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Originally Posted by aron
On the FB page:
Here’s a direct quote from Brother Lee regarding not receiving mental health help. I also find this statement to be sexist:
“Most young women are sick either emotionally or mentally. No psychiatrist can help them. However, if you live the church life, the very Christ whom you offer to God will heal you. He is better than any psychiatrist. Do not go to a psychiatrist—come to Christ and offer Him to God. Then you will be healthy, sober, and emotionally balanced.” (Witness Lee, Life Study of Genesis, Volume 2, Message 32, Anaheim, CA, 1975, page 431).
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I find it to be sexist as well. Most men raised in the local churches are likely in denial regarding their youth. Just as equally "most young men are sick either emotionally or mentally". From a man's point of view if you were raised in the local churches during your teen years, there is a high probability, they suffered some form of dysfunction emotionally or mentally. Don't put it all on the sisters. I place it all on parents and the local church culture. Too much peer pressure and expectation of conformity.