[zeek]

Originally Posted by zeek

Just to summarize the thesis of the thread: it is that the Jesus movement became what Witness Lee derogatively referred to as "Christianity" because Christ did not return quickly as expected. This created the second great crisis in the faith of his followers. The first was, of course, Jesus's crucifixion. A third fact of fateful significance in the development of Christianity was the rejection of Christ by the majority of the Jews and His acceptance by a growing number of gentiles. This acceptance was facilitated by the Hellenization of Judaism and the Gospel and the church's internalization of Greco-Roman style government.

Witness Lee's acute awareness and hatred for Christianity were the result of his experiences as an Asian wherein the characteristics of Western culture that Christianity bears were alien and repulsive to him.