tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post8236980822355591236..comments2024-03-12T11:58:24.510+13:00Comments on Otagosh: Good News BluesGavin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965552923012880262noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-68567024516059926342014-04-22T04:05:44.947+12:002014-04-22T04:05:44.947+12:00The birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus C...<i>The birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ fulfilled hundreds of prophecies. Every one came to pass with incredible accuracy. Such fulfilled prophecy serves as proof that the Bible is true</i><br /><br />Either that OR that the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus was entirely made up, invented, by using passages from the Septuagint to do so. I suspect that Jesus himself is also part of the invention from 'scripture'. Corkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15894537940881776504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-14125863085886810812014-04-21T09:34:36.553+12:002014-04-21T09:34:36.553+12:00For a "free" magazine there are a lot of...For a "free" magazine there are a lot of pleas for donations starting on page 2. The one on page 6 is audacious concluding with<br /> "..The United Church of God, in accordance<br /> with responsible financial stewardship, is audited<br /> annually by an independent accounting firm." <br />"Independent accounting firm"?, that means nothing, HWA used to pull that one. Minimalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394978086891772878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-67985416241717678802014-04-21T03:47:09.388+12:002014-04-21T03:47:09.388+12:00My assumption, without looking at the article on c...My assumption, without looking at the article on capitalism, is that it is rejected as viable economic philosophy by Armstrongites. It is based on what HWA called the "way of get." It is based on competition. And capitalism is in the economic sphere what evolution is in the biological sphere. Ancient Israel ran a "Great Society" funded by tithes (a theocratic tax) that supported the fatherless, widow and Levite. Charity in the New Testament does confounds the "supply equals demand" ideology. Armstrongites would have to reject the "invisible hand" to remain consistent with these ideals. To support pure and unmanaged capitalism is to jump in bed with the strange ideas held by many of the evangelical Christian denominations where you find peopleirrationally trying to support love and competition at the same time. <br /><br />-- NeoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487906691943831671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-39803232522388765252014-04-20T15:23:15.671+12:002014-04-20T15:23:15.671+12:00Hmm, yes, this issue has the article, "Are Yo...Hmm, yes, this issue has the article, "Are You Ready to <b>Change</b>?" It tells us about metamorphosis which instantly reminds me of the Franz Kafka novel, <b>The Metamorphosis</b> about a traveling salesman waking up to being transformed into a large insect like creature. Great fun. You have to understand Franz Kafka's sense of humor (he'd bring in a chapter to work and he and his coworkers would laugh and laugh).<br /><br />If I were a betting man, I be willing to wager that Franz Kafka would find <b>The Good News</b> hilarious.<br /><br />And you are right. You shouldn't have.<br /><br />Thanks for doing it anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-27584965863852767732014-04-20T15:14:40.919+12:002014-04-20T15:14:40.919+12:00Sure enough, the back page as advertised (and pres...Sure enough, the back page as advertised (and presented), giving new meaning to proof texting.<br /><br />You didn't mention the article, "Are you ready to change?". Herbert Armstrong said it best, "Show us we are wrong and we will change".<br /><br />Apparently not.<br /><br />Same old British Israelism key to prophecy rubbish littering the magazine in abstract given substance by the articles on the future which are never going to come to pass in all but a scant few million alternative universes, if that branch of quantum physics bears out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com