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Stars Are Dots In The Sky, Says Doyle
The Bible has many references to the movement of heavenly bodies
and
significant religious events. David Koresh was vitally interested
with signs in the heavens. There was a comet that had the shape
of a
guitar during the siege. David felt it had special significance
for
him. When I asked Clive about David's study of the stars, Clive
said
he did not know anything about it and had no interest in the subject.
"They always just looked like dots in the sky to me,"
he said.
Well, OK. But imagine. Here you are with "God made flesh,"
your
Messiah. You are willing to die for him. The US government is
crashing down on him with tanks. Your "God made flesh"
is looking
for signs in the stars at this critical time. Wouldn't you, a
believer, be even slightly interested? But Clive wasn't.
Sorry, this does not pass the smell test either. I don't think
Clive
was in there with David.
Doyle Doesn't Have A "Mind For Symbolism"
Here's something small, but significant. Again, remember that
Clive
testified under oath that he believed David Koresh was "God
made
flesh." And remember that David's job was to interpret the
symbolism
in the Book of Revelations.
Once when I was living in Waco, Clive and I went to see the
movie
"Matrix." Afterwards I started to talk to Clive about
the symbolism
in the movie and its similarities to David's message. Clive shrugged
his shoulders. "I just don't have the mind for symbolism,"
he said.
Now imagine that. You follow a prophet whose job is to interpret
symbols, but you don't have a mind for symbols.
To Clive Doyle, David Koresh's teachings must have been as
a music to
a deaf man. Why did Clive suffer 51 days of torture, gassing,
fire,
and the death of his daughter? All for the sake of music he could
not hear? If Clive didn't have a mind for symbols, on what basis
did
he come to the conclusion David was "God made flesh"?
Sorry, none of
this adds up either.
Three Kinds Of People At Mt. Carmel Center
CV:
Who were the so-called "Mighty Men?" Did Clive ever
tell you their names?
X98:
I know the names of Steve Schneider and Wayne Martin. Aside from
those two, I don't know who the Mighty Men were. Clive has no
information on them, except to say they were not "special."
This
just shows Clive knew little about David Koresh's Mt. Carmel Center.
There were three types of people at the Mt. Carmel Center when
it was
raided on February 28. There were poor, broken, and simple people
who were there because they had nowhere else to go and David Koresh
was looking after them. There were government agents pretending
to
be Davidians. And there were the strong-minded and true-of-heart
who
really believed in David. With the exception of Livingston Fagan
and
a few others, I think the true-of-heart died with David Koresh.
CV:
Let's talk about how Clive handles David's teachings and prophecies.
Bible People Offer Themselves To Fulfill Prophecies
X98:
OK, but let's review some preliminaries first. As you may be aware,
the Bible is a series of prophecies that tell us how and when
the
Everlasting Kingdom will be established. Bible people want the
promises of God to be fulfilled and are willing to do whatever
needs
doing to bring them about. Daniel Chapters 11 and 12 deal
specifically with the opening of the Sixth Seal (the Resurrection)
which must take place before the setting up of the Kingdom. The
job
of a prophet is to tell us which of the prophecies is currently
being
fulfilled, so that we might submit to the Word more fully.
Texas, Not Israel: Why Did David Change His Mind?
So before the Second Coming, the prophecies of Daniel Chapters
11 and
12 must be fulfilled. The founder of the Davidian movement, Victor
Houteff, wanted to be God's tool and establish the Davidic kingdom
in
Palestine, Israel. In like manner, David Koresh also wanted to
be
God's tool and set up the Davidic Kingdom. David wanted to set
it up
in Jerusalem, Israel.
David made a number of trips to Israel, and was familiar with
the
situation in the Middle East. At the start of Desert Shield in
1990,
he thought the place of his martyrdom might be in Israel but finally
at the start of Desert Storm in 1991 he was convinced that his
martyrdom would be here in the US. He started to build and to
arm
himself for the coming confrontation.
Instead of Israel, David said the prophecies of Daniel would
be
fulfilled in Waco and that the Mt. Carmel Center was the Davidic
kingdom. Imagine! This was a monumental change in his thinking,
a
change that would affect each and every Branch Davidian. Anyone
interested in prophecy and the Seven Seals would want to know:
What
did David see that changed his mind? I asked Clive.
Doyle Claims Ignorance
CV:
What did Clive say?
