You have a way of hitting the nail on the head;
isn’t that what “truth” is about?
<<The reality is that the Armstrongists cannot even maintain their bonds within the
various COG community’s, nor bring us closer to God, or generally work to the betterment of Man and society.
It is indeed amazing how they still pimp out Herbie who’s when dead
since 1986. But mention Jesus and they turn on you.>>
that is about the sum of it;
they cannot maintain their bonds within their communities –
it is bizarre that they can still “pump (or is that pimp) from the podium,
yet are utterly incapable of making any positive change in people’s lives –
Of course “Jesus” should encapsulate the truth of what he said about the
religion of the time “well spoke Moses of you” etc – –
it fits the WWCoG mold perfectly – the actual fruits prove that HWA was a liar:
“Re 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
To this day, I cannot stand anything false, or the many liars we come across in our communities.
I would rather listen to something that is unpleasant and is true, than to something that is pleasant, and is a lie.
Attached you will find an article by Bertrand Comparet; while definitely a short article one cannot claim that HWA “copied” this, but a short scan of the article shows similar kind of thinking to HWA, and Comparet was around in HWA’s time – almost certainly HWA will have known about Comparet – he also covered such subjects as the sabbath etc – in my opinion someone like Comparet would have caused less damage than HWA –because his application of the sabbath question was not as destructive –
With the Internet, it becomes more and more clear that even such subjects like sabbath and holy days were
tackled more responsibility by certain groups – with NO CONNECTION TO HWA – many such groups have professed that not keeping a holy day or sabbath did not damn anyone – such groups profess that these days are “shadows” and that Christ (“Jesus”) is the reality – some groups have admitted that certain members would “pout and sulk” during christmas – they admitted that cutting themselves off from family during christmas time was not the wisest!
Again, no connection to HWA, but if only HWA had had this more lenient approach to these subjects!
I also believe that Comparet and some of his “followers” were against church government and tithing
This research of mine has proved undoubtedly that the supposed “exclusiveness” of HWA, restoring truths etc is complete bunkum !!!
While HWA lived, there were many INDEPENDENT GROUPS that covered a whole spectrum of subjects such as sabbaths, holy days, prophecy, laws and statutes, the identity of Israel, the gospel = the kingdom etc etc etc
<<I am pleased you got your consulting business going. There is nothing better than having the freedom to work on your own, doing what you want to do and when>>
I never get such responses form “christians/churchgoers” – my best long term friend is an atheist(!) who has moved back to UK now – he will sometimes send me an email with links to a site that he knows will interest me – he can only do this since he has actually taken the trouble to find out what MY interest are – when do “Christians” do this?
Whenever I get the chance, and I speak to any church minister, I tell them clearly that Christianity is a farce: the members do not practice any of that stuff that they profess – I offer them this “solution”:
I say give every christian in your church/community a copy of Dale Carnegie’s “How to win friends and influence people” – put this book next to their bible, read it and go and practice that stuff for TWO YEARS – only then can they claim to know anything about Christianity!
Well, that’s my 2 cents worth for today
All the best,
John