Silenced

These are the “Additional Ten Commandments” of Herbert W. Armstrong, still enforced in many COG cults today:

I. Thou shalt not celebrate birthdays.

II. Thou shalt not celebrate Easter.

III. Thou shalt not celebrate Halloween.

IV. Thou shalt not speak of the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, or any other imaginary deity.

V. Thou shalt not play or observe sports on the Saturday Sabbath.

VI. Thou shalt not eat any form of pork.

VII. Thou shalt not eat any form of shellfish.

VIII. Thou shalt not wear makeup, get piercings or tattoos.

IX. Thou shalt not grow a beard.

X. Thou shalt not celebrate Christmas.

We ran across this interesting post on Banned by HWA! and are mirroring it here in its entirety.

For some additional fascinating reading about Armstrong’s plagiarism, read “Herbert W. Armstrong – A Plagiarist?” by Armstrong Plagiarism Research, a great piece from 2010 that details the allegations that he systematically ripped off other people’s works and claimed them as his own.

APR is actually looking for any and all provable instances of plagiarism in Armstrong’s works, as it logically follows since there are several obvious instances already discovered, there are likely to be many more cases where Armstrong’s words and ideas … More