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Originally Posted by Awoken
But at any rate, the idea of deification, divinization, theosis, whatever you want to call it... is not new and there is a good deal of scriptural leeway for interpreting it in many different ways.
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Lee lifted himself up by teaching esoteric topics largely ignored by the Christian public. He used these teachings to "prove" to his followers how "degraded" all other Christians were. Using modalistic oneness he "proved" others were tri-theists; using the ground of oneness he "proved" others were divided; using deification he "proved" others never were changed by the Lord, etc. Each of his pet teachings "proved" how great he was, and how pitiful Christianity was.
Personally I am not as troubled by these unique teachings as other posters are. Part of the reason is that the GLA was not so extreme as other regions, but mostly I was bothered by all the unrighteousness and abuses with the LC leadership --
they just don't know how to treat other people as the Lord has taught us. They talk love, yet suffer from a severe shortage from the top down.