Lawrence Mumme: COG Weddings Are Heathen Celebrations of the Incestuous Relationship Between Isis and Tammuz

The latest Journal is out, issue 165 (pg.10).  One of the advertisements this time is from Lawrence Mumme on weddings.  Like any good Armstrongite he has to find something pagan about weddings.  Anything that is enjoyable in the world and daily life seems to lead directly back to paganism.  Nothing can be simple in Armstrongism.

Mumme writes:

"Heathenism Is Still With Us
We have cast off the pagan holidays,such as Easter sunrise services, Christmas with its exchanging of gifts, Halloween and its evil. But how about the other paganism?  From the very most ancient times, the heathens have followed the “Queen of Heaven” by doing what she did:having weddings. She came down the aisle (in her temple, dressed in white with a white veil; “here comes the bride”). The glory went to her,not to God. All eyes were upon her. This was an incestuous union—with her son.The two were known as Isis and Osiris, or Easter and Tam-muz, or Inauna and Damuzi (Tammuz). This was very sinful. The righteous people had no such thing."

"One of hte ways of the devil's church that we of the Church of God still observe is that of having weddings."

"Every day, thousands of women march down the aisle dressed like the Queen of Heaven. Is this Christian? Invoking the name of Christ at a wedding ceremony does not make it Christian any more than placing the name of Christ on the Saturnalia, calling it Christ- mas,makes it a Christian holy day"

If you read his article you will quickly see that the entire thing is focused upon the women.  They are the sinners that wear white.  They parade down the aisle like "the queen of heaven" and they file for divorce.  Its all their fault.  Men seem to be hapless bystanders sucked into the deception of the vile satanic women.  Only men can file for divorce and it is the disruptive women of society that have caused the divorce rates to skyrocket.  Apparently the woman must remain in the abusive or failed marriage and if that fails must remain single the rest of her life.

At least 50 percent of husband-wife unions fail, along with the backing by the government that upholds the wife with alimony and property. This is the scourge of this nation:the breakup of the home.

Jesus gives only one exception to divorce, and that is to the man:“except for fornication”(Matthew 19:9).

 If he finds out she was not a virgin,fraud.

 If she afterwards fornicates.

 If she withholds herself from him so that he is tempted to fornicate (1 Corinthians 7:5).

 Adultery is the classification for all sexual sins. Women have no biblical authority for divorce.1 Corinthians 7:1-5 is very important. Romans 7:1-3:

 Here she has no way out, except possibly to remain single. (See 1 Corinthians 7:10-11.)

Its all the fault of those damn Catholics!  They had to go and ruin everything for those in Armstrongism.

“By the authority of Jesus Christ, I now pronounce you man and wife.”

These words are heard every day.Yet,without authorization from the state,such a ceremony is illegal and will not hold up in a court of law. There is no right of inheritance for the children either.

This ceremony is a mockery to Jesus Christ and is not found in the Bible, either in an example nor any words to that effect.

A woman does not become a wife till the union is consummated.

Isaac took Rebekah to his mother’s tent and she became his wife (and not till then) (Genesis 24:67; see also Song of Solomon 3:4).

The ceremony called “the wedding”came down through the centuries from heathen religions to Rome and the Catholic Church,which uses it and did use it to control people and exert authority. If you do not go through their ceremony by one of their priests,it is considered a sin and your children are considered illegitimate,so they say.

It has erroneously been said that “God performed a ceremony for Adam and Eve”(Genesis 1:28). This was a command from God, not a ceremony. Adam and Eve had no choice in the matter.

If you are a minister, you have authority only from the state in these matters,and not from Jesus Christ

The Queen of Heaven had her incestuous union stamped with approval by the rite we now call the “marriage ceremony.”

God’s Word shows no rite whatsoever. It is not the taking of vows that I am writing about. It is that heathen rite where the bride enters, dressed and veiled as the Queen of Heaven, and the audience rises in homage.The groom comes in silently from the side (based on a quote from HWA in 1957).

I guess the pagan origins of wedding rings, wearing white are not as bad as wearing white and walking down the aisle with a veil.  Damn women!  Its all YOUR fault...and Isis, and Tammuz, and Herbert Armstrong, and SATAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gerald Flurry Gives Aaron Eagles Wife A Job To Further Drive A Wedge In Their Marriage

It was recently revealed that Gerald Flurry had kicked Aaron Eagle out of the PCG and was actively encouraging his wife to divorce him.  Aaron Eagle was once a high ranking minister in the PCG splinter personality cult. Aaron butted heads with Flurry's latest boytoy Cal Culpepper, and lost.  Culpepper has a long history of treating PCG members like dirt and recently was partially responsible for the suicide of Janet De Gennaro.  Eagle tried to take a stand against Culpepper's abuse and failed.   Armstrongism has a long history of protecting the abuses in its midst. as well s meddling in the marriages of church members.

Now to further broadened the divide in the Eagles marriage Flurry has hired Corinne Eagle to teach at his cult compound's elementary "school."

How more vile can this man get?

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Gerald Flurry: We Are Here To Be Imperialists! The Two Top Nations In The World Tomorrow Will Be the US and England

Gerald Flurry was lecturing to his 73 students at the most important college ever built in the world recently.  It was the opening session for his new class year of Herbert W Armstrong "college". For some reason Flurry now seems to think he is an authority William Shakespeare.  If it wasn't for Shakespeare the world would not know about Imperialism and British Israelism..........say what?

During Mr. Flurry’s orientation lecture on Monday, he encouraged students to continue watching world events, and to think deeply about them. He focused on William Shakespeare as an example of one of history’s deepest thinkers.

Gerald Flurry cannot talk about Jesus Christ or anything he actually taught, but will now use William Shakespeare as an inspiring addition to his Old Testament prophets and heros.

Shakespeare was a perfectionist, Mr. Flurry said, and he lived in the era when the British Empire was beginning to rise. Mr. Flurry said he believed God influenced Shakespeare to enhance the education and vocabulary of the British people, emphasizing that students can learn a lot from this poet who was heavily influenced by the Bible.

“We are not confined to Oklahoma,” Mr. Flurry said. “God has commissioned us to go to the whole world. ‘Our island is too small.’ This is about the whole world, the whole universe, and the whole Family of God.”

The Chancellor On the Bard

After his orientation lecture on poet William Shakespeare, Herbert W. Armstrong College chancellor Gerald Flurry shared more of his thoughts:

On how he hoped the students would be impacted by the lecture:
“What I was hoping for the students to take from it is: You’ve got the greatest scholar who ever lived, and he really was an empire-builder. I think God influenced his development so it would give the British people every opportunity to deliver the message about David’s throne. It’s not just about education. It’s about building an empire. If you want to be in that business, you need a great education in vocabulary and communication.”

On Shakespeare’s impact:
“Everyone knows Shakespeare. We can tie it in to when Britain was a superpower. If you were talking about the Bible and empire, it wouldn’t mean nearly as much to the British people. They can relate to Shakespeare.”

On America and Britain:
“The two chief nations in the World Tomorrow will be Britain and America. What’s coming isn’t bad news when you think about that.”

On imperialism:
“The students need to think, We’re here to be imperialist. How do we do that? We need to get educated. That’s critical.”

On the importance of education:
“I was hoping this would make them realize how important this education is. If they want to fulfill their goals and ambitions, they have to be serious about education.”

Once again American exceptionalism is trumpeted as the cure all for the worlds problems.  It is only through the US and Britian that godly knowledge flows forth (from Edmond Oklahoma and a future UK campus)  All rulers in the world tomorrow will be PCG members from these two countries.