It's a Sham

[askseek]

Yes, I agree that he was delusional. I also believe he was deceitful to some extent. (You're correct in pointing out that the word "sham" does typically connote deceit.)

The John Ingalls account, for instance, tells of WL's "noticeably pained expression" when John delivered his resignation letter for his position on the LSM board of directors. Then a few months letter, in what would be their final conversation, WL pleads with him over the phone to reconsider resigning from the RcV translation work, saying "I have prayed, Preserve my brother's usefullness in your hands."

How much of this particular episode is delusion and deception? Impossible for us to say for sure, but to me it's some of both.