The Mystical Light Of The Great Bwana That Was Not Normal

The kind of cultic nonsense you will read below is not normal for the average Christian believer. No one's faith depends upon a Great White Bwana as a leader in the dreams and visions of deluded people or wild, fantastical prophecies and utter pseudo-Christian balderdash.

I am sure the follower in the below quote, from the improperly named "continuing" church of "god" blog,  is a very sincere man, but placing one's trust in such a spiritually bankrupt man and that elevates him into an almost mythical persona, is NOT normal. It is appalling. 

Dear pastor

Greetings pastor.  I believe you are doing good though you are having great thrust of fulfilling Matthew 28:19 of which we must do before the return of Christ. …

I had two dreams

1. Before our family joined CCOG my father was then working with voice in the Wilderness Church of God. When I was sleeping I had a dream and in my dream I saw a light and the light was not normal, the one who was standing by the was You pastor Bob according to my dream. Then I had voice shouting, “Arise you who are sleeping, for the Lord is near.” I again I heard another voice shouting, “Come up Evans and let us do the work we are called to do.” I then saw a man dressed in white clothes join hands with my father walking together towards a very big lake then I woke up.

2: In my second dream some weeks after my first dream and in my second dream I saw almost the same dream and now this was in New Zealand. I did not know about the CCOG group in New Zealand before I had the dream.

Fred

 

COG Myth 3,789: Christmas is Pagan

 

Naked Bible 195: Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday?

There is much discussion online at this time of year as to the presumed pagan origins of Christmas. December 25, we are told, was a date stolen from pagan worship, specifically from the festival of the “Birth of the Unconquered Sun” (Sol Invictus)? Should Christians have Christmas trees? Aren’t trees pagan objects of worship? How should Christians think about, and respond to, such questions? Do these questions have any relationship to the content of Scripture? Listen to find out.

Links and sources:

William Tighe, “Calculating Christmas: The Story Behind Dec 25” Touchstone Magazine (December, 2003)

Thomas J. Talley, The Origins of the Liturgical Year (The Liturgical Press, 1991)

Aaron Gleason, “How Christmas Baptizes Norse Mythology into Powerful Christian Archetypes,” The Federalist (December 15, 2017)

Origin of the names of the Days

Jewish month names from Babylon

Mission Impossible: No really, Mission IMPOSSIBLE.

 

...as well as inarguable and cannot be questioned! Just try to argue with it. You can't!

This compilation leaves me personally asking

"What the hell is wrong with this man?"

A religious delusion is defined as a delusion, or fixed belief not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence, involving religious themes or subject matter. Religious faith, meanwhile, is defined as a belief in a religious doctrine or higher power in the absence of evidence.

Although many researchers have brought evidence for a positive role that religion plays in health, others have shown that religious practices and experiences may be linked to mental illnesses of various kinds (mood disorders, personality disorders, psychiatric disorders). In 2011, a team of psychiatrists, behavioral psychologists, neurologists and neuropsychiatrists from the Harvard Medical School published research that suggested the development of a new diagnostic category of psychiatric disorders related to religious delusion and hyper-religiosity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_delusion

"Decking the Halls" With God's Greatest COG Leader In The History of Humanity

 

This podcast episode discusses Bob Thiel's article challenging the traditional image of St. Nicholas. Thiel, an Armstrongist minister, argues that the popular Santa Claus figure significantly differs from the historical St. Nicholas, whom he portrays as a flawed and possibly unsaintly individual. His arguments draw on historical accounts and interpretations of scripture, contrasting with both common perceptions and mainstream Christian theology, especially regarding the Trinity and the veneration of saints. The podcast hosts challenge Thiel's research while emphasizing the need for critical analysis of his perspective, given his unique theological viewpoint and potentially biased source selection. Ultimately, the discussion prompts reflection on the evolution of Christian traditions and the importance of nuanced historical interpretation. Ai-COG

Jon Brisby Gets Investigated Over His Requirements For Baptism

 

This podcast episode examines the conflicting views on baptism within the "Church of God the Eternal", a group stemming from Herbert W. Armstrong's teachings. John W. Brisby, a minister in a splinter group, establishes three rigid criteria for valid baptism, emphasizing lineage to Armstrong and adherence to specific doctrines. However, Brisby's criteria contradict Armstrong's own baptism, leading to a discussion of religious authority and the problematic nature of establishing exclusive truth claims. 

The podcast encourages critical thinking about religious legitimacy and the importance of independent spiritual exploration.

Ai-COG

PCG: Hidden Dangers in Keeping Christmas. Gets investigated in a Deep Dive.

 

This podcast episode analyzes Gerald Flurry's controversial views on Christmas. Gerald is the leader of the Philadelphia Church of God. Flurry, rooted in Armstrongism, argues that Christmas is inherently pagan due to its traditions' origins, claiming they stem from the worship of Babylonian deities. He asserts that celebrating Christmas is unchristian and leads to spiritual harm, citing the secularization of the holiday and potential childhood disillusionment. However, the podcast counters these claims by presenting historical evidence showing that many Christmas traditions, like the Christmas tree, have Christian roots or were adapted from other biblical practices, and that the Bible doesn't explicitly forbid such celebrations. Ultimately, the podcast encourages critical thinking and independent evaluation of Flurry's extreme perspective. Ai-COG

Commercial Break: And Now a Word About Christmas from the Elijah to Come-David C Pack (Mr Passover to you)

  Stars are Evil 

 

Dave Pack: Preserver of Fringe Theology and the Age of Cosmological Ignorance. 

Note: Moloch, Remphan and Chemosh do not actually exist. Saturn and Venus, on the other hand....

 

"I'm gonna tell you some fascinating things no one has ever understood and I am sure of it!"

David C Pack

 

 “I know more about Christmas than anybody who’s ever lived. Period.”

 “I I maybe there’s somebody who knows more about [Christmas] than I do,

BONUS FOOLISHNESS

 “I’ve studied prophecy, I am sure, by far, more than anybody who ever lived.”

"I know prophecy better than any man alive."

“Look, maybe there’re people who know New Testament Church history better than I, but I but I I’ll bet there aren’t three in the last two thousand years,

but I doubt it.”

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Stars ain't all that bad Dave...

Job 38:7

When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Matthew 2:2

Saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

Revelation 1:16

In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.

Revelation 1:20

As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 12:1

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

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MY CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO DAVE

 

"I know astro-theology like no Dave Pack ever could"  :)

Revelation 22:16

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

 

NOTE: Lucifer, "the light bringer" also is given this title in scripture. It is the source of the idea that Jesus and Lucifer were brothers. Kinda like the good Horus (God of light) and the bad Set (God of Darkness) of Egyptian mythology. 

 

 Isaiah 14:12:

“How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! 

 

NOTE: The story of the fall of Lucifer, the light (Sun) bringer, is simply the phenomenon, not understood back in the day when stars were spirits and Venus, as an inner planet rose and then "fell back to earth." made a great story explaining their world. 

 

This rise and fall of Venus, especially in the morning prior to sunrise,  is due to it being an inner planet. This phenomenon was the source of many a rich tale in antiquity. 

 

 

Anyway...Merry Christmas from the world's greatest mind and expert on Christmas.

 

David C Pack

 

(And please don't forget that Jesus, for sure and it cannot be argued, returns next week on December 16th at 9:37 EST.

 

Unfortunately I have to work so I won't be available :)