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Originally Posted by Igzy
That's a kind of cynical view of it. And you can't be so naive to not understand why the LCM is considered cultic, nor to continue to ascribe those reasons to the "blindness of Christianity."
If you believe the LCM was cultic, then you owe it to your members and message to separate yourself publicly from the cultic root. If that means denouncing LSM them what's the problem? Were you ever squeamish about denouncing Christianity?
At some point you have to admit to yourself that the LCM is and always has been unhealthily cultic. In fact, the case can be made that all the LCM's problems are due to its cultic tendencies (lording it over saints, being different for the sake of being different ("our distinct heritage"), living in a bubble, building walls, making enemies, lacking accountability, etc. It's not just a matter of denouncing these things and those that will not repent from them. It's a matter taking steps so that they don't appear in your church.
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Take away deputy authority and they wouldn't be a cult. I doubt the non-LSM locality SpeakersCorner attends has that sort of problem. Unless they are pushing Lee and Nee books they're just guilty by association, and possibly by name.