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Originally Posted by MacDuff
UntoHim
I attended Elden Hall, but was never part of the LC. At the time, I had no use for the doctrine of Lee who seemed to me to be consistent only in his inconsistencies. What little I learned of Witness Lee’s doctrine while at Elden Hall I’ve forgotten over time.
What I knew of the person of Lee comprises one introduction where he looked at me and ignored me. As if he had foreknowledge I would never become one of his minions. The very few times I saw him present in the meetings in Elden Hall (never once saw him in one of the spontaneous meetings that took place outside of the hall itself) where he didn’t practice the art of “prophesying in the meetings” as he himself advocated. Where he rarely said anything at all even as a teaching. It was as if he only attended as an observer. And the times I saw him on stage at the convention center. And the only reason I saw him then was because I got a ride with someone I considered a friend (that was still allowed back then) who encouraged me to go, and I didn’t have to pay for admission.
What I currently know of the teachings of Lee I’ve learned in the last two months from reading posts on the two forums and reading a few of his writings on the LC website. What I currently know of the person of Lee I’ve learned in the last two months on the two forums, which is second hand knowledge at best, and appears to me to be mostly biased by negative events in the lives of those who portray him. But the many negative events they portray leads me to have a poor opinion of Lee. That he was a bad tree with bad fruit.
When I attended the meetings of the LC a few months ago, for reasons I’m not even clear about myself, it seemed like a foreign land in contrast to what I remember of Elden Hall. They pray-read the writings of Witness Lee as if those writings are equal to or more than the Bible, instead of the Bible alone. The obviously leading ones (who were leading ones in the meetings in Elden Hall were not outwardly apparent) would encourage the rest to, “say ‘Oh Lord Jesus three times’ ”. As if calling three times is going to bring Jesus running faster than calling once with faith. Or change the faith of the ones calling, or help them to “touch their spirit”. The obviously leading ones spoke a lot more often then at Elden Hall with a lot more self importance and show of authoritative knowledge as they quoted Lee more often than the Bible. I had the impression that Jesus is hearing them no more than they are hearing him.
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Always the student of history, I see the defining year the recovery movement began to change was 1974.
What happened before 1974, before the migrations, etc was never about WL and it wasn't about a ministry. As I understand through my parents, at Eldon Hall there were so many people meeting there it was difficult to really get connected unless you served together. You may have seen someone in during this time, but not get connected until the migrations to the different cities.