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Originally Posted by Indiana
This thread by the brother, John, is one of the more constructive for local church members. Of course we understand the positive side of eating of the tree of life; but when this becomes an excuse mechanism to override issues of legitimate concern....
No, I don't think everything said on this forum is true, but 75 % is well worth conscientious thought.
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It's sad to see how so many LC teachings have been used. I do admit there may be truth to certain LC teachings, but the way they are used renders them useless. Long before I came to this forum, I subconsciously understood
how the "two trees" teaching was really used. It never had much meaning besides my knowing that I wasn't supposed to talk about right and wrong.
Sometimes I have to wonder if these teachings were ever intended to be practiced in a positive way to begin with. When I really think about the "two trees" teaching, I can't say I've ever seen it practiced in a positive way. It always involves a negative context, such as when Ron spoke in Ecuador about discernment. He hypocritically used the "two trees" to avoid addressing material on the internet, even though he and Kerry once published a book claiming to discern the right and wrong of a previous "turmoil". So they didn't hold themselves to the standard of Lee's "two trees". Now, there is a third "tree" - a tree of lies.