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Originally Posted by Freedom
It amazes me how the LCM can 'quarantine' entire regions and countries . .
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Yes, then they can say "Brazil, or Minnesota, or Germany, grew by 46% over the past two years. . " Yes; after the 'quarantine' or 'storm' the LSM-affiliated groups essentially go to zero, then either someone migrates in or a few turn back to the Mother Ship or come in off the college campus, and suddenly, wow, look at the growth in this region! Yes, you went from 8 adherents to 11. Incredible growth rate. Like WL the accountant would say, "At this rate we will take over the world in 20 years!"
Then after a 'storm' he'd say, "I don't care if I have 50 people meeting here. As long as they're absolute".
What amazes me is how 'oneness' is predicated on being adherent with the Mother Ship's HQ. How is that any different from any denomination?
The LSM-LC needs to base its existence and 'raison-d'etre' (reason for being) on contrasting itself with the fallen denominations. As long as they make a compelling case that Protestantism and Catholicism and Orthodox and the now-largely-post-Protestant landscape of 'church planting' and the 'emergent church' and whatnot are hopelessly deformed and abhorred by God, they can attract and keep a few adherents.
Then, they have to 'inoculate' the acolytes against the 'poison', i.e. the truth about the LSM-LC failures which arguably make them equally deformed and abhorred by God, or even more abhorrent because they're hypocritical to boot.
Remember that two sinners stood and prayed. One confessed and was forgiven. The other hid his sin, and judged the other sinner, and wasn't forgiven. The LSM-LC seems to think the latter tack is necessary for survival. But it puts them at odds with Jesus' parable. Not a hopeful scenario for the long term.