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Originally Posted by sophitos
I too have a lot of connections and family in the LR that I'd like to see them recognize or realize the truth behind the LR. Totally respect that it's a delicate and complex process. So far I've gone about it by showing them I'm still living happily and as best as I am doing, working on my relationship with God, and reading Christian authorship besides Lee/Nee. Less on the questions and more on showing that there's more out there than the LR - there are SO MANY genuine Christians who are pursuing God happily and encouragingly so, outside the LR.
I tried asking some questions with immediate family and it was ROUGH. Kinda awkward by the end of the conversation, and it felt like an intellectual tug-of-war. Lately I've gotten the sense that it is really up to the Lord to have mercy and guide them. Still love them but it's really hard because I dislike conflict. Right now I'm just continuing the process of working thru the cognitive dissonance and go thru life one day at a time.
But maybe you could share and then ask in a more positive way, Zezima. Perhaps sharing a little bit of what you appreciated from a Christian author or some fellowship with a non-LR believer, and then ask, did you know that there's awesome Christians pursuing God out there like (provide example)? They're loving God SO MUCH and sharing the gospel! I tried this with one of my family and it sort of worked.....sort of. Still deeply entrenched in the belief that the LR is the BEST place to be, but agreed with me that there's genuine believers out there too.
Worth a try.
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Great points. Unless loved ones have some troubling in their hearts already, it’s hard to use the Bible or even common sense to persuade them.
It’s similar to my upbringing in the Catholic Church. We would complain about lots of things about the church, until some outsider would criticize, and then we would all defend it.