Living Armstrongism: HWA Plagiarism from J. H. Allen

Friday, January 15, 2010

HWA Plagiarism from J. H. Allen

I was just reading Exit and Support Network's letters page and there's new website analyzing HWA's plagiarism from J. H. Allen's book on British-Israelism.

This may be seen at www.Allen-Armstrong.org.

Furthermore concerning the definition of plagiarism the letter makes this very good point.

Many people misunderstand what plagiarism is. Some think it is simply copying word-for-word. They do not seem to realize that it also includes copying ideas and passing them off as one's own.

I have previously highlighted how Stephen Flurry and Gary Rethford did this when discussing HWA's plagiarism concerning British-Israelism. They pretended that the argument was whether or not HWA 'copied' Allen word for word, ignoring the fact that plagiarism also refers to stealing ideas.

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UnknownJanuary 16, 2010 at 3:24 AM
Just for the record; can you show us where HWA passed off British-Israelism (as you call it) as his own idea? I ask this since your definition includes passing an idea off as one's own.
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Mary LaneJanuary 16, 2010 at 6:47 AM
HWA got many of his ideas from 19th century writers of adventist doctrines(ie, the B/I theory, not only from Richard Brothers who used the idea to promote the British monarchy during the 1700s, but also from John Wilson's "Our Israelitish Origin," written in the mid 19th century)

If you haven't read "Ambassadors of Armstrongism" by Paul N.Benware(copyright 1984) it is a worthwhile read on the plagiarisms of HWA, as taken from other religions.

In fact Benware states on pg 150-"There is no major teaching held by the Worldwide Church of God that does not somewhere appear in another group."
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UnknownJanuary 19, 2010 at 1:03 AM
Again, I ask Redfox, can you show us where HWA passed off British-Israelism as his own idea?

Or did he not?
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Fall of Berlin Wall NOT Proof HWA was Right

It is often asserted that the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 proved that HWA was right and he really did see the future.

This of course is nonsense. Herbert W. Armstrong said that Christ would return within twenty years in his book Mystery of the Ages. (PCG has since deleted those words so someone in there knows HWA spoke nonsense.) How convenient for them to forget this.

Also Herbert W. Armstrong never said the Soviet Union would collapse. He thought it would survive intact until a few years after Christ's return. It shows how biased some many in the COGs are that they never seem to notice this. This inconvenient truth is just tossed into the memory hole.

It is true that HWA said that some Eastern European states would break away from Moscow's orbit and join the European Empire he said would arise at any moment. But he never talked of the Soviet Union collapsing. He did not teach that. Also he portrayed the rise of the European Empire to be far quicker then what has actually happened. In Mystery of the Ages Christ was supposed to return by 2005 at the most.

So assertions that the fall of the Berlin Wall somehow prove that HWA was right is just complete nonsense spread by people who, for whatever reason, are still in denial that HWA was a false prophet who merely talked out of his own "human reasoning".

Truth about Roderick C. Meredith

What sort of man is he? A man who could say things like this.

"Mr. Armstrong has reminded us again that we are to disfellowship any members who attend GTA's [Garner Ted Armstrong's] campaigns, church services or other meetings. Some of our weaker members apparently do not realize that this man is in direct rebellion against God and His government! We must not allow them, or ourselves, to rationalize about this matter, to try to "help the underdog," or in any other way lend support to one whose gross immorality, whose long standing "play acting" and hypocrisy, and whose direct insubordination to the Government of God has long been and is now a source of confusion and DIVISION among God's people. So, as per Mr. Armstrong's instruction, I charge and exhort every one of you faithful ministers of the living Christ to explain this in no uncertain terms to your members, to warn them about this cause of division and then to disfellowship any who consort with GTA or any of his fellows." (Roderick C. Meredith, Pastor's Report, May 21, 1979, pp. 1-2.)

See here for this statement's context.

David Robinson on Roderick C. Meredith

WCG minister David Robinson had this to say about Roderick C. Meredith in a letter he wrote to him on September 19, 1979.

"During the ten years I have been an employee of the Worldwide Church, you have been poorly spoken of by most of the ministers and employees I have known. I vividly remember the absolute unbounded glee that was openly expressed by a good number of respected men in the church when you were first "shanghaied." [In 1972.] I could begin by naming names, which I am sure would shock you. I was one of the few who stood, where possible, for you. Your tenure as superintendent of ministers, as I believe the office was then called, was looked on as nightmarish. While you held office during the years of growth, most of those whom I know gave you very little credit for that growth. Almost everyone whom I know, whether they be former friends of yours, or continuing foes, recalls insensitive and terrible things you have done. Without exception, at least among my acquaintances, they all credit you with an unbridled lust for power and list you as one who is willing to pay the price of gaining that power, no matter what. I have, through many of the last few years, believed you had principles you would not violate. Many a man of experience in the church assured me of my error. Events have proven me wrong and them right. Mr. Armstrong has himself been widely quoted as saying of you that you were so righteous that you were so "righteous you were unrighteous." " (David Robinson, Herbert Armstrong's Tangled Web, Chapter 16, p. 207.)

Of course it is impossible for me to personally verify these assertions but people deserve to know what this knowledgeable man had to say about him.

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Friday, January 15, 2010

HWA Plagiarism from J. H. Allen

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