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Originally Posted by djohnson
In another thread you stated that the main problem with the LCS is the authority structure and the ground of locality. One is structural and the other a made up "doctrine" for children to make them have a false sense of security that they are right and all others are wrong. But I would suggest another problem: the lack of integrity in the leadership and that includes being wimpy. Men of integrity would not have allowed Lee to do the things he did regardless of the other two items.
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You have a point here. The LSM/LC dynamic of authority makes it hard for individuals to stand up for what is right and speak truth to power. This is because LSM teaching and practice absolutely fails to resolve conflict between the respective values of righteousness and submission. This leads to the appearance of local leaders being "wimpy."
Some leaders may indeed be wimpy. But it is more likely that their moral constitution has been so trained to value "oneness" and "submission" that they experience a genuine moral dilemma when they must choose between conscience and going along with the program.
While most of us would simply walk away, LC folks and particularly LC leaders have been so trained to resist "going their own way" that doing so is against their nature, and many even after choosing to leave experience condemnation and second thoughts for a long time after doing so. They need our sympathy and prayers, though an occasional "snap out of it!" is probably not a bad thing either.