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So very helpful to read this. Thank you so much for posting this, Nell.

I, unfortunately, do agree with the (incredibly angry, that should itself be a huge tip-off to readers) letter at the very end that Jack did too much comparing to what historical Christianity believes, rather than comparing to what the Bible says. I'm not saying it renders his conclusions wrong; I'm just saying it would have been a stronger base if he'd used the Bible as the base. But aside from that, his description of everything else is SPOT ON. And whichever local church fanatic wrote the letter (it sounds like a Kerry Robichaux product, although I'm not sure how old he would have been back then) has zero legs to stand on as they vitriolically accuse Jack of "Jesus plus..." while they themselves virtually abandon Jesus in favor of Witness Lee alone.

As one whose whole life was encompassed by this thing.....I will state that Jack Sparks, MindBenders, has truthfully and accurately described the environment, teachings, mind-altering practices, viewpoints, beliefs, fearful threats, hypocritical responses, and arrogance of the local church movement.

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