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Originally Posted by Raptor
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1. Because they make stuff up as they go for their convenience.
2. Because they make stuff up as they go for their convenience.
3. Because they make stuff up as they go for their convenience.
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Until the LSM or its designees answer these questions, many will come to that conclusion: they make stuff up as they go along. No matter if today's message contradicts yesterday's, or doesn't line up with the NT, or just doesn't make much sense. Based on observations outlined here by myself, and elsewhere by others, it appears to be a ministry of expediency, of convenience. Whatever seems to meet today's perceived need is rolled out as some kind of eternal truth. And any question will either get some bland variation of "that's just the way it is" or the questioner is an "accuser" or a "rebel" or so forth.
This goes all the way back to Nee's ministry of expedience. Initially, localism was his means to get free from the Western denominations. Once they had critical mass of local assemblies on a national scale, suddenly Nee did an about-face and "recovered" centralization aka the "Jerusalem Principle". Suddenly autonomy was no longer God's move, now it was "lining up" and "handing over". Funny how that works.
Same with status of women - at one point they were useful, even instrumental, in the acquisition of power, but once critical mass was attained, they were a potential threat and were told their place was in children's meeting.
Like I said, whatever is convenient for today is trotted out as an immutable truth for all times. "It's in the Bible". Hey, look at that - a Bible verse! At least, that's what it looks like to most critical observers. And this may be why they stress untrammeled subjectivism -- "Get out of your mind, brother" is the way to avoid noticing the discrepancies.