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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
When I was in the LRC I soon learned that there were some "vain talkers", the people who taught others to "parrot" Witness Lee for example.
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Titus Chu and the GLA were a total paradox of values when it came to Witness Lee and his cadre of supporters. Titus taught us to receive everything from Witness Lee, but nothing from those he surrounded himself with. Titus Chu viewed Lee as his own spiritual father, a spiritual man unparalleled on the earth at the time, yet had no respect for the lackeys hand-picked by Lee to facilitate his many programs. I don't know how Titus reconciled this stark disconnect in his own mind other than by his oft-used Chinese maxim, "the mistakes of my father are none of my business."
We never bought into the "Witness Lee parroting" that spread during the New Way of the 80's. We viewed it as one more instance of those dunces kissing up to Lee. It was really not until the FTTA began, with the constant recruiting during the trainings, did LSM nonsense begin to seriously affect us. GLA leaders knew that Titus was some kind of "umbrella" protecting us from all the crazies out there, but
never did the topic come up that perhaps the source of the problems was Witness Lee himself. Instead we viewed ourselves as the "purer" and more spiritual segment of the Recovery.
The FTTA was definitely a toxic influence. Many of those young people who joined it, most with lofty expectations, eventually turned against the GLA leadership. Trainers actively undermined the relationship they had with their sending family and church. Brothers like Chuck Debelak were instrumental in restoring these young trainees to the healthy faith upon returning from the FTTA. Many others were lost.
Over time I have been convinced that Titus adopted this contradictory paradigm relationship with Lee and LSM because of his intentions to one day lead the Recovery and "clean house." Obviously things haven't work out as planned. Ironically Lee saw through it and prepped his Blendeds and the rest of the unsuspecting to prevent such an occurrence from ever happening. Eventually Titus Chu's own abusive ways did more than anything else to spoil his plans to become the next MOTA. All the church leaders who should have supported him decided that, though the Blendeds were nothing without Lee, the alternative under Titus was far worse.