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Originally Posted by Ohio
Most Christians would probably view things as you just said, but the Blendeds did not use the expression like that.
Perhaps that is because you didn't stick around to see how the Blendeds used this expression to manipulate their followers. And let's make it clear that these Blendeds learned this from WL.
It is no different from how the media is manipulating public opinion. Behind the scenes the Blendeds sowed seeds of suspicion about TC and the GLA. At elders trainings they would make innuendos that those "in the know" would apply to TC. In trainings they would use code words like the "feeling of the body, the taste of the body, the sense of the body is such and such." Whistler was portrayed by the Blendeds as "the feeling of the body" is to reject the ministry of TC, so we as the "deputy authority of the body" must take action to quarantine TC to maintain the "oneness of the body." 
As my old friend Paul Cox used to say, "the feeling of the bahhhhhhhdy." |
I knew a number of blendeds: EM, KR, RG, BP, JD, BC. etc. I had no respect for EM as a Bible teacher so if he shared something I would have ignored it. KR also is not a Bible teacher per se, he is a scribe. His modus operandi is to give the greek context and translation of the words. RG is a brother that I had respect for, but not as a Bible teacher. He was diligent and zealous, but a light weight when it came to the Bible and even he knew that. BP was also a gifted brother, not for his acumen in the Bible but for his ability to empathize and sympathize with others. I did not care too much for BC, he is an autocrat. However, since NYC had a very distinct rift down the middle between those who supported LSM and those who didn't and since this rift went all the way up to the elders BC never said anything outrageous that I can recall. JD is not a Bible teacher he is an office manager.
Perhaps what protected me is that I knew these brothers well enough to not accept their teaching as the gospel. Also, since I was in Taipei from 87 to 95 I might have missed a lot. When I did return it was to NYC which is a very special case due to their history.