the Feast as I did for the Feast of Unleavends and much may come between then and now. 
It will be around the Feast time or soon after that things will become clear!

How great will be the day when these self proclaimed crack pots shut their mouths! How many more lies, false prophecies and stupid predictions do they need to make before people realize they have been spoon fed baloney, unnecessary doctrines and outright lies?

Appalachian Mountains and Sacred Harp/Shape Note Singing

Many of my distant relatives live in the Appalachian mountains.  It is  picturesque part of the country.  It is also a region that is rich in religious and cultural history.  Many of the songs in US history have originated in this region as has many  spirituals that are sung in churches today.  There is an incredible way of singing that is unique to this region called Sacred Harp/Shape Note singing (see  videos below).  Bible stories and music are part of the oral tradition of this region.  These stories and music are passed down from generation to generation.  Something that is not done in the rest of the country.  Young people to elderly will sit in a room for hours on end singing bonding generations together.  This region of the country has always been looked upon as the backward region of the country and spoken of with derision.  The US government cares little about so many in this region except for its rich natural resources.

In checking out some of my favorite blogs today I found a link to this story about the mountain top strip mining that is destroying the region.  Mountain tops have went from this:

 to this:

What I found unique was a Baptist publication that was voicing their objections to this kind of mining.  Usually Baptists could care less about environmental issues such as this. Their view, like Armstrongism, is that "God is going to soon return and burn it all up anyway.  It is better to save souls than worry about the environment."

In his prize-winning volume titled Uneven Ground: Appalachia since 1945, Appalachian scholar Ron Eller comments:


"Appalachia endures as a paradox in American society in part because it plays a critical role in the discourse of national identity but also because the region’s struggle with modernity reflects a deeper American failure to define progress in the first place.... We know that Appalachia exists because we need it to exist in order to define what we are not. The notion of Appalachia as a separate place, a region set off from mainstream culture and history, has allowed us to distance ourselves from the uncomfortable dilemmas that the story of Appalachia raises about our own lives and about the larger society."

In her groundbreaking study, Appalachian Mountain Religion, Deborah McCauley writes that Appalachia harbors a unique form of Protestantism born of "oral tradition," the "centrality of religious experience," and the "reality of the land." McCauley concludes that "the mountainous terrain that is the Appalachian region has had enormous impact on its character, its texture, and its religious values."

Building on the work of Eller and McCauley, Greg Griffey insists that: "By destroying the mountainous landscape of a geographical region formed millions of years ago, we are now effacing, and thereby choosing to forget, storied identities that have beckoned habitation, provided navigation through space, and evoked senses of rootedness in the mountains for thousands of years." His thesis explores "the interconnectedness of place, the environment, and religious and cultural thought," a communal network challenged by mountaintop removal in "tangible and intangible" ways. Vanishing Mountains

Sacred Harp/Shape Note singing:

Reblog: When Tornadoes Miss Gay Universalists

Here is a great post on the Dancing on Saturdays   blog that illustrates the mindless hypocrisy of so many ministers today..  With over 200 people killed in the recent batch of tornadoes it will soon be time for the COG ministurds and leading evangelicals like Pat Robertson and John Piper start spitting their spittle.

When Tornadoes Miss Gay Universalists

Apr 28, 2011 by Chad

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Leading evangelicals have determined that discretion is  the better part of valor and will therefore wait until all the storms have passed and casualty counts have been determined before they assess which of their favorite pet sins God is judging.

Preliminary reports predict that this could be a toss up.   A gay man in Birmingham was untouched in the suburban home where he lives with his life-long partner but not so for the happily married heterosexual couple who lives across the street.

“We don’t know what to think,” the couple is reported to have said.  ”We have been having proper sex for decades and never dreamed this could happen to us.”

Meanwhile, in Cleveland, TN, a family who reportedly read and loved Rob Bell’s controversial book, Love Wins, made it through the night unscathed.    Just down the street, however, a family who reportedly told Bell to go to hell are presently living in it.

“It’s a crap shoot,” shared one evangelical pastor who wished to remain unnamed.   “I think God may be trying to test our resolve on this one.   Maybe the gays and the universalists were just in the wrong houses last night.  I dunno.”

Rest assured, judgments will be passed soon enough.   We can count on it.