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Originally Posted by ISeeCrazyPeople
Ohio,
Thanks for sharing your experience with growing up in the Catholic Church. I know some people who are Catholic who seem okay with it. Kind of like the LC. But either way, any church that makes people fearful is probably not good. I am learning more and more about spiritual abuse (though slowly).
And, since you mention it.. I truly remember some really good speakers that made learning things from the Bible fun and interesting while growing up in church. Usually at youth conferences. But, "fun" and "interesting" are also equal to worldly and sinful. It was a confusing thing. I think this was around the time I was also told that bringing people to God through fun and entertainment is wrong because they will be corrupted from the beginning. The bad soil produces bad fruit expression I was often told. So is it better to learn about God through really boring means that make no sense? Yes, I guess so.
Kids from my age group had this thing called a Xanga.. it was a webpage we all had back then. And I remember, there was this guy, from the LSM side, called " LORDSARMY".. it was a huge thing back 15 years ago. He called out young people and youth leaders for corrupting everyone at the church ca mps called "Mountain Top." He said it was "worldly, degrading, and sinful." He would post pictures from Mountaintop to make his point. Showing young people worshiping with electric guitars and doing other supposedly "sinful" things. I honestly thought everyone at Mountaintop was mostly a bunch of goody goodies, so can you imagine, me hearing from this guy that they were "sinful"?? Church life was a mess. Especially if you were young and naive like I was and didn't have a clue what was going on with the whole Titus quarantine thing.
I still don't really get that. If you are able to shed some light on it, I would appreciate it. I mean, this blog is for ex-LC people, so in my mind, the Titus side, and the LSM side are both not good. But I'm not sure how everyone else feels.
Thank you again  |
I also remember Xanga LordsArmy years ago. It used reverse print -- white letters on black background and very hard to read. What a nasty character he was. He was a total LSM zealot. No one could reason with him. No verses could calm him down. It seemed his mean old God lived in Anaheim.
There's nothing "
worldly, degrading, and sinful" about good, hearty laughter and wholesome fun with friends in meetings. God is not a scrooge or the Grinch who stole Christmas. Operatives from LSM came into all of the Midwest LC's causing much pain and division. Prior to that they sowed seeds of suspicion for decades.
Why is an electric guitar "sinful" during worship? Why are young people role-playing skits "worldly" during a young people's gathering? The answer is simple. Witness Lee and the Blendeds said so! Did the Bible say so? No! Let me ask another way, why are pianos and acoustic guitars considered "spiritual?" Because Witness Lee said so. These are merely one man's opinions which become ordinances to bring others under guilt and condemnation.
Read the Gospels and look for all the times when the Jews made up rules to condemn Jesus. They did the same thing to him and the disciples. They loved to make rules for others. And that's why they quarantined Titus and the Midwest -- because the brothers refused to come under Anaheim's endless rules and mandates. Don't we have freedom in Christ to worship God as we choose? They were willing to destroy all the LC's just to enforce their rules.
When it comes to resisting Anaheim's laws and rules, I completely support Titus Chu. We should resist legalism and spiritual bondage. I am for Jesus and the Bible, and not for all of the rules of men.