tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post473294271481073770..comments2024-03-29T05:22:27.348-07:00Comments on Banned by HWA! News and Observations About Armstrongism and the Church of God Movement: Tom Mahon: The End Has Come!!!!!!!NO2HWAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02018654662518613623noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-41504059022565629912014-06-05T11:20:53.237-07:002014-06-05T11:20:53.237-07:00I'm thinking that Tom, like most people of the...I'm thinking that Tom, like most people of the Armstrong school of thought, either ignores or forgets Isaiah 45:7, in which God specifically tells us that He creates evil. I am certainly not aware of all of the nuances behind this statement, but I do know that when you create one thing, like perhaps "good", you also either create or draw attention to the complete opposite of that thing, in this case, bad, or evil.<br /><br />God's character is that He takes evil, and sublimates it. It's like spiritual karate, in that He takes it, turns it against itself, and uses it to produce good, often as an object lesson for the benefit of His children. So, if you attempt to parse evil, you lose sight of the bigger picture, just as with Peter and the wind. It is much healthier to view evil as simply one of the forces which are present as a part of everyday life, a force that does not always bring worst case scenario. One of the chief tools of Armstrongism was in fact parsing. They would parse the law to obtain the do's and don'ts which are supposedly the hold overs from the Old Covenant, they would parse out the vestiges of paganism supposedly extant in our modern times today, and they would parse badness or evil which they saw in everyone and every thing outside of the Armstrong system. This parsing gets you focussed on, and living in fear of, all of the wrong things. It ends up creating a dependency on Armstrongism, rather than on yourself, friends or family, or God, just to be able to cope. Depression ensues. Bad theology, and bad system!<br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-83039580318263773102014-06-05T08:51:24.896-07:002014-06-05T08:51:24.896-07:004:20~. There is the conundrum!
People of simil...4:20~. There is the conundrum! <br /><br />People of similar views often find one another, posting supportive messages, attaboys, etc. But in these hard cases, we find them complaining that nobody seems to want to join in. They seem to feel that their message is of dire consequence to the extent that they create websites and blogs, paying for those resources from their own in some cases meager pocketbooks. They make sure that their names are out there, often participating in the blogs of others, mostly to "correct" other posters.<br /><br />People splinter at the drop of the hat, in attempts to get to the perfect faith, the perfect copy of HWA's intent from a snapshot of a particular set of years of his career, or even further refining HWA to obtain the perfect subset of legalism. If Sigmund Freud had written the book of Revelation, and the so called church eras reflected some of Freud's behavioral models, you'd have to describe post 1995 Armstrongish as the anal retentive era. The remnant seems to be selfish, obstinate, and legalistic. <br /><br />There is no intelligent life on the sadly forsaken planet of Armstrongism! Beam me up, Scotty<br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-64300660792441383582014-06-05T05:55:13.689-07:002014-06-05T05:55:13.689-07:00Wouldn't you just love being under Tom Mahon i...Wouldn't you just love being under Tom Mahon in the Wunnerful World Tomorrow? <br /><br />God save us from your followers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-6271942169310371892014-06-05T04:20:06.961-07:002014-06-05T04:20:06.961-07:00You'd think zero commments for the most part o...You'd think zero commments for the most part on Tom's blog and that occasional one or one or two disagreeing with him might give him pause for thought. <br /><br />Tom is unique in that he has found and belongs to the one true himself.Or is that Bitter Bob's church?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-61681827830803295412014-06-04T20:56:52.245-07:002014-06-04T20:56:52.245-07:00Yea, you definitely know the end is here when all ...Yea, you definitely know the end is here when all the FALSE PROPHETS start showing up...Matthew 24:11old EXPCG haghttps://plus.google.com/u/0/113084575537501184298/posts/p/pubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-31208149535828983752014-06-04T20:35:08.609-07:002014-06-04T20:35:08.609-07:00You know, it seems like these madmen get dumber an...You know, it seems like these madmen get dumber and dumber all the time. At least old Herb tied his nonsense to specific prophecies he pretended to understand. These guys seem to ignore all that and just blast away with whatever they happen to pull out of their nether region whenever the urge comes over them104.Allen C. Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06615706118359802452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-39429576179750197222014-06-04T19:42:51.638-07:002014-06-04T19:42:51.638-07:00These are just symptoms of depression.
