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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane
Dear Ohio,
I agree that blame primarily rests with the BB type leaders, but I don't think the rest of us can claim innocence because of this.
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Again, you have to consider the moral dilemma some LCers are under due to their strong belief in maintaining oneness and submission.
If it is a sin to break oneness and to not submit, and it's also a sin to sue other Christians, quarantine over trivialities, or insist on one ministry, then which set of sins is worse? There's a damned if I do or don't dilemma at work. LCers are taught that almost nothing is worse than breaking oneness, or defying deputy authority. Many may recognize that sins are being committed by leadership, but do not think those sins "rise to the level" of allowing defiance or splitting away. Expecting an LCer to split from their leaders and church is like expecting a fish to breath air. It's totally against their breeding.
Is that in itself idolatry? Well, I guess you could call it that. I call it an imbalanced view of leadership and oneness which is bound to eventually issue in degradation by restricting the speaking and moving of the Holy Spirit.
Then again, perhaps calling it idolatry is the only way to convince people it's worse than breaking oneness.