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Originally Posted by SpeakersCorner
Agree and heartily. I wrote a letter once way back in 1999 or so to one of the top Blendeds and asked him why they had turned Lee into a Pope. He was not happy with that question. I have often thought it was the Asian custom of honoring the father that allowed this kind of elevation of a person to come in. Americans don't do that but, because we had been so influenced by Lee's teaching, we allowed it.
I wish, oh how I wish, the version of the "church-life" that grew in the U.S. had been American in flavor, style, and way. In the early days, there was a distinctly American feel to our meetings and it caught the zeitgeist of the late 60s/early 70s. But it succumbed to a franchise model, sadly. Lee taught that the differences in the churches in Rev. 2/3 were all negative. I don't see it that way. The core idea, imho, behind "local churches" is that they reflect the localities, the areas, the people from which they come. But that's a topic for another day.
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Yes. I agree with you. For me the point is not who’s interpretation of the Eden story is right. In fact, one of the amazing things about the story is that it stimulates endless interpretations. That’s because it is so full of meaning.
According to my experience in Witness Lee’s group only Lee’s light was allowed to shine. The rest of us were just there to rubber-stamp his vision. So, it isn’t a matter of whether Lee’s interpretation (he liked to deny that his was an interpretation, by claiming it was a “quotation”) or “Unchained’s” interpretation. What is significant to me is that Unchained has opened up free dialogue about it on Youtube. Free dialogue like that was never possible in the local church movement I knew.