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Originally Posted by Terry
Hypothetically "unregistered", suppose where you live, or some North American city where there isn't "The Church in _____". Suppose the Christians you meet with register as The Church in ______, does that make you the church on the proper ground? Suppose when the saints who recieve LSM as the one publication, want to have a lampstand in your city, do they have to come and meet where you're at since you're already meeting as the church in _______?
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Of course not. History shows they will trump up some claim to say the group is invalid, then set up their own shop as the "genuine" church in the city. E.g. Raleigh, Toronto, Columbus, etc.
Their reasons for finding fault with other groups and invalidating them reminds me of the techno-babble in Star Trek when in order to get out of some fix they "re-route the emitter array through the warp coil" or whatever. The LRC is just as creative (and goofy) with their reasons other groups aren't properly "on the round." But their real reason is always "they ain't us."