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Originally Posted by Ohio
It troubles me to no end that Witness Lee, a seasoned minister of the scriptures, could behave this way. First of all, how could his wife and reprobate son sit on the ministry board? Talk about unbridled cronyism! All N.T. leaders were "well attested" by the saints and approved by the Holy Spirit (Acts 6.3; 20.28; I Cor 12.28, 2 Cor 10.18; I Tim 3.7)
When reports and letters from around the globe, all from trusted and accomplished leaders, poured onto Lee's lap concerning his and his son Philip's abusive ways, Witness Lee has the audacity to inform John Ingalls in private how Philip's family has also suffered through these trying times. Is he delusional?
And then the clincher, as if to white-wash years of depravity in his own son -- so aptly described in detail by Paul in his final days on earth ...
Paul told Timothy: Avoid such people!
So what did Witness Lee do? Excused all of this, by saying, "Philip, of course, is not perfect."
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These tactics that were employed by WL are none other than psychological manipulation. When someone brings a concern of theirs to attention only to be met with a comment like "Joe Schmoe isn't perfect," it is none other than a red herring meant to conveniently put a stop to the conversation. In a normal conversation, how are you supposed to respond to that? I have yet to find a way that doesn't involve amping up the conversation. Of course, maybe doing just that is necessary at times, but it usually makes the person holding concerns look like the bad guy.
It is abundantly clear to me that even from the beginning, WL only chose to hear out those like John Ingalls in hopes that they would express their concerns and then that would be the end of it. John spoke to this very fact, he knew exactly how Lee intended to 'deal' with any concerns:
We had already met with Brother Lee a good number of times, opening to him and expressing our concerns to him, and made very little progress. Moreover, we feared, from past experience, that if we had such a meeting Brother Lee would dominate it, overwhelm us, and eventually whitewash the issues.