tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post7281365339644239484..comments2016-12-17T06:08:17.313+13:00Comments on Ambassador Watch: Rehashing ErnieGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03060097218905523899noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post-15109991237331967462016-07-21T09:01:29.138+12:002016-07-21T09:01:29.138+12:00Gavin
As I was a student & employee at Bricket...Gavin<br />As I was a student & employee at Bricket Wood, I knew Dr Martin (or "Doc" as he was known) very well. After his leaving WWCG, he came back to England to help & teach a small group of us who left the church with Charles Hunting, Richard Plache & David Ord <br /><br />In recent years, a former WWCG employee/minister, Brian H Butler has been studying his work and publishing his own material based on it. Brian left the ministry during the 70's and re-trained in Applied Kinesiology, which he introduced to the UK. He now lives in Australia and is on Facebook as Brian H Butler. His religious website is ernestworkman.com and he can be contacted at bhb@ernestorkman.com. He can be co-erced to send a free e-copy of his book "Why Are We Here" which is not a very original title!dewdrophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619264445147377237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post-83708208471318541932016-07-19T21:11:24.615+12:002016-07-19T21:11:24.615+12:00Dr. Martin was well respected by many members. Wh...Dr. Martin was well respected by many members. What he taught in the mid '70s did seem revolutionary at the time, but the context in which I viewed it was that he was making some relatively small tuning corrections to the Armstrong doctrinal package, when major change was in fact warranted. This, along with the emergence of Ken Westby's group, marked the beginning of a splintering process which continues to this day. Up until then, we didn't even know what splintering was. 1956-1973 were years of unity, and while people were occasionally disfellowshipped, they generally left in silence and did not start their own groups.<br /><br />In Pasadena, working at the college, there were employees who brought Dr. Martin's literature to work with them, and they were about as subtle about it as Jehovah's Witnesses. Finally, one morning, a meeting was called, and we were all told we'd need to sign an oath of loyalty th HWA as a condition of our continued employment. By that point in time, some supervisors, deacons, and even ministers had already resigned. But, probably the funniest thing that happened (not ha ha funny) was that at the height of all this, some good friends went off and joined the Church of Scientology. I went so far as to read "Dianetics", but immediately recognized that movement as being just another cult. I discovered that apparently Scientologists practice shunning if you resist their recruiting efforts. <br /><br />Most likely, the splinter groups of today will follow the same basic pattern as these early splinters. In a few more years, they will have dwindled into nothing.<br /><br />BBByker Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.com