I always find it interesting when premies try to explain away (airbrush out) the Maharaji's past and my past with Maharaji.  "Let's not look at that!  Look at this!"  "Don't say that about your past with Maharaji, let's build bridges!" 

I find it amazingly convenient especially when EV uses the worst possible methods to discredit ex-premies by calling them a hate-group (and spamming internet with that allegation without any foundation of truth), calling ex-premies criminal and crazy for stating the truth about their past in the cult, and the standard cult apologia:  disgruntled former employees and apostates.

My question to any premie about Maharaji's statements about his divinity (or denial of it) is this:

What do you think Maharji meant when he said this (note that this is a quote right off of TPRF's website in the "Conversations with Prem Rawat" page):

Q: A person in your position will be described or defined by many people. How would you describe yourself?

PR: I’m me. I am a human being. Many things have been said about me. Many of these things have come from people’s own emotions, good or bad. I’m proud to be a human being. I am very happy that I have this life. I am also happy that I can feel joy and pain like everyone else. I’m happy being me. Some people would love to put labels on me, but I am just me.

What I'm particularly interested in, is what exactly does Rawat mean when he says, "I'm proud to be a human being."

As opposed to what???  I haven't been able to get an anwer out of any premie to this simple question.

Oh those labels!  As for Glen Whittaker, well I've got David V. Barrett's book The New Believers sitting right next to me here where Whittaker is quoted in 1995.  But, that's a whole other thread.