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Originally Posted by Ohio
Those who knew and loved brother John Ingalls know unquestionably that he was never a threat to Lee, only that he stood up for righteousness on behalf of the saints he served.
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Something that came to mind today is that before those like John Ingalls and Bill Mallon ever became concerned about the LC, there were signs that their days were numbered...
Please excuse the bad analogy, but it’s kind of like at a job when suddenly a certain person is excluded from meetings, discussions, etc., and not long afterwards, they are terminated. When WL started the “new way”, his most senior coworkers besides Benson were completely excluded. They had only failed to promote WL and his ministry office like Benson had been doing. Bill Mallon and John Ingalls had reason to be concerned about this, but any mention of the fact that they were being excluded would have brought about accusations of 'ambition' (and this is exactly what happened eventually).
Bill Mallon and John Ingalls had every right to be concerned, since they were some of WL’s closest coworkers. There is no evidence to indicate that they were ever a threat to WL. They were brought up under a different era of Leeism, an era which WL wanted to completely do away with to bring in a new era of unprecedented Leeism. I think by most indications, they had supported WL to a 'T' up until the late 80’s. That is noteworthy considering all the questionable things that WL did. What more could WL had asked for? Nonetheless, even such adamant supporters were considered to be expendable.
Not long after, WL brought in new, younger coworkers to ridicule the older coworkers who had been WL’s strongest supporters. It really was all part of WL’s quest for power. I don’t know that anyone really posed a threat to WL’s stardom, but that was irrelevant to WL. He was paranoid, plain and simple. His treatment of his closest coworkers attest to that.