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Originally Posted by leastofthese
Thanks for the response ZNP. I think you have a valid point of view. I wasn't clear enough in the OP. The hope was not to validate the survey questions, but to validate each point in relation to the LSM. My hope was to see where Witness Lee spoke specifically about "All-knowing leadership" or "A new and better way", etc. This may seem like a waste of time to someone who doesn't believe the points relevant, and I can agree with that. Since this post from Christianity Today has such a prominent place on the internet in relation to defining cults, I thought it would be interesting to see how what the ministry has said specifically on these topics. I can't speak for the author of the article, but I assume it was written for modern groups, so Peter, Paul, and the gang wouldn't even be called into question.
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But how would you distinguish between a genuine man of God and a false teacher? Don't think that Christianity is somehow immune from the group think that infected the LRC. That was not the lesson I took away from my experience. In my experience all believers will fall into this trap unless they are grounded in the word and appreciate how prevalent the "false teachers" are. Falling into this once, that is on those in the LRC that stumbled the new believers. But if you fall into this again, well, there is something you have to deal with in your own walk.