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Cal · 09-13-2016, 08:44 AM

By the way, this re-dedication and and "new move" were flops. They effectively killed any spontaneity of the Spirit that had marked the early days of the movement in the US in the 60s and early 70s, but that had been steadily squeezed out since the mid 70s. Lee tried to revive things in the early 90s with the "high peak teachings," but they were just a repackaging of his proprietary teachings he'd already shared over and over.

Lee contracted cancer and died in 1997, and was buried in the creepy cemetery the movement had developed to raise money by selling plots to its members. Ironically Lee's last business venture became his final resting place.

The bloom was quickly leaving the rose of the movement. None of Lee's successors could match his charisma or command. In ever more turgid banners ("the consummation of the completion of the divine goal of the the glorious purpose of the...") and teachings expressed in outline form reaching sub-references never before plumbed, a succession of dreary leaders in gray garb and ever-graying hair parroted Lee's teachings, and every today became like yesterday, only more so.

A major schism occurred in the mid-2000s, when churches in the mid-west US attempted to return to something resembling the original promised vision of the movement. LSM targeted all these "rogue" churches, and with nothing but an obscure verse in Leviticus to guide them, gutted the "leperous houses" and established new "local" churches loyal to them.

This was the fruit of the loyalty letter and the "new move."

09-13-2016, 08:44 AM	#293
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: My Local Church Experience - And My Testimony By the way, this re-dedication and and "new move" were flops. They effectively killed any spontaneity of the Spirit that had marked the early days of the movement in the US in the 60s and early 70s, but that had been steadily squeezed out since the mid 70s. Lee tried to revive things in the early 90s with the "high peak teachings," but they were just a repackaging of his proprietary teachings he'd already shared over and over. Lee contracted cancer and died in 1997, and was buried in the creepy cemetery the movement had developed to raise money by selling plots to its members. Ironically Lee's last business venture became his final resting place. The bloom was quickly leaving the rose of the movement. None of Lee's successors could match his charisma or command. In ever more turgid banners ("the consummation of the completion of the divine goal of the the glorious purpose of the...") and teachings expressed in outline form reaching sub-references never before plumbed, a succession of dreary leaders in gray garb and ever-graying hair parroted Lee's teachings, and every today became like yesterday, only more so. A major schism occurred in the mid-2000s, when churches in the mid-west US attempted to return to something resembling the original promised vision of the movement. LSM targeted all these "rogue" churches, and with nothing but an obscure verse in Leviticus to guide them, gutted the "leperous houses" and established new "local" churches loyal to them. This was the fruit of the loyalty letter and the "new move."