Also note the date of that press release was 9/17/2007. THE DAY BEFORE HIS BOOK RELEASE. How convenient.

Is it possible that Reuben Armstrong did all that, just so he could have a hot press release the day before his book was released? So he could appear to be the good guy, given he knew Christians were his target audience?

I think it’s very possible.

Of course this is all just my opinion…

Notice the source of the press release is his own show. So it’s possible he set all this up himself for the sake of self promotion.

He speaks of wanting to see souls saved and “Bringing People Closer to God”. A very ecumenical statement. He does not note salvation from sin through Jesus Christ alone. He does not note that we can’t get anywhere near God unless we have faith in Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, His being the sacrifice on the cross and His resurrection.

To me, even when Armstrong tries to look good he looks bad. Because his timing is just too convenient.

Ivent

“I conveyed to him how serious this allegation was because there was no source credit in the book and he said according to his lawyer no credit has to go to bloggers. There’s no copyright protection for blogs. His “lawyer’s” attitude (based on conversation with Reuben) was ha, it’s just a blog!”

This is a shame. In the book he also just makes statements with no backing or proof. Then he states other things and then just starts talking about something else. You would think that he would not want to steal someone elses work if he is really living a Christian life. His reasons for this book do not seem pure. I’m sure he will have hell to pay.

I always was leery of him because of the company he keeps, but once he wanted to expose pimps I hoped he was making a better turn. Then once he flip-flopped from saying his break with Streamingfaith.com was amicable, to trying to sue them. I knew he was as crooked as those poverty pimps he runs with. And now he’s dumped the evidence. He’s done NOTHING to show he’s innocent and EVERYTHING to show he’s the one at fault. This is why I’m glad you never called him Lynn, I figure he would have fed you a line and hoped you fell for it.

And if anybody else exposed this guy, all of us exposing pimps with righteous motives would be looked at with a prejudiced eye. I certainly hope my work is heavily scrutinized. I believe my intent and efforts are able to withstand the tests. And the scrutiny helps me remain more humble and avoid being caught up in “self”. But I don’t want anybody thinking I’m like him.

Now re-read the paragraph above, everybody. What does that tell you?

A sharp five year old could see both the forest and the trees in that interesting statement.

See my update just made to this post about a YouTube video Armstrong just removed.

If Armstrong is legit in all this, how come he dropped the video about delaying his book’s release just after this blog post and Lynn’s latest? If blogs don’t matter, how come the video is suddenly gone, removed by “user”. Which means only ONE PERSON could remove it HIM.

I guess he thought nobody was keeping track of his YouTube vids.

I was part of Reuben Armstrong’s mailing list up until and on 8/26. I have a copy of every e-mail he sent and absolutely none of them has ANY of the statements found in G. Craige Lewis’ blog post!

And regarding copyrights and bloggers. Either Reuben’s a liar (likely in my opinion), or his lawyer needs to learn about US Copyright laws. All material posted on the Internet no matter what format is automatically protected by US Copyright laws if posted from within the United States of America.

Armstrong needs to go study the U.S. Copyright Office web site. If he’s got a manuscript of his book sealed with a post date that he mailed it before 8/27, he better keep it handy, he might need to produce that. If it’s not sealed, it don’t count! Usually people with lawyers simply use the lawyer for that. And a guy with his criminal history would have an uphill battle in court. Even if he produced something it would be scrutinized big time given his past.

I think Armstrong needs to contact Lewis (which ain’t easy) and plead for mercy.

I’m relatively new to Lennie’s site so I hadn’t seen Craige’s blog posting. However, Lennie brought the similiarities to my attention (in light of him being considered a potential interviewee on Lennie’s talk radio program)I searched her blog for Craige’s post, read it, and then emailed her. I then called Reuben to express my concerns. I advised him that while part of the chapter had paraphrased (first paragraph or two–on Juanita Bynum) the rest however, was verbatim. He was not worried at all. I advised him it was in his best interest to get to the bottom of it, because if bloggers are able to call him on the discrepancy..imagine what the media would do. He said “that’s what I pay my lawyer the big bucks for.” ok, cool. I proceeded to tell him this had the potential to hurt his credibility, in addition to being labled a plagiarist(which is tantamount to death for any author). On this call, and other calls-we had talked maybe 2 times previously-I noticed he cursed freely when feeling impatient, or frustrated. He was always on the go and in the midst of frustration, he cursed. I admonished him and told him that’s not Christ like, and the same accountability he holds the “snakes in the pulpit” to applies to him as well. He apologized for cursing, but he didn’t stop cursing (in times of frustrating). Lennie made the decision that she would not have Reuben on the station to be interviewed because of the plagiarism. I relayed that to Reuben and he seemed to be ok with that. I suggested to him-several times during conversation and the various times we spoke on the phone subsequently, to contact Lennie. He pretty much ignored that request. But when he found out Lennie had posted her plagiaristic suspicions on her blog…he was taken aback. I told him he could go to the site and post and Lennie would respond. He ignored it and said he would call me later. Apparently he was reading Lennie’s blog because he called me back in less than 3 minutes, distressed. A reader of Lennie’s site had emailed Reuben and questioned him about the suspect plagiarism. I told him he hadn’t seen anything yet and it was going to get worse. I gave Lennie the phone number to communicate with him, but by then it was too late. Lennie had said all what she had to say until her inquiries were satisfied. Reuben said when he found out about Bynum/Weeks he postponed the printing to include the incident. Reuben said he had the manuscript with the date stamped on the envelope(can’t remember the date) when it went to print in D.C (something like that) but it was supposedly before Craige’s post on Aug 27th. I conveyed to him how serious this allegation was because there was no source credit in the book and he said according to his lawyer no credit has to go to bloggers. There’s no copyright protection for blogs. His “lawyer’s” attitude (based on conversation with Reuben) was ha, it’s just a blog! I reiterated to him to not underestimate the power of bloggers- I educated him on the fact that he was able to be part of Jena 6 because of blogs. I also told him celebrities when caught looking tacky, etc read what’s said about them, they tighten up, and talk about the blogs they read in interviews. People READ blogs! When ethnic (i.e., jena 6, genarlow, the young woman who’s body was found in Chicago)news hit tv, radio…it comes via bloggers in most cases first, because mainstream will not give us airtime.
He told me Craige was part of his (reuben’s)mass email list and that’s where Craige received the words on Bynum from.I have not spoken to Reuben since I posted on Lennie’s site that I supported her in her decision. So maybe he read my post and decided he was done. I don’t know. I hope for his sake he gets it together.

If my post is confusing, charge it to my head not my heart. Ask me questions if you need clarification, and i’ll be happy to respond.
Thanks,
Breeze

Of course, this is all just my opinion…

Armstrong lifted words and charged a fee for what Lewis gave the world for free. Armstrong made merchandise of Lewis’ blog post. No attribution given.

Maybe Armstrong should send X-Ministries (that’s Lewis’ ministry) a love offering ?