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Originally Posted by Unregistered
ENOUGH ALREADY!!
I, as a mother of three boys, actually, three teenage men, is completely disappointed in each and everyone of you speaking poorly of your brothers and sisters.
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Dear Frustrated Mother,
Have you ever sat in a meeting in the LC and heard others "speaking poorly" of their brothers and sisters in faith? I used to, all the time. I heard Witness Lee mocking "poor, poor Christianity" -- "too poor". If so, did you then stand up and say how completely disappointed you were? And did you ever hear anyone, EVER, stand up and say how disappointed they were with the kind of slanderous, cursing/speaking they were hearing?
I never heard anyone protest. Not once. I went to meeting after training after conference, and heard judgment galore. When the LC authority was speaking it was called "rebuking" or "correcting" or "perfecting". Even when it was really just slander and shaming. I saw, heard, experienced, insinuation, exposing, intimidation, implied (and open) threats, and bogus judgments.
But if anyone else tried to "critique" (as in their magazine Affirmation and Critique), it was called "being negative, an "attack", or "rebellion", and so forth. You also know the buzzwords, I imagine, so I don't have to repeat them all. And they would come from the LC dais in an unending stream. You remember Witness Lee, speaking to us, right? I do. I was there. "Evil", "satanic", "devilish", "dark", "twisted" and so forth. Those were all words he used to characterize his fellow Christians, for, you know, having clergy, having names, Christmas Trees, and so forth.
And when the LSM will finally admit, "We were wrong", then people will probably stop pointing out their many glaring flaws, both in thought and in action, and inaction. Until then, I suppose people will keep speaking up. Sorry if that bothers you so much. Really, I'm sorry. But it's the truth. And it may hurt now, but it's the salve of correction. Repentance leads to salvation.
Now, if it's HOW people are speaking, yes. Thanks for the correction, and I'll try to do better. We all can, really. But the point is still there, and it needs to be made, repeatedly and loudly, until LSM leadership FINALLY gets it. Jesus said, "if they don't listen to you, then shout it from the house-tops". The historical record is very clear -- how many witnesses used Matthew 18 principles to come to Witness Lee with concerns. Serious concerns. People were getting hurt. The witnesses were all brushed off. Witness Lee was untouchable. So here we are.