God's economy vs Deputy authority

[ZNPaaneah]

Originally Posted by rayliotta

Seems like more of a symptom than the problem itself. Didn't Witness Lee handpick elders in localities all over the place, not just Anaheim and Irving? Hasn't "one hand washing the other" been the norm in the Recovery going back to the 70's, if not earlier? Isn't this the culture that allowed the tangled web of "ministry" and "local church" to develop in the first place?

They were aware of the position they'd put themselves in. They knew. We all knew.

Witness Lee fishes with a straight hook, after all.

When you respond with "righteous indignation" it indicates that you did not know. It may well be that some knew, but clearly it is not right to say "they all knew". The ones who knew beforehand would be the ones with some mealy mouthed justification for immoral actions. They try to justify the acts because they are afraid that any objection will ultimately lead to the discovery that they were complicit in the crime.