tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post4105998898049312290..comments2024-03-12T11:58:24.510+13:00Comments on Otagosh: Winds of Change at CoG7Gavin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965552923012880262noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-44793454353024048392016-11-20T03:47:45.279+13:002016-11-20T03:47:45.279+13:00With sufficient involvement with both the WCG and ...With sufficient involvement with both the WCG and COG7 over the years, I can say that it is hard to believe the one ever derived from the other. Yes, there is within COG7 a spirit that does not object to decreasing while another increases. There is an attitude that God is the centre around which everyone else should revolve.Gordon Feilhttp://gordonfeil.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-15934405870670644502015-10-10T14:53:55.273+13:002015-10-10T14:53:55.273+13:00Sorry -- typo: It should be GCI not CGI (but maybe...Sorry -- typo: It should be GCI not CGI (but maybe the movie industry should sue anyway!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-78830484086939440682015-10-10T06:53:59.399+13:002015-10-10T06:53:59.399+13:00Amen to that! Amen to that! James Patehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247799389009268470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-40101723268757981622015-10-10T04:00:34.859+13:002015-10-10T04:00:34.859+13:00The internal landscape is radically different from...The internal landscape is radically different from the Cult of Herbert Armstrong Mafia sects, with great personal freedom for the individual, a fair amount of independence among the various regions and a participation of the membership: On the last item, the entire church came to consensus over five years to produce the doctrinal booklet, "This We Believe". The leadership seems devoid of the narcissism and the sociopaths which so mark the CoHAM.<br /><br />While the CoG7D may take note of the Worldwide Church of God (or, more accurately, the splinters of it left), they don't pay much attention to it. It is a curiosity amongst some of the ministry at odd moments, particularly for those who have met the celebrities of the WCG. A minister who had met Garner Ted Armstrong didn't realize he was dead until he was told this past year.<br /><br />And why should they pay that much attention to the Armstrongists? <a href="http://hwarmstrong.com/blog/?p=7641" rel="nofollow">They are approximately 10 times in number than all the Armstrongist splinters combined, which certainly makes <b>The Journal</b> something of a <i>Minority Report</i></a>.<br /><br />And yes, the CGI is a cult. No matter how much it may posture itself as "mainstream", taking the money and running while pretending to be a more congregationally oriented church is pure hubris. While the eschatology may have changed radically, the 'leadership' is another thing entirely, with power, privilege and money flowing to the top and leaving what's left of the pathetic congregations to fend for themselves. That's not a very Christian thing to do.<br /><br />Example? Don't get your hopes up. If the past few decades have taught us anything, it's that the descendants of the Armstrong movement are particularly adept at ignoring good examples and quite capable of ignoring facts and science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com