On Wednesday, September 19, is the traditional day for the Churches of God to observe The Day of Atonement. That date is pretty standard across the board for the COG's, except for one malevolent personality cult. That group, led by the Great Pharisee of the Church of God James Malm, has picked a different date.While everyone else in the world can easily pick out proper dates for holiday/holydays, Pharisee Malm has his crew of moonbeamers sitting on cold rocks in Israel, with binoculars in hand, straining to be the person to catch the very first glimpse of a new moon. This year the Great Pharisee got waylaid by some clouds in the region of his moonbeamer, who was not able to see the new moon break forth. However, just five miles up the road Avraham Baruch was able to see the new moon in all its glory and normalcy descended upon the devout in Israel and elsewhere.
Due to the missed sightings by his moonbeam brigade, The Great Pharisee had this to say about Atonement:
16 Sep: Because the Fast of Atonement is on a Friday this year it is very important to properly prepare for the Sabbath on Thursday. Be sure to have your casserole, stew. pot roast, soup or whatever you prepare for the Sabbath, ready and in the fridge by Thursday afternoon: Then you can just warm and serve after the fast and on the Sabbath!This is a prime example of what legalism does to the brains of the obsessed devout as they struggle with trying to impress the god they can never impress.