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Originally Posted by aron
ok they're not brainwashed. Fine. Then, what happened?
How could one man give hundreds if not thousands of messages, many of which strained at the bounds of orthodoxies, or at least were novel, without anyone ever questioning him? I mean, if I gave a message where I said that the tree of life was the center of the universe, in front of 800 or 1500 or 2300 people, wouldn't even one of them ask whether the throne of God were not the center?
Message after message, point after point, year after year after year. And not one question? All those 'revelations'. All those novel assertions. "This shows us that . . ." And nothing ever got challenged.
I mean, look at Ravi Zacharias. People get to ask him questions. He listens (or seems to). Lee only wanted to hear himself getting spoken back from the crowd.
How did Lee avoid any challenge or critique from so many followers for so long? Was he really that good? He challenged and critiqued everyone else. Nobody challenged him. Was he really that percected, that elevared? Or were we duped? Or is there another explanation?
"God gives us one person per generation who must be listened to and followed without question". . . Okay that isn't brainwashing then what is behind that thought, or lack thereof?
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Your whole argument starts with a questionable claim that no one ever questioned Lee. Very unlikely. I mean you are arguing from a position of extreme unlikelihood that no one ever question Lee out of the millions of people exposed to the teachings. Then trying to support that by claims of mass brainwashing that is something not even militaries have succeeded in though they have tried.