X98:
Clive said he had no idea why David Koresh changed his mind. Think
about that. You have a passionate interest in Biblical prophecies
and want to help fulfill them. You have devoted your life to this
pursuit. A man that you believe to be "God made flesh,"
a Messiah, a
prophet of God, says the Davidic kingdom will be set up in Jerusalem,
Israel. You are willing to move there, live there, and die there,
to
help fulfill those prophecies. But then your Messiah changes his
mind. Now you don't have to make the trip. Daniel 11 will be
fulfilled in Waco, Texas. But you don't know why, and are not
curious enough to find out. I don't believe Clive is clueless.
Clive has to know what led David to change his mind.
James Tabor Drops King James Translation
By the way, some time after I had this conversation with Clive,
James
Tabor, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North
Carolina in Charlotte,
[ http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/bio.html ],
the big expert on religious suicides and now an expert on David
Koresh's theology, wrote an article trying to explain David's
change
of mind: "Patterns of the End Textual Weaving from Qumran
to Waco,"
[ http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/waco.html ].
In this piece, Tabor compares the beliefs of the Branch Davidians
with the beliefs of the ancient Jewish Qumran community. This
is not
the place to go into Tabor's piece in depth, but suffice it to
say
that in his 1995 book "Why Waco?"
[ http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/6679.html ],
Tabor tells us David insisted on using the King James translation
of
the Bible. Just one year later Tabor, in 1996, Tabor writes this
Qumran piece for a Princeton University symposium. In trying to
explain David's change of mind, does he use the King James? No,
he
uses the Revised Standard Version, a watered down translation
that
leads a person away from David's teaching. But look at how deviously
Tabor tries to cover what he did.
In Footnote 11 Tabor says: "Biblical quotations are from
the Revised
Standard Version, although when I deal closely with Koresh's exegesis
of the biblical text I use the King James Version, which was the
only
translation he endorsed." Exactly when does Tabor deal "closely"
with Koresh's exegesis and use the King James version? Conveniently,
he does not tell us. This in an attempt to clear himself and confuse
the reader. The Qumran piece is a masterpiece of deception. I
wrote
to Tabor several times asking for an explanation, but he ignored
my
questions.
CV:
Tabor could have used the King James version throughout had he
wanted to?
X98:
Of course. Nothing simpler.
James Tabor Points To His Prayer Shawl
By the way, I visited James Tabor in his office at the University
of
North Carolina in Charlotte on my way to Waco in 1996. We sat
talking for two or three hours. He had what seemed to be thousands
of David's sermons there in his office, on tapes.
CV:
How did he get those tapes? Was he Branch Davidian?
X98:
I asked Tabor if he believed in David and he said no, pointing
to his
prayer shawl. Tabor is a Jew.
I don't know how he got all those tapes. And I wondered at
the time
how he was able to collect them so quickly.
Clive likes to stress there was no tape ministry, but from
the 1980s
David was sending tapes out to pockets of supporters all over
the
world. Thus we have tapes like Letter to Australia and Letter
to
California. There must have been tapes in the Mt. Carmel Center
that
were either destroyed in the fire or removed before the fire was
started.
Given the Davidian history, it is likely there were deep cover
spooks
in David's community, making tapes of his sermons and passing
them on
to the people who were keeping track of him, theologically speaking.
Religion has always been used as a vehicle for controlling
populations. They can't afford to have independent thinkers running
around out there, you know. You can almost guarantee that they'd
have someone inside, close to the action, recording David's sermons
to keep abreast of his latest thinking.
You have to remember that most Christians in America have been
taught
to believe that Jesus can't return unless Israel is in her heaven.
Honest, so many people like Jerry Falwell really teach that. That
single teaching is the source of a lot of America's support for
Israel. And without America's support, Israel would be camel-fodder.
So Israel takes a big interest in the official doctrines of
Christianity. That is probably why you have Jewish professors
like
James Tabor sitting around in Universities, fingering their pray
shawls and writing books about Christian teachings and Jesus and
Paul.
http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/bio.html
Did Koresh Ruffle Israeli Feathers?
Now up pops David Koresh, and he starts teaching that you can
forget
Israel, God has shifted his attention to Texas. Suddenly, some
very
big forces get interested in little unknown David Koresh, and
they
are not happy.
CV:
So you think David may have ruffled some feathers by saying new
Jerusalem was in Texas, not Israel?
X98:
Yes. What would happen if the existence of the state of Israel
was
not essential to fulfillment of prophecy? Much of their support
would vanish.
