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Originally Posted by NeitherFirstnorLast
I have an issue with this statement. If this historical narrative is to be considered accurate, I think it is more fair to say that Lee and LSM alleged that these two books contained "defamatory material against the local churches and Witness Lee". I can't speak for the Mindbenders, but I vetted the God-Men very thoroughly on this site. I didn't read anything defamatory in it at all.
I would also ask, for those who were around in the LC's at this time, how many actually read either of these books to judge for themselves what they contained? Knowing what I do of Lee and LSM's tactics and how they manipulate the emotions of their adherents these days, I would imagine that these books were characterized as being "full of death" and "a dangerous poison". The events chronicled in the God-Men, courtesy of the testimony of Max, completely exposed Lee. There is no way on earth that Lee would have wanted ANY of his followers to read what was in that book. I think characterizing these books here again a "defamatory" is dishonest.
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NFNL, good points. I like others were warned not to read those books because they were so full of inaccurate information. My elder Philip Comfort was responsible for the lawsuits in the Ohio area.
The books might not have been as defamatory as once believed, but the timing was inflammatory to say the least. In the aftermath of Jonestown, we had a number of saints in Ohio kidnapped and deprogrammed. I too was afraid for my life.
The first time I saw the book MB was at my Mom's house laying on the counter for me to see. The section on the LC's was well worn. Obviously the family had passed it around for everyone to read about me.
BTW, this history in 6 parts is Steve Isitt's written several years ago. I saw it and wanted to post it on the forum. It seemed like a good time since Freidel and Elden1971 have begun to post. Since the time of the writing, we have learned a lot more about LSM. Feel free to add to the story or post corrections.