God's economy vs Deputy authority

[ZNPaaneah]

Originally Posted by rayliotta

I just think the legal focus is a little odd. Obviously the complicated relationship between "the church" and "the ministry" in Anaheim is really not a legal problem. As you said yourself, six months to a year and any kind of lease would have been up. Though I'm pretty sure they were both owners anyway.

But more to the point, what's the situation on Ball Rd today? Well golly gee willickers, Batman, the church in Anaheim still meets at the same place. Yes, LSM moved the publishing business to La Palma, but the FTTA is still right there on Ball Rd. And I think they also use it for young people's study times during the biannual trainings.

And don't forget the joint CIB/LSM property they just bought for a new FTT center in Boston. Decades later, same M.O. Somehow, I think a legal brief on the relationship between tenants and landlords....kinda misses the point.

Misses what point? My point is that the WL/PL incident exposes the danger in being a "puppet" church of LSM and that if your in a joint ownership of a meeting hall with LSM in which the church is a minority owner that is a compromised position. Once you put yourself into that position it is much more difficult to deal with PL and instead led to a rubber stamp eldership of EM, etal.

My point is that the response of JI, AK, Godfried and all the "riotous" saints indicates that they were not aware of the precarious position prior to this event.

My point is that their experience is an example for us to learn from.

My point is that if you think it would have been difficult to deal with LSM then, imagine what it would be like now. 30 years ago you could give a message like JS honestly expressing dismay that the church's stand is based on the ministry of a man. Today that would be laughable.