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Originally Posted by djohnson
Ohio in your post #39 you bring out an interesting point regarding Lee's behavior and those of his followers i.e. what and who did he really control? His claim that he controlled nobody is actually true in the literal sense. What did Lee actually make someone else do?
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The issue of control is systemic to the LC's, beginning with WL, then the workers, leaders, elders, serving ones, saints, etc. Bad patterns were taught and duplicated throughout the program.
Here's a sad example of a story which occurred 10 years ago in the Cleveland hall #1 Lobby. An elder disagreed with a decision my wife and I made which affected a few saints. He knew of our decision well in advance, via prayer and much fellowship, yet disagreed with our decision. During break time, there was a short shouting match in a room filled with saints coming and going. At one point he shouted in my face, "
can't you control your wife?"
Not being the fastest thinker afoot, I responded "
it's against the law to control people." Fortunately, I was able to turn around and walk out the door before this little confrontation turned violent.
The point here is this:
Define what control means. When is control ... control. Who sets boundaries for the word? Who determines when those boundaries are crossed? I could sit here and tell other more tragic stories of ones who felt they were
controlled by leaders who would refuse to admit they
controlled anybody. The LC lexicon for the word
control obviously differed from that of the greater body of Christ.