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Originally Posted by Ohio
For years I shook my head in awe that consecrated members of the LC's could so easily be "poisoned." Is their faith that vulnerable? Was their character that unstable? What could possibly cause these ones to flip-flop almost overnight?
Eventually I learned for myself why and how so many saints got "poisoned" so quickly. It was simple. As long as Lee and LSM kept Pandora's Box under lock and key, all was well. That's because Lee and LSM have a public and private persona. The private side has all sorts of rotten things hidden away, that they want no one to see, least of which are their loyal members. As long as the box stayed locked, even if the stench within leaked out, they could always blame it on "persecution" by those evil "denominations." For years this was pretty effective.
But once the box was cracked open, and the light could shine within, the door was open to all the lies and corruptions within. Before Al Gore invented the internet, this job was a whole lot easier for them, but now the job of keeping the door shut is well nigh impossible. Even a seasoned legal defense team can't keep the door shut.
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Part of what it seems the DCP is good at doing to LC members is building up fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of critical material on the internet, fear of discussing LC teachings, etc. They never qualify this fear or detail the issues, they just offer up vague warnings, or when addressing specific material, they will throw out terms like 'slanderous' to describe it.
Speaking for myself here, when I initially began to have serious concerns about the LC, there were several things that were bothering me. One was a strong trend of legalism that I had noticed (sometimes manifesting itself in ways of control and manipulation). I was also tired of everyone deferring to what Lee taught, and even just the general obsession with Lee.
Notice how such concerns coincide what LC members have been told are "groundless accusations" against the LC, that is, the talk of Lee being uplifted or esteemed too highly, or the possibility that there is any type of controlling of LC members. So that presents a quandary. When LC members become concerned with the LC, if often involves issues that have been vehemently denied on the part of LC leadership. But once someone has an actual experience of what has been denied to even take place, all the sudden their world is turned upside-down.
When people know about the litigious reputation of the LC, it is no wonder they are afraid to speak up and would rather go on in a less-than-ideal situation.