CV:
I understand that it was after a trip to Israel that David Koresh
realized he would be called upon to sacrifice his life in order
to
bring about the fulfillment of prophecy. Is that correct?
X98:
There's never been a question of that. Tabor gives an account
on pg.
58 of "Why Waco?" "At twenty five, Koresh had a
profound
'experience' while visiting Israel in january 1985 ..."
CV:
That sounds like the Jerusalem experience, or the Jerusalem syndrome,
as it is sometimes called.
X98:
You mean where people go to Jerusalem and just by walking the
streets, they suffer this strange mental disease that makes them
think they are Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary?
CV:
That's the one. I read an article in the Israel Review of Arts
and
Letters in which the writer said that David Koresh spent time
in
Jerusalem and may have been affected by the Syndrome, but that
it's
effect was protracted, since "only after he returned to the
US did he
proclaim himself the messiah and found (sic) his sect at Waco,
Texas."
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH01xu0
X98:
Well, that just shows how much the writer knows. The Branch
Davidians were founded long before David Koresh became their leader,
of course. And David proclaimed Christhood -- that he was the
Son of
God, the Lamb who could open the Seven Seals -- from Jerusalem
in
January 1985. He was already accepted as a prophet long before
going
to that filthy city.
No, David's theology was too well developed to be explained
by the
Jerusalem Syndrome. I've never seen that suggested before. David's
beliefs were backed up by profound understanding of the weaving
of
the Bible. No one has ever been able to match his ability in this
area. I have never heard of any theologian saying that David was
wrong textually about the Bible, nor do I know of any theologian,
aside from Fagan, that agrees with David's conclusions. What is
for
sure is that David was not crazy as this "reporter"
tries to say.
CV:
Do you have any details about what David did in Israel, how long
he
was there, who he stayed with, who he met with? It seems to me
that
surely he would delver a sermon or make a tape about his experience.
X98:
I don't know any of the details. I have never heard of a sermon
or
tape describing his experience in Israel.
Anyway, when I got to Waco and met Clive Doyle, I realized
Tabor had
vastly more of David's sermons than Clive had. Tabor also gave
me
several of David's tapes. One of them was recorded backwards.
CV:
Recorded backwards? Did you ask him why the sermon had been recorded
backwards?
X98:
No, because I only discovered it was recorded backwards well after
I
left. I have read that recorded human speech is sometimes played
backwards to reveal hidden messages.
CV:
Now THAT sounds Satanic to me. Failing to deal with the logic
of an
argument, and reversing logic! Recording human speech backwards
would ensure the tape could be understood only by using a special
tape player. Few of us have these. Therefore having one of David's
sermons recorded backward would prevent that sermon from being
circulated.
How Tabor Handled Davidian View Of Jews
Now, what of Victor Houteff's view that the Jews were being
gathered
in Israel so God could more conveniently kill them, and David
Koresh's view that Israel was "filthy." How did Tabor
represent
these views? Surely a religious Jew -- one who keeps his prayer
shawl in his office -- would have strong opinions.
X98:
To my knowledge, Tabor has not written one word about Houteff
and
Koresh's critical stance on the Jews and Israel. Instead, in his
Qumran piece, Tabor makes out like David's views were compatible
with
the views of Judaism.
I think Tabor is in the business of refashioning what David
said. I
think he is a spin doctor.
Source Of Doyle's Koresh Tapes
CV:
You studied David's material at the Mt. Carmel Center under Clive
Doyle. Given that Clive lived away from the Mt. Carmel Center
for so
many years, where did he get his Koresh material?
X98:
I recently found out that many of those tapes were supplied to
Clive
by a man by the name of Mark Swett. Of course Clive has the
negotiation tapes, too. The source on these is the FBI.
CV:
Mark Swett -- is he the person who had a web page devoted to Koresh's
writings and sermons?
X98:
Yes, the same Mark Swett.
CV:
I did not know Mark Swett was a Branch Davidian.
X98:
He is not.
CV:
Do you know how he got access to David Koresh's early sermons?
X98:
That's a good question. If old time Branch Davidian Clive Doyle
had
to rely on non-Davidian Swett to get this material, where did
Swett
get the material? Let's just say Swett is a guy with an uncanny
genius for getting hard to find material that relates to the
Davidians.
Swett says he has copies of the FBI eavesdropping tapes--the
audio
tapes the FBI claims captured the voices of the Branch Davidians
planning and starting the fire on April 19. Swett says that the
tapes convinced him that the Davidians started the fire, so he
took
down his website. He did this -- most conveniently -- last summer
at
about the time when the interim Danforth report was issued and
the
court dismissed the Davidian civil suits.
