The Painful Truth-Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God
Understanding the psychology of religious seduction and spiritual abuse.
In February, 2004, the editor at the Painful Truth website contacted me. He asked if I would write a piece concerning what I would say to the next-generation Worldwide Church of God (WCG) members and those who have split off from this “mother” church. He wanted me to express what would be most important for me to try and get those people to understand. He had asked a few others to do the same thing.
Blast from the past… Betty J. Brogaard
Blast from the past…
Thanks to the good people at the Church of God, a group that split off from Gerald Flurry’s Philadelphia Church of God, much of the literature from the first 30 years of the Worldwide Church of God is now available on CD.
Good and Evil are what results from Empathy and Apathy. When one is indifferent they let go the reigns of hope. When one has Empathy they open themselves up to others and share in their pain. Empathy offers hope and engenders respect. It is uplifting, and in its purest form it is love, the giving and sharing that cannot be destroyed by the indifference of apathy.
If a cult-member is apathetic, then they’re content and will seek NO further. They will not advance in their education, and so they’ll never bother to deeply study their gurus questionable theology.