Comments on Ambassador Watch: Bryce's Mini Minor

Mushrooms have no seeds. They are not herbs.

2007-03-31T11:55:00.000+12:00

Mushrooms have no seeds. They are not herbs.

You can see the seeds on the outer surface of the ...

2007-03-24T13:29:00.000+12:00

You can see the seeds on the outer surface of the strawberries, and you find banana seeds in the soft internal core.

How can anybody who has ever eaten a strawberry or banana not know they have seeds? In any case, if the seed was not borne in the fruit, where exactly would it be? A fruit is always seed-bearing.

I have maintained for several years -- and been kicked out of an "open-minded and progressive" COG message board for saying so -- that there is no good biblical, scientific or other reason to single out cannabis for demonization. To do so takes some pretty screwy logic, not to mention some amazing feats of eisegesis. While the case for "kaneh bosm" being cannabis seems a little iffy to me (admittedly I haven't done a lot of research, beyond a few Web sites), I would have absolutely no problem with believing that cannabis was used in anointing oil or other aspects of worship. I think it would be quite an enhancement to worship -- as it can be to relaxation, pain relief, creative thinking, relaxation of inhibitions and general feeling of well-being.

HWA ate unclean food to make a good impression on ...

2007-03-06T20:39:00.000+13:00

HWA ate unclean food to make a good impression on dignitaries and heads of state? No biggie because it was only a "physical" sin?

Gosh, I wonder what he might have done in ancient times if proclaiming his message in Sodom and Gomorrah

Of the handle, something the AW of the past posted...

2007-03-06T17:25:00.000+13:00

Of the handle, something the AW of the past posted was this:

"Hanegraaff's infamous EMERGENCY "The Post Office
Lost Our Mail and another company threw it out" fundraising plea of
January 2005..."
http://www.waltermartin.org/blog.html

The Outcome!

OLD AND I DO MEAN OLD BRYCE GRIP REALLY NEEDS TO F...

2007-03-06T14:55:00.000+13:00

OLD AND I DO MEAN OLD BRYCE GRIP REALLY NEEDS TO FIND GOD. CAN ANYONE HELP HIM?

What an amazing human evolution we have experience...

2007-03-06T11:39:00.000+13:00

What an amazing human evolution we have experienced over the passage of time...

A. Afarensis (Lucy) to Homo Habilis to Ergaster to Eretus to Neanderthalensis to Sapiens to Worldwidegensis to UCGensis to Homo Globalis to Livingensis to Philidelphensis to Hetero-Restoregensis to Charbrycensis and bingo....truth boiled down to it's essence.

While many branches of Homo Churchagoddesensis have evolved, most have proved to be dead ends. In time, we feel there will be just one pure Churchagodensis left on earth and those who have evolved in a more healthy direction will not give a...thingy about it all.

We've come a long way baby...

I recall HWA telling us that he ate unclean food a...

2007-03-06T09:27:00.000+13:00

I recall HWA telling us that he ate unclean food at times at banquets in foreign countries. He said it was "just a physical sin" and so didn't fret over it.

-- Neo

Hey, I've been doing a little reading of some tran...

2007-03-06T05:00:00.000+13:00

Hey, I've been doing a little reading of some transcripts of HWA's sermons, and I read one where Herb said he DID believe that there were some sins that were worse than others. (Hmmm...which were the big bad ones and which were the little bitty ones to HIS mind, I wonder"

Doesn't exactly stack up with Bryce's ideas does it?

I'll try to pin down that quote and give a web address when I do.

The O'Reilly Factor program had a short commercial...

2007-03-06T02:28:00.000+13:00

The O'Reilly Factor program had a short commercial recently showing the face of Herb giving his warning message to the world, with war in the background. Then the advertisement about the "Raising The Ruins" book by Steven Flurry came into the picture. Big time advertisement. Bill O'Reilly is supposed to be America's number 1 news show.

There is one of those ethical dilemmas: Which woul...

2007-03-06T02:18:00.000+13:00

There is one of those ethical dilemmas: Which would you rather have operate on you, an experienced alcoholic drunken surgeon or a fourth year med student intern?

I think I'd want to know more about the intern... is he fat?

2007-03-05T18:25:00.000+13:00

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"I looked at him and all I could come up with was ...

2007-03-05T12:15:00.000+13:00

"I looked at him and all I could come up with was that I would much rather have a fat person coming at me in a car than a drunk... "

Dennis, we need to have a place for you for "Best Real Answers to Members Questions." What a hoot.

"Mr. Armstrong taught that we must obey all of God...

2007-03-05T12:00:00.000+13:00

"Mr. Armstrong taught that we must obey all of God's Word and not categorize sin into major and minor lists. Sin is sin--period!"

I remember once a member demanding an answer from me on what the difference was "to God" if someone was a drunk and someone else was fat and a glutton as he saw it. The Bible said it was better to put a knife to your throat than to be a glutton...

