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April 30, 2023
I have read it for the second time. What I did not grasp the first time in 2002, I now have understood; more clearly, in fact.
The writer started off well, I should admit: he argued his case very well in the beginning. I had to change some of my earlier observations that I made in the margin, as a result. But after page 24, where he made a reference to Prabhupada's letter, which was in the appendix, his arguments failed to be cogent and convincing. In fact, I started seeing his untruthfulness and dishonesty: he was twisting and turning, imposing his own views on what he called "evidence".
I should not recommend this book to a "ritvik" if his intention of reading it is to be persuaded by the writer. But I strongly recommend it to anyone who still believes, and wants to believe, that the GBC is doing the right thing.
For someone like me who is not affiliated to the Hare Krsnas, the book serves as a valuable source of information on the ISKCON's skulduggery, chicanery and bamboozling. It tells me what can go wrong to an organisation that is very much dependent on shaky philosophy and false pride.
The writer started off well, I should admit: he argued his case very well in the beginning. I had to change some of my earlier observations that I made in the margin, as a result. But after page 24, where he made a reference to Prabhupada's letter, which was in the appendix, his arguments failed to be cogent and convincing. In fact, I started seeing his untruthfulness and dishonesty: he was twisting and turning, imposing his own views on what he called "evidence".
I should not recommend this book to a "ritvik" if his intention of reading it is to be persuaded by the writer. But I strongly recommend it to anyone who still believes, and wants to believe, that the GBC is doing the right thing.
For someone like me who is not affiliated to the Hare Krsnas, the book serves as a valuable source of information on the ISKCON's skulduggery, chicanery and bamboozling. It tells me what can go wrong to an organisation that is very much dependent on shaky philosophy and false pride.
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