Does Neil Earle Use Disinformation Rules
to Respond to Former Worldwide Church of God Members?
| Many exiters have learned through hard experience that the WCG leadership has had its spin control artists--those trained in propaganda and who are experts in sophisticated thought reform techniques and disinfo tactics. (Be sure and read The Twenty-five Rules of Disinformation.) In the past, a former WCG member attempted to correspond with WCG minister Neil Earle1, in order to furnish him with many pertinent details and facts about HWA (which, being a long time minister, Earle should have been aware of) and to ask why he didn't come out and let others know the entire truth about Herbert W. Armstrong. Below we have listed at least 25 phrases* picked up from Earle's replies to this exiter, which show how he avoided the issue. If Earle is skilled in using disinformation tactics when necessary, how much more do you think the WCG leaders over him understand it and know how to use it? Following are these phrases that Earle used to justify Herbert Armstrong and to write off his opponent (all repeats are his):
Neil Earle continues to whitewash Herbert Armstrong, as evidenced by his forthcoming book about HWA: Blow the Dust Off Your Bible: Herbert Armstrong and American Popular Religion. (Read article concerning this.) By A. W. *Excerpted from emails, which were forwarded to ESN by ex-WCG member. UPDATE: In 2006 WCG was considering a name change. (Read: Worldwide Church of God Changed Their Name Footnotes: 1 Neil Earle is the pastor of the Glendora Friends Church, a Worldwide Church of God congregation in Glendora, California (Glendora is WCG's new headquarters). In 1998 Earle graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary (where most of the "church growth movement" can be traced back to, and which houses the extensive archive of David J. DuPlessis, "father of American Pentecostalism") 2 On his website, Earle attempted to psychoanalyze (and whitewash) Herbert Armstrong. 3 Read Identifying Marks of an Exploitive, Abusive Group in order to make the assessment of whether or not WCG could have ever been classified as a "cult." Neil Earle Whitewashes Herbert Armstrong Outsider's Inside Update Newsletters (Shows how doctrine was used as a massive propaganda tool. OIU FIVE and SIX are detailed reports surrounding the Ecumenical Movement (EC) and the current EC strategy involving the Worldwide Church of God conglomerate. Those interested in researching the "reasons behind the events" and activities of the Worldwide Church of God and its extension groups; i. e., United Church of God, Global Church of God (today the Living Church of God), Philadelphia Church of God and other splinters, will find these two Volumes helpful, thought-inspiring and possibly shocking. The OIU looks behind the scenes at the real activities and associations pertaining to the "transformation" of the WCG. OIU 4, Pt. 1 has a section on Propaganda and Dialectical Materialism) Neil Earle Coined as One of the Nazi Twins (letter to ESN) Questioning Herbert W. Armstrong (Was HWA who he said he was?) (Many articles) |