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Originally Posted by Evangelical
I am really itching to start a discussion with you about "sheep and goats" and a strange doctrine resulting from that which says we can be saved by giving someone a cup of water. But perhaps for another time.
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I think it would help everyone on the forum if you introduced yourself so that we knew a little bit more about who we are fellowshipping with.
One brother on this forum is from Southern California, another is from Austin Texas, another is from Dallas, two are from Florida, one is from Ohio, another from Toronto and another from Seattle.
I was from both Houston Texas and NYC. I also was with the church in Irving TX for 18 months and Odessa Texas for several years. Most of the ones who post the most came into the church in the 70s. We were in every Life Study either with WL or else in the video conference. Many of us went to the FTT in Taipei in the 80s.
I would estimate that everyone on this forum (with the possible exception of Awareness -- I still have no idea what he accepts
) accepts 90+% of Witness Lee's doctrines. Our primary issue is with the practice (the sins, the lawsuits, the slander, the investment scams, the bullying, etc). It is not so much what they say but what they do. For many of us on this forum who post regularly, we knew that through our speaking we had taught this way to many people, so we felt accountable for the hypocrisy.
It seems to my observation that you think we are on this forum because we read a snippet of Witness Lee's that we disagreed with. Look at the testimonies, many gave 20 years or more to the LRC. Besides being in the church for 20 years I served in LSM for more than 5 years (printing, construction, training). For 2 1/2 years I was full time.
So I think it will eliminate a lot of misunderstandings if you just did a better job of introducing yourself and perhaps trying to understand us a little as well. Thanks