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Originally Posted by Bible-believer
My families and friends are in the group. I realize I can't say anything against Lee's teaching before them, or I will be in trouble. I've tried to tell them there is something wrong with Lee's teaching, yet they would reply to me with more Lee's writings. I know it's not right to keep silent, but what should I do? I can't just leave there and let them stay in the group. I don't know if there is any kind of sorcery; I learn the longer a man stays and listens to Lee's teaching, the harder it is for him to awake.
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Hi Bible-believer,
I know how you feel. I have the same quandary. You feel like you have to say something, but the whole system is self-defeating in the face of someone saying something! And none of us wants to lose our friends or family, so we dance around the big elephant of the truth. So do you maintain the relationship for the sake of having the grounds with them at some point later on? Or do you sacrifice the relationship to speak the truth and be able to say "I tried"?
I can't say much about how to handle family and friends because I think it's probably very specific one person to the next. But as a general "what do we do" about the local church as a whole.....I think the best thing is to get more and more word out on the internet. The local church's most used tool is control. And one of those types of control is information control.
But at a certain point, some people in the LC will reach a breaking point. And constrained by the inability to talk to anyone about their concerns, they will go to the internet in desperation.
And what a relief it is to go online and find out there are some people who see the same things you do, who see that those things are problematic like you do, and who put words to worries and thoughts you've been having!
The more talking, writing, websites, blogs, videos, comments, posts, forums, etc there are talking about the local churches the better. It takes away one of their major tools. It shines light where it needs to shine.
Trapped