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Originally Posted by Ohio
Talk about political "spin." Spoken as a true LSM wordsmith. You help me to relate to scripture where Jesus was confronting the "scribes."
Unfortunately the facts here indicate some level of deceit on your part, especially when you just endorsed Blended Ed Marks bully pulpit directives about Christian bookstores only carrying "Chicken Soup for the Soul," and the recent quarantine of Midwest brothers.
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The quarantines prove they will enforce the one publication policy in a way that is clearly not scriptural and abusive. Which is why I describe it as "brutish".
The disparaging remarks by Ed Marks and others shows that there are a multitude of insulting remarks spoken against all other ministries without any specific praise. They may say generic terms like "we love everyone" but in reality there isn't a single current ministry that they would lift up as a godly example other than LSM.
I experienced tremendous oversight in what was said or printed for public consumption that was associated with the Local church (we printed in the school paper).
But there is little or nothing they can do to control what you read, or what forums you visit online. Corporate living can be somewhat invasive, but other than that I don't see them having any ability to dictate terms.
However, since these other books and sources are not ever shared in the meetings (can you imagine a testimony or message that quoted other ministries in anything other than disparaging terms?) and since the other meetings can completely dominate your non work day they can control the time and influence what you speak.