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Originally Posted by gr8ful
I'm saddened but not surprised to hear that James Lee, or any other Blended Brother, would accuse a sister in the Lord of being demon possessed. Considering that the Lord's Recovery has been waning in past years without any sign of reviving, the anxiety of the leadership must be at an all-time high. Thus, grasping at whatever they can to stem the attrition (if not exodus), flailing against imagined monsters is an expected Quixotic response.
With the advent of the ubiquitously-accessible Internet, authoritarians of all kinds are losing their ability to control the information flow to their subjects. While governments like China can set up nation-enveloping firewalls to reduce unwanted criticism, religious groups like the JWs and the Lord's Recovery must rely on policing their people through fear and threats. "Covering the brothers," a policy just like the Catholic church's policy towards sexual predators in the priesthood, won't last long in the modern era. Nor will claims of unique possession of God's up-to-date speaking survive a quick study of other (non-recommended) sources.
While the shameful accusations and blaming of innocents continues, the reality is the audience of the leaders of the Lord's Recovery is shrinking, the influence is waning. As with other isolated and isolating groups, as the input of new voices evaporates, the message concentrates -- becoming more intense in every sense -- and the reaction against any questioning or challenge of veracity will result in a stronger, more vile attacking response.
More dire "crucial words" against dissent, more feverous cries of the rapidly approaching End Times, more wild claims of the specialness of the "remnant" that remain faithful -- this is what awaits those beholden to The Lord's Recovery as it follows the path of the James Taylorites (Plymouth Brethren).
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Hi Gr8ful,
I wanted to just say that these people will never stop doing what they are doing, or stop saying what they say! There is no compass of any kind that regulates and guides them, beside power, authority, and self-righteousness. They get a high from that, that’s their only satisfaction. Even if there will be two people left in their meetings, they will totally drain everything out of them, to uplift themselves and lower others to the depths of hell.
I finally got around to read the book Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, that I read in about 6 hrs, and even though I can’t agree with everything in this book, I can say that I knew of all these things, since I have experienced them, but just couldn’t put the correct names to it. I have been around men of this ilk my whole life, and as someone who has experienced every kind of abuse in my life described in this book, the spiritual one is the hardest by far to detect, understand, and be able discern. The people that are trapped there, cannot and unable to recognize and flee from it. When the name of God and Christ is used to perpetrate abuse, it’s totally blinds and subverts peoples psyche to completely destroy them, first spiritually, psychologically, emotionally, and finally physically. I pray that God intervenes on behalf of the true born again believers that are trapped there, and gives them a chase to experience the freedom in Him, and in His Grace!
As hard as I know it is to have anyone in there to read any spiritual writings that are not approved by the high priests of this system, I would strongly recommend that if there is even a small chance that one would consider to go outside of the bubble and read something, please read this book, and pray that God would show you something through it.
Thanks.
God bless!