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Originally Posted by UntoHim
Yes, this is essentially an addendum. Nigel submitted this piece separately, however I wanted to keep it closely related the original piece for the sake of our discussions. Actually, he submitted this piece last week, but I've been quite busy and had a heck of a time formatting it. I'm trying to figure out a way for people to submit things in HTML so that it won't be such a time consuming thing for me. In any event, I finally got it up on the forum. If Nigel strongly objects to it being placed as an addendum to his original piece, I'm sure he'll let me know.
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Thanks.
What hypocrisy!
As one who lived through the Mindbenders and GodMen lawsuits and depositions, (
if you remember, Phil Comfort in Columbus was saddled with numerous legal duties back in the late-70's since DCP was not yet formed) we in Columbus heard many things about Gillquist, Sparks, Braun, and the Spiritual Counterfeits Project.
One funny story from the lawsuit days was the so-called "Elephant Coronations." It went something like this. None of these "kids" from the Jesus People Movement had any sort of Christian training, so they needed some credentials to add respectability to their writings. None of them was really qualified to appoint any one else, so they devised an idea to "anoint" one another. Hence they knelt in a circle like a bunch of circus elephants, raised their arms, and "laid hands" on the one next to them. Now, they were all official. Kind of like the Wizard of Oz passing out diplomas for courage.
Witness Lee and Company had a heyday with this in their GodMen lawsuit before Judge Seyranian, who awarded them $11.9Million. It raises the level of hypocrisy to new heights, just thinking about their Eastern Orthodox connections.