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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Yes, that is the bottom line. However, if you look solely at the ministry of WL and WN prior to 1980 it is conceivable to have operated under the assumption that the LRC was aspiring to live by the Biblical version of authority. There were very few events that could expose the lie. The events with JI, WL and PL in the 1980s put that to the test and since then I think it has become less and less conceivable to live under this illusion. Because JI was well known to all, and was closely associated with both WL and LSM I think it should have forced many saints to examine the events.
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The LRC has always been equivocating on this. On the one hand, they might not say that WL (or his successors) had authority over the churches. On the other hand, they definitely believe if you don't follow what he says, you are making a grave mistake which is something like rebellion.
How they can hold these two opposing ideas in their minds goes to root of the problem!
I recall doing this myself and believing this was another example of the "two-foldedness of truth, " where holding two opposing ideas which together amounted to an absurdity was somehow God's way.
If you can get an group of people to believe that is God's way, you can get them to do anything.