[Oregon]

Excellent reply OBW.

The "we are becoming God" teaching was an evolving thing over time that is now totally cemented in. The entire LC, in my view, has been an evolving thing over my lifetime. It is no wonder that so many have left over the years.

Over the last year I have been reading a book that gives the history of the Jehovah's Witnesses. It was written by a member who had been deeply involved for over 30 years and finally escaped. The history of that movement, cult, organization....whatever you want to call it was woven into the book. I was amazed at the similarities between their history and that of the LC. What started out as a somewhat loosly knit group of people meeting in different places was slowly and purposly brought under total control of the Watchtower society. So that over the years any kind of independence was terminated and all assemblies were brought to the point of only reading the materials printed and sent out by the Watchtower society.

I know this is getting into a different topic area but the point is that what were once somewhat independent local churches have over time been slowly and purposely brought under control in the same way so that only the printed material of the Living Stream Ministry is promoted and read in the meetings.

The "we are becoming God " teaching is now fully spoken of as absolute truth. Witness Lee the Apostle spoke it.....it has been printed and reprinted in many LSM publications and it "IS" the ministry.