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What's funny about some of this, especially the parts concerning the response to Walter Martin, is that I recall listening to Martin's meeting within recent years and considered that while he may have seemed a little strong on some points, he was really pretty right. Of course it would have been impossible for an outsider to get everything spot-on because the whole truth is so nuanced. But based on what he could have had access to, he kind of nailed it.

And these probably honest people who wrote the responses did it from what they honestly believed to be true. And Max was right. Martin did seem sarcastic and caustic. I think it was sort of his style. Lee's style was different. He very politely said that only the local churches were the testimony of Christ. And he had a smile on his face as he called Christianity degraded and referred to it as Babylon.

So maybe the personal attacks on style are just ad hominems to divert attention from the real issue. Bad ole Martin said bad things about Lee and the LRC, so his message is to be dismissed. But sweet little Chinaman Lee was nice as he declared all of Christianity outside of his sect to be Babylon and degraded. So it must be true.