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Originally Posted by aron
The power of guanxi networks is that reconciliation is not possible. Once you've violated the network you're done forever..
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But the good news is that Post-Protestant Guanxi Network is a description, not a name. So it's fine - unless, of course, you're a Christian needing reconciliation, before you can offer your gift at the altar.
Look at Dong Yu Lan and Titus Chu - they can't be reconciled to Anaheim without kow-towing, and the culture forbids it. Their cultural paradigm offers two choices: either abject servility or the abyss. So they and their followers are stuck in a culturally-induced limbo.
Contrasted to Paul, who even after a ministry dust-up with Barnabas and John Mark, apparently was able to maintain peace with them. See e.g., 1 Cor 9:6 and Col 4:10.
And why do you think message boards like this exist? Because there isn't mechanism in the LC to address hurts and wrongs. Do you think the Baptists and Presbyterians have to resort to anonymous forums to address what happeneds there? Again, consider Steve Isitt's experience: transparency isn't allowed. People have "no heart" for examination, reflection, acknowledgement, healing and change. Instead there are OT types of "leprosy" and "rebellion" and "replastering".
Once one sees it for what it is, the mental strong-hold loses its strong hold. (2 Cor 10:3,4)