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jigsaw44 · 10-04-2020, 11:34 PM

To Iseecrazypeople,

I am at a crossroads right now with the LC. The only thing holding me back are some college age brothers who I have a great time with. These brothers are in the LC and like their experience so far but they are not deep enough in the waters to have been drowned and consumed by the interest of the LC.

They sing and go to meetings and all that but they fully intend to do normal things such as casual dating and going to the movies and such, getting a full time job and not go to FTTA. They are sort of like me- normal and reasonable people (no pun intended to people following LC lifestyle), but I feel as though to leave the LC, I have to leave it completely and that includes them.

Yes indeed, I am trying to assess my final decision and this website definitely sealed the deal for me. I have no intention of staying here long term. I would never ever want to raise kids here, this environment just seems horrible (felt terrible reading trapped post about the kid with the national geographic magazine, like what in the heck is wrong with these people). Quote from Trapped- "I remember one of the young people I knew growing up had to get rid of their "National Geographic World - Kids" magazines because they had the word "World" on the cover and their parents told them "the world is evil".

As for my girlfriend, we are doing well and after reading the ways of relationships and how they are maintained and arranged in the LC, it made angrier, thinking back on how the elders tried to manipulate me in ending the relationship. In fact I just remember another thread I was supposed to make.

Going to back to the point, I'm just trying to make sense of the witness lee churches and I guess I'm just starting to piece together if any of this was real. I mean do these people have emotions and minds of their own or are they just lee slaves? I can tell when somebody is a fake and whether they are genuinely who they portray to be. They seem sweet but Is it simply cause I am currently seen as LC friendly? I know a lot of these people are nice people in general but it is just such a nasty thing to betray someone's trust and deceive them. I cant even formulate my thoughts properly and just going on tangents, overall I'm just disappointed.

I originally thought student org on campus was just a genuine place where Christians from all backgrounds came to meet and have a great time, while some of that is true, its just a ruse. Everything I heard on here to purposely not showing lee material right away and waiting till they suck you in and love bomb and decide to trust you with introducing lee material. There so much more I have learned from here on how they do so many things to deceive and gain FTTA potentials from campus. I'm just like- how fake can you be? You put so much effort in being a deceptive snake instead of just being honest with who you are and what you represent and believe.

In conclusion, nothing seemed real with the LC. There are some who have positive experiences with the LC and a lot of people with negative experiences. I disagree with a lot of the practices and that's just me. If a person fits well with the customs of the LC then good for them. It isn't for me and the only thing holding me on is a few good hearted people who desperately wanted to live a good life in Christ and found their way there. Eventually I will depart from them to and the clock is ticking on when that happens.

It feels weird now thinking I'm just looking for the perfect escape opportunity while I'm hanging out with them and just thinking, would it have been better if I never meet you in the first place, if I'm just going to leave without a trace any day now?

10-04-2020, 11:34 PM	#10
jigsaw44 Member Join Date: Sep 2020 Posts: 118	Re: The Lost and Found of the Local Church Kids To Iseecrazypeople, I am at a crossroads right now with the LC. The only thing holding me back are some college age brothers who I have a great time with. These brothers are in the LC and like their experience so far but they are not deep enough in the waters to have been drowned and consumed by the interest of the LC. They sing and go to meetings and all that but they fully intend to do normal things such as casual dating and going to the movies and such, getting a full time job and not go to FTTA. They are sort of like me- normal and reasonable people (no pun intended to people following LC lifestyle), but I feel as though to leave the LC, I have to leave it completely and that includes them. Yes indeed, I am trying to assess my final decision and this website definitely sealed the deal for me. I have no intention of staying here long term. I would never ever want to raise kids here, this environment just seems horrible (felt terrible reading trapped post about the kid with the national geographic magazine, like what in the heck is wrong with these people). Quote from Trapped- "I remember one of the young people I knew growing up had to get rid of their "National Geographic World - Kids" magazines because they had the word "World" on the cover and their parents told them "the world is evil". As for my girlfriend, we are doing well and after reading the ways of relationships and how they are maintained and arranged in the LC, it made angrier, thinking back on how the elders tried to manipulate me in ending the relationship. In fact I just remember another thread I was supposed to make. Going to back to the point, I'm just trying to make sense of the witness lee churches and I guess I'm just starting to piece together if any of this was real. I mean do these people have emotions and minds of their own or are they just lee slaves? I can tell when somebody is a fake and whether they are genuinely who they portray to be. They seem sweet but Is it simply cause I am currently seen as LC friendly? I know a lot of these people are nice people in general but it is just such a nasty thing to betray someone's trust and deceive them. I cant even formulate my thoughts properly and just going on tangents, overall I'm just disappointed. I originally thought student org on campus was just a genuine place where Christians from all backgrounds came to meet and have a great time, while some of that is true, its just a ruse. Everything I heard on here to purposely not showing lee material right away and waiting till they suck you in and love bomb and decide to trust you with introducing lee material. There so much more I have learned from here on how they do so many things to deceive and gain FTTA potentials from campus. I'm just like- how fake can you be? You put so much effort in being a deceptive snake instead of just being honest with who you are and what you represent and believe. In conclusion, nothing seemed real with the LC. There are some who have positive experiences with the LC and a lot of people with negative experiences. I disagree with a lot of the practices and that's just me. If a person fits well with the customs of the LC then good for them. It isn't for me and the only thing holding me on is a few good hearted people who desperately wanted to live a good life in Christ and found their way there. Eventually I will depart from them to and the clock is ticking on when that happens. It feels weird now thinking I'm just looking for the perfect escape opportunity while I'm hanging out with them and just thinking, would it have been better if I never meet you in the first place, if I'm just going to leave without a trace any day now?