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Originally Posted by awareness
I know bro Drake has a favorable view of the LC ... to say the least ... bless his little pea pickin' heart......And I don't think he intends to, maybe he's never thought of it before, but brother Drake doesn't seem to show any sympathy toward those good brothers and sisters in the Lord, that were swept out, in Lee's wake. Maybe he thinks, or feels, "good riddance." Maybe he thinks good riddance toward all us exLCer's out here. Where the heart is, there lies the treasure.
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Awareness,
Appreciate the prompt.
Once a year, maybe twice, I get compelled to restate my views on the subject you raise above. It is probably necessary because in the course of standing up for my convictions over many posts it may not be apparent where my sympathies lay.
I am very sympathetic toward people who went through some negative or traumatic experience in the local churches. I’ve expressed this sentiment many times. For instance, I have said under the same circumstances some described that I do not know if I would have reacted any different than they did. I’ve even said to you, concerning your personal experience, that I might very well have been tossed out with you had I been in your locality at that time. I just do not know and cannot know for sure not being in the moment.
I also am sympathetic to posters here who never made it through the experience emotionally intact. There are many here who have not come to terms. Some are in the quagmire of despair,... seemingly stuck in time some decades ago. To their detriment some here appear to encourage them to stay there. That is unhealthy. Expressing sympathy in that case doesn’t help though I feel it. A few years ago Max Rappaports daughter visited this or another forum like it and said Max was surprised that we were still talking about his experience and history and that he had moved on. So, he did not allow it to consume him.
However, because I spend 95% of my posts on misunderstandings, correcting what Brothers Nee and Lee actually taught vs what is reported here, and sadly refuting some outright fabrications and slander against brothers and sisters in the local churches it will appear by sheer volume alone that I am unsympathetic. Nothing could be further from my true feelings. Nevertheless, I don’t really blame anyone for holding those views about me, it just goes along with being only one of two regulars that care enough to wade into the fray come what may.
Thanks for asking.
Drake