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
I just love Armstrongism's magical God that performs such dramatic miracles while children are starving to death around the world. Our god was such a merciful god!
Craig W (from South of the Equator)
Today I visited Barnes 'n Noble Bookshop in Old Pasadena; Archive Bookstore
in Pasadena (that Dr Hoeh used to frequent); Fuller Seminary bookstore and
cafe in Pasadena; and finally the Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens.
What was so odd was that I was going to leave the Archive Bookstore and said
a quick prayer that if there was any book in it that might assist with my
researches, it would be nice to find it. Lo! I then lent over to pick a book
out of a bookcase it was 'The Prophecies of Daniel' by Louis Talbot. Talbot
is the man Hoeh used to listen to in the 1940s on the radio and Talbot is
referred to in my article on Hoeh! Coincidence or answered prayer?
It
appears to me that God is going to bring America to its knees--Are we
praying that God will grant us repentance?? This all could be turned
aside if we prayed with alll our hearts--I mean the whole punishment.
But also God could send this trash to that Pacific vortex of trash the
same as he has turned hurricanes aside from feast sites.
Let the trash go pollute some pagan gentile country, just as hurricanes can be diverted to kill others while COG members bask in bliss
The fact that Lew Rockwell is brought into the equation also speaks volumes on Armstrongism!
Another interesting observation is the tag line that the woman who posted the above uses:
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.~~Albert Schweitzer
I think she needs to practice what she preaches! Maybe the trash is headed towards America because we have the resources to clean it up, which some poorer country might not be able to do. When we take on the burdens of others, it lightens their load, just a thought...
We have all seen first hand the narcissistic leadership that has dominated the COG's over the last 70 some years. Today it is blatantly brought to the forefront by COG leaders such as Dave Pack, Gerald Flurry, Rod Meredith, Ron Weinland and others. These men run their respective cults like tyrants, spitting and shouting to get their points across all the while claiming to be the most sinless, humble, loyal servants of god on earth.
Studies have shown that people look upon narcissistic leaders as "good leaders" in the leadership department while disagreeing with their methods.
Here is an interesting article discussing a test that was done and three individuals and their groups to see how people perceived them as leaders. Narcissistic leaders who withheld information tended to be lifted higher as leaders while those leaders who shared information, had empathy, listened and valued the opinions of the lone wolf, had more dramatic results but were considered poor leaders.
What is discussed below is a good indicator on how we looked at leadership in the COG. Strong dynamic leaders always withheld information from the lower masses, they were forceful in their management skills, walked all over people and tended to treat most people like pond scum, yet were looked upon as effective leaders.
We tended to look down upon those men who were empathetic, had deep concern for others, allowed questions, and who tended to get down and get their hands dirty right along side the rest of the membership. While we might have liked those qualities, we actually looked upon these men as ineffective as strong leaders. Rod Meredith certainly would not have liked them!
In most circumstances, narcissism doesn’t go over well. We tend
not to like individuals who exhibit arrogance or too much dominance or
hostility—all traits associated with the narcissist. But there’s one big exception to the rule: leadership. For some reason, when we rate narcissists on leadership ...
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