[UntoHim]

The "rebelling young people" incident in Berkeley took place on memorial day weekend 1977(8?). There was another incident that took place that same weekend in Chicago. (I think Max was at that one). Young people from all over California were bused or drove to Berkeley. I believe that Dick Taylor and some other Orange County elders (a young Minoru Chen among them) were sent up as babysitters. It was an unmitigated disaster. It was a time in the Local Church that we were being encouraged to stop being "religious". So there was all sorts of "unreligious", sacreligous shenanigans that took place.

The main thing to keep in mind when people tell you about these kind of shenanigans is that Witness Lee knew all about it. In fact he was the one who encouraged it in the first place. Anyone who tells you otherwise either wasn't there, or is trying to protect "dear brother Lee's" reputation. Lee wasn't trying to gain power or control...he already had full power and full control of all the Local Churches in California already. Nothing...absolutely nothing happened in the Local Churches without his full knowledge. He only pretended not to know when the whole thing blew up in his face. And then he did what Witness Lee ALWAYS DID...he blamed someone else for his false teachings and blunders.
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