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Originally Posted by aron
Lee was continually trying to keep the saints in turmoil and off balance. Look at the pattern of "moves" and "flows" like the Young Galileans etc. Lee continually blew strong winds into the LC. Deification was merely the latest and greatest (they all were the latest and greatest, when they rolled out). Shock value is a good term, here.
And I doubt it was conscious; at least I've seen no evidence that it was so.
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I am in no position to judge another man's motives, but I can tell you what happened to my LC during my final days. Prior to TC's official Whistler quarantine, he instructed all of his loyal workers (probably 10 families) in the Chicago area to move to more "friendly" locales. One such worker was sent to our place, and though he was younger than all the current elders and deacons, TC put him in charge.
You have to understand how this is done. One Lord's Day morning, an elder from the church in Cleveland shows up unexpectedly at our meeting. Then after the Lord's Table, the elder stands up briefly and "
encourages us all to labor with this brother," the new worker/elder in town. Now I immediately said to myself, "
I know what that means, those are coded words." In simple terms, this brother was our new boss, and our current elders now reported to him. It all happened just like that. Most of the saints didn't have a clue concerning the long term implications.
As soon as this brother got settled in, he completely overhauled the current church meeting structure. Since I was close to many of the saints, I knew his schemes were contrary to their spiritual desires. I addressed this with him privately, and he flippantly responded, "
sometimes we need to shock the saints." After a while, it was more than apparent that many saints were indeed "electrocuted."
I know that he got that thought from TC, and that TC got it from WL. So there you have it -- "shock" value.