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Originally Posted by awareness
Killing critical thinking. And self reflection.
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I missed you saying this before, so let me add it to the list:
1. MOTA claim - minister of the age
2. Man becomes God teaching
3. The Ground of Locality - elitism
4. Disparaging Christianity
5. Suing other Christians
6. WL brand of Modalism
7. MorningStar RV manufacturing debacle
8. Hiding the truth - sweeping serious issues "under the rug"
9. Central control while preaching local autonomy
10. Practice of quarantining and/or shunning
11. Chanting mindlessly
12. Misogyny
13. Preaching a different gospel
14. Preaching a different Jesus
15. Unwillingness to listen & practice the Golden Rule
16. Funky yellow interlocking chairs
17. Teaching of God's governmental authority on the earth
18. The concept of "Recovery"
19. Killing critical thinking/self reflection*
*Let me say that to me, self reflection can go two ways. One is a kind that we try to shine a light onto ourselves (in my experience this usually doesn't lead us to a good place), and the other is where we give it to Him and ask for His light to shine on us.
And on further reflection,
my vote is still on the pride and eletism produced through the dogged promotion of that most "superior" teaching of the so-called "ground of oneness." It seemed like this was the most visible and divisive. Once you think you've got something that others don't, then it starts leading you into all kinds of erroneous paths . . . Then you become isolated and cut off, and the life-flow in the body ebbs. Once the life is gone, you just have the animated flesh producing it's garbage.