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Originally Posted by Timotheist
I took a little break from these forums, and just now read (most of) this sad thread.
As what seems par for the course on the other forum, here we see people who are ex-members of the LC fighting amongst themselves. And, as at the other forum, the escalation of the conflict lies almost solely on the shoulders of Matt and TJ.
I came to this forum to get away from this obsessive nonsense. Here I see the disease manifesting itself at full throttle... against Don (Hope) of all people, a man who was in the LC system but clearly not a member of the inner circle of corruption.
Don, I Hope you hang around in spite of the Pharisees. It was good to hear from you again after all of these years.
The problem with the LC in child raising is simply this, Witness brought into the eldership the Chinese way of raising kids, where humiliation is accepted by the culture as a proper tool. What WL failed to see is that our culture would not embrace such methods.
I too was the target of more than one elder lecture. My reaction was one of rebellion rather than acceptance. I did not accept these men as having the authority to make such pronouncements over me. I am sure that this reaction among the American kids to a foreign culture lies at the heart of why so many LC kids left the LC.
The eldership mistook this cultural thing as a spiritual thing and went along. This is not idolatry, this is just the myopic leading the myopic.
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Hello and good to hear from you Timotheist,
The culture thing is a very important item. We had some anti-modern, Puritan, Plymouth Brethren, Madame Guyan (sp) mysticism, and Chinese Culture mixed together and identified as spiritual. I am sorry about some of the elders puting this on you when you were younger. If I was one, I repent.
To the Forum as a whole:
I need to take a break from active participation for a while. I am in a very busy time at work but mainly I need the time to write some hymns for an uncoming conference in Westminster. We will have four meetings starting Friday, Oct. 17 thru the Lord's Day morning. At the current time, the Lord is leading toward the Good News of Jesus Christ as revealed in the book of Romans.
Rom 1:15-17, Thus, for my part, I am eager to proclaim the gospel, (Good News) to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, (Good News), for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "But the righteous man shall live by faith."
I am busting with eagerness and excitement regarding the Good News. IT IS THE POWER OF GOD. Perhaps you have seen the dancing and shouting in the streets of the cities and towns of the USA when victory in WWII was anounced. That good news produced a reaction. When we hear the GOOD NEWS it produces a reaction in us.
There is power in the Gospel. I had better stop before I get too carried away.
By the way, if any of the forum would like to join in the fellowship, email me and I will get you any necessary information.
dfr144@aol.com
In Christ Jesus there is Hope for us all,
Hope, Don Rutledge