Comments on Ambassador Watch: Bits & Pieces

Talk about throwing the baby out with the bath wat...

2006-11-16T09:16:00.000+13:00

Talk about throwing the baby out with the bath water, The Bible stands on it's own, it does not need the name of any man, the bible is very clear to understand,

I have no comment on anything else you wrote Gavin...

2006-09-14T05:47:00.000+12:00

I have no comment on anything else you wrote Gavin, but I do want to comment on IE7. Since you liked it so much I downloaded and installed it ... and froze my computer to hell'n back!

I was forced to remove it and reinstall IE6.

Thanks for the trip!

Lochinvar

To Jared:Oddly enough, I have encountered the idea...

2006-09-13T05:12:00.000+12:00

To Jared:

Oddly enough, I have encountered the idea of not keeping yearbooks in the library at a number of places. Our local high school does not keep yearbooks in the library but rather sequestered off somewhere in an office.

I think in the WCG we placed a lot more emphasis on the Envoy than other institutions place on their yearbooks. I recall the 50th Anniversary Envoy was hawked at Feasts and was replete with pictures of HWA. But, in any case, I think the old Envoys should have been archived in the library for those who would ever be interested in such records.

Neo

"I did this and the head librarian said that the o...

2006-09-13T03:19:00.000+12:00

"I did this and the head librarian said that the old Envoys had no place in the collection."

Well that's pretty stupid. Why wouldn't a college library find space for an archive on the college's history? But I guess he was a "librarian" and not an archivist.

WOW!Meredith is acting just like he did in 1998. R...

2006-09-12T17:26:00.000+12:00

WOW!
Meredith is acting just like he did in 1998. Ranting and raving like a lunatic.
Beware of some changes though as he has rubberstamped a brand new addition to the Council of Elders to shore up "Rod's Church".
He does not want to lose control again. There are some at Hq who have tried to make needed changes by extolling those in charge to be more dilligent in their scholarship. Of course those at the top think it does not apply to them, because God has not come down to correct them (the Wisconsin shooting was the brethrens fault because they did not pray enough). So with this mentality from Rod and others, the same old -same old- will be the rule of the day.
One friend of mine who recently died had a prominent web-page and threatened Rod with exposure if he did not make some changes to his writings. I have a letter from Rod to this webmaster stating he(Rod) had been too busy
to make the changes but would do so. This two page letter shows that Rod had made the exact same error in writing about this webmaster's book twice before .
Seems like the old Rod up to his usual tricks.
I have a friend who forwarded me all his correspondence to LCG as well. It is very interesting as Rod usually is the last to know about problems. He is very isolated. I personally called him only to get the brush off. After services he is too tired to talk to anyone except some light hearted conversation.
Rod has some new staff that actually question some of the accuracy of his wild off the cuff remarks edited out before going to the general membership. Of course it does not get passed one certain individual who has seen the bad side of Rod's temper personally. This guy knows not to make waves, and will use the silliest ways to explain the "Lie" camoflaged as "truth".
Meredith was indeed let off too easy by the writer because he Lies, Lies, and Lies, and the "TRUTH" is not in him or LCG.
Anyone who disagrees with my assessment need only to take Rod up on his admonition to "Prove all things".
rod 2

When I first encountered the Roy Hammer Library, t...

2006-09-12T10:34:00.000+12:00

When I first encountered the Roy Hammer Library, the collection looked as if it had been developed from the bibliography of Hoeh's compendium of World History. In other words, it would not support a liberal arts program.

In the mid-Seventies, a head librarian who was not a church member was hired and he disposed of some of these cherished but useless tomes. He also got rid of the Ambassador Yearbooks. I recall that Dixon Cartwright came over to the library from his office one day to look up something in an early Envoy and found them to be gone. He asked me to relay his displeasure to the head librarian. I did this and the head librarian said that the old Envoys had no place in the collection.

The head librarian had some difficulty in adjusting to how AC was operated. A minister came to the library and confiscated some of the material generated by GTA's Systematic Theology Project. The head librarian could not understand how mininsters, any ministers in the WCG, could dictate policy to the administrators of the learning center. On several occasions, he had WCG ministers tell him what to do regarding policy matters that really should have been within his purview and properly within the
boundaries of academics. He, of course, did not understand the abrogation of the spirit of inquiry that was present at AC.

Overall, the Roy Hammer Library was probably the most unused facility at AC. It was a small, biased collection and was seldom crowded. I believe there were many students and faculty members that never set foot in the library at the time I was on campus (pre-1995). The racquetball courts, on the other hand, were like Grand Central Station. The nicely appointed "Faculty Lounge" was located there (men only) and its principal attaction was beer on tap and sports on TV. Recapturing true values.

Neo

Gavin, you are right about Mark Kellner being way ...

2006-09-12T03:51:00.000+12:00

Gavin, you are right about Mark Kellner being way too soft on Rod Meredith. Rabbi Shmuely Boteach has this saying, "Those who are kind to the cruel are cruel to the kind." Mark was unfortunate in his judgement when he said that "Armstrongism is wrong but not murderous". Armstrongism is a heretical, damnable, spiritually violent and hateful religion. Anyone who asserts Armstrongism is a religion of peace is needs their head examined.