I hesitate posting this so as to not give them more hits to their web site, but this video is appalling. Not only is this the largest monument of idolatry ever built in modern times, it it is creepy in it's blatant imitation of HWA and WCG.
I have always been fascinated why none of the 700 some splinter cults could ever come up with anything original when it came to names of their churches, look of the booklets, names of magazines, fake colleges, picture posing's like HWA, etc. Even his unaccredited 'college' is named after HWA. The House of Idolatry is named after HWA.
Having worked in Pasadena for three decades I am very familiar with the Ambassador Auditorium. No expense was spared. Six Pack has done the same. The front look of the building is a direct imitation of the Ambassador. The seating colors are identical, carpet colors identical.
He bought one of the Ambassador's old Steinway's and the two baccarat candelabras. He also bought the old "Dedicated to God" gold letters from the Ambassador. These now adorn his walls.
His video is an close imitation of videos description of the Ambassador.
Six Pack traipsed through the woods in Oregon and hauled a dirty old rock back so he could worship it and bow down to it. How more idolatrous can this cult get????????
Six Pack spent 20 million dollars on the House of Idolatry. Nine million was financed and the rest was given by the membership. So in essence the members were conned out of over eleven million dollars. Eleven million dollars is a lot for a church that is made up of less than 5,000 members. Ageing members at that! Incidentally, eleven million is what it cost to build the Ambassador. Money that these older folk should have spent on their retirement instead of financing a monument to HWA and Six Pack.
Their video boasts that 1/6th of the church membership was present for the dedication. Multiply that by six and you have a church membership of less that five thousand.
The creepiest part is towards the end when they bring in David Wynne to dedicate the swan fountain that Six Pack hauled up from the old Big Sandy campus.
When they start mentioning HWA's name the people in attendance start shouting, whistling and clapping like a bunch of happy seals. Creepy is not even the word for it!
Watch it at your own risk. It is 24 minutes long.
there are two other videos related to Dagon's temple on the above page
"In October 1971, the Shah celebrated the twenty-five-hundredth anniversary of the Iranian monarchy. The New York Times reported that $100 million was spent. Next to the ruins of Persepolis, the Shah gave orders to build a tent city covering 160 acres (0.65 km2), studded with three huge royal tents and fifty-nine lesser ones arranged in a star-shaped design. French chefs from Maxim’s of Paris prepared breast of peacock for royalty and dignitaries around the world, the buildings were decorated by Maison Jansen (the same firm that helped Jacqueline Kennedy redecorate the White House), the guests ate off Limoges porcelain china and drank from Baccarat crystal glasses. This became a major scandal as the contrast between the dazzling elegance of celebration and the misery of the nearby villages was so dramatic that no one could ignore it. Months before the festivities, university students struck in protest. Indeed, the cost was so sufficiently impressive that the Shah forbade his associates to discuss the actual figures."
ReplyDeleteOne hundred million then is worth over 500 million in today's dollars. This type of extravagance on the candelabras while ignoring the misery of the nearby villages resulted in the Iranian revolution the fruits of which we see today in Amadinejab.
What a pity Herbert Armstrong wasn't personally invited to jet over to the Shaw's party. He would have easily forked over 100 million dollars in tithe loot just to attend.
Herb did the next best thing! He bought two of the Shah's candelabra! There were actually 18 of them made of varying heights and Herb bought the two tallest. When I was in London in 1995 Harrod's had a smaller pair for sale.
ReplyDeleteWhen Six Packs guy was telling all the stories about the candelabra do you really think he cared about the poor villagers displaced, or the homeless and poor that were starving while the extravaganza was going on? Of course not! They were mere infidels for the simple fact they were not Sabbath keepers therefore any money not being spent on them was irrelevant.
Armstrongism, like Six-Packism has and will always be about showmanship. What can be done to impress people. It gave Herb and Six-Pack the opportunity to live in lives of luxury while making excuses as to why they need to live in extravagance while the dumb sheeple suffer and starve themselves.