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December 17, 2021December 17, 2021

Revisiting “The Three Faces of Hell”

In cults, people conform, adapt and obey despite rules that go against their personal moral code and principles. There had been experiments that shed light on how people come to do this, but the bottom line is that individuals must remain highly aware of these tendencies to maintain their freedom.

The Three Faces of Hell

February 22, 2021

Herbert Armstrong’s Incestuous Relationship

Mackenzie Phillips openly discusses her shocking 2009 revelation that, in her late teens, she had had a sexual relationship with her father, musician John Phillips.

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September 25, 2020

Damaged Goods

The following was a commentary on the essay “Father” by Art Z.
Originally posted at the Painful Truth some years ago…

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September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

There Is A Hell, I’ve Been There And Back

While in the process of indoctrination, I continued a casual contact with my loved one, though at a distance. I didn’t believe I could ever resume the relationship due to the racial dictates of God, as I was being persuaded to believe by reading articles written by HWA in his Plain Truth magazine…

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Quote by David C. Pack

“I want to make a statement about…me…now, if I became deceived, I will never tell you what I’m going to tell you now…I am telling you if I go off into strange ideas, misconduct, rebellion, you name it, don’t follow me. I want to tell you that now, because if I start doing that I’m gonna try to get you to follow me! I’m gonna come to you and tell you it doesn’t apply, it doesn’t mean me, no, no, no, no, no, no, it’s OK to follow me because ABCD and XY and Z. Do you understand what I’m saying? Listen to me now, when I tell you don’t follow me if I go off into weird ideas, or if I get off into other things that are total absolutely unscriptural conduct, because if I do I’m gonna paint it with a different face and try to get you to follow me. Do you understand what I’m saying brethren? Please remember that, because I promise you that if I become deceived, I’ll forget it, and I’ll want you to forget it…And I hope you’ll remember it well enough to quote it right back to me…But I’ll tell you what, I’m not going anywhere.”
-David C Pack
December 12, 1998