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Curious · 11-03-2019, 01:50 PM

Hello again. I really feel I need to comment on double-speak. I am referring to: two layers of message within one message.

In Episode 43 of ‘youtube discusses the LC’ titled, ‘the Linchpin of Control’ Cal includes this in his comments on the teachings of the BB’s on the basis of authority as they promote it. On the surface, a non-invested principle, but really it’s a cue to LCer’s to get back under control and into line, and return to the belief that WL and the BB’s are authorised by Gods word, to rule over them with impunity. But they could reasonably deny this if confronted openly about it….

I’m going to refer to my personal story now. I began meeting with a group of LCer’s, thinking they were all good, just a bit quirky with their cultural approach but nothing I couldn’t see past. Initially, I was impressed by them in a positive way. The very first cue I had that something was off was double-speak; a specifically targeted message hidden inside an innocuous one. The hidden message being secretive, concealed in plain sight. Its purpose could only be read by the layering of such messages, and designed only for the receiver to cotton-on to. (These messages were being directed at me otherwise I would not have noticed at all as I’ve never come across this behaviour in any other context).

I thought for a long time that the problems I then saw as I watched on, were specific to a couple of individuals. It took me a long time before my growing suspicion lead me to open up my copy of the book, ‘The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse’ and there I came across the paragraph on double-speak, explaining it as a coping mechanism for people who exist in a spiritually abusive environment. As I grew to appreciate their true attitude and beleifs about my christianity, I could see it is also a trained method of communication, practised on every level by the LC of WL. I watched them use it especially to draw in Christians from outside, and train them towards the ways of the LC by subtle influence. This involved much deliberate use of double speak. And most importantly, we can see from 'Shepherding words', its a natural mode of operation from the blended brothers themselves, only easily detected by those sensitized towards it.

By the way, I seem to remember another character in the bible who operated on secretive messages hidden in double-speak, way back near the start. Who was that again? Wasn’t that a creature with unbridled evil and whose efforts had about the single most damaging effect on the whole human race? I don’t think LC leaders are in very good company with these practices. You can’t use Satan's methods to achieve Gods purposes.

11-03-2019, 01:50 PM	#18
Curious Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 186	Re: Curious! Hello again. I really feel I need to comment on double-speak. I am referring to: two layers of message within one message. In Episode 43 of ‘youtube discusses the LC’ titled, ‘the Linchpin of Control’ Cal includes this in his comments on the teachings of the BB’s on the basis of authority as they promote it. On the surface, a non-invested principle, but really it’s a cue to LCer’s to get back under control and into line, and return to the belief that WL and the BB’s are authorised by Gods word, to rule over them with impunity. But they could reasonably deny this if confronted openly about it…. I’m going to refer to my personal story now. I began meeting with a group of LCer’s, thinking they were all good, just a bit quirky with their cultural approach but nothing I couldn’t see past. Initially, I was impressed by them in a positive way. The very first cue I had that something was off was double-speak; a specifically targeted message hidden inside an innocuous one. The hidden message being secretive, concealed in plain sight. Its purpose could only be read by the layering of such messages, and designed only for the receiver to cotton-on to. (These messages were being directed at me otherwise I would not have noticed at all as I’ve never come across this behaviour in any other context). I thought for a long time that the problems I then saw as I watched on, were specific to a couple of individuals. It took me a long time before my growing suspicion lead me to open up my copy of the book, ‘The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse’ and there I came across the paragraph on double-speak, explaining it as a coping mechanism for people who exist in a spiritually abusive environment. As I grew to appreciate their true attitude and beleifs about my christianity, I could see it is also a trained method of communication, practised on every level by the LC of WL. I watched them use it especially to draw in Christians from outside, and train them towards the ways of the LC by subtle influence. This involved much deliberate use of double speak. And most importantly, we can see from 'Shepherding words', its a natural mode of operation from the blended brothers themselves, only easily detected by those sensitized towards it. By the way, I seem to remember another character in the bible who operated on secretive messages hidden in double-speak, way back near the start. Who was that again? Wasn’t that a creature with unbridled evil and whose efforts had about the single most damaging effect on the whole human race? I don’t think LC leaders are in very good company with these practices. You can’t use Satan's methods to achieve Gods purposes.