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Originally Posted by Drake
There is a difference between telling someone they can't leave a group and telling them they are wrong to leave a group. One could be abuse, the other could just be concern for your soul.
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When we stand before the Lord, do you think he is going to buy that excuse, that "can't leave" and "wrong to leave" mean different things? I sure don't want to be the one copping that lame plea at the judgement seat. So knock yourself out with that one.
Good intentions only take one so far. By now the evidence has been in for years and the LCM is conveniently ignoring it. So there is no longer any excuse. At this point it's a matter of being in denial.
I doubt any objective witnesses buy your story either. So I guess you can continue kidding yourselves if you want to. What bothers me is that it just sets up another innocent who hasn't read this board to be damaged. That should bother you too. And I can't imagine why it doesn't.
Let me reiterate. God cares about people: not systems, not institutions, not moves. He's the one who left the flock to save one lamb. And I'm glad he did so to save this one. And you know what he said he would do to those of us who hurt one of his "little ones" (Matt 18:6). That's a warning we ALL need to take seriously.