In August I posted a blog entry about
The Birds written by a Living Church of God minister. His silliness is not unique to Armstrongism. There are others in the splinter cults that think the same way:
What amazed me was seeing a picture of a WAREHOUSE full of little stands
(for a garden, perhaps) (just for Jerusalem!) where the idolaters would
put bread crumbs or "cakes" for the Queen of Heaven, who, naturally,
sent the birds to bring the offering to her. :) Hm, how many of us have
bird feeders?
Or, as Jesus put it, the birds nest in the tree. Birds are a symbol
of evil throughout the Bible, from the dream Joseph interpreted to "the
bird that carries tales to the King's ear" to the birds that snatch up
the truth when the seed falls to the earth.
Of course, birds themselves are not evil--they are simply a part of
God's creation and do what birds do. It is instructive to note that many
evil people use owls, eagles, and other unclean birds as talismans
(like Harry Potter and his mail-owl). ;It's as if they instinctively
thumb their noses at God.
So, has anyone seen or read Harry Potter's Deathly Hallows? Does he
combine into the powerful, evil wizard who keeps trying to kill him? You
might read that as symbolic of God trying to win over Satan, similar to
the Superman story. (Yahoo)
The stupid things Armstrongites come up with still continue to amaze me. You never hear them talk about feeding the poor, taking care of the sick, or taking care of the orphans, but you sure hear a lot about how everything is pagan. Pagan this, pagan that, evil this, evil that. One conspiracy theory after another, concentration camps on US soil, illuminati, visions of Fatima and on and on the list goes! Stupid, stupid people!
