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Originally Posted by Ohio
This is a forum about "the recovery," and is occupied by current and former members. If a poster has no credibility in the Bible and respect for the Bible as God's word, by what basis does he critique "the recovery" and its leaders? By what compass does that poster chart his way?
Can a poster use the Koran to judge WL? Can he use the Apostles' creed to critique the Blendeds? Can the US constitution be used to evaluate the teachings of LSM? What yardstick can be used?
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These are good questions Ohio. C.S. Lewis made a couple of points that I think are relevant. 1)human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it. 2) they do not in fact behave in that way. They know the Law of Nature; they break it. Lewis said that these two facts are the foundation of all clear thinking about ourselves and the universe we live in.
The first fact shows that we have the yardstick within us. The poster must critique The Recovery, and it's leaders and chart his way by that inner law. Even the Bible itself must be judged by that yardstick.
The second fact is that we all fall short of by the criterion of that yardstick, the law that is within us. So we are not in a position to throw stones at WL, the LC, the others here etcetera ad infinitum. May we not lose sight of the inner law or our standing with respect to it.