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Originally Posted by Ohio
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.
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Yeah, agreed. I went to the elder I was closest to about my own personal struggle with sin on multiple occasions and he basically brushed aside all of my questions/requests for help and told me in so many words that my problem was that I was too focused on my own selfish issues and not on "the building", never mind that that particular issue more or less made it impossible for me to be an effective builder of others. His solution was to suggest that I move into a brothers' house (nearest one being an hour away from the city where I work and attend school).
On top of that, I once sent him an email asking if he would be willing to be an accountability partner and he completely ignored it - no response whatsoever. I remember trying to figure out what the heck this was supposed to communicate to me. I had to assume it meant I was not 'in my spirit' and so I was only good for being ignored, which sadly I think actually was the intended effect. I would be lying if I said I don't feel bitter about this, although I don't hold it against the elder personally. Ron Kangas also ignored me blatantly in like manner once so I think this kind of 'teaching' must come from the top down.