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The question is: am I going to think for myself or become an adherent to someone else's theology, philosophy or political theory? According to Witness Lee being "body-consciousness" seemed to entail forsaking thinking for yourself. At the same time, he seemed to be doing a lot of thinking for himself.
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The problem with this is that it is a false dichotomy. It ignores that my own thinking is influenced by the thoughts of others no matter how I try to be just me. And it makes those who follow someone out to be non-thinkers when they may have simply studied the ideas of the others and decided they were right and others were wrong.
And in the end, either it is truly a singular theology with gray areas around the edges, therefore we actually agree on the basics, no matter how much we want to say we are simply thinking for ourselves, or we jettison the basics in favor of a truly "just me" idea that is not exactly consistent with everyone else.
All this coming from a guy who is having a hard time with some of the core teachings and emphases of the group with which he is currently connected.