[UntoHim]

Martin Luther? Really Terry? I'll try to bail you out of this one bro.

Of course the glaring difference is that Martin Luther had nowhere else to go. There was the Roman Catholic Church, and nothing else. He had to work within the system.

Steve has a choice. There are many biblical, healthy and vibrant churches in the area he lives in. After all these years Steve must be aware of the big lie that is told in the Local Church - that Christianity is a barren wasteland and is Babylon. This was a lie perpetrated by Witness Lee to keep his followers from looking on the other side of the fence.

Now, thanks to the information age, Local Churchers don't have to be in the dark anymore. They can read this forum and see that there are many former members who have gone on with the Lord. They can find out for themselves that when Benson Phillips says if you leave your spiritual life is basically over and that the process of sanctification is only taking place in the Local Church of Witness Lee, he is full of rice and beans.

There is one thing that Steve has in common with Martin Luther - they both dealt with hopelessly rigid religious systems that were just not going to change for anything or any one.