Living Armstrongism: PCG Continues Beating Their War Drums Against Iran

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

PCG Continues Beating Their War Drums Against Iran

Back in 1994 PCG's leader, Gerald Flurry, proclaimed that Iran would be the King of the South. Ever since then, particularly since 9/11, PCG's leaders have constantly vilified Iran in order to prop up their claim that God is with Gerald Flurry. Despite all that has happened with ISIL since 2014 and the agreement made last year PCG continues to beat the drums of war against Iran.

PCG's Callum Wood has written an article discussing the battle of Fallujah. The main purpose of this article is to scare monger about Iran. It is perfectly proper to discuss problems. There are indeed fears that excesses against civilians may occur. But it is important to note the real purpose of PCG's demonization of Iran: It is an attempt to convince their readers that God is with Gerald Flurry.

Meanwhile PCG's Joel Hilliker has written an article ridiculing diplomatic attempts to start diplomatic relations with Khomeini after the overthrow of the Shah. These talks are used by Hilliker to rubbish the United States' reaction to the overthrow of the Shah. These events are exploited to once again condemn the 2015 agreement with Iran.

Astoundingly there is no mention of the Iran-Contra scandal regarding this topic. Carter and Obama are condemned. But no mention is made of how the Reagan Administration sent arms to Iran in an attempt to regain hostages being held in Lebanon.

Furthermore the State of Israel at the time viewed Iraq as the greater regional threat instead of Iran. So as late as 1987 the State of Israel sent arms to Iran. in order to weaken Iraq. (War Against the People by Jeff Halper (2015).) It was only in the early 1990s under Prime Minister Rabin that Israel began to view Iran as the main regional threat. And one reason why this happened was that this was a way that Rabin tried to convince Israelis to accept compromises with the Palestinians. It was part of Rabin's attempt to make peace however that aspect of his policy was later ignored. Hilliker does not explain these things.

Why is it Hilliker chooses to condemn two Democratic Party presidents but what happened under a Republican president is ignored and left unmentioned? Once again PCG's bias towards the right is once again exposed. I do not condemn PCG for being right wing but it is important to note that they are right wing because this explains many of their political stances.

PCG's leaders seem content to stir up hostility against Iran in order to "prove" that God is with them as much as possible. But it is important to note: They are but false prophets. Their words will fail.

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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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