The Painful Truth-Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God
Understanding the psychology of religious seduction and spiritual abuse.
“In prison, illusions can offer comfort.” – Nelson Mandela
For a magician to fool his audience his deceit must go unseen, and to this end he crafts an illusion to avert attention from reality. While the audience is entranced, the deceptive act is committed, and for the fool, reality then becomes inexplicably built upon on a lie. That is, until the fool wakes up and recognizes the truth in the fact that he has been duped.
Obedience is the downfall of a moral society. When you remove the myth of authority, that some have the right to own others, people freely and cooperatively work together for their best interests.
Most of us have read the list of 209 failed prophecies made by heretic and chief, Herbert Armstrong. What most have not acknowledged is that the creators of the Simpsons tv cartoon have made predictions that have come true. Not one, but over a dozen.