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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Thank you, it seems that there may be a significant change from 1987 to the present in the practice. I find that interesting, but have no way to verify since it is almost 15 years since I was last there.
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Hello again dear brother ZNPaaneah.
As a fairly recent "escapee" who left the LSM-loyal LC in early 2007, and who still stays in touch with brothers in the LC, I agree that a significant change has taken place between 1987 and the present, especially after WL's death. WL at least was still experimenting a good bit, so the situation under WL was somewhat fluid. But once WL passed away, things really got set in stone, more and more so as the years progressed.
Amongst the BB's, Ed Marks in particular has been a huge cheerleader for LSM-style pray-reading (Dick Taylor would be a close second). I can not even count the number of conference and training messages where Ed Marks would be speaking about calling on the Lord or pray-reading and he would turn to the Elden-Hall-era brothers and ask "What in the world did you brothers do in the meetings before calling on the Lord and pray-reading?" The Elden-Hall-era brothers would always shrug their shoulders and sigh. That always speaks volumes the first time you see it. Of course, when you see Ed play out that scenario multiple times, it loses it's effect.
The assimilation of the many thousands of FTTA graduates into the various LC's has definitely changed the LC landscape a good bit.