What did happen is his trial for tax evasion. Weinland was convicted by a federal jury of five counts of tax evasion, for the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. (Story 1, Story 2, Story 3) Weinland is currently out on $300,000 bail, on what is basically house arrest. He had been traveling from church to church and around the world over the past few years, but I suspect his foot has just been nailed to the floor until he is sentenced on September 24.
I'm not going to post a special JSUFYF picture. Instead, in honor of Weinland, I cheekily lifted the following from one of the blogs following the Armstrong world and am posting it here for your elucidation and amusement.
Yes, this is Weinland, with cane and tikis. Oh yeah, and propeller beanie. For those of you who are sensitive about me making fun of a "Man of God," let me be clear: the guy is not just a false prophet, he's a convicted tax evader and is due about as much respect as we'd give any other guy who said Jesus was going to come back and didn't report his income properly while doing it.
The wacky world of the late Herbert W. Armstrong and his many offshoots is well beyond the purposes of this blog. For more information, I recommend the following:
- Banned by HWA!
- The Painful Truth
- False Prophet Ronald Weinland (which occasionally makes side trips to other offshoots)
These blogs link to others...if you're interested, there is hours of reading.
ETA: Weinland is not the first pious fraud out there, nor will he be the last. In fact, compared to Kent and Jo Delia Hovind, he's something of a piker. Kent, a notoriously stupid creationist, is currently cooling his heels in a federal facility in Florence, Colorado.
ETA: Weinland is not the first pious fraud out there, nor will he be the last. In fact, compared to Kent and Jo Delia Hovind, he's something of a piker. Kent, a notoriously stupid creationist, is currently cooling his heels in a federal facility in Florence, Colorado.
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