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Originally Posted by Curious
Thankyou both for clarifying the pillars that hold the whole system in place and how inpenetrable they are. It can only take a Samson to be strong enough to destroy it all!! So the options are clear, we can only continue to be the voices marching around the walls of Jericho, rescuing the escapies, (Rahabs, which represent those aware they have been abused) and getting more numerous, and our voices louder, as time goes by.
We can pray too. Forgive them, learn from their mistakes. We can feel sorry for those entrapped, without enough faith to overturn their lives in order to get out.
That settles my mind as to what is possible anyway.
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I hope that my posts don't come across the wrong way. I'm certainly not against seeing reform happen within the LC, I just don't see it as being likely.
One thing that I think is important to point out in regards to my own experience is that while in the LC, I got led down a lot of rabbit holes in regards to things that we were expected to hope/pray for. As it turned out, a lot of the things that we thought were meant to be really weren't. I suspect that many former members might have a similar perspective.
Again, I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with what you're trying to accomplish here, I'm just saying that there is a distinct possibility that the LC will collapse without ever seeing reform. So if there are two possible outcomes, without knowing which one will occur, it becomes a matter of hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.
Thus, I think a lot of what could be most beneficial for current members is not just "how" change could be implemented with the LC, but also helping them to know how/when to abandon ship. For example, lets say they are provided with some really good and specific suggestions with how changes could be implemented, and some members take it upon themselves to try to implement those changes. How long should they do that if there is no result or positive outcome? It's questions like that which I think also factor in here.