They told us we were the “salt of the Earth”. They said we were a “peculiar people”.
Well, maybe they were right. We were as peculiar as hell. But salt of the earth?
The Painful Truth-Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God
Understanding the psychology of religious seduction and spiritual abuse.
They told us we were the “salt of the Earth”. They said we were a “peculiar people”.
Well, maybe they were right. We were as peculiar as hell. But salt of the earth?
It is the season of despair within the armstrong based groups. To celebrate we offer the following video.
The Painful Truth presents a most excellent article, one of our annual FOT specials, Who Are These People?

Did you ever notice the similarity between the Linus security blanket and Herbie’s agenda the splinter groups still espouse to keep the “brethren” enrapt and bankrupt? Especially during the holy days and the money-bleeding, feeding -frenzy feast days. During which time oft repeated warmed over sermons were given. Warning of God’s soon coming wrath and the vengeance that was to be reeked upon Satan’s world.

Way back in 1984, about two years after my baptism into the Worldwide Church of God, I read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, the classic history of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer. While reading the book, I was struck several times by the similarities between the Third Reich and my church. I should have heeded my misgivings and left the church then, but like a good cult member I pushed unfavorable thoughts to the back of my mind.
