01-03-2013, 06:28 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 4,333
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Re: Let's make LocalChurchDiscussions Better for 2013!
I think there are a lot of reasons LCers don't post more here:
- They are officially told not to participate in these types of venues, or even read them. So once an LCer ventures here, he has already gone against the warnings of "the brothers."
- LCers by nature recoil from what they would term "spiritual death." Which to them includes any negativity toward their movement and especially its leaders.
- If they do come here as staunch LCers, the only reason for doing so would be to defend the LC. Since LCers are really not equipped to intelligently defend their beliefs and practices, but rather only equipped to accept them unquestioningly, they ultimately cannot handle questions. Since many facts about the LC are simply indefensible, this results in either a swift and embarrassing exit, or continuing on a relentless path of closed-mindedness and denial which relies on word games, dodging questions, pretense, callousness, etc.
- Then there are non-staunch LCers. They also end up being unable to defend the history of the movement, but simply see things as a matter of weighing the good against the bad and believing the good wins out. These people usually begin feeling uncomfortable and embarrassed at being unable to answer the probing queries of those genuinely hurt by the movement.
- So what's left are those who are on their way out or out. These make up the mass of participants. They vary in their defense of the movement, but usually don't make a huge issue out of any defense.
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