You would think that with Herbert Armstrong restoring the one true religion after 1,900 years and creating the ONLY true church on the face of the earth that it would be a place of refuge and comfort for the dispossessed. But no, it actually worked the opposite way. It destroyed families, wrecked marriages, caused the deaths of thousands because of medical doctrines, and contribute to the suicides of hundreds more.
There have been numerous cases through the years of church members kicking their kids out of the house for one reason or another. One woman has written a little about her life when she was 13 and decided she no longer wanted to attend church with her mother. Her mother basically turned her back on her as did the rest of the family. Not until her brothers and sisters left WCG did there ever begin some healing. Of course her mother still ignores her because she currently is in some splinter cult (probably Flurry's cult). Read Amelia's story here I was Abandoned By My Family
What I want to describe is the emotional anguish of someone who was abandoned by their family simply because I could not in my deepest soul believe what they believed. Intrinsically, I knew the WCG was wrong for me. What I didn’t realize was that my family would cast me out because I did not believe. For 15 years my family would have nothing to do with me because their "family" was the "church." I was ostracized, unwelcome, and had none of the "normal" family contact. My mother told no one that she had an eldest daughter. I was never mentioned to anyone as a sister, and when I came to visit my parents at their home, they were embarrassed to receive me and couldn’t wait for me to leave. I felt like a pariah.
There is a guy on Facebook who is telling those that are discussing the things they went trough and the abuse they received in WCG, to "just get over it'.
Armstrongism continues to this day to stick its head in the sand concerning what it has done to its youth. They think summer camps and "Winter Festivals" makes it OK. They can remain diligent (suffer) through absurd doctrine but can be rewarded with a little fun now and then.
Ancient Romans left unwanted children on garbage heaps, or in the wilderness for the elements to destroy.
ReplyDeleteErgo, I no longer practice logic.
Not really sure what your conclusion has to do with either your premise, or the Post.
ReplyDeleteAs a 13 yr old she knew better than her folks. Who wants a kid like that around
ReplyDeleteWCG's teachings and practices, although they claimed to be promoting strong families, actually caused a personality defect, called dissociative disorder. It is a mental state of ambivalence towards family, and a tendency to erect borders preventing other close relationships. If you read the many WCG-related comments on the internet, you can see that even many who claim to have recovered still has this disorder.
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I thought the Apostle of God/End time Elijah Herbert W. Armstrong "turned the hearts of the fathers to the sons (daughters), and the hearts of the sons (daughters) to the father?
ReplyDeleteDid I miss something?
Richard
None of you understand. The mission of members of Armstrongist cults is to provide power, money, glory to the leader(s). Nothing else matters. You do not matter. Your children do not matter. You must give and serve for the glorious leader(s), that sociopath incapable of anything but abuse.
ReplyDeleteAnd one wonders just how long it will be before the system gets so stressed that the leader(s) start acting like Jim Jones and David Koresh.
Some sooner than others, I think. Not being able to pay off a $9 million debt on an auditorium might just do it.
Look for the FBI and ATF. It's a sure sign of the REAL end.