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Originally Posted by Igzy
I think there are a lot of reasons LCers don't post more here:
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I think you overlooked a biggie: fear. Take a look at the gospel of John, chapter 7, verse 13: "But no one would say anything about Him publicly for fear of the Jews".
I think a lot of LC'ers know that something smells rotten in Denmark, but fear has paralyzed them into inactivity. The LSM leadership, beginning with Lee and continuing through the current curators of his ministry, made a lot of hay by publicly castigating everyone that couldn't be "one" with the LSM program. People are afraid to be on the wrong side of the LSM lash. LC'ers would rather sit and listen to the Blendeds castigate someone else, than have someone else sit and listen to the Blendeds castigate them.
In John 7:13 people knew something was up concerning this guy Jesus, something of God, but were paralyzed from saying anything publicly because of fear. Also look at subsequent references such as John 9:22 and 12:42, where people disagreed with the Pharisees' take on Jesus, but didn't vocalize their beliefs "...for fear they would be put out of the synagogue." The LSM program is to get people to be "sold out" or "broken", i.e. to feel irrevocably committed; then those people become afraid to do anything, including recognize or point out obvious truths about God's salvation in Jesus Christ, lest they should be put out of the LSM synagogues.
Perhaps the main service provided by a forum such as this is that someone can point out the obvious, and the earth won't open up and swallow them. My sense is that a lot of LC'ers will, very privately and softly, admit that their beloved "ministry" was and is not perfect, nor ideal. But they see no healthy, open middle ground. One either does nothing about it or else one risks being branded as another "Steve Isitt, Man of Death". Therefore fear keeps them quiet.