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Originally Posted by SpeakersCorner
It's not an addiction. Wrong word. Addiction implies a craving, a need for another hit. This is NOT what LSMers have. They do have plenty of "hits" of Lee up on the shelves but, unlike true addicts, they don't ever use them. I'm speaking in generalities here, but I do know what I'm talking about. Very, very few LSMers actually read Lee's stuff anymore except when they have to. That is, they will read the HWMR since it's required reading (and many cheat on that) and they will peruse a Green Book when they need to plan a teaching or sharing. But otherwise, you could put those books behind a glass covering and no one would notice.
So what is it that causes a woman to wake up in a panic attack and relieve it by vowing to go back to "The Ministry"? It's fear, plain and simple. LSMers would argue it's the fear of the Lord. I believe it is fear from a lifetime of indoctrination. But it is not an addition, this I know.
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Hello Speaker,
I do not think I have ever responded to one of your posts. I am pretty sure I have read them and found them to be pretty sober minded and right on. Now no, that does not mean I only respond to the unsober minded.
What you have said is the same as what I have found. Actually while I was still in Texas I discovered that the actual readership was pretty low. I remember in 1978, Dallas only had 14 go to the summer training out of 250. We decided not to push but just announce how you could register. No push, few takers. Same was happening to the video training. No push, few takers. Then Benson returned and the push was on again and the attendance picked up considerably.
When Irving opened up, WL planned to spend half the year there. He had been convinced that the metroplex churches would provide an audience of around 750 and within a short time the number including guests could swell to around a 1000. The first year he came for a Thanksgiving conference and stayed until the training time having a Friday night life study meeting. I doubt if the number ever reached 250. There was no taste for his speaking. WL was very dissappointed. Add an ice storm and the Texas experiment was over and several millions of dollars was thrown away.
Speaker, that does not sound like an addiction but rather a fading rose blume.
In Christ Jesus there is hope for us all,
Hope, Don Rutledge