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PASTOR'S REPORT, May 14, 1979
Student: I guess, in wisdom.
Rader: In wisdom?
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Student: It would have been bad publicity, but they had the right, sir.
Rader: We had our rights, also. And you have heard from Christ's
Apostle, and he said that I Corinthians 10 obtains, and he said prove
all things to yourself before you come into the Church. But once you're
in the Church, that's not the time to decide for yourself whether Mr.
Armstrong, as Christ's Apostle, can lead this Work or not.
Now, this is the time to clear up these misapprehensions. There were
people inside this organization who were cooperating before January 2nd
with the attorney general, with an attorney in Beverly Hills, with a
conniving judge (without realizing it). And those people assured these
other people there would be nobody unhappy about the receiver coming in,
about Mr. Armstrong leaving. They suggested to these people there would
be a mass uprising of the people. They would welcome Garner Ted Armstrong
back.� they never even asked themselves whether it was right or wrong,
legal or illegal. They just said, "Can we get away with it?" And,
based U?On the information that they had, that is what they decided to
do--to get away with it.
And, but for those four factors that I outlined, they would have had it;
they would have won the game. Mr. Armstrong had been put out, they
thought. They sent Wayne Cole down to Tucson with some other people.
But what they didn't know is that Mr. Armstrong was in constant communi
cation all during that day with Pasadena. That was what they didn't know.
Mr. Armstrong had to let the rope out. He had to let the rope out so some
of those people would reveal their hands, who they were. How many of you
know that Ben Chapman went and talked to Chomos two weeks before the
event, in addition to signing his affidavit which attempted to paint Mr.
Armstrong as so incompetent? He told them there were no sales of property
below market value; there was no siphoning of any funds, or pilfering of
any funds; there was nothing wrong with Mr. Armstrong's trips. How did
he know that? He took the first trip /with Mr. Armstrong7. He took a
six-week trip--first trip on the Falcon abroad, six weeks with his wife
and others. How many know that? Only a few know it. The whole world will
soon know it!
But he told all of that to the attorney who brought the lawsuit. Did
that deter him from making those outrageous statements? No. Why? Because
he and others wanted to make the statements; they wanted to achieve their
purpose.
Now the reason that I'm upset is that we have people still in our midst...
I can't give a litmus paper test. Mr. LaRavia can't do it, Mr. McNair
can't do it. We can't tell who's loyal and who's disloyal. But Mr.
Armstrong has commissioned us to protect him and protect t�e Work.
And we have people who would not want to protect the Work, or have their
different ideas about how the Work could best be protected.
How many people in this room believe or would be willing to admit, here
and now, that they believe the allegations or any part of the amended