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Old 05-17-2024, 02:36 AM   #5
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Default Re: Digital copy of "Fermentation of the Present Rebellion"?

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Originally Posted by paperbackwriter View Post
Does anyone have a PDF of this? Can you post a link or post the contents of it here?

I'm also interested in why the title uses the word "Fermentation" instead of "Fomentation." It seems like a deliberate play on words by Lee, but I didn't think he was that clever.
I have seen it online but unsure where. There's a Ukrainian website with 'authorized' and 'unauthorized' WL books, but I can't remember the name.

I read it in hard copy, back in the day. The author WL was not in a good light. It was scandalously bitter and vituperative, with language that would make a sailor blush. That's my memory of it. I was hardcore for the so-called recovery, and when I read it my dreams of a glorious church life took quite a blow.

Regarding the title, I always associated it with leaven. Something grows quietly in the dark, spoils the whole batch. Like a fungus, or mold. Instead of growing in the light, it spreads in the dark.

And as usual Lee would paint others with the same brush he held. Like "divisive" - who was more divisive than Lee, or Nee for that matter? Nee took over Leland Chang's meeting hall. Or "ambitious" - who was more ambitious than Nee, or Lee? Read MEB's letter to Panton. It's all cut from the same cloth.
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