tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post6526493044570667889..comments2023-11-05T20:19:44.812+13:00Comments on Ambassador Watch: 1963 (Part 3)Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03060097218905523899noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post-43005374855258414612016-04-05T13:55:59.021+12:002016-04-05T13:55:59.021+12:00This booklet is representative of the final years ...This booklet is representative of the final years of naivete of the church. I believe that at this point in the early '60s, most members would not have thought to question whether HWA and his hand-picked assistants or associates were exactly who and what they said they were. That became more and more difficult with the dawning of the 1970s, unless one happened to be a member of struthio camelus.<br /><br />For its time, the booklet was a tremendous recruitment tool for Ambassador College. As '60s counter culture became the dominant culture on the national scene, however, it quickly became dated and lost its relevance. <br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post-65918920061091582122016-04-05T12:59:16.312+12:002016-04-05T12:59:16.312+12:00As for Herb talking off the cuff, I don't doub...As for Herb talking off the cuff, I don't doubt that was true much of the time. But not all of the time.<br /><br />At some point in the 70s (maybe during GTA's brief exile in the mid-70s??) they aired some old HWA programs on the radio. <br /><br />When we started listening in 1965, GTA was already the spokesman, and I didn't hear Herb speak until our first Feast of Tabernacles in 1968. (I skipped his sermon at every FOT after our second one, because I figured out he gave the same sermon every year... "Why are We Here" which included a litany of the early feasts in "Belknap Springs.") <br /><br />But during that time period when they were re-running old HWA shows (from either late 1950s or early 1960s), I remember tuning in and being surprised that what he was saying sounded WAY too familiar. I had been led to believe he always talked extemporaneously. But as he talked I pulled an old booklet off the shelf and opened it. Yes, he was just reading it word for word, but with the kind of inflection that implies spontaneity. <br /><br />I suppose maybe this is what he did when the program was about doctrinal topics, rather than current events. Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261777384912126332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post-51800014681885285472016-04-05T09:55:19.664+12:002016-04-05T09:55:19.664+12:00I knew a guy who went to AC back in the 60's w...I knew a guy who went to AC back in the 60's who said he used to work on the recordings for the radio broadcasts, and he said Herberiffic always used to come in with no notes and just speak off-the-cuff. This was intended to be interpreted as something good, otherwise he wouldn't have said it. Why, I'm not sure. It could have been to extol Herbalicious' god-given talent for speaking, or it could have been to imply that Herbtastic was speaking under inspiration. I don't deny he had some talents in this area, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten as wealthy as he did on the backs of poor dupes like the guy telling me about his recording experiences with ol' Herbmazing. Herb-wonderful also had a talent for fibbing, like telling us many hours went into each broadcast, when this is probably not the case, especially after he'd been doing it for a few years and gotten practiced at the art of the con, which, by the 60's, he certainly had.Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post-70691945059936710432016-04-05T03:25:57.450+12:002016-04-05T03:25:57.450+12:00And, in fact, you may see the flipping book versio...And, in fact, you may see the flipping book version at <a href="http://ambassador.report/insidewt/insidewt.html" rel="nofollow">The Inside Story of The World Tomorrow Broadcast</a>.<br /><br />Much more readable, half the size, should be searchable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post-30005198215748083322016-04-05T02:09:40.109+12:002016-04-05T02:09:40.109+12:00"Many of you readers will be interested to le..."Many of you readers will be interested to learn that Mr. Armstrong is an avid athletic fan of many sports,"<br /><br />I understand that HWA would watch Laker games on TV on Friday Nights, and Ted even attended them on Fri nights as well. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910856904624749641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post-757021205957397492016-04-05T01:20:53.537+12:002016-04-05T01:20:53.537+12:00Yes, indeedy, from the same church that offers The...Yes, indeedy, from the same church that offers <a href="http://www.eternalcog.org/books-and-booklets/the-sabbath-test/" rel="nofollow">The Sabbath Test (should you eat out on the Sabbath)</a> -- a church whose founder will never be allowed to become a minister in United.<br /><br />It's a rather odd place to find such a booklet, so kudos for finding it in such an obscure place as yet another indication that the Radio Church of God was a cult.<br /><br />Maybe it could become a flipping book (at a whopping 33.7 megabytes) -- what do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post-70579663091246502672016-04-04T23:54:01.730+12:002016-04-04T23:54:01.730+12:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.historypakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429820414620086221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post-60286692033417683012016-04-04T23:51:20.483+12:002016-04-04T23:51:20.483+12:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.historypakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429820414620086221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28426681.post-59948960193154284372016-04-04T22:35:06.495+12:002016-04-04T22:35:06.495+12:00On page 55 of that booklet Meredith scare mongered...On page 55 of that booklet Meredith scare mongered about the bad things what would supposedly happen. Among his dire predictions was the following: "race riots increase".Redfox712https://www.blogger.com/profile/17734930967002040931noreply@blogger.com