What about the Children?

[ZNPaaneah]

Originally Posted by Terry

Let's take the home meetings for example. If you are one who meets with a local church, it's okay to invite non-local church Christians to your home meeting. For the invite to be reciprocated, no. For a local church Christian to go to a non-local church home meeting, that is unfathomable. That has been called meeting illegitimately.

That is ridiculous. I did this all the time. However, I did not openly discuss this in church meetings.

Originally Posted by Terry

Now to reach those born and raised in the local church, just accept the fact many may meet there because of tradition. Just as if they were a Baptist or a Catholic, they're used to certain practices, doctrines, etc and anything else would just take them out of their comfort zone. There's a certain structure for someone raised