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Originally Posted by Dave
I listened to Bill Freeman since I had heard of him but never met him... even though he was not tied at the time directly with the LC anymore his intonation of his Biblical teaching was as though WL had taken over his mind and speech and was sharing the talk. I think that is a big part of the problem with the LC. The influence was an infusion of Lee into everyone. That is also one of the problems with many today who even continue in Christianity after leaving the LC and dislike Lee...they have not shaken the influence of Lee no matter how they dislike what he has done or said...just can't shake it.
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That is why I talk about the spirit controlling the LC. WL is gone but the spirit remains. We accept it, unquestioningly, because it appears to be "an authority in the church". Just like parents turned their sons and daughters over to RCC priests. They trusted the process that gave them these "men of God." Until you question it, and critically examine it, it remains.
I have met ex-LCers who have been abandoned by the group, but they can't meet with other Christians because they are still held by "the ground", and "the ministry". Even though they've lost the so-called "practical expression", they remain captive, because they cannot or will not question the teachings that they absorbed. Even though the fruit of the teachings has brought them nothing but pain, the teaching insists that any failure is their own. So they keep looking to the teaching even though it gives them nothing.
And your final phrase, "just can't shake it" is appropriate. We need to shake it. Notice what happened when the unclean spirits left the victims. They were rolling around on the ground and crying out. They were "shaking it". I believe that we also need to shake it.
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Originally Posted by Dave
That is why we can't forgive Lee...he superseded Jesus and made it almost impossible to shake the influence of Lee.
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Almost impossible, but not impossible. Big difference. Nothing is impossible with God. And everyone is forgivable.