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Originally Posted by ZoeGrace

Wow, Awoken...coming from a Catholic background, that is exactly what I say about the LC...that it is more Catholic than the Catholics!! That was another of my major issues with the LC. I know they can't see it, but looking from the outside in, it looks a lot alike. Once that became clear to me, I decided there was no way I was going to involve myself with the LC. It took me 30 years to leave the Catholic church and that was probably why it was so easy to jump into the LC...it felt comfortable. Thankfully, all the things that bothered me about the Catholics were easier to spot in the LC as they were still very fresh in my mind.

It took me years post-LC to connect the dots and see the great irony: that this splinter sect of Protestantism had become so much like the "great harlot" that they repeatedly despised! Unbelievable! But there it was: all the quirks and foibles and traditions of men of the RCC were there in spades. Certainly Jesus was right when He said that we can perceive the splinter in someone else's eye before we see the beam in our own. The LC, which specialized in "splinter analysis", couldn't see a beam if you hit them on the head with it. Amazing.

I do believe that there are many very sincere, loving and kind people in the LC. I have an LC member I love very much and he is not all bad! LOL!

There is a great line in the apostle John's "Revelation". He mentions the problems in a church, then says that the people within the church, who'd been led astray by errant shepherds, would not be judged. They were just trying to belong somewhere, and fit in, and if they were trying to go along in that church, it wouldn't be held against them. (Rev 2:24,25)

I am soo grateful for my time in the LC! So many people were kind to me. Eventually a lot of stuff bothered me and I moved on. But how can I judge anyone?! Who made me king? Many of them were great people. I've also met awesome Christians who don't meet in the LCs -- how can I judge anyone? Here's a quote on George Whitefield:

http://biblicalawakening.blogspot.co...impact-on.html

Although ordained with the Anglican Church of England, there was not a denominational bone in Whitefield’s body. In one of his sermons, preached to several thousand gathered in the open air, Whitefield mimicked a conversation with Father Abraham who was looking over the banister of heaven at the gathered multitude representing many denominations. Whitefield cried out, “Father Abraham, are there any Anglicans in heaven?” The answer came back, “No, there are no Anglicans in heaven.” “Father Abraham, are there any Methodists in heaven?” “No, there are no Methodists in heaven.” Are there any Presbyterians in heaven?” “No, there are no Presbyterians here either.” “What about Baptists or Quakers?” “No, there are none of those here either.” “Father Abraham,” cried Whitefield, what kind of people are in heaven?” The answer came back, “There are only Christians in heaven; only those who are washed in the blood of the Lamb.” Whitefield then cried out, “Oh, is that the case? Then God help me, God help us all, to forget having names and to become Christians in deed and in truth!”