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Originally Posted by Evangelical
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This article makes the distinction that when Witness Lee said that Christianity was degraded he was referring to the "system".
I think it would be a good idea if we all agreed that there is some truth here. We can agree that the parable of the Tares can be applied to Christianity, whether or not you would do that. We can also agree that the discussion of the churches in Pergamon, Thyatira, Sardis and Laodicea certainly raise issues that are "below the standard" (which is how they define degraded).
Since this thread came out of the thread on defining the church from the NT teaching there is certainly a lot of overlap.
Perhaps the real issue is concerning what is the proper response to the degradation, similar to what Evangelical asked "What are you doing about it?"
Those of us who have participated on this thread obviously take issue either with the degradation or with WL's response. So then it is only fair to ask what the proper response should be?