I looked at him and all I could come up with was that I would much rather have a fat person coming at me in a car than a drunk...

Typo error. That's with all his might.

2007-03-05T05:23:00.000+13:00

Typo error. That's with all his might.

It's true. Herb will not go away. I urge people to...

2007-03-05T04:33:00.000+13:00

It's true. Herb will not go away. I urge people to visit Fred Coulter's web site and just listen to his sermons on tithing. He is defending it will all his might, and he is doing it by expertly twisting the scriptures. Without a doubt, he is the champion scripture twister in this sick business.

Herbie just won't go away, will he? But HWA is her...

2007-03-05T04:10:00.000+13:00

Herbie just won't go away, will he? But HWA is here, and still alive in his minions(Flurry, Pack, Meredith, LeBlanc, Billingsley, Kilough, McNair, Bryce, etc.) Each is trying desperately to prove that their particular organization is the best follower of HWA that is now available to the sheep. And, the rest of us keep him alive because we are trying desperately to prove that he was a liar, a thief, and a charlatan...and rightly so, but it seems that not many are listening. More and more Herbie churches spring up around the world, mainly with recycled Herbie followers. We are small and helpless in warning the unsuspecting who haven't been trapped in the spiders' webs yet, and we are not even considered a threat by the money-making religious organizations such as UCG and WCG.

Steve K

Steve,I was happy to see the ad for several very g...

2007-03-04T17:11:00.000+13:00

Steve,

I was happy to see the ad for several very good reasons. Seeing it on the top spot surely makes for a much more pleasant blogsite than did the smiling likeness of Herbert W. Incest! LOL!

BB

"Mr. Armstrong taught that we must obey all of God...

2007-03-04T13:41:00.000+13:00

"Mr. Armstrong taught that we must obey all of God's Word and not categorize sin into major and minor lists. Sin is sin--period!"

Ahhh. The Law. The Nurturing Mother and Flaming Sword of the COG Jihad. Hypocrites. When Herbert gave The Law to Christendom at the foot of Mt. Pasedena, it was a Law that God wouldn't recognize. It was the Law Lite- a helter skelter hodgepodge of commands carefully selected from the Torah; commands that would ensure not too heavy a burden on the modern Christian (at least for HWA and his Nazgul) yet give the new denomination a strong "back to the basics" Biblical flavor that would appeal to many. Yet the Bible does not view the Law in this manner; it is all or none. You obey all of it, or don't even bother.

Yet, insanely, Armstrongites have the temerity to denounce the entire world as lawless heathen when they do not even observe The Law themselves.

Byker Bob said... Hmmmmm. Mommy has cute legs! (th...

2007-03-04T11:04:00.000+13:00

Byker Bob said...
Hmmmmm. Mommy has cute legs! (the ad). Wonder if she likes Harleys.

I'm sorry, BB, I usually pick up on that. I missed it until you said something. There always has to be a hot chick in a "car picture".

Steve

Strawberries and bananas do have seeds. You can s...

2007-03-04T08:52:00.000+13:00

Strawberries and bananas do have seeds. You can see the seeds on the outer surface of the strawberries, and you find banana seeds in the soft internal core.

Mushrooms, however, are I believe a fungus.

Wannabe Hippie WCG teenagers, back in the '70s, used to quote that same passage regarding herbs bearing seeds to "prove" that Yahweh sanctioned the use of marijuana, at least for baking in brownies, if not for smoking. With what we now know about the "high" priests and kaneh bosm, they may indeed have been right.

Back eons ago, I had just arrived on the Big Sandy...

2007-03-04T07:20:00.000+13:00

Back eons ago, I had just arrived on the Big Sandy campus of Ambassador College. Shortly thereafter, a group of people departed the congregation over mushrooms, strawberries and bananas. They believed these items were not for human consumption because they violated the Genesis description of "herbs bearing seed".

If one wants to worship the law and endlessly elaborate on it to create a burdensome and idiosyncratic Talmud, that can be done. But this, per se, has nothing to do with salvation and it misses the point of the Gospel.

-- Neo

You'll want to catch the new version:Oh Lord It's ...

2007-03-04T06:46:00.000+13:00

You'll want to catch the new version:

Oh Lord It's Hard to be
Humble!

that's what I was thinking....lol(but I couldn't r...

2007-03-04T05:16:00.000+13:00

that's what I was thinking....lol

(but I couldn't remember how long ago he died)

Dean Blackwell died four years ago, how could he h...

2007-03-04T02:56:00.000+13:00

Dean Blackwell died four years ago, how could he have given Bryce something "just a day or so ago"?

http://www.minibite.com/oldies/humble.htm

2007-03-03T19:03:00.000+13:00

http://www.minibite.com/oldies/humble.htm