"I Think Mark Swell Is A Cop"
When I publicly accused Clive Doyle of being an accomplice
to the
cover-up of the murders of the Davidians, Swett attacked me and
defended the Davidians. No, they were not accomplices, he said.
But Swett had fallen into a trap, and I closed the door on
it. So I
asked Swett: "You accuse the Davidians of setting the fire
that
killed their children. Therefore you're accusing them of committing
the actual murders, right?"
Swett says no, I'm only saying they started the fires that
their
children died in.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KORESHX98/message/798
Yes, Swett trapped himself between a rock and a hard place.
Can you
get much dumber than that? I think Mark Swett is a cop.
CV:
How much faith to you have that the tapes of David's teachings
are authentic?
X98:
I heard David say on one of the negotiation tapes that his
interpretation of the First Seal, the one brought out by Ruth
Riddle
on April 19, "will knock your socks off." I don't believe
David
Koresh actually said that -- I think that was faked, just as I
think
much of the First Seal was faked. For sure, it didn't knock my
socks
off. My guess is that some of it was David's, the rest was chaff
written by someone else. If the government went to all that trouble
maligning David and ridiculing him during the siege to destroy
his
message, why would they let the message out after the siege? You'd
have to be very naive not to question that First Seal transcript.
As far the work David did in the 1990s, I can tell you there's
been a
coordinated effort to erase it from the memory bank. Certainly
the
message David taught in the early 1990s concerning the change
of
locale of the Davidic Kingdom from Israel to Waco -- that has
been
erased from the face of the earth.
Doyle Should Have Known
CV:
OK. So now back to your earlier criticism of Clive. We know Clive
spent many years living away from the Mt. Carmel Center. It is
possible that he just missed David's sermons concerning the change
of
the site of his martyrdom and the martyrdom of the women and
children. Why are you convinced he is trying to hide this
information?
X98:
Unlike Tabor and Swett, Clive claims to be a believer in David
Koresh. He certainly would have had contact with other Davidians
during the years he lived away from the Mt. Carmel Center. His
daughters, first Karen, then Shari, were there at the Mt. Carmel
Center over the course of years. So was his mother. Clive would
have had ample opportunity to keep up on things. I will assure
you
of one thing: If the prophet I had chosen to follow was sleeping
with
my daughters, I'd keep close tabs on him. I'd find out what my
prophet was doing and saying, particularly on such a fundamental
issue as the location of his martyrdom and my daughters' martyrdom.
Wouldn't you?
CV:
The Chicago Tribune interviewed Clive's ex-wife after the April
19
fire. She lamented the loss of her grandchildren -- Shari's
children. Later, I interviewed Clive. He denied he had any
grandchildren and said his ex-wife was mistaken. Did you ever
speak
to Clive about his having grandchildren?
X98:
I did, and Clive denied he had any. But Karen Doyle left the company
of David's women because she was barren. Karen is married now,
and
her new husband brought a child into the marriage. Meanwhile,
her
sister Shari lived in the Branch Davidian community and was
reportedly one of David's wives. If Shari was also barren, she
likely would also have left, as Karen did. But she did not leave.
She was listed among the dead. Perhaps Shari did have children
with
David. I don't know.
Koresh/Quryash Comes From Iran
CV:
Let's continue with Clive's treatment of David's prophecies.
X98:
Let me discuss David's teachings concerning two verses of Daniel,
Chapters 7 and 8, and specifically Daniel 7:9 and Daniel 7:13.
David
spoke often of these verses, but addressed them in great detail
in a
tape called "Letter to Australia."
As I told you, I am a Shiite Muslim. The Bible is filled with
prophecies of the Savior coming from Persia or as we now call
that
country, Iran, a Muslim country. I was always interested to note
that the surname David chose, "Koresh" (phonetically
the same as the
Arabic "Quryash"), was the family name of the prophet
Mohammed, peace
be upon him. Each Muslim Imam is a descendant of that Koresh/Quryash
family. Imam Khomeini, peace be upon him, was a Koresh/Quryash.
The
awaited Savior of Islam -- al Mahdi -- will also bear the name
Koresh/Quryash.
