Exposing the underbelly of Armstrongism in all of its wacky glory! Nothing you read here is made up. What you read here is the up to date face of Herbert W Armstrong's legacy. It's the gritty and dirty behind the scenes look at Armstrongism as you have never seen it before!
With all the new crazy self-appointed Chief Overseers, Apostles, Prophets, Pharisees, legalists, and outright liars leading various Churches of God today, it is important to hold these agents of deception accountable.
Herbert Armstrong's Tangled Web of Corrupt Leaders
Many who recognize their behavior for what it is believe these
leaders are conning their followers, but that’s not accurate. In fact,
it’s the exact opposite. A con knows what he or she is doing but chooses
to do it anyway, despite the harm it causes. The electronic lords
genuinely believe that what they are doing is right, which makes them
far more dangerous. In their minds, they have a higher calling than
others — a closer relationship with God — making whatever they do seem
justifiable to them.
If someone gets in their way, especially someone employed by them,
that person is perceived as thwarting God’s will and fully deserving of
the retribution they receive from the narcissistic leader. Because these
leaders genuinely believe themselves to be better than others, they
insist that each of their employees fall in line, regardless of how
outrageous or bizarre the superstar’s demands become.
To make matters worse, nearly all of the electronic lords are
hypersensitive to criticism. For insulation from disapproval, the lords
surround themselves with weak-willed sycophants who wouldn’t dream of
disagreeing with them. Instead, these non-entities consistently validate
perceptions and behavior that deviate substantially from biblical
standards. Within ministries like these, which dominate the electric
church, there are two sets of rules: those for the narcissist and those
for everyone else.
Within these ministries, a tacit “no-talk” rule is
maintained, which keeps the eccentricities of the leader a secret from
the rest of the world. And this rule is aggressively enforced. Whenever
an underling balks, that person is shamed, castigated and humiliated,
while — at the same time — being told that their “bad attitude” is being
prayed for. If that doesn’t shame the person into submission, the
verbal abuse is intensified and the person is eventually terminated.
Wounded, the discarded person often abandons his or her beliefs, while
blaming God for what happened, saying, “God should have done something
to stop it.”
Undeterred by hurting others in the process of building God’s Kingdom
on Earth, which just happens to be their kingdom as well, these
narcissists regularly take advantage of others, routinely abusing those
they are “called to serve.” Reasoning that the ends justify the means,
they use God’s name to wound others. Whenever someone gets in their way,
they misuse God’s authority to enforce their will, which certainly
takes His name in vain. Believing that they have a higher calling, the
evangelical lords are certain that God condones their behavior and
methods, which the sycophants who surround them eagerly affirm.
The emotional carnage of wrecked lives left behind by these
narcissists has become so extensive that it threatens to outnumber those
blessed by their ministry efforts. At the same time, few are willing to
call them to task, exposing their behavior to the light, reasoning that
such whistle blowing would harm God’s work.
Occasionally, looking at someone's physical attributes, you can obtain some insights regarding their personality. Looking at those abundantly developed ears, one might believe that Dave was a good listener. But, one would be wrong!
Something that doesn't seem to occur to many Armstrongites is that, as hard as they might try to act "transformed," they're not. I'm not saying they're necessarily bad people. In fact, just the opposite, most of them are normal people who are christians because they sincerely hope that Jesus will make good on his promise that the holy spirit will transform them. That didn't happen for me, and unless I miss my guess, it hasn't really happened for anyone else either.
Consequently, though they may clothe their sentiments in christiany phraseologies, those sentiments are the same as anybody else's. When other people express a particular human sentiment with, "F#$k you," christians might express that same human sentiment with, "I'll pray for you." Just because you "whitewash the sepulchre" that doesn't change what's going on inside. But like I say, all of this is normal. While everybody "sins," normal people's behavior doesn't deviate from biblical standards in extreme ways.
Where you really see this lack of transformation very clearly though is in the lives and behavior of the leaders. These leaders and their inner sentiments are not normal, but are extreme. While they preach from the pulpit (for their laity to consume) that the ends don't justify the means, they ALWAYS justify their own means that way. And their means consistently deviate from biblical standards. Their behavior, by the standards they teach others, is objectively amoral. And what's going on inside their "sepulchre" that drives that behavior is far, far worse than normal.
Who thinks there's ever been any "transformation" in the life of Dave Pack?
Occasionally, looking at someone's physical attributes, you can obtain some insights regarding their personality. Looking at those abundantly developed ears, one might believe that Dave was a good listener. But, one would be wrong!
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Something that doesn't seem to occur to many Armstrongites is that, as hard as they might try to act "transformed," they're not. I'm not saying they're necessarily bad people. In fact, just the opposite, most of them are normal people who are christians because they sincerely hope that Jesus will make good on his promise that the holy spirit will transform them. That didn't happen for me, and unless I miss my guess, it hasn't really happened for anyone else either.
ReplyDeleteConsequently, though they may clothe their sentiments in christiany phraseologies, those sentiments are the same as anybody else's. When other people express a particular human sentiment with, "F#$k you," christians might express that same human sentiment with, "I'll pray for you." Just because you "whitewash the sepulchre" that doesn't change what's going on inside. But like I say, all of this is normal. While everybody "sins," normal people's behavior doesn't deviate from biblical standards in extreme ways.
Where you really see this lack of transformation very clearly though is in the lives and behavior of the leaders. These leaders and their inner sentiments are not normal, but are extreme. While they preach from the pulpit (for their laity to consume) that the ends don't justify the means, they ALWAYS justify their own means that way. And their means consistently deviate from biblical standards. Their behavior, by the standards they teach others, is objectively amoral. And what's going on inside their "sepulchre" that drives that behavior is far, far worse than normal.
Who thinks there's ever been any "transformation" in the life of Dave Pack?
Dave shit in his lunch bucket on this one!
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