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Originally Posted by Ohio
Here's how I understand it.
Except for a few books which he actually wrote, most of Nee's books were written from the personal notes of atttendees, since no actual recordings existed. If you have ever been in a meeting or a lecture, then you know that one's notes can differ greatly from another. Secondarily, these hand-written notes needed to be translated into English. Hence, another layer of subjectivity is introduced.
This is why two or three books by various publishers may exist based on the same spoken messages by Nee. Lee, of course, claimed his were the best, and all others were subject to error. Since he claimed that he alone was "Nee's closest and most faithful co-worker," we complied by canning all other books and buying LSM's bound blue volumes.
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Since I started reading things on the internet, I was really surprised to learn how many others were involved in the Nee era. Like what was said, WL really controlled all the information. He had us all thinking that Nee was the initial MOTA, and of course he was Nee's direct successor. I now have to question how close Nee and Lee really were in comparison to Nee's other coworkers.
I suppose there is a lot that we will never know, however, what I do know is that Nee was happy to work with others, much more than Lee was. Also, after reading Steve's recent writing on Nee, it is clear that Nee was not the person that Lee portrayed him as.