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Originally Posted by Ohio
The word is designed to be disarming to the rank and file shrouded in a cloak of spirituality.
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In the LC, I commonly hear the phrase "we need to blend out all our differences". To someone outside the LC, that is a meaningless statement. For someone in the LC, it is quite clear that "blending" or "blended" is synonymous with renouncing individuality. Of course it is always the rank and file LCers that are the ones who must not express their own opinions or ideas. This is where the trouble is, it is not something that starts at the top. The BB's are immune from having to set aside their own interests.
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Originally Posted by Ohio
The real intention is to manipulate the undiscerning. There is absolutely nothing benign about its use by Lee or anaheim. The GLA had a total disdain for the word.
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I see many take this teaching of being "blended" without hesitation. After all, the word can be found in the Recovery Version. Would anyone even suspect that perhaps they translated 1 Cor 12:24 this way simply to support Lee's teaching on being blended, not because they felt that was really the best translation?