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Originally Posted by ACuriousFellow
Well... actually I've seen many young people in TLR be discouraged from getting married because the elders want them to serve full-time... so... TLR already does that to a degree. Anyways... that'll be a whole different conversation.
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Great points. In I Cor 4 Paul informs us about the final days, how many real believers will depart from the faith, which in 2 Thess 2 he calls "The Apostasy." In principle, deceptive spirits will employ the hypocrisy of men, whose own consciences are already ruined. These ones will present "abstinence" as a form of "spirituality." Obviously this is trending throughout culture since it is now "virtuous" to eat bugs and abstain from carbon cows.
If those leaders in the Recovery really embraced the oneness and their other claims, and seriously practiced in the spirit of love and peace and tolerance, (Phil 4.5) I and many others would have far more respect for them. Today they are known for how many lawsuits and threats of lawsuits they have brought against their brothers. So shameful.