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Originally Posted by JJ
I found the statement "The ministry is for the church, not the church is for the ministry" at the beginning very interesting. James, do you hear yourself?
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This is what has come to be known as a "
factoid" -- something spoken long enough, and with much conviction, that the hearers believe it is true. Actually it has no basis in fact. Politicians do this all the time.
Lee spoke much in those early days, and no one knew any different. Because initially the meetings were fresh and exciting, and the ministry was truly anointed, we believed all we were told without verification. None of the brothers (
Rapoport, Ingalls, Mallon, So, etc.) black-balled by Lee ever was a "rebel," rather they all felt that Lee was clueless to his son's character.
Imagine that!?!
It was not until the "new way," with Phillip Lee running LSM in Anaheim, that the leaders around the country
even questioned anything Lee had said. If it were not for Philip's profligate, prodigal, reprehensible, and disgusting behavior, none of Lee's past flaws and failures would probably ever be discussed. Though I have no evidence to support it, the only reasonable explanation I can provide for WL placing his son in such a position as he did, ruling over all the LC leaders, was that his son was blackmailing him.