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Originally Posted by Drake
Ohio,
I rarely respond to your posts because of their oft vitriolic character. However, your post below was a reasoned response so I’ll give it go.
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Thanks for responding
Drake. I'll try to respond in a manner suitable for you.
Now, while I am open to critique, on this point I have to share my point of view. You regularly dismiss my comments as an "old broken record," but your grievance above should not go unanswered.
Vitriol is defined as words "
filled with bitter criticism or malice, caustic, scathing." I harbor malice towards no one, especially you, whom I may not even know. I admit to criticism, but not bitterness; rather I prefer to restrict myself to sarcasm. It is often an effective means of communication, even used in the Bible. Sorry if it sounds like "vitriol," but I don't mean to sound that way, though I do intend to be candid and pointed.
You didn't like it when I did not respond to exaggerated claims like "LSM exacts 10%" of members money. I think
Kumbaya said that. Perhaps she heard that from her Dad. I don't know. Neither do I know every detail of every LC. I was Treasurer in a LC for 10 years, and I do know that we were instructed to send money to LSM/DCP every month. Whether we could pay the Mortgage or not, DCP needed their money. The money was used for their legal expenses, yet I Cor. 6 explicitly tells us NOT TO SUE. So this was a conflict for our LC, and I assume other LC's also.
So is
Kumbaya's comment really false? Did it really demand my correction?
Dear brother
Drake, to be honest with you, when you dismiss the claims that ex-members have suffered, you do yourself a disservice. It would be far better for your cause to make admissions concerning the serious failures of the past, rather than deny them.
In these last days the Lord is shining a spotlight on all segments of society, including His own.