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Originally Posted by HBJ
The main problem with the LC is their demeaning of other Christians. The 'Recovery" means something is wrong with everyone else. I remember a song in the supplement to the tune of Anchors Aweigh: "We're in the local church, God's chosen ground..." i.e. God does it our (the LC) way. This permeates the LC atmosphere.
Christians have a history of when they disagree, they split to form another, purer group. Even back with the Pilgrims, Roger Williams split from them and formed Rhode Island because the Pilgrims weren't pure enough. Only near the end of his life did the Lord break him and he accepted other Christians more fully.
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Among all the Christian groups that have formed due to a perceived deficiency in the groups that they split off from, the LC is the only one I know of that is out there talking about how bad all the other groups are instead of focusing on who they are and what they have to offer to others.
I would like to think that the LC really does have something beneficial to offer. But when they go around belittling others in attempt to uplift their own group, it makes the whole thing seem all the more suspect. I would even say that it undermines anything that they do have to offer, because people encounter arrogance instead of assessing the LC as a group that they may want to be a part of.