I arrived at the Mt. Carmel Center in December, 1996. In October
1997 I heard the tape "Letter to Australia." In this
tape, David
talks about Daniel 7:9 and Daniel 7:13. He says the verses tell
of
two Saviors. One is the Prince of Persia (Iran), called Koresh
(Isaiah 45), and the other one is Jesus. Koresh the Savior and
Jesus
the Savior join forces to defeat the anti-Christ (or the ad-Dajjal,
the Deceiver, as he is called in Arabic); Jesus does the judging,
Koresh does the fighting.
I was amazed, for David's teaching about End Days exactly parallels
the prophecy of Mohammed in his Hadith, and those of the Imams,
peace
be upon them.
David was teaching the heart of Islam, but he was unifying
the three
religions of Abraham. I had tremendous respect for him.
I don't believe I am the only one to realize what David was
doing.
During the siege, theologian Phil Arnold from the Reunion Institute
was a consultant to the FBI. Do you know what they study at the
Reunion Institute? They study the unification of the three Abrahamic
religions. Coincidentally, James Tabor is one of their speakers.
http://www.reunioninstitute.com/upcoming.html
I told Clive what I had found and asked him to check my findings.
Yes, I was right that Koresh comes from Iran, Clive said. Clive
and
I began to study the Koran and the Bible.
Letter To Ayatollah Khatami
Just a few weeks later, in November 1997, the President of
Iran,
Ayatollah Khatami, publicly called for discussion between the
American people and Iran concerning their religious beliefs.
Khatami's invitation had been written in English. I gave Clive
a
copy. I also found a biography of Khatami on the Net; he was
multi-lingual and proficient in English.
[See: http://www.president.ir/khatami/index-e.htm ]
I gave Clive a copy of the biography, too. The importance of
this
will be clearer as we talk.
I reminded Clive that David wanted his message taken to the
world.
Here was the perfect opportunity. I offered to compose a letter
to
Khatami for Clive's signature, telling Khatami about David's
teachings. I also proposed that we inform the Davidians of the
parallel between David's teachings and Mohammed's teachings, and
that
we tell them about the letter to Khatami.
Clive said the Davidians were not ready to hear about the identical
End Days prophecy made by David and Mohammed, peace be upon him.
Instead, he said, we should jointly address the Davidian congregation
and tell them of the compatibility between the two systems, and
tell
them of the letter to Khatami. I agreed.
Doyle, X98 Jointly Address Sabbath Meeting
On December 30, 1997, we held a Sabbath meeting in which Clive
talked
about David's message and related it to Islam, and I talked about
Islam and related it to David's message. We told the congregation
about the letter to Khatami.
The address went over well and in the next few weeks we all
discussed
the letter to President Khatami among ourselves. No one disagreed
that it should be sent.
In February 1998 the letter to President Khatami was finalized.
But
Clive stalled on sending it. He said he needed to learn more about
Islam before he approached Khatami.
[See letter to Katami at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KORESHX98/message/1157 ]
I told him Khatami already knew about Islam, we didn't have
to tell
him about it. Our job was to compose a letter accepting his
invitation to talk about our beliefs.
Still, Clive stalled, dilly-dallying. He always seemed indecisive
and
weak. I made excuses for him in my own mind. He was brainwashed
during the siege, I thought, that is why he is this way.
Weeks rolled by and Clive continued to stall on sending the
letter.
By the time the April 19, 1998, memorial services were held, the
letter still had not been sent out. Ramsey Clark had come to Waco
to
speak at the memorial service. At that time he made regular trips
to
Iran. So I told Ramsey about the letter. Ramsey said, "If
you can
get the letter to me I will deliver it to Khatami by hand."
I was very excited and went to Clive with the news. Clive told
me
that was a great idea. Over the next few days, each time I saw
Ramsey I asked him if Clive had given him the letter. Each day
Ramsey said no. Each day I'd go to Clive to remind him.
Finally it was time for Ramsey's departure. Ramsey left. I
asked
Clive if Ramsey had taken the letter with him. Clive said no --
Ramsey said Khatami did not speak or read English, so we'd have
to
get the letter translated.
I told Clive that Khatami was proficient in English, and referred
him
back to the biography on Khatami. Then I let the matter slide.
I
did not want to have a confrontation with Clive. I reminded myself
of the cruelty Clive experienced during the siege and continued
to
make excuses for his behavior.
By the summer of 1998 the letter to Khatami still had not been
sent.
I brought it to the attention of a meeting of Davidians. I
complained that we were not following David's instruction to take
his
message to the world. I asked, "Are we sending the letter
or not?"
