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Originally Posted by Freedom
I have long since realized that at best, the footnotes are just one person's interpretation. In many instances, they amount to nothing more than mumbo jumbo. Sometimes I have to read footnotes several times to even understand what is being said.
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Footnotes can give insight, and perspective. They can open doors in the word. In the Local Churches of Lee they become constrictive because they are the exclusive means to enter the word.
What I found was that if Lee didn't say it, then it didn't exist. Even if he tortured the word into some strange meaning to fit his interpretive scheme, the Local Churchers would simply accept it at face value. It was pretty bizarre, really. You'd show them the scriptural text right in front of them, and they'd just stare blankly. No footnote, no meaning.