Comments on Ambassador Watch: Armstrongism in drag

"The package is always slick."True. But Hulme does...

2006-06-14T08:37:00.000+12:00

"The package is always slick."

True. But Hulme doesn't have the charisma of HWA or GTA. That's why his church of 1500 and dwindling will soon disappear leaving him no choice but to take the money and run..

I think we have to acknowledge that Armstrongites ...

2006-06-14T04:11:00.000+12:00

I think we have to acknowledge that Armstrongites are masters of illusion. Appearance is everything. The package is always slick. The naive will mistake this for substance. The salesmanship ethos of Herbert Armstrong will forever permeate the various Armstrongite offshoots of the pre-1995 WCG.

"Hulme even trotted out the ancient Herbal chestnu...

2006-06-14T03:07:00.000+12:00

"Hulme even trotted out the ancient Herbal chestnut about the missing decades in church history, and then the curtain rising on a new religion invented by the early church fathers (somebody should lock him in a small room with Jared Olar and a copy of Eusebius!)"

I've got the Eusebius. Just show me where the small room is! :-D

I have met John Garr before in 2002. A much more e...

2006-06-13T08:49:00.000+12:00

I have met John Garr before in 2002. A much more exciting speaker than David Hulme. He is a cross between the best of Rush Limbaugh and the best of Neil Earle. I have his book Restoring Our Lost Legacy. I found it to be a pretty sound book, nothing wacky whatsoever. If Joe Jr. would have read Dr. Garr's book, not only the church would have evolved in a different direction than the one chosen,but this nonsense of crisis after crisis would have been greatly averted but that is the story of WCG it thrives and profits on chaos.

I've heard quite a few sermons from Dave Hulme. To...

2006-06-11T15:19:00.000+12:00

I've heard quite a few sermons from Dave Hulme. To describe them, in a word, boooorrrrring....I have no intention of viewing his video.