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Cal · 02-22-2009, 06:03 AM

This dovetails perfectly with some questions I've wanted to ask the forum:

Going along with the crowd (i.e. groupthink) is almost never a good thing, because the crowd is almost always wrong.

So the questions are these:

What's the difference between oneness and going along with the crowd?

What's the difference between oneness and groupthink?

Give me an example in the Bible where a great spiritual person went along with the crowd.

Specifically when the LSM/LC encourages "oneness" to such an extreme aren't they in effect encouraging going along with the crowd and groupthink?

Can you come up with a definition of oneness that doesn't require going along with the crowd and groupthink?

02-22-2009, 06:03 AM	#2
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: Group Think: A Sinister Snare For Elders and Congregations Alike This dovetails perfectly with some questions I've wanted to ask the forum: Going along with the crowd (i.e. groupthink) is almost never a good thing, because the crowd is almost always wrong. So the questions are these: What's the difference between oneness and going along with the crowd? What's the difference between oneness and groupthink? Give me an example in the Bible where a great spiritual person went along with the crowd. Specifically when the LSM/LC encourages "oneness" to such an extreme aren't they in effect encouraging going along with the crowd and groupthink? Can you come up with a definition of oneness that doesn't require going along with the crowd and groupthink?