The scape-goat has been replaced by the Whac-A-Mole, a fun toy to teach the next leader on the path of getting-away-with-crimes.
For instance, Matt the Fatt stirred up his entire sect by attacking one person and waving the bloody shirt of "alt-right." That came from the same SP wannabee who once serenaded the late Herman Otten in his first quest to become synod president. That worked so well that the target victim had already left that congregation but was excommunicated by the congregation after the fact. That should be counted as post-mortem disciple, ideal in pushing the sect president over the top.
The same "Dr." Harrison wrote and sang a song slandering the same person he once praised (Otten). Harrison's attack was covered by photos and the actual script, which included Matt's diagnosis that Otten was crazy.
WELS is far more consistent - their managers lie all the time, the fruit of a system of hazing which begins at the "prep level" (high school), then the college level and finally introduces students to seminary life. The primary tool is using both sides of every argument and denying the crime.
- "I drank a lot of beer with Larry in seminary."
- "My father is the second highest person in WELS."
- "Do you know who his father is?"
- "I don't know anything about this."
- "Are you saying our leaders are not trustworthy?"
- Synod President - "If we go over the $8 million to do this, we will pull the plug."
- Part 2 - "The bulldozers have already started so we can't stop." ($30 million)
- "That's the way we are."
They love every doctrine but their own. |
They continue to sing their own praises while denying their fetid attachment to Fuller Seminary, Willow Creek Community Sex Scandals, Trinity Divinity, and other aberrations, funded by Thrivent and lining their pockets.