Funny you mention Paul. I see a lot of similarity between the two constitutionally. I didn't really "like" Ray at first just from reading. I thought he was too brusk and "loud", even though I had never heard him speak. I didn't even know there were audios and videos for weeks (maybe months?) after I'd found the site. And when I did, I didn't have broadband connection back then, so I wasn't able to much more than stream a few seconds or a minute of the video--just enough to see what he looked like and his 'manner'. I could get the audio after a long period of downloading and was able to hear that, in person, he was much more 'temperate' than he 'appeared' in text. From what I can gather from the epistles, this is pretty much what some people thought of Paul--'hard letters', 'soft in person'. And some people didn't like one or the other about him.
So I completely agree with Dennis...and I experienced that. It wasn't about "Ray" in the beginning, but what he taught. It still isn't, even though I "like" him now.
Just to add to your 'list'. Ray apparently, after leaving the church, spent some time "in the world" (for lack of a better term). This is why I 'trust' him above any other reason. I don't have much in common with people who have never sinned.
I only met him in person briefly, in Nashville '08. I agree with comments made by others in my shoes (not knowing him personally well over a period of time) that he was a gentleman and had a servant's heart without showiness--a real person, and genuine human being. I also remember that he was in pain the entire conference--a good example for me when I'm not quite 'naturally' up to par.