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Originally Posted by Ohio
Jay, I know this may be hard for you to accept, but the problem is NOT that there is a “clergy-laity system” in the meetings, but that those in the lead are abusive, and lack love and maturity. As the Bible says, they “lord it over” the flock. As the O.T. Prophets often said, they are worthless shepherds. They were selected, not because they possessed the qualifications prescribed in scripture, but because of loyalty to “the ministry” at LSM. They are not faithful and obedient to the Lord and His word, but to WL, his Blendeds, and their “up-to-date” books. Ha!
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could be. this is a theory that I don't have a great deal of experience in, however some things happened with these young brothers in Renton recently and I've seen another side to the church and coming to this website and reading this type of information and ex members sharing their experiences about this is painting a picture of what you're talking about. I came up against these young brothers "authority" recently in a decision they made involving not helping a needy member and I think they were totally wrong in doing so, but when an appeal was made to them they just ignored and deflected. which is similar to what the blendeds did when confronted with the truth about how brother Lee was damaging the body by protecting his son and his whole fraudulent business scandal. they pull the authority card when it suits and benefits their agenda. and to me that's not Christ at all. so I'm seeing another side of the church life that I don't think is right. but it's also a side that I don't think many average members know about because so much of what they do is hidden and behind closed doors where they make decisions for the church without the church even knowing what's going on. it seems they do this on purpose. which to me is really clergy like. they have an attitude like they're the higher ranking ones and we all are not even bright enough to see what's going on. or like an attitude of "we know what's best for you." a kind of assumed arrogance. it's off putting to say the least