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Originally Posted by aron
The lie I remember being sold is that what I do with my living is secondary to where I do it, i.e. "on the ground" or not. And it deteriorated from there.
And you couldn't really love your neighbor "where they are right now" because, yep, they're not yet on the ground. Gotta get'em on that ground. And it deteriorated from there.
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The lie that I was constantly sold in the LC is that an "abnormal" way of living is what constitutes "the normal Christian life". The LC is so caught up in their hyper-spirituality that they have completely neglected anything "normal" about life. There will always be people out there who are highly active and can devote all their to church service or ministry, but these kinds of people are the exception. It is unreasonable to expect everyone to live this way. When the expectation is placed upon the masses in the LC to live this way, it should be concerning. Are people who can't live up to this standard subtly rejected and ignored? Are they not considered to be "good material". I've seen so many drop out of the LC along the way, simply because they felt that they weren't good enough.
It is simply not reasonable to expect everyone to attend meetings every night of the week. I especially feel sorry for those who are just starting out with their families that succumb to this expectation. It is guaranteed to create a situation where children resent their parents because their parents seemingly care more about going to meetings more than the needs of the family. I have even heard it said that it's not worth worrying to much about family needs, that will all work itself out if you're faithful to give yourself to the "church life". I have seen marriages strained as a result of one party who is too "given" to participating in the LC. If the LC doesn't have the ability to help people even at this basic level of normal situations in life, then I'm not sure how they're really helping people at all.