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Originally Posted by Ohio
It's hard for me to believe that the entire LC system of abuse, control, mistreatment, public shaming and bullying was due solely to comments made by WN about how harshly Margaret Barber rebuked him. First of all, there is no scriptural justification whatsoever, in fact, the Apostle Paul repeatedly testified how he behaved just the opposite. Secondly, the source of this bad pattern was a sister.
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It's like a cake, there are several ingredients. ME Barber, Chinese culture, fanaticism, misplaced earnestness, ambition, hubris, and what John Myer called "simple group dynamics."
Once a system takes root that defines blind following as a virtue, and asking questions as a vice, leaders can pretty much lead the group around by the nose, especially when you back it up with threats of "1000 years in outer darkness."