[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Does anyone really believe that?

The creator of Unchained has given us the answer in two words:


More than one Christian apologist/critic of Witness Lee warned of the dangers of cognitive dissonance in aberrational/cultic groups like the Local Church way back in the 1970s. What was Lee and Company's response - - SUE THEM! When challenged about the prohibitions against such interfaith lawsuits in 1 Corinthians 6, Local Church minions exercised what could only be described as blatant cognitive dissonance through all sorts of mealy-mouthed, nonsensical excuses such as "we are merely following the apostle Paul in his appealing to Caesar".

Unfortunately cognitive dissonance also plays a major role in the theological teachings in the Local Church of Witness Lee. How else can a young person and/or a new believer reconcile the abject contradictions in Lee's teachings about the Triune God? In one sentence Lee will give a rather orthodox exposition of the Trinity (God exists as Three Persons but is One Being, having a single divine nature.) and in the next sentence bloviate that "The Son is called the Father; so the Son must be the Father. We must realize this fact. There are some who say that He is called the Father, but He is not really the Father. But how could He be called the Father and yet not be the Father?" and "THE SON IS THE FATHER, AND THE SON IS ALSO THE SPIRIT.... and "the Lord Jesus who is the Son is also the Eternal Father. Our Lord is the Son, and He is also the Father. Hallelujah!" (as quoted in http://www.open-letter.org/)

Cognitive dissonance in the Local Church also extends into other areas of the basic tenents of the Christian faith, such as the nature of man before and after salvation, sanctification and the nature and purpose of the Body of Christ as the universal church and local churches. Thankfully the Lord is exposing these things through venues like The Lord's Recovery Unchained, Cal's videos, The Former Members of the LC Facebook page and even this little forum.
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