rpwake2 wrote:The best thing about Jim is he introduced me to Clifton Emahiser. He is a dynamic speaker and a good 2 seedliner. He has sinned but who hasn't.
The real question why he would make reference to Eli and an alias. I guess he has his reasons. I know the tree by its fruit. And so far as I can see Eli has brought for much fruit that is helping people. Bill knows Eli better than I and if he trusts him, that's good enough for me. Bill what about the Binghamton fiasco? How was it that the news got out?
Well that is my 2 cents
Yah bless all the Saints
First, Eli's actions should stand for themselves. A lot of people in Identity do not like Eli. Yet I have found that, even if Eli does not agree with me on certain issues, he has been consistent with me for five years, and he is obviously not afraid to listen, and to hear and discuss opposing opinions week after week on his own programs, where indeed we often have had such discussions. I admire Eli for that. Many Identity pastors can not bear to have their positions on any topic countenanced. Eli has been consistent, and he should be judged by the work that he has done - again rather consistently - for these past several years, in my opinion. Our programs have been about little but sound Biblical Two-Seedline Christian Identity scholarship, and Eli has never had any other agenda at all but to investigate and present the matters of Scripture.
Yes it is true that Eli uses an alias on his caller id. I am not alarmed by that. His name has often been in the news, on the ADL websites, and the man still has to make a living - unlike Jim Wickstrom who has not had to work for a living for quite a few years. Wickstrom lives in a glass house, and he is certainly in no position to throw stones, having many questions about his own past - and even his present - that he could be asked to explain. I also know that Wickstrom had no enmity towards Eli before the Kathy Kallstrom affair, where Eli joined the congregation in Michigan which censured Jim for that.
The fiasco in Binghamton is quite easy to explain. First, Eli's website is obviously watched by the ADL, and an announcement about the Binghamton meeting was up there for several months before the meeting date. Eli's cell phone number was also publicly announced, because he was on the road, and people did want to call about the meeting. Second, the ARA is obviously in the pocket of the ADL, and like marionettes they react when the ADL pulls a string. Third, we had several legitimate phone calls inquiring about the venue for the meeting, and Eli had to divulge it on the phone on the morning of the meeting to all who called inquiring, which he did. But finally, it only takes one honest-sounding inquiry with an hour or two notice for the Northeast Bolshevik Coalition (NBC, in this case the ARA chapter in Binghamton) to get a motley crew of college commies together, and make a few whining-jew phone calls complaining and telling lies to the venue while impersonating the media, which is what they did. This being New York, and nobody up here wanting to offend the NBC, the venue folded immediately, and cancelled our reservation. Surely Eli did not plan this episode, having spent two days driving to New York from Chicago, along with others.
I hope this clears a few things up, even if it leaves a few things unsaid.
William Finck