[Thinkin' Gal]

He really went super-wacko in his last years. He used to be "merely" eccentric, and tackled some great study subjects, but then the personality cult thing just took on a life of his own. It was sad to see his freaked-out ego demons utterly devour him.

I'd been checking the alt.fan.gene-scott these past several months, reading the latest comments [re his illness] from ex-devotees. He had prostrate cancer and it was only a matter of time.

This guy probably would have pulled a Jim Jones if he was well enough to orchestrate it. I wonder how many of his brainwashed cultists will try to join him? Sad...

[BigSkyFreeper]

I'd been checking the alt.fan.gene-scott these past several months, reading the latest comments [re his illness] from ex-devotees. He had prostrate cancer and it was only a matter of time.

I was reading through some of the posts of the last several weeks and you're right. Sounds like he had it before and tried to fool his flock that he would beat it again. Many of the ex-devotees are of the thinking that the church might be lucky to last one more year.