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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
The legalist response to an emergency situation like this pandemic is very different from the compassionate response. At the foundation, many performance based, legalistic cults believe that health and healing is something that the cult member controls through various natural health regimes. You might call it the "whole wheat" approach to health. This dogma was very carefully preserved in the WCG by the concept of "physical sin" introduced and nurtured by HWA. Physical sin, in addition to being a nonsense concept, pretextually served the purpose of placing personal health squarely under the control of the individual.
The outcome of this can be easily foreseen. In simple terms, it is your fault that you are sick - because you are a bad person - you did not respect god's laws and ate white bread and drank pasteurized milk - now you have coronavirus. You should be able to attend church services during a highly infectious plague and not get ill because the righteous are under god's protection (what happened to not tempting God?). This view of sickness may result in shaming and ostracism directed toward the ill person by the gracelessly outspoken but more likely a subtle but nevertheless easily detectable attitude of condemnation. And, to make it worse, an overweening and unctuous pride on the part of those who just happen not to get sick - maybe they were carriers. This behavior, as I have characterized it, may seem very child-like but cult members are often just degenerate children.
So the coronavirus will be contracted by some Armstrongists. I have already seen a report of this. And some will be seriously sickened and some will die. The legalists will diminish the roar of cognitive dissonance through condemnation. And the second wave of tragedy, after the physical illness, will be the compassionless judging of the sick.
Truly, truly I say unto you. Pray that neither Blogmeister Gary nor High Priest of Molech Dennis contract and die of the plague. Great laughter and derision, joy and judgment would be spread through the Kingdom of COGdom and embolden and multiply even more their errors upon the face of the earth.
N.E.O. says of the preoccupation with healthful eating as a guarantee of good health: "You might call it the 'whole wheat' approach to health."
Ah. Good term. Also, a name I have heard for people who advocate this approach on the left end of the spectrum is "granola people--fruits, nuts, and flakes."
The thing about diseases is, they don't care which end of the political spectrum foolish people are on. Two of my friends have died of multiple myeloma. One followed his modern medical treatments until they became more intolerable than the disease. He said "enough!" He stopped all treatment and went home. Less than a month later he died. Another went through the same modern medicine regimen for a while, then decided to shift over to a natural, organic one his "spiritual, but not religious" wife had faith in. He died on the same schedule as the friend who quit modern medicine cold turkey.
As Coronavirus Halts Masses, Conservative Catholics Push Back Critics of the bishops’ decision to suspend Mass argue the faithful need the liturgy more than ever, call for churches to resist ‘stampede of fear.’
The legalist response to an emergency situation like this pandemic is very different from the compassionate response. At the foundation, many performance based, legalistic cults believe that health and healing is something that the cult member controls through various natural health regimes. You might call it the "whole wheat" approach to health. This dogma was very carefully preserved in the WCG by the concept of "physical sin" introduced and nurtured by HWA. Physical sin, in addition to being a nonsense concept, pretextually served the purpose of placing personal health squarely under the control of the individual.
ReplyDeleteThe outcome of this can be easily foreseen. In simple terms, it is your fault that you are sick - because you are a bad person - you did not respect god's laws and ate white bread and drank pasteurized milk - now you have coronavirus. You should be able to attend church services during a highly infectious plague and not get ill because the righteous are under god's protection (what happened to not tempting God?). This view of sickness may result in shaming and ostracism directed toward the ill person by the gracelessly outspoken but more likely a subtle but nevertheless easily detectable attitude of condemnation. And, to make it worse, an overweening and unctuous pride on the part of those who just happen not to get sick - maybe they were carriers. This behavior, as I have characterized it, may seem very child-like but cult members are often just degenerate children.
So the coronavirus will be contracted by some Armstrongists. I have already seen a report of this. And some will be seriously sickened and some will die. The legalists will diminish the roar of cognitive dissonance through condemnation. And the second wave of tragedy, after the physical illness, will be the compassionless judging of the sick.
Why not just reduce it down to two: 1. Love God and 2. Love neighbor?
ReplyDeleteAfter all, weren't we told the following?
"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all." James 2:10
Some have already strived to add many more things, but where has that gotten anybody, but time will tell...
John
P.S. Cartoon is thought-provoking, though!
Truly, truly I say unto you. Pray that neither Blogmeister Gary nor High Priest of Molech Dennis contract and die of the plague. Great laughter and derision, joy and judgment would be spread through the Kingdom of COGdom and embolden and multiply even more their errors upon the face of the earth.
ReplyDeleteN.E.O. says of the preoccupation with healthful eating as a guarantee of good health: "You might call it the 'whole wheat' approach to health."
ReplyDeleteAh. Good term. Also, a name I have heard for people who advocate this approach on the left end of the spectrum is "granola people--fruits, nuts, and flakes."
The thing about diseases is, they don't care which end of the political spectrum foolish people are on. Two of my friends have died of multiple myeloma. One followed his modern medical treatments until they became more intolerable than the disease. He said "enough!" He stopped all treatment and went home. Less than a month later he died. Another went through the same modern medicine regimen for a while, then decided to shift over to a natural, organic one his "spiritual, but not religious" wife had faith in. He died on the same schedule as the friend who quit modern medicine cold turkey.
April 6, 2020 at 7:27 AM Near Eart,
ReplyDeleteAnd when the next wave hits it all starts over and they will have learned nothing. Its the way of MIND control cults.
not just the COGs
ReplyDeleteAs Coronavirus Halts Masses, Conservative Catholics Push Back
Critics of the bishops’ decision to suspend Mass argue the faithful need the liturgy more than ever, call for churches to resist ‘stampede of fear.’
So sad that anyone would think that they needed a man to stand between them and God!
ReplyDeletekm
km says, "So sad that anyone would think that they needed a man to stand between them and God!"
ReplyDeleteDamn straight. As powerful as your god is, a mere man would provide no defense at all.
RP, one day we shall see.
ReplyDeletekm