I’ve been telling lies since I was a child, my breathing regulated by the religious pristine holy-white fence-posts planted at minuscule intervals around my reality; large enough to stick your ten year-old head through and small enough to get stuck if you tried.
Revisiting the “MANPOWER PAPERS”
For our newer audience….
In 1961 at the behest of the Armstrongs a “manpower committee” comprising 15 of the leading men of Ambassador College (AC) was formed. The noble purpose of this committee was to evaluate AC students-especially male students-and determine whether or not to employ them at AC or in the Worldwide Church of God (WCG) upon graduation. The Manpower Committee, however, quickly degenerated into a high-level gossip session in which a group of corporate misfits combined to destroy the reputation of numerous students whose only offense may have been intellectual resistance to the doctrinal intimidation and personal prejudices of AC/WCG officials while attending to their formal education.
INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH, NIECE OF HERBERT ARMSTRONG
In a radio interview, Deborah related that the family had kept quiet about Dorothy to protect her. Deborah’s mother had told her it was true. She was also was told by her grandson. Interestingly, Deborah noted that the only thing HWA had given her was a hand signed copy of his “Missing Dimension in Sex” book.