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Originally Posted by Curious
Btw, what an absolutely appalling thing to say. Just vile, when you consider the betrayal of trust and financial exploitation involved, of those loyal and devoted to him.
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Some of the old-timers in the LC will talk about the "good ole days" or elden hall, and based on the types of testimonies from that time, the LC was probably doing some things right at that time. Then not long after that time period, a fiasco like Daystar happens. Talk about a betrayal of trust.
When Daystar happened, it definitely served as a rude awakening to many who were all in for the LC. Even more than that, I think once people came to terms with the fact that they had been exploited, it also really called into question the aspects of their experiences that had been perceived as positive.
By the time books like the God-men or Mindbenders came out, it's probably safe to say that there were already a good number of ex-members out there who wouldn't have anything good to say about the LC. Put within that context, whether these books were fact or fiction is pretty much irrelevant. Even at that time there were so many questions surrounding the LC and so many former members. Books like that were bound to come out at some point or another.
If the LC expects to reverse this trend of decline, they have to come to terms with the fact that their publicity problems stem from these types of internal issues that go unhanded or mishandled. I think that if WL had come clean about Daystar, we wouldn't be here talking about it 40 years later.