Worldwide Church of God evangelist Garner Ted Armstrong dies

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  sf

  Evangelist Garner Ted Armstrong dies
  Houston Chronicle, TX - Sep 15, 2003
  TYLER -- Evangelist Garner Ted Armstrong, known for his work on the religious television
  program "World Tomorrow," died today of complications from pneumonia. ...
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  New York Times

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  http://www.herbertwarmstrong.com/ar/SonOf.html

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  http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Garner+Ted+Armstrong+Watchtower+Bible :

  Ankerberg Theological Research Institute - The John Ankerberg ...
  ... Dr. Ankerberg interviews Garner Ted Armstrong (founder of the ... Has The Watchtower Ever
  Lied, Covered Up and ... Important Doctrines, Dates, and Bible Interpretations ...
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  THE PLAIN TRUTH OF HERBERT W.
  ... Garner Ted then founded his own church, the Church of ... Armstrong's doctrine leaves
  no place for the personage of ... So, as in Watchtower theology, the Holy Spirit ...
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  RunningMan

  Strangely, when I was younger, my family would always listen to Herbert W Armstrong's "The World Tomorrow" on our way to the meetings on Thursday nights. My father always said that he was very much like a Witness and got a lot of his ideas from the Watchtower.

  I later found out that Herbert was never a Witness, but apparently was Adventist of some sort. This was my first introduction to the similarity between various apocalyptic religions. We weren't so unique, after all.

  Armstrong's WorldWide Church of God went through a reformation a few years ago, converting themselves from a goofball fringe sect, into a much more mainstream religion. They lost most of their members in the process, but are poised for the long term now.

  Also, I believe that Garner Ted was pretty much marginalized after a scandal a few years back.