There were many occasions during which we had no heat. We had no phone. We lived in absolute poverty…
The Painful Truth-Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God
Understanding the psychology of religious seduction and spiritual abuse.
There were many occasions during which we had no heat. We had no phone. We lived in absolute poverty…
Innocence lost. Many of us newbies, including myself, believed in and respected the God we were taught about in our early years. Years that were outside the confines of armstrongism. Most of us I would imagine had a religious background (conventional Christianity) from either our childhood or our early adult lives. I certainly did. We may have laughed at the obvious religious charlatans running their horse and pony shows over at the Trinity Broadcast System, and laugh we did. We thought that we could never be deceived by the religious charlatan. We thought wrong in our arrogance. So we spent time in the gulag participating in the rituals that we were told âpleasedâ God. After a time, when the scam was exposed, we accepted that we had been taken as fools for the benefit of unscrupulous men.
It is a big thing: His actions doomed thousands of people to a miserable dysfunctional life. He created generations of despot ministers who lord it over their congregations. He created a hideous corporate monolith which looked good on the surface but ruined the lives it touched.
Herbert Armstrong was a low life bottom feeder.