“Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. “ (Jude 8)
Masters attacks preachers as the problem and promotes his tapes and esoteric understanding as the solution, and reminds me of another cultist whose ministry also moved to Oregon, for the same escapist reason, named James Lloyd (ChristianMedia).
It is typical of cults that they basically despise authority as they seek their own, and like Harold Camping, they have no use for the church, portraying themselves as victims of it, and i surmise, they operate out of a grudge against it for rejecting them, a “root of bitterness” whereby many become defiled. (Heb. 12:15)
While some of their criticisms of other churches are valid, they make merchandise of the real and imagined faults of the competition in order to exalt themselves and gain credibility for their errors which are critically worse.
For a fleeting moment I thought you were referring to the “Bagwan Rajinishi.”
He was in Oregon for a while too :o)