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Originally Posted by aron

if you have only been saved for 6 months then you are very vulnerable. Anyone who seems to know what they are talking about will be able to influence you if you are not careful. So be careful.

If you are a new Christian, and you start to meet with some group, without any other point of reference you'll take everything they say as if it was true and complete. But is it? You really don't know. They say it is, of course, but how are you to tell? So don't "sign on the dotted line" just because you enjoy a couple of songs, or someone's testimony. Don't commit to anyone or anything. You are free: don't give up your freedom so easily. Christ purchased your freedom on the cross with His blood. Don't let go of it.

I am repeating myself, but it is worth repeating: you are vulnerable to pressure. (I will provide my suggested solution below).

There has been quite some discussion about this subject. Pretty much everyone who's evaluated them say that they are "unbalanced"... they take very narrow positions on doctrines (ideas from the Bible) and they argue with other Christians. They do name-calling, as you probably have noticed -- everyone who doesn't take their position is called "twisted" and "dark" and "degraded" and "deformed" and so forth. Whether or not they are a cult, they are certainly not a very healthy group, in the opinion of many Christians.

They have a tactic of putting pressure on the "newbie" to get them to conform. You just have to realize that is how it is. Any group that pressures you, that should be a "red flag" warning you to be careful. And that's a reason many Christians don't feel comfortable about them (besides their questionable doctrines).

You say, "I don't know how I can tell the Local Church group about my other church without hurting them too much." I would say this: the reason that you don't know how to tell them what you are doing is that you don't know how to tell yourself. You don't feel comfortable enough with what you are doing to be able to present it to others. So first, get comfortable with what you are doing. You have to find a story that makes sense to you before you can make sense to others. And it will take time. Give yourself the gift of !

Just yesterday my "story" finally became clear to me and that is that the LSM LC is not a healthy place for a christian to live. This is what I'm telling the saints that are dear to me.