The Painful Truth-Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God
Understanding the psychology of religious seduction and spiritual abuse.
A “Near Death Experience,” or NDE, has been a phenomena that parapsychologists have studied for more than a hundred years. Sometimes when a patient dies on the operating table, or has a heart attack, and if and when they recover, many have related strange happenings during the time that they were technically “dead.”
Why do the local communities that host the FOT in their community mourn when the armstrongites leave town? Booze sales plummet after the armstrongites leave town.
ATTENTION ARMSTRONGITES! Recycling centers are standing by. Do not place your empty bottles in the garbage. Look for the recycle bin at your hotel establishment!
The real fun is about to start. Cleaning up after these piss poor examples of Christians might take weeks, even months! Vomit covered carpets, spilled alcohol, these cannot be cleaned in just a day….
Because Christians have oft cited Josephus as an authority, his account of Jesus is frequently attacked as having been inserted later, and not conforming to his general writing style. And, frankly, this may or may not be true. But, the bottom line is that Josephus is just one of numerous resources. Jesus most certainly does not rise or fall just based on Josephus.