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Originally Posted by Ohio
The arrogance that the young people displayed to the older saints during the "new way" was often just despicable. Both the young and the old were damaged, many permanently. With the likes of the profligate Philip Lee at the helm I suppose it was understandable.
For example, during the summer 1987 young people's training in Irving, which followed a trip to Taipei, the young people were coached by LSM trainers to taunt the older saints into being baptized, ridiculing them as "old and dead." Our LC had two graduating HS seniors (sisters) attending that training for the whole summer. Unfortunately they were so confused, they returned shipwrecked and left the faith. This happened to many other young ones returning to their LC's, and LSM blamed the problems on the LC's.
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It seem that many current elders and leading brothers went to Taiwan as FTTT trainees. At that time, they would have been the "young" generation, probably most being in their late 20's or early 30's. I guess it shouldn't suprise me that they have all these strange ideas that they picked up in those days. I can't count the number of time I have heard them compare the church to an army as a way of justifying the need to "regulate" people.