I was out with some work mates today and we went to brunch at Coco's, a restaurant here in Pasadena. In the booth next to us were a group of men who were former WCG employee's in Pasadena. Some were from the legal department, some worked in the Auditorium and others in various departments or were church members.
For well over an hour I listened to these guys whine about the current state of the Church of God. Of course EVERYONE is wrong except them. They have extreme bitterness towards the WCG for making the changes they accomplished. These guys all seemed to know the correct answer to all the problems in the church and that only they were holding on to the truth.
I know for a fact that some of them are still in GCI even though they hate everything it does and says. Their thinking says, "God placed us here to support Herbert Armstrong and the true church. It is not up to leave it." So they stay and suffer and then get together to whine about it all.
What a sad group of miserable men these were. There seemed to be no joy in their conversations. Just bitterness and anger. Its almost 20 years alter after the changes and they still are angry.
I am so glad I don't have to worry about this kind of silly stuff any more. Thanks to this blog and a couple of others my eyes were opened to the false beliefs of the church. Keep it up!
DZ