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Originally Posted by Igzy
You admitted people have been hurt. So what hurt them? Obviously some malfunction in the LCM. Well, what was that? What was the malfunction that hurt them? My contention is it is rooted in the warped view of spiritual authority, that is exemplified in the LCM's view of apostles--hence my objection to your defense of that view.
So tell me... if people were hurt and you respect them, what hurt them? What went wrong that they were hurt? You are not suggesting their hurt was their fault, or that God intended to hurt them, are you? So what was the source of their hurt? Who was the offender? Who was the hurter?
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I have always felt that 90% of the blame for people being deceived is on the people who were deceived.
Malcolm X shared that he used to sell cheap knock off watches on the street under the inferred pretense that they were stolen. He said when the police would come to arrest him you always went with them to keep up the allusion that in fact they were stolen, which is why the dupes were paying him exorbitant prices for cheap watches.
I once observed a very wealthy stock broker sell. He created the allusion in his pitch that he was a market maker for large block purchases by fund managers and that he put additional trades in at the same time so they all could benefit from the resulting bump in the stocks price. That of course would be illegal. Many of the people who he called would think this guy has made a mistake calling me. I couldn't understand why this approach would work, who would want to do business with a stock broker who is implying that he is a crook. But he explained that he is speaking to their greed (deep calleth to deep, greed calleth to greed).
As for those in the LRC I think the idea of being "an elite" Christian, and having a shortcut to becoming an overcomer. This is what WL was speaking to. If you desire to have the preeminence in the Lord's move, then WL was singing your song.