[Freedom]

Originally Posted by aron

I believe that the woman Yang Xianbin, originally associated with the Witness Lee-affiliated "Shouter" sect, failed her university entrance exams, went into a bad psychiatric state and decided that she was indeed "God": not only God in life and nature but also God in the Godhead. Now she (or her handlers) run a despotic cult that uses violence, isolation and intimidation to control the lives of thousands, maybe tens of thousands.
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WL told us that there were tens of millions of Shouters in the PRC, which he felt was good; how many millions of those Shouters now hold WL as God incarnate? And how many even weirder sects and cults have they spawned besides the EL?

LC leaders vehemently deny any connection whatsoever to the EL. The excerpt below describes a EL leader declaring that WL is considered the "forerunner" to their "female Christ":

The sister felt humiliated and defeated, while "preacher Wang" took center stage and explained the teachings of the Eastern Lightning. He quoted many verses from the Bible and systematically explained what they believe step by step, in the order of, for example, the incarnation of Christ, the reason the Jews did not accept Him since the name prophesied was "Emanuel" not "Jesus". They said it is thus understandable why the Jews do not believe. In this way they would gradually lead the listeners to the doctrines of the "Eastern Lightning." They said John the Baptist had been the forerunner of Jesus, and he was gone, so gone with him was the Era of Law. In the same way, Li Changshou (Witness Lee) had been the forerunner of the "female Christ." He was gone too, and gone with him was the Era of Grace. Now the Era of the Kingdom has come. The Jews do not accept the Messiah who has already come because they remain in the Era of Law. Likewise, the "almighty female Christ" has already come, but Christians are still lingering in the Era of Grace. The members of the congregation took turns speaking, trying to instill into the sister their false doctrines, so that she became confused and started to say to herself, "It sounds reasonable."

http://www.chinaforjesus.com/EL_4.htm