tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846567313402731847.post2746979896652221914..comments2024-01-08T12:37:24.482-08:00Comments on Living Armstrongism: The COGs are Unknown and Insignificant to the WorldRedfox712http://www.blogger.com/profile/17734930967002040931noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846567313402731847.post-43411703121893117082015-05-23T18:31:17.271-07:002015-05-23T18:31:17.271-07:00Thanks for the compliment, but all I ever notice i...Thanks for the compliment, but all I ever notice is that it seems as if I'm constantly flying against head winds. Not to worry, though. I don't believe in gurus.<br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846567313402731847.post-15100637557646703682015-05-22T14:08:34.962-07:002015-05-22T14:08:34.962-07:00"An organism which ceases to grow is actually..."An organism which ceases to grow is actually an organism which is dying."<br /><br />I never quite looked at it that way. My word! No wonder so many people listen to you. Thank you for sharing that insight here.Redfox712https://www.blogger.com/profile/17734930967002040931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846567313402731847.post-64711314478414484672015-05-21T09:25:34.288-07:002015-05-21T09:25:34.288-07:00Those of us who have already been through "th...Those of us who have already been through "the experience" most certainly realize this. The Armstrongs wussed out when the rubber actually met the road. GTA had moved the World Tomorrow away from a Bible based program, and was basically doing commentary on subjects like evolution, and current events with a very subliminal message hinting at the end times. HWA was telling minor world leaders at his bought and paid for photo ops about a "strong hand from somewhere" and his message about the two trees.<br /><br />They deflected our concerns about the relative lack of notice "the world" was paying to the church by forecasting that some event or events would catapult us into the public consciousness. One could almost visualize that happening in the 1960-70 decades, despite the deliberately muted messages. There had been other fearsome groups during that same era, such as the Black Panthers, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Weather Underground who have also all fragmented and dissipated to the point of powerlessness and irrelevance. <br /><br />I don't believe that the average ACOG splinter member fully grasps the significance of the breakup of the "Armstrong System". An organism which ceases to grow is actually an organism which is dying. The splinters have not taken off like the "Baby Bells" did following the breakup of Bell Telephone. This is more like what would have happened if telecommunications had largely contracted and disappeared following that breakup. <br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.com