Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Dave Pack puts faith in his doctor's and goes under the surgeons knife instead of relying on his god for healing


It seems that Dave Pack, the worlds most incredible leader of the most superfantabulous Church of God to ever exist in human history, has not placed his entire faith in the one who is supposed to heal him of all infirmities.

Dave had surgery a little over two weeks ago and is now recovering and healing thanks to his doctors.

God must surely be displeased in the rotten example he has set yet again for his membership.  While they struggle with health issues and fear going to doctors, Davie has been taking full advantage of their expertise and healing powers.  Davie is in good company though as he is following in the footsteps of Herbert Armstrong, Rod Meredith and Gerald Flurry who all placed more faith in their doctors than the power of their gods.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Philadelphia Church of God Sinks to Another New Low



The Philadelphia Church of God, a legalistic splinter cult of Armstrongism, recently printed a "news" blurb from David Privratsky concerning the Chicago Winter Social that happened on January 31, 2015.

You may remember Privatsky.  He is the husband of the late Janet DeGennero.  In late July of 2014, Janet committed suicide because of the sick rules that Gerald Flurry has established forbidding his members from having contact with non PCG family members.

When Janet committed suicide, the PCG covered up the suicide and said that she died from a massive heart attack.  That is the story that the abusers in the PCG sent out to the membership and had the husband tell Janet's family.  Imagine lying to you in-laws because you were scared of the PCG hierarchy and what they would do to you if you disobeyed them?  That is what Privratsky did.  He called Janet's parents and lied!  He lied because the PCG told him to!

In the PCG, committing suicide is a sin and damns the person to the lake of fire.PCG has done everything they can in the last few months in trying to eliminate any knowledge of Janet from the minds of members and her husband. 

Less than nine months after her death, PCG has Privratsky reporting in their church news section about Chicago's winter social event.  It can almost be guaranteed that PCG ministers told Privratsky to attend this event so he can start looking for a new mate.   The Church of God has always frowned upon members mourning the deaths of loved ones.  Why should this be any other way?  Can you imagine the PCG giving Privratsky grief counseling or spending months taking care of him?  No, I didn't think so, because I can't either.

ht: Redfox


Sunday, May 3, 2015

Baron Von zu Guttenberg Grows a Beard and Mustache, Church of God Leader Obsesses Over It

The Baron in New York checking out U.S. citizens that would make good slaves in Germany 
to work in the Volkswagen plant. Rod Meredith and Bob Thiel found giddy with delight.


For many years various COG members and this blog have mocked Bob Thiel's perverse fascination with Baron Von Guttenberg.  Self-appointed false prophet and legalistic liar has long thought that Guttenberg was going to be the human face behind the rise of the Beast in Europe.  For a long period of time Thiel was posting weekly on his most favorite man.

That Bromance seemed to die down some over the last year or so as the Baron was doing nothing that impressed the false prophet Thiel.  Until now..........

The self-appointed false prophet acknowledges that he has been fascinated by the man:

Well, since 2009 I have been watching Karl zu Guttenberg as one who possibly could be the final King of the North of Bible prophecy.  He has already fulfilled at least seven speculative predictions I have written about him.
False prophet Theil then goes on to make another bold assumption that the Baron will one day soon attack the United States and over take it.  Like Rod Meredith, Thiel wants to see concentration camps set up, citizens taken to Europe as slaves to Germans, children dieing of starvation and other goodies.  If none of the ever happens then Theil is proven to be a liar....and we all know Thiel cannot lie.

The fact that he keeps making statements like the final King of the North might be expected to say is also consistent with that.  He has complained that US President Obama is the “most detached President” he had seen in decades, is consistent with the views of one who could one day be persuaded to takeover the USA–which is what the final King of the North will do per Daniel 11:39.
Then the self-appointed false prophet gets to the good stuff.  Thiel was particularly struck by the fact that the Baron had grown a beard and mustache. 

Now there was also something else that caught my interest in the TheStreetTV YouTube video.

Which was?

Karl zu Guttenberg had both a beard and mustache.  Not like what he had once when he had not shaved for three days some years ago, but one that looks like he may keep it for a time.  And he did not have it in another YouTube video that was posted about three weeks earlier.
Of course since Thiel lives in LaLa land, there just HAAAAAAS to be a prophetic reason behind that beard and mustache.

Thiel has sexualized the Baron for some time now.  While we all may joke about it and fun with it, it is truer than we thought.  What straight man sits around and notices this kind of stuff about another man?  Besides that, the false prophet Thiel is looking at a 10th century document that made a stupid prediction about the end times.

Well back in 2011, in an article, I had written and quoted the following:
Also notice:
Anonymou Paraphrasis (10th century): He is graceful and charming his cheeks are turning red when he blushes. He is tall in stature, he has a beard, and there is a moustache also…he has dark hair, his head begins to turn bald in the front, he has an elderly look… (Tzima Otto, p. 43)
The Baron is considered to be graceful and charming. And while the Baron is not tall by modern standards, he would be tall by the standards of the time the above was written (the average height for a male was about 5 foot 6 inches a century or so ago). I do not know if his cheeks are able to turn red. He is slightly balding in the front. In the hundreds of photographs I have viewed of him, he never had a beard or moustache. So, either the prophecy is in error (or does not apply to him) or he will get both a beard and a moustache.
The false prophet continues:

The Anonymou Paraphrasis is a Greek Orthodox writing that foretells the rise of one that is often called the ‘Great Monarch.’ The ‘Great Monarch’ is a leader that many Greco-Roman private prophecies tell of who is to re-establish a universal ‘Catholic’ faith, annihilate heretics, eliminate Islam, and conquer the Anglo-Saxon descended English speaking nations.  This is an individual that seems to have frightening similarities to the King of the North (Daniel 11:21-44), the final Beast of the Sea (Revelation 13:1-10) that the Bible warns against.

