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Roderick C. Meredith - A Biographical Sketch

By Redfox

WCG appealed and the case would drag on until 1993 when WCG
paid Leona McNair $750,000 in an out of court settlement in
1993.
Walter Martin in the 1984 edition of The Kingdom of the Cults
cites Meredith who in his booklet The Inside Story of the World
Tomorrow (pp. 47-8) insists HWA did not burrow ideas from
Jehovah Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventists, Mormons etc .
However Martin soon proves that actually HWA is guilty of
plagiarism. I, for one, after reading the relevant sections on
Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormonism was amazed over how
similar their doctrines are.
1985: January 19: In a sermon Meredith attacked mental
health professionals, saying that such counselors liked to "play
God."' This caused AR editor John Trechak to write a letter to him
as these comments seem to have been made in response to
widespread mental problems within WCG (AR32 June 1985).
While assessing Meredith's chances for becoming successor AR
wrote the following: 'Roderick Meredith, although ambitious, has
little support on the WCG board. His years of harsh rule over the
WCG ministry have left him with few important supporters for
any major power role. Thus his name can be eliminated.' (AR31
March 1985).
1986: HWA rejects Meredith and chooses Joseph W. Tkach
as successor. 'Privately, [HWA] also told several leaders that Rod
Meredith should never be in that position [leadership]. (Tkach.
Jr., Tansformed by Truth, Chapter 6)'

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