Sunday, October 25, 2015

The Fearful Churches of God in Big Sandy



There was a comment recently on Facebook about the Big Sandy area of Texas that was at one time filled with thousands of church members and college students.  With the implosion of the Worldwide Church of God, those numbers have declined dramatically.  There are however still a remnant few who live in the area and attend various Church of God's.

The comment mentioned how with the relatively small population of Big Sandy, it has 10 churches in the the area.  Several of them are Church of Gods of various flavors.  There is one big difference between these Churches of God and those harlot daughters of Babylon that are filled with so-called Christians.  The harlot daughters keep their churches open and gates unlocked while the Churches of God in the area have padlocks on their gates to keep everyone out.

Armstrongism has always been dominated by fear.  That is why deacons and strong men were stationed by the entrances of all the COG's.  They were to keep out the unwashed masses of the daughters of the great whore. God forbid if any of these heathens ever wanted to come and attend a service without first readying Mystery of the Ages or some other poorly researched booklet.


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The harlot daughters keep their churches open and gates unlocked while the Churches of God in the area have padlocks on their gates to keep everyone out."

Because Herbert's god was never powerful enough to keep these unclean heathen out, so we always had to do it for ourselves.

Just like how Herbert's god wasn't powerful to show Dorothy "how it was really done," so he had to do that for himself too.

Byker Bob said...

The problem is that this becomes an inherited mentality amongst the brethren, part of the corporate culture. It is one of those nagging little indefinable shibboleths that become very difficult to normalize even years after one realizes that WCG was a scam.

BB

Anonymous said...


“...while the Churches of God in the area have padlocks on their gates to keep everyone out.”


Stop complaining, and start being thankful for these little blessings. I mean, would you really want them to let you in there?

Anonymous said...

In fairness, some of the groups have changed their perspective a bit. Big Sandy was often known to go against the grain of Pasadena, and after the splits there were those in Big Sandy who went against the grain of United and went independent. They built their own church building and, as far as I know, have an open-door policy and simply believe what they believe. They also make their building available to community groups and activities. So it's not a cult mentality, even though it identifies as a Church of God group. I may not agree with their doctrinal positions, but they've taken a more balanced perspective, which is preferable to the historic Armstrong model.