As far as Herr Guttenberg’s present facial hair, it is my view that his beard and mustache do not currently give him a truly elderly look.  I will speculate that if Karl zu Guttenberg lets his beard and mustache grow a bit longer, and he starts to show some gray, this likely will give him an elderly look, consistent with the prophecy in the Anonymou Paraphrasis.
 The false prophet then covers his pathetic ass with this:

Of course, of itself, simply growing facial hair is not proof that Baron Guttenberg is the final King of the North of biblical prophecy.  But because of his new appearance, combined with other actions, statements, and what the Bible says should be happening around this time, Herr Guttenberg remains a person of interest, to me at least.

Now if Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg gets involved with a future Middle East peace deal and he establishes some type of new religious “Catholic” order, then he could become the final King of the North. But even if he is not, we are certainly living in times where a powerful leader in Europe will rise up.
All of this speculative nonsense is what makes up 2/3rd's of the silliness that the various COGs preach.  They know nothing about the "Jesus" Christ they are supposed to be following but know all this kind of idiocy.

Jim Staley, Sabbatarian Church Leader Found Guilty of Bilking 3.4 Million Dollars From Elderly Investors



As the worldwide Church of God was melting down in the late 1990's many Church of God members jumped ship to join the Hebrew Roots/Messianic movement.  These expatriates had watched as Flurry, Meredith and United being formed and were totally disgusted by the way these groups went about starting their own churches.  Many of these people were particularly disgusted by the men that connived and  schemed behind the scenes, while still employed by the WCG, as they plotted to start United Church of God.

Because the Sabbath was so entrenched and forced upon people in the WCG, many thought they could not worship God in any other way than attending a Sabbath keeping group. So off to more law based beliefs systems they went. Quit a few COG members joined up with the Passion for Truth group.

Yesterday the Passion for Truth leader made news. It was in so many ways typical of the COG.  Here was another leader, claiming to be God's true leader, preaching the only truth while he was screwing people over in the background.

The leader of the group, Jim Staley, was found guilty of fraud in taking 3.5 million dollars and giving himself a commission off that amount of $570,000.00.  He is due to be sentenced in July to 3-8 years.


A June 25, 2014, release from the FBI highlighted the grave details of the indictment.

"James Staley was indicted for his alleged scheme to defraud investors by making false promises of high rates of return and minimal risk. The indictment states that Staley defrauded 11 investors/lenders by causing them to invest over $3.4 million, giving him commissions totaling over $570,000," it said.

In 2007, according to the indictment, Staley operated Wealth Financial International, the same year he started his church and the same year he became a sales agent for a premium financing company in California called B & B Equity. Staley, in his capacity as sales agent, found people to provide loans for life insurance policies.

"In many instances, several of these investor/lenders' funds were bundled together to provide financing to purchase one life insurance policy. Staley received a commission for each investor/lender that he found to contribute financing for the purchasing of the life insurance policies.

 
Staley has ties to another group that Church of God members also flock to, 119 Ministries.   I had a small blurb on the 119 Ministries back in 2013 and how it was attracting a lot of Armstrongites to it.  See: 119 Ministries:  Attracting Armstrongites That Need The Law.

Another curious side note to these two groups and the Armstrongites they attract is that these guys also publicize their works on World Net Daily, an uber-conservative Christian focused "news" site.  One of the top contributors on that site recently released a book that dealt with prophecy and end times stories that sounded like it came right out of Herbert Armstrong's literature....which it did.  Many Church of God members look to World Net Daily as a legitimate news source.  Some splinter group leaders even quote from it in their writings. (See Living Armstrongism: PCG's Reliance On WorldNetDaily)

Staley's criminal behavior has not discouraged his followers.  They are turning a blind eye to the man's criminal behavior and are throwing their unending support behind him.  Much like those entrenched in Armtrongism deny anything ever was wrong with the church or its leaders to this very day.

From Facebook:

  • Just finished watching the service. All I can say is, WOW! What a congregation. You will get through this. Pastor Jim Staley your testimony of faith in trials will make more believers than you know. You will be in my prayers way down here in deep south Texas. I am sure YHVH has huge plans for you wherever He takes you. Stay faithful For HE is God.

  • Regardless of what he has done....we all fall short of the glory of our Heavenly Father.....no one has not sinned....that doesn't take away the gifting on a persons life,and should be forgiven, so we too can be forgiven......
  • Romans 3:23 We have ALL sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. But... 1 John 1:9 if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. We stand behind you Pastor Jim and family, because you are willing to confess any shortcomings and pay for them if necessary.
  • You and your family are in our prays. Father is protecting you with the blood of Yhashua and the enemy can not touch you. Shalom brother

 Read more about Jim Staley's conviction here: