Living Armstrongism: 250 Christian Families Ordered To Be Expelled From Village No. 123/10R, Katcha Khoh, Pakistan

Saturday, June 12, 2010

250 Christian Families Ordered To Be Expelled From Village No. 123/10R, Katcha Khoh, Pakistan

I am somewhat reluctant to mention this terrible, shocking and very disturbing story but evil loves silence so I won't be quiet about this.

When we think of persecuted Christians we often think about ancient Rome, but it still happens today.

In village No. 123/10R, Katcha Khoh, Pakistan the town leaders have ordered all the Christians there to leave town after four Christian men 'sternly confronted' the majority Muslim community over sexual harassment of Christian women.

These persecuted Christians dare not complain to the police, fearing the police may arrest them for blasphemy.

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xHWAJune 14, 2010 at 6:21 AM
When I used to think of persecuted Christians, it was always "so and so lost their job because of the Feast." (Not so persecuted in comparison.)
These people you report on here were neither on the radar nor Christian. I never heard of these things, it wasn't reported, nor did I think to look for them. If I had, no doubt I would only conclude they were reaping the wrath of Satan which they deserved because of their rebellion towards the Sabbath and the laws. :O
(Of course, I mean that only from an Armstrongist perspective, which is no longer my perspective by any means.)
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Redfox712June 15, 2010 at 2:29 AM
A part of me wonder why these things are not reported or commented upon more often. I first became aware of how Christians are persecuted in many countries thanks to one or two articles in the Reader's Digest. So I was vaguely aware that these things did happen out there.

I remember one time I was watching BBC World and they said they were going to have a report about the persecution of Christians in Saudi Arabia. I don't remember the specifics but something unexpected happened on the show and they had to abandon that segment.

Today, thanks to the Internet there are websites that detail these events. Voice of the Martyrs, ASSIST News, Open Doors, etc.

I want more people to be aware of these sad things, therefore I use this blog to let people know these things are happening.

Why is it that these things are not mentioned more often? It is impossible for me to reach a firm conclusion and I do not wish to indulge in possibly inaccurate speculation here. But on this blog I plan to do my little bit to make people aware of these things.

Although I will say I think mainstream Christians are quite aware of these things. Sometimes I go into churches that have a few books in their possession and every now and then I see a book about this sort of thing, like I Dared to call Him Father, Tortured for Christ, etc. I remember going into one church that had a book about Christians in China written in the mid 1970s and thinking to myself, 'Wow. This book was written when the Chinese church was all but driven underground. Today Christianity in China seems to be thriving. So that book was written when it was impossible to foresee such a development.'

So they are aware but I am uncertain why the rest of society seem less aware of these matters.
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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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250 Christian Families Ordered To Be Expelled From Village No. 123/10R, Katcha Khoh, Pakistan

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