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“The most charitable thing I can say about that system and its offshoots is that they’re... odd.” ~ Pyro7480

“Odd”??? Wow! That IS charitable.

Here’s a post made by an ex-member of one of the H.W. Armstrong / World Wide Church of God Cult off-shoots (which can be found all over the internet), he wrote:

“I watched a documentary on A & E Sunday evening called “Mind Control”.

It was about the House of Yahweh in Texas put on by Rick Ross. Can I ever identify with it since Yisrayl Hawkins was a former member of the World Wide Church of God based in Big Sandy, Texas.

Did anyone else see it? It was terrific. It really uncovered a lot of what we discuss here about how that type of mind control works. I’m so glad and thankful for Rick to bring this out. The word is getting out how destructive this kind of church can be and the methods they use to entrap and enslave people.

The House of Yahweh &Yisrayl Hawkins,
http://www.rickross.com/groups/yahweh.html

Re: Mind Control Documentary - Rick Ross 01-02-2008, 06:56 PM

Yisrayl Hawkins’ “right hand man” Yedidiyah Hawkins, was arrested on child molestation charges, in October 2007. (against his step-daughter, whom he claims he was preparing to marry. She was 8 yrs old when this started, and she is now 14. For 6 years, he hurt this child!) He was indicted on that charge, and he was also charged with 2 counts of aggravated sexual assault, indecency with a child and 1 count of organized criminal activity. His bail has been set at 1.8 MILLION dollars! The entire “leadership” of the House of Yahweh is now being investigated by the FBI (and “other” law enforcement agencies which cannot be disclosed at this time).

The locals here, are very concerned that HOY will end up like Waco, or that Yisrayl Hawkins will be another Jim Jones, as he has gotten his “faithful” to come into agreement with him that they would rather DIE than leave the HOY. He has them convinced, that if they leave, they lose their salvation.
Please pray for these people, that they will “see the light” and get out before it’s too late. Also, pray for the ones who have already left!

There are some, who want to leave, but they have no means to support themselves on the “outside”. Yisrayl Hawkins makes them give THREE Tithes. These people are forced to live in poverty! The children don’t attend school...they work in the kitchen! The women are not allowed to talk to other women, or even to go to the store alone! Their “head” (husband) must give them permission to do everything. When a man wants to marry, he HAS to PAY Yisrayl Hawkins for a wife. (Brides Price). Most of the “followers” have changed their name to Hawkins, in honor of him.
It’s hard to believe that this man has so much control over these people. I come in contact with members on a daily basis, as I work here in the community. You can tell who they are, by the way they dress, and the latex gloves on their hands. The women are very nice and polite..and “some” will speak, but not many. One lady told me that she would get into “trouble” for talking to me!! It’s such a shame to see them like that. My heart goes out to those poor women and children. The men are allowed multiple wives, because Yisrayl Hawkins has told them that a “single” woman can not enter the Kingdom!!

I ask everyone who reads this, to PRAY, PRAY, PRAY for these people. And pray for the child who was molested, and ALL of the innocent children in the HOY. Pray that justice will be served, and those EVIL ones will be punished.

Those are some of the fruits of Armstrongism. Sad, very, very sad.”

Here’s more:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_sitesearch=rickross.com&safe=off&q=united+church+of+God