Herbert Armstrong gave many gifts to people for various reasons. It wasn’t because he was generous, he wasn’t, his gift giving was to “buy” a audience with some tyrant in a far off place of the world.
Herbert Armstrong’s gift giving scheme also served the purpose of giving the impression that he was “accepted” by the worlds leaders. He wasn’t. The giving of gifts was simply a bribe for a picture op. This op, or opportunity gave Herbert’s blue ribbon tithe slaves the impression he was doing something noble, something that God almighty would approve of. Well it sure wasn’t noble, and I would impress upon you dear readers that God would not approve the giving of bribes to murdering tyrants.
