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Originally Posted by Terry
However being a gifted brother is considered to be in rivalry with the ministry.
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This idea of "rivalry with the ministry" demonstrates an insecurity which I think Witness Lee had. In common terms he was a control freak. He wanted to control the content consumed by the LC system and the elders. When things started getting out of his control he would either sideline the culprits (if they were quiet and discrete) or openly denounce them if they were outspoken about not wanting to be controlled by him and his lackeys.
The shame of the LC under Witness Lee is he was unable or unwilling to allow any of his coworkers to gain the stature that he had within the system. A sign of any good master workman is his ability to take on apprentices and teach them by instruction and more importantly by example until they ultimately become better at doing the work than the master. That should be a proud day for the master. Instead Witness Lee kept them down, made fun of them, called them names, publicly ridiculed them in front of their coworkers - he was full of jealousy and rivalry that anyone might become better or more liked than him. He ruined the LC.