[UntoHim]

ZNP if you're not sure what the argument's all about then you haven't been following this thread very well.

The thread starter, Drake, gave us a proposition that Witness Lee was correct in his assessment of "poor, poor Christianity". Drake's contention that Lee's criticisms were not meant for all of Christianity falls flat in the face of the facts.

The rest of your "everyone agrees" are just your personal opinions. Maybe you and Drake agree about those things, but I doubt there are many others here that would agree with everything you posted.

Beyonce worship? Really? As much as I find the kind of "service" that was held at that so-called church appalling, it wasn't about worshiping Beyonce. Anyone who took a couple of minutes to read that article would know this.

Everyone agrees that Christians should be free to read from any ministry and extensive libraries are not a negative thing.

Sure. But this forum is about the teachings, practices and history of the Local Church of Witness Lee, and the Christians in the LC are not free to read from any ministry, and very few have extensive libraries (unless you want to consider all those green Life-Study books an extensive library!)

Everyone agrees that church leaders do need to control what is said in a meeting

Sure. But the rub comes in with just HOW the church leaders control what is said. To proclaim that "all the members can function" and then require them to regurgitate by rote or reading is not "functioning", it is being a "Witness Lee tape recorder".

Everyone agrees that excommunicating a brother because he has non ministry books is wrong.

Where do you come up with this stuff? No one has said any such thing ever happened. If you are aware of such a case please give specifics.

Witness Lee said one thing in the published ministry but church leaders did something else.

Actually Witness Lee said one thing and then did something else. In fact, this was pretty much his modus operandi throughout his entire ministry. As far as "church leaders" are concerned, the Blended Brothers are running the show almost exactly as Witness Lee did. They have truly fulfilled their mission of being "brother Lee's continuation". What have they taught that Witness Lee did not teach? What have they practiced that Witness Lee did not practice? I have made this challenge for anyone to show any significant difference between Lee and the Blendeds. Nobody has taken me up. And nobody can because there is no significant difference.

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