Only Catherine Matteson objected, saying the US government wouldn't
want us to send such a letter. Nonetheless, after further
discussion, the Davidians, including Catherine, all voted to send
it.
They also said they wanted a clarification from me concerning
the
connection between Islam and David's teachings.
X98 Gives Sabbath Talk
I told Clive of the congregation's wish to know more about
the
parallel between the prophecies of Islam and David Koresh. I offered
to give a Sabbath address on the subject. Clive agreed. The address
was scheduled and announced. The title was "Koresh from Iran,"
and
the address was to be given at the new Mt. Carmel visitor's center.
The day of the address arrived -- It was a hot summer day.
The new
Mt. Carmel visitors center was filled to capacity that Sabbath
morning, full of people who wanted to hear the message. Some of
these people were brand new, I'd never seen them before. We even
ran
out of chairs.
About five minutes before I was to speak, Clive began to try
to
dissuade me from going ahead, saying that the people did not have
the
background they needed to understand my address.
I held my ground and told Clive that I fully intended to forge
ahead
and give the message. In the face of my determination, Clive gave
way.
David Koresh's mother, Bonnie Halderman, was there, sitting
towards
the back. I started my address by apologizing, saying I was just
a
student. Bonnie mouthed these words to me: "Don't apologize.
Just
give the message." That was such a kind gesture.
I told the congregation that their minds had been poisoned
on the
subject of Iran and Islam, and urged them to listen to what I
had to
say with their hearts. Then I discussed the amazing similarities
between David's prophecies and Mohammed's prophecies.
The congregation reacted with great interest. I felt the address
was
a tremendous success. In particular, the response was excellent
from
the group of older Davidians.
But during the following week Tom Cook, Wyla, and a few others,
expressed outrage. "Andrew is really a Muslim, he is trying
to
change us into Muslims ... he is trying to steal our revolution."
They began to question my motives in giving this address and to
raise
other issues. So I agreed to clarify points raised at the following
Sabbath meeting.
Stooges Come To Sabbath Meeting
When the next Sabbath rolled around, there were even more new
people
in attendance than the week before. As I was soon to find out,
these
new faces were there to serve a purpose.
The service was scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Clive was very late.
Naturally we waited for him. He drove up to the Mt. Carmel visitors
center at about 2:00 pm. He did not even get out of his car. He
just pulled up and told me through an open window: "I'm sick,
I'm
going home." Then he said he wanted a man named Bryan --
who was not
a follower of David Koresh -- to give the Sabbath address instead
of
me. Bryan -- I'm not sure how he spells his name -- would be reading
the transcript of the Seal that came out of the Mt. Carmel Center
with Ruth Riddle. In other words, there would be no Sabbath address.
I asked Clive why he was canceling my address. He said he did
not
like my attitude and that I smoked too many cigarettes on the
property. I objected. I said "Why didn't you say so before?"
and
"What has this got to do with the Sabbath message these people
came
to hear?"
Then the people I had never ever seen before milled around
me. They
told the other long-time Davidians that I was causing dissension
and
that I was misrepresenting David. They started an uproar. The
newcomers' presence and their reaction to my address was obviously
choreographed. I said to Clive, "You planned this, didn't
you?"
Then one woman whom I had never seen before -- middle aged, over
weight, wearing too much make-up -- defended Clive. "How
dare you
talk to my rabbi this way!" she yelled. I responded: "Madam,
what do
you mean, your RABBI? I have been here in this congregation for
three years and I have never seen you before."
Clive drove away. By this time the Branch Davidians, many of
whom
are poor, broken people, had become frightened and confused. Then
Tom Cook spoke up: "I'm going to Clive's house. Come with
me.
Let's go to Clive's." Many drove off in their cars. I understand
they went to Clive's house, where Clive held a three hour Sabbath
meeting despite being "sick." Brian did not read the
Seal after all,
I was told.
I was stunned at the turn of events. I did not go to another
Sabbath
meeting for a long while. But I continued to make excuses for
Clive
in my own mind. I reminded myself that Clive had been subjected
to
brainwashing techniques during the siege, and that I should be
patient with him because he had been placed in his position by
God.
Now I believe that Clive Doyle would do anything to kick dust
over
the "Letter to Australia" and David's message of the
two Saviors. If
Doyle really believed David was a prophet, "God made flesh,"
he
wouldn't have the slightest reluctance to bring the message to
the
world.
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Copyright, April 19, 2001 -- May be reproduced for non-commercial purposes
--
Carol A. Valentine
President, Public Action, Inc.
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