cheriegate Wrote:
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> There seems to have been different "layers of
> elders" at the Valley location during the 1970s,
> meaning, his most important disclosures were to
> the fewer elders closest to him and that
> information was slowly and eventually disseminated
> through the outer layers of elders then eventually
> to the people in general?
>
> There seems to be a disconnect between what the
> Apostle really believed/spoke and the people in
> general, even some of the elders.
>
> Also, the large book collection JRS had, I'm
> assuming it was kept where he lived? During the
> 1970s, where was that ?
I think there WAS a big difference between what JRS taught and what the elders pushed on to people. Both good and bad. Meaning I think some of what JRS really believed, he kept away from the general population, that's what was behind the whole "restricted tapes" thing. But also, even the good stuff that he taught got corrupted pretty badly by the time it was put out there for the people. JRS installed elders that were not qualified, hell lots of them weren't even Christians. It is quite possible for people to be in roles of authority in a Christian church without being a committed Christian. Since that is true, it is certainly true that somebody could be in a church that worshiped the leader instead of Christ to be a non-Christian.
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> There seems to have been different "layers of
> elders" at the Valley location during the 1970s,
> meaning, his most important disclosures were to
> the fewer elders closest to him and that
> information was slowly and eventually disseminated
> through the outer layers of elders then eventually
> to the people in general?
>
> There seems to be a disconnect between what the
> Apostle really believed/spoke and the people in
> general, even some of the elders.
>
> Also, the large book collection JRS had, I'm
> assuming it was kept where he lived? During the
> 1970s, where was that ?
I think there WAS a big difference between what JRS taught and what the elders pushed on to people. Both good and bad. Meaning I think some of what JRS really believed, he kept away from the general population, that's what was behind the whole "restricted tapes" thing. But also, even the good stuff that he taught got corrupted pretty badly by the time it was put out there for the people. JRS installed elders that were not qualified, hell lots of them weren't even Christians. It is quite possible for people to be in roles of authority in a Christian church without being a committed Christian. Since that is true, it is certainly true that somebody could be in a church that worshiped the leader instead of Christ to be a non-Christian.