I can remember when I went through a horrible sickness at the end of 1998, and Steve Polito called and said, "I hope you die so I can take over the Kempon", and when his poor kitty cat died he was ready to quit Buddhism, Rogow even gave him money for Kitty funeral expenses, because Sakyamuni was playing a trick on him, and when Nichiren entered his body and told him, that only he can protect the Gohonzon.... enough for me. BTW, Steve was the only person ever to be kicked off the Kempon Mail list, but not out of Kempon ,,, Fred Wolf can verify that. He accused Fred of hacking his site and inserting pictures of Mickey Mouse, he accused Mike Zaccaro of sending him Virus, and blah blah blah.... I have Lamont on tape,,"Kubota is a dirty old priest, and I hope he dies", "I personally know from Marc Strumpf, that Mark Herrick and Bruce Maltz signed a secret deal to destroy the Kempon Hokke", and other pathetic stuff....hey maybe I should make a CD... Best of the Nuts!!! Pollution told Kubota that Senchu Murano gave me a Temple Sized Gohonzon (not true), and when Kubota came to my home he was like a hound on a mission. Stephanie stood up to the fake saint and said, either you be a correct Priest and stand up for the Sutra, or I am leaving your Temple..... We left!!! Tears and begging couldn't bring us back, so they created the fantasy we were kicked out, shades of Gerry Hall telling those in SGI, I left the Cockeye because I joined a Witchcraft Sect.... and this is an indication that the GREAT WONDERFUL LAW makes people happy!!!
I am not afraid of anything Mark Rogow might say, you cannot imagine what has been said already. Ask Rev. Greg. He has been a good friend since 1995. I don’t think sour words have passed between us. I have been accused of everything you name it, the thing is Mark will not debate me on issues or doctrine, he will use things right out of Marc Strumpf’s, or the SGI playbook.
Be a man Mark, get some balls, and let’s talk about what is and what is not in the Lotus Sutra, let’s talk about the issues, convince me you are right, but don’t tell me or shout or threaten me like a religious nutcase, this is not about me or you, we are talking about bringing together all the Bodhisattvas from the Earth, and rejecting the Mara in our minds, accepting the Eternal Buddha in our Minds, and seeing the peaceful world Buddha talks about.
I leave it to you, I cannot control what you do, and I will talk to anyone about doctrine. You can be in any Sect, I don’t care. But, no personal information is to be drawn into the discussion, only serious discussion about the Words of the Eternal Buddha Shakyamuni.