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Originally Posted by Ohio
This is a very unfortunate Freedom, but a very real concern: i.e. LC manipulations and controls.
I am actually dealing with this right now with a family member. Even though we have both been out of the LC for years, unless we address this problem directly, this Lee-leaven is still operating in us. A family member of mine really thinks the problem is all mine, when I decided to put my foot down and not allow him to manipulate me by shaming me into submission. That was the LC Modus Operandi which he and I lived with for years under Titus Chu and Witness Lee, and I suppose I've had enough of it for one life time.
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Ohio, it's good to know that we're not alone in regards to these issues. Over the course of my life, I've seen these types of situations pop up now and then, and the example that I saw set forth by LCers is to just pressure people a little bit and they will cave in.
I think a lot of this starts with the notion that people who leave the LC are "backsliders". This idea fails to acknowledge people who leave because they are fed up with the system or who leave for other reasons. Many in the LC have the notion that they can contact people who have left and by just encouraging them to attend a meeting, everything will change. This works on some people, but there are many out there who have left who wouldn't attend another LC meeting if you gave them a million dollars.
Family is difficult because differences in how the LC is viewed can have serious effects on relationships. I've seen this within many families. One example is when kids reach adulthood, and they realize the LC isn't for them, parents aren't always able to accept that. They can't accept that because of the view that the LC holds the ministry that will "end the age" and has "unlocked the Bible". I have personally seen church kids who were manipulated by people in the LC, such that situations came up where the parents should have stood up for their children and set their foots down. Instead, they valued a good standing in the LC, over taking care of their doing what was right for the needs of their children.