But there was more…
Honey, I Shrunk the Church part 3
Honey, I Shrunk the Church part 2
“I’ve come to the conclusion that the church under this group exists to perpetuate itself and to make money,” says David Covington. Formerly one of Worldwide’s top field ministers, he spent 25 years in the organization before resigning last year. Up to three-quarters of Worldwide’s former 125,000 members have departed. The church’s operating budget, which was $211 million as recently as 1990, has shrunk to $38 million. The church has had to lay off all but about 200 of its 1,200-plus headquarters staff, shut down Ambassador University, its sprawling Texas liberal arts school, and has drastically scaled back its half-century-oldĀ Plain TruthĀ magazine. The new regime has even auctioned off the sterling silver Armstrong once used at lavish dinner parties for heads of state and other luminaries.
Honey, I Shrunk the Church
(Honey, I shrunk the Church)
By Glacier Gruff
Greetings from the spiritual nunatak…in the sunlight of peace… and quiet of liberty…
There are many ways to metaphorically describe the slow disappearance of the “cheshire wolf”…
Lets look at hypothermia…
The temperature of the body steadily drops. In an effort to save itself, the body first drops the circulation to the limbs…they cool, die, and freeze solid…a body with no arms and legs with which to move about.
Then the body core temperature drops…circulation to the digestive system drops, and the production of energy dies…returning less and less “nutrients” to the brain. The brain slowly shuts down, desperately demanding life giving energy (pledges…offerings…sales of properties)…
Finally, the rest of the body being dead, possibly broken off by hitting obstacles as the body struggled to stay alive….the head shuts down, too….
The only difference is that as the limbs “cool, die, and freeze solid,” they are actually being granted Liberty, as promised by the SAVIOR….no more slavery…
All’s left now is the Cheshire Wolf’s smile….and it is fading fast…It is turning COLD….
Just BEWARE…there are any NUMBER of franchises out there trying to get YOUR business…Salvation burgers for sale HERE….NICE wrapper…NO fast changes to OUR product like you’ve been subjected to in YOUR franchise….Peace, Peace….over here…at the _CG Salvation burger stand…
The Cheshire Wolf replaces itself elsewhere, much like a parasite. It keeps dropping seeds that reproduce elsewhere, creating NEW Cheshire Wolves, and franchises.
The Apostle Paul knew the sign of the Cheshire Wolf…income. He avoided taking money for his work. Let THAT be a good basis for whether or not you get close to another religion. The Cheshire Wolf has to have income to survive. Paul didn’t.