The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, Johnson & VanVonderen

[TLFisher]

The Sherman I knew, the was no in-between. Sherman was an absolute brother. He never doubted "the brothers" nor Witness Lee.

"Brother Lee was never wrong about anything that happened regarding the rebellion with John I. in the late 1980's. Brother Lee is a different person than Philip Lee. Brother Lee would never do things that others would do."

Brother Lee would never do things that others would do? No one should be placed on a pedestal.

Not just entire localities, but in elders too I believe bought into half-truths and accepted as being complete. Just look at Acts 5 as an analogy.

Acts 5:1-2
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and kept back some of the proceeds for himself, with his wife’s full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Living Stream Ministry has continued to perpetrate a lie as pass it as factual.
Elders buy into the lie without considering "the rest of the story". Elders never consider they would be lied to by the co-workers or by the late Witness Lee. As a result they could fall into the category of "flying monkees" or "enablers". Elders need to do due diligence on their part. Mortal men are not above reproach. Instead they enable bad behavior and function as "flying monkees" in doing their part trying to silence the truth tellers.

There is some truth to what Sherman said, "Repentance is a mercy that is granted to us only by the Lord. But repentance only comes when one realizes that he is altogether WRONG." That would explain why there has never been a corporate repentance.