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Originally Posted by Ohio
Unless you know the earlier events, you cannot understand the key players involved. Without the earlier events, the major quarantines of the 00's could never have happened.
Brother RL, each one of us has unique perspectives based on times and locations. I have repeatedly found that these diverse viewpoints, upon closer examination, do not necessarily conflict with one another.
For example, those at LSM constantly involved with the young people, whether at Anaheim or Austin, saw a somewhat steady stream of young faces. Hence, they got the impression that the recovery was fairly fruitful. Actually, it was some of the best young people from all the LC's that provided that perspective. The LC's, on the other hand, watched as most of our yp either went to the world or to the ministry, and their churches had little increase.
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Ohio, I appreciate learning about the past events. How many hours have I spent on these forums learning about the past, seminal events?
And I appreciate
ZNP's perspective from the 70's, to the extent that he is willing to bear in mind that it was
the 70's. As an example, since you brought it up, go back and read point 2 in post #24. There seems to be no appreciation on the part of ZNP that his experience was 10-12 years before the letter he's responding to. Reading this post, you would probably think it was the same timeframe, maybe even the same city.
But you really didn't respond to what I was saying in my post. Z was describing a 30-year string of resignations that would eventually register with Benson.
Now and going forward. But it turns out that, apparently, 90% of what Z was referring to is stuff that happened in the 80's!
So let's talk about the past. Let's talk about how the past shaped the LRC, and shaped its leadership. I'm all for it. But how can we talk about 1988, as if it were 2008, and think that our conclusions will fit the context of what's really going on?