Unfortunat...These are just symptoms of depression.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I believe that he lost his job and does not have any kind of career at the moment which is problematic for treatment options. There also seems to be chronic disease involved.<br /><br />The problem with those who have been subjected to the ACoGs is that it is a rather depressing and dysfunctional venue which only gives hope in that the world will be destroyed shortly, it will be all over and there will surely be a better time ahead AFTER all the death, disease, devastation, destruction.<br /><br />The entire cult will aggravate mental problems and disorders to make life hell on earth for those who survive the cult where for most, death is the only way out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-52957146232258817172014-06-04T18:15:43.653-07:002014-06-04T18:15:43.653-07:00If you look for evil, and paganism, you will eithe...If you look for evil, and paganism, you will either find it, or you will think you have. Same with good. Whichever looms the greatest on your personal horizon will seem to be predominant, and will dominate your world view. Optimist/pessimist. Armstrongites have always been very pessimistic about this current physical life, but optimistic about Jesus returning and setting up Armstrongism as God's government for the millennium.<br /><br />Good luck with that!<br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-48045007170276996972014-06-04T17:59:09.343-07:002014-06-04T17:59:09.343-07:00I wasted about 20 years of my life waiting for the...I wasted about 20 years of my life waiting for the second coming of Jesus. When someone comes along and predicts his return is just a matter of a few days or a few weeks away I can only sigh and feel bad for people who still believe this. As a member back in the early 80's I remember Armstrong saying that Jesus is returning soon, maybe by the end of the 80's. I am sick of waiting. And by the way I am sick of religion. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-28838836147405262232014-06-04T17:22:05.687-07:002014-06-04T17:22:05.687-07:00OMG! DOOM AND GLOOM, GLOOM AND DOOM! You only live...OMG! DOOM AND GLOOM, GLOOM AND DOOM! You only live in the world you perceive. If that's not the world you perceive, then you don't have to live there! And those quote from Cicero doesn't prove anything, especially not for today. Maybe he could have picked some scientific studies done in this century?<br /><br />As for the army, yeah, I mean, not that there aren't the men, but I don't know how fast or how secretly a 200 million man army could be trained either. My guess is, these days, perhaps fast, but not at all secretly. But still, I think the days of those pre-WWI attrition combat tactics may be behind us. Things would have to get pretty bad before we were back to cannon fodder strategies. With the opening up of economies comes wealth, individualism, rights, freedoms. People just aren't willing to die like they used to.<br /><br />The measure of military might these days is technology, or perhaps, if things got really desperate, nukes, not raw boot on the ground. These days a man isn't really a soldier unless he's a member of a team deploying a piece of military hardware, like a tank, a naval battle group, a nuclear submarine, a B2 bomber. And the key to supremacy in military hardware is economics - you gotta spend, spend, spend. The US spends more than the next nine nation's military spending budgets combined, (not including black-budget) and that doesn't buy us near the military hardware to outfit 200 million men. Can you imagine what that would cost? And then to mobilize and supply them would bankrupt any nation, and maybe every nation, if you were to ballpark the expenses. Having 200 million men in your army might have sounded great in 90AD, but these days, it's fiscal suicide. If you want bang for your buck, nuclear deterrence is where is at. Sure, deploy your 200 million man army at the US. Unless every one of them is a Bruce Lee guerilla ninja warrior, how many tactical nukes would it take before the war was over? Again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-71328522333376507852014-06-04T14:16:47.101-07:002014-06-04T14:16:47.101-07:00Dear Tom:
The Bible speaks of a Two Hundred Milli...Dear Tom:<br /><br />The Bible speaks of a Two Hundred Million man army coming out of the East in the "END TIMES". <br /><br />There is not even remotely that many in the military in the far east, even in China and India combined which is currently around 7 million (including reservists). <br /><br />To be able to have 200 million men militarized and having the ability to be supplied , trained, and transported would take many many years. <br /><br />Sorry , Tom , but your prediction is way off. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910856904624749641noreply@blogger.com