tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post7874797337953813399..comments2024-03-12T11:58:24.510+13:00Comments on Otagosh: The Irreplaceable Mr MeredithGavin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965552923012880262noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-65775599829496884132013-03-29T01:54:35.567+13:002013-03-29T01:54:35.567+13:00We were ALL insane to believe the absurdities put ...We were ALL insane to believe the absurdities put forth by HWA and WCG. Thankfully, many of us have come to our senses. In my book, that includes Corky.The Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327459017793489626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-22560155525831579952013-03-28T06:27:34.157+13:002013-03-28T06:27:34.157+13:00Yes, Corky, Byker Bob, they are crazy with the ins...Yes, Corky, Byker Bob, they are crazy with the insane ravings of a dead false prophet, but as we have been plumbing the depths over at False Prophet Ronald Weinland, our consensus is arrogance.<br /><br />Putting it all together, we have stupid crazy arrogance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-23852531190886477072013-03-28T03:29:30.580+13:002013-03-28T03:29:30.580+13:00The only thing that is really clear here, is that ...The only thing that is really clear here, is that Corky is insane...larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207263922457941293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-73095407846331776522013-03-27T13:30:28.852+13:002013-03-27T13:30:28.852+13:00This is one of the rare times when I find myself a...This is one of the rare times when I find myself agreeing with Corky. I believe we're also seeing that in some quarters, there is strong nostalgia for classic Armstrongism. In some people's memories all of the bad has been washed away. The oppressors now seem to have quarantined themselves within the groups that actually adhere to 1950s classic Armstrongism. So long as there is an opportunity to compare one's splinter with these more extreme groups, bad theology will continue to look less bad by comparison. I know nothing of the new "mellow" Rod, the less extreme one. Back in the days before the disappointment of 1972-75, he was the most extreme. A leopard cannot change his spots, but apparently with age they fade.<br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-8437253829201697932013-03-27T09:12:22.429+13:002013-03-27T09:12:22.429+13:00Well, you know, it's like all the members of t...Well, you know, it's like all the members of the splits and splinters of Armstrongism are just a bit loopy and some are completely and certifiably insane. IMHO, I should add, because be it far from any of those folks to see a psychologist about their problems of being unable to discern reality from fantasy. Some may say that it is simply a case of living in denial but I think it's a lot more than that because they don't seem to know about things that normal people know about by simply being alive.<br /><br />Anyway, whatever it is that these folks have wrong with their mental faculties, we noticed it long ago - while we were still involved one of those cults. These are not a biblical "peculiar people" but really strange and weird people. Anybody of a normal intellect who hasn't resigned themselves to that fate and who is without mental problems has left those cults (unless they depend on the cult for a living, of course). Speaking of which, I feel sorry for those born into the cult and can't leave.<br /><br />There are other cults out there for these people when the Armstrong cults implode, waiting for them with open arms to receive them into the fold. It's "the cult mind" that is the problem - some people just need to feel "special", need to feel they are in on the "secret" knowledge that no one else knows or understands but them. In the words of Lewis Black - "they are crazy". Corkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15894537940881776504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-35395523825527961022013-03-27T04:05:11.289+13:002013-03-27T04:05:11.289+13:00Yes, there doesn't seem to be anyone on the RA...Yes, there doesn't seem to be anyone on the RADAR to lead the ACoGs into the Kingdom (of psychosis), but you never know.<br /><br />And anyway, Ronald Weinland predicted the deaths of so many people and that has become a nagging failed prophecy, since they have all lived on and prospered.<br /><br />It is my fear that we are all doomed and that, because Ronald Weinland cursed Roderick Meredith that he would die, Meredith may very well live forever and the only church of God with the name "Living" (but is dead) will continue on and on and on.<br /><br />[This is a two for one mocking.]<br /><br />It's too bad Dennis Luker died: He would have been the Great White Hope for United, which has similar problems -- there isn't anyone in particular who can inspire confidence in the future of the UCG.<br /><br />It's tempting to say, doomed! they're all doomed! but they're more like chronic diseases that never quite goes away, no matter how we treat the symptoms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com