Article: Beware of the writings of the Watchman

[markpaul]

Originally Posted by aron

This sounds like the Eastern Lightning cult, which is an off-shoot of Lee's "Shouter" sect in the mainland China. Similarly, Witness Lee told us some parts of the Bible were "fallen" and "human concepts" and "natural" and should be ignored. He also told us that some NT authors like Peter and James were "low" and we should be careful to receive their words. Instead he recommended his "interpreted word".

The Eastern Lightning takes this even further, replacing God's word with the word of the author.

Were you at all exposed to the "Shouter" sect in China? I hear that they are very active. Supposedly they exalt Lee even beyond what he wanted! Which is a lot.

Yes, there maybe similar origin. As far as I know (please correct me if I’m wrong) “shouter” is a branch of LC. There are different sects among them. The extreme one called “Lord Changshou” and “King Changshou”. The “Changshou” is Lee’s Chinese name. They worshiped Lee! I heard of someone suggested that Eastern Lightning is a sect derived from “shouter” but I’m not sure. Do you have more information on these? I recommend to read through “God in life and nature but not in the Godhead” in this web to see if there is a connection. Also possible from the MOT teaching, I don't know.