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Originally Posted by Ohio
The LC was characterized as far worse than any JW or Mormon, and you should know that. Hey, JW's and Mormons are well respected as individuals and citizens. The Moslems and the Mormons, in fact, can even run for POTUS, and no one seems to care.
But ... otoh you know that LC folks were characterized with Jim Jones and the mass suicide. That was the sole intention of those books. Families were totally spooked about loved ones. Fear, not research or factual evidence, was the basic tool they used.
Listen, I lived through the hell of those two books and the damage it did to the gospel outreach to my friends and family.
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Given the way that we keep reporting how the leadership does exactly what is told regardless its opposition to scripture, and the devoted following of Lee as MOTA, I'm not sure that the fear is entirely irrational. We know better (or at least think we do). But in their own way, they are as extreme as those suicide cults. Just not prone to that kind of action. And not taking a stand against the government (which is almost always an underlying problem in the suicide cults).
The Mormons have become understood, as they have moderated. But note that even there we find splinter subgroups that will stand-off against the government and fight to the death. Like a lot of far right Christian fanatics. The LRC is not in those groups.
But in terms of spiritual health, it is in many ways just as bad. It is unfortunate that the link to the wackos exists. But then some of the actions of Lee and the others are pretty wacko.