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Originally Posted by Freedom
What I have come to notice in some of WL's ministry are these instances of him subtly setting the rules of the game in his favor. In the LS of Genesis, presumably he was talking about the significance of authority in relation to Noah's failing. Actually, he was setting up an excuse mechanism for himself, which would later be used.
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Exactly.
And after having spent my best 30 years actually experiencing his subtle tactics, I can say that Lee and others were quite persuasive. For example, after one storm, Lee proclaimed from the pulpit, "
Who did I control, I can't even control a mosquito!?!" Then, of course, we all laughed since we can't control mosquitoes either. I heard the same spin from Titus Chu, yet I watched him publicly shame others without justification, tell them where to live, how to serve, what to do, and what not to do.
One time, while in a Cleveland training, my local elder heard that I had made a decision which he disagreed with. (
Yet the pending decision had been brought up numerous times back home in our elders/deacons meetings for prayer.) Here I was in a crowded lobby at the Cleveland meeting hall being berated by the elder in front of another sister. When I mentioned it was a decision I made with my wife, he confronted me to my face, "
can't you control your wife?!?" To which I answered, "
it is against the law to "control" people."
It was indeed a frightening scene which could have become quite ugly in that crowded lobby. He was so close, and so mad, that had I just put my hand up to protect myself, it would have resulted in a barrage of punches. Fortunately, the Lord delivered me that time, and I quickly walked away from him. Twenty minutes later, after break time ended, he turned around in the meeting and said, "
sorry I was a little too much." At the time, my first thought was, "
nickel apology for a dollar offense."
So much for LC hypocrisy. Out of one side of their mouth they proclaim, "
we control no one, we are humble slaves." Out of the other side, they have numerous methods to intimidate, manipulate, and control.