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Originally Posted by rayliotta
But I was really more interested in hearing your response to my other post...
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I did respond to that post, but my response is not here, I don't know what happened to it. Basically I said a better analogy would be for a soldier in Afghanistan. One person could see that GW Bush had a big influence in his life, but others could say that it really wasn't GW but Osama that started the war, and still others are arguing that the engineering evidence cannot possibly be explained by airplanes crashing into the towers so they are blaming a "Gulf of Tonkin" like event.
But if you ask the soldier he may say that Bush had very little to do with his life, he didn't enlist because of him, nor did he ever fellowship with him, etc. He may be much more focused on the experiences he had and the people he knew.
I also went into detail that to give credit to WL for the building of the Irving hall is to completely trivialize the contribution of those that donated the money, time, labor, hospitality, etc. that resulted in that hall being built. Also, that 18 months was an amazing experience in every way. PL's sins do not in any way tarnish the experience.
As to JI being knowledgeable I would have no idea, I didn't know him, I was only in one conference he shared. When I speak about the recovery in generic terms like "it was possible to be in the LC and think that you aspired to the Biblical principles" JI and other "leaders" are never in my consideration. I am always considering my personal experience and the saints I knew first hand.