Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00465)

The same thing could also be true of Blavatsky's
expulsion from the Arya Samaj by Dayananda or 
Chintamon's separation from the TS, etc.

--- Larry F Kolts <llkingston2@juno.com> wrote:
> During all the heated exchange of the last few days,
> Robert Crosbie's
> name came up concerning his rift with Katherine
> Tingley. Mr Crosbie and
> the ULT maintain that he withdrew from her
> association, while the other
> side has insisted that he was expelled. In some
> minds this is a case
> study for coverup, or so it seems.
> 
> Let me offer two rather personal case studies to
> illustrate a point.
> 
> 1-I was in the U.S. Army Officer program at one
> time. It wasn't going
> well. I gave a letter of resignation to my
> commanding officer which he
> accepted. I was reduced in grade and sent to Viet
> Nam. When I finally got
> to look at my actual records, my resignation was
> nowhere to be found.
> Instead there was a notation that I had "been
> terminated from the
> program."
> 
> 2-When I left the Mormons I wrote a letter asking
> that my "name be
> removed from the rolls of the Church" an
> adminisrative action requiring
> no judicial decision. As I had been a High Priest
> and member of our local
> Bishopric at the time of my departure, they tried me
> for cause and
> eventually excommunicated me.
> 
> In both cases my version is that I quit and theirs
> is that I was
> expelled. In a way both versions are correct,
> depending on the point of
> view.
> 
> Could such have happened at the departure of Mr.
> Crosbie? Could he and
> his legacy honestly believe that he walked out while
> at the same time the
> Point Loma followers believe honestly that he was
> expelled. Why does one
> side have to be lying? It's all a matter of
> perspective. Sort of the old
> "You can't fire be, I quit!" 
> 
> Just something to chew on.
> 
> Larry 
>
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