Thursday, February 23, 2012

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Van Robison on ""Saint" Herbert W. Armstrong"




"Saint" Herbert W. Armstrong

Looking back after many years, it is really quite amazing how so many of us were deluded and deceived by "Saint" Herbert W. Armstrong.  At least some people come to their senses and take an exit from the "temple"
of Herbert W. Armstrong.  Herbert created his own "temple" and many worshiped at his feet.  Splinter group leaders learned well from Herbert and they imitate his success at fleecing the flock.  It is astonishing that
so many allow themselves to be sheared right down to the bare skin by the Herbert clones who stand in pulpits promoting themselves as the "anointed" of God.  It is hard to understand but I suppose when people are called "brethren", it means they are "special" and in the "inner circle" of those who are closest to the throne of God.

"Saint" Herbert was a master deceiver.  He deceived multitudes about "tithing", about divorce and remarriage, about building fund donations and about the "need" for the "work of God."  Herbert was not alone because the world is overrun with bedfellows of the same ilk.  There is something odd about the common sheeple who are persuaded that they "must" follow these human seducers.  The Worldwide Church of God is only one among many of the worlds most successful religious cults.  When men place themselves in the position of being "important", "special", "elite", "on the phone with God at all times", "a prophet or prophetess", "in tune with God Almighty", "the understander of all truth", "anointed by God", "ordained by God", "wiser than all others on earth", "an apostle of Jesus Christ" and so forth, if we really had any sense we would all run as fast as we could in the opposition direction.

What is that magnetic pull that draws so many into the spiders web of religious deception that devours humans like the graveyard?  It would seem that so many are really just simple minded humans, and I confess that as a young man, I was in that group.  Herbert was not a "saint" in the sense of being an angel from heaven and far from it.  The human mind is most definitely mysterious and it is subject to being deceived even when otherwise it is very intelligent.  Why do humans have that obvious weakness?  Having experienced "Saint" Herbert W. and "Saint" Garner Ted Armstrong, I did learn long ago that humans who stand in pulpits should be viewed with grave doubt and suspicion, because they are very capable of not only deceiving others, but even of self-deception.

There is something very disturbing about the human mind and the fact that it can be persuaded to believe what "Saint Pastors" in the pulpits say or speak.  Why should humans believe "pastors" just because they are
persuasive or charismatic public speakers?    All "Bible correspondence courses" and "literature" from the various splinter groups of the Worldwide Church of God are designed to indoctrinate those who are gullible enough to believe this INK on PAPER is what "truth" is.  The same can be said for all Bible colleges and schools.  Each group teaches what they think "truth" is.  There are no exceptions.  Allegiance to "pastors", churches, religious organizations or even human governments has NOTHING to do with following Jesus Christ.

"Saint" Herbert W. Armstrong was NOT God and not even close, nor was the infamous Garner Ted.  The same applies to ALL the leaders of ALL the splinter groups of the Worldwide Church of God, who promote their particular beliefs as being the absolute "truth" of God Almighty.  NOT SO!  Exposure to alternative thinking will set the captives free from the ridiculous claims of self-appointed "spiritual" rulers of cult religious groups.  Anyone who has the courage to exit the nonsense of man-made churchianity, in time will see that the church world is in reality a man-made farce.  Millions the world over have taken an exit from the world of churches of all flavors. The reason is because there is great disappointment with the pied pipers who stand in pulpits and who promote themselves as "religious kings" over the foolish who bow to their nonsense.


Van Robison

Van Robison on "Judgmental "Christians""



Judgmental "Christians"


There is none so blind as those who cannot see.  Jesus Christ said that it is not the outer man, but the heart that counts.  There are many in the world of churches who look down upon those who do not conform to the
standard they think all people should conform to.  The original Worldwide Church of God had the perception that they were the "only true church of God upon the face of the earth."  That is typical of a pharisee mind.
The WWCG was not the only church that believes that is so.  I suspect that God Almighty is not so narrow minded as to think that some human group is the only source of what "truth" really is.  Almighty God is no doubt so beyond (millenniums) the thinking of human beings that human beings are nothing more than a speck of sand upon the seashore of human thought.    In the Old Testament we even read that the nations of men are nothing more than a drop in a bucket to God.

God is monumental and far beyond the scope of human beings and their very limited thinking.  God IS NOT confined to INK on PAPER called "the Bible."  In fact no matter what human beings think, God is exponential beyond human thinking.  God does NOT stand in a pulpit on Saturday or Sunday.  God is awesome far beyond anything human beings even have the capacity or ability to comprehend.    Almighty God cannot be fathomed by natural human comprehension.  He can only be understood in all His Glory and Holiness when He Himself willing makes Himself known.  INK on PAPER is not capable of conveying who God is.    The Bible is extremely limited in capacity to convey God, simply because God is not really understood by reading words.

Most human beings are very limited in their understanding about life and the universe, simply because their world revolves around the walls and confinement of their particular circle in which they live.  Natives who may live in the jungles of the world, may run naked for thousands of years and their world revolves around that environment into which they are born.  It is really no different with human beings who are born into the various cultures of the world, such as the United States, India, China, Russia, South America or name your environment.  No matter what situation any human being is born into, no human being is responsible for the origin of their birth.  Is God so narrow minded that He only acknowledges those who "go to church on Saturday or Sunday?"

I would suggest that God the Creator of the universe is so beyond the thinking of human beings, that He is light-years and trillions of years beyond the thought life of humans.  The so called "Bible" in no way can possibly define God or give comprehension of who God Almighty really is.  If there is really any understanding of the Creator of the vast universe, then it is Jesus Christ and Christ alone.  The Worldwide Church of God under the direction of Hebert W. Armstrong was nothing more than a FART.

Van Robison