Quote:
Originally Posted by Freedom
Why does the LC assume all other Christians are such? LC members have such little interaction with them that such an assessment could not possibly be based upon any actual observations.
|
In one sense of the use of the word "degraded" Lee referred to the system of Christianity. It would be hard for anyone to argue that a system which marries homosexuals could not be considered degraded. Googling, we can find that this old book makes reference to degraded Christians:
The New Testament, Arranged in Historical and Chronological Order
"The error of Arius and the usurpations of the Church at Rome were the two principal sources of all the corruptions which have degraded Christians"
In reference to individuals, Lee made no assumption that "all other Christians are degraded".
Lee believed there are different kinds of Christians. Degraded, are those who walk and act like unbelievers. Christianity has other words for those kinds of people, like backslidden, or perhaps false Christians. Lee also talked about well-behaved Christians, those that are above the standard, he did not say those are degraded.