changedagain Wrote:
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> Reepicheep Wrote:
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> >
Quote
Richard M.
> >
> > ...Stevens made it clear to Richard that taking
> as
> > much as you can through the gifts of others
> > without being known for it or otherwise caught
> for
> > your self-serving and sycophant goals, was the
> > height of success. And he was still reaching
> for
> > it partly through the willing help of Marilyn.
> >
> >
> > Between this and the accounts of motel room
> trysts
> > up on the Boulevard, it's pretty clear to me,
> at
> > least, that JRS was a phony and that he used
> > people and their resources to fulfill his
> personal
> > selfish desires without concern for their
> welfare.
> > So much for "THE Apostle To The Kingdom".
>
>
> Yes, at root, a con man--nothing more.
> Meanwhile, I came across this (link below). I had
> no idea that The Church of the Living Word was
> seeking an answer to the problem of homelessness
> in L.A. County:
>
> [
www.churchofthelivingword.com]
What a joke. They want to make people think they care to try and bolster the image. It is sickening. In all the years--never did we do anything for the community and in fact were discouraged---it was considered beneath the "real" purpose of God.
Thank you Dick for posting. I remember you and your story makes me very sad. And yet I see your strong character and that you took the high road and being a good person mattered. I too struggle with just trying to be the best person and do right and do it for posterity. It is a hard and lonely road. It is just good that you have gotten this out there especially now.