Comments on Ambassador Watch: After Ambassador

"the silly doctrines you guys seem fixated on...

2016-04-20T00:34:35.293+12:00

"the silly doctrines you guys seem fixated on..."

I suppose dignifying that sort of pejorative comment with a response would be OK.

"What real price for a junk qualification?&qu...

2016-04-19T01:29:15.645+12:00

"What real price for a junk qualification?"

Well, my two years at the 'accredited' AU in Big Sandy started losing value the second I stepped onto campus in August of 1993. In fact, several of my old 'professors' are teaching at the UCG 'college.' Doc Ward's insights into the Gospels were pretty worthless then. (Actually, I'll be fair and say that the only decent class I had at AU was Mark Kaplan's OT Survey: by the time I got to take Bible classes at Indiana University with Herbert Marks, I was well-prepared).

What continues to amaze me is how firmly COGers hold onto their hostility and suspicion to all things learned and theologically-schooled. In every other area of life the average UCG/etc. member would seek professional, credentialed, advice. But when it comes to theology, the presence of education and certification is utterly disqualifying.

Perhaps the greatest pity is that none of these ...

2016-04-18T05:34:44.230+12:00

Perhaps the greatest pity is that none of these institutions,if we can call them that, are aware of the works of serious scholars who over the past few decades particularly have done significant work which ,believe it or not, have added weight to Arnstrongism.I am not talking about the silly doctrines you guys seem fixated on or the failed prophecies and Bi which receive excessive attention. I have a longer post on the thread below with Kevin's article where I elaborate Check it out Ian Boyne

To become accredited, they would have to lay out m...

2016-04-18T01:27:31.330+12:00

To become accredited, they would have to lay out millions of dollars and have a staff of real professors hanging around on six-figure salaries (as high as the cult leaders' rip-off salaries!). There was only one man foolish enough to try this: Joseph Tkach: He laid out 10's of millions (what it costs to create a university)on Big Sandy and it crashed instantly! All that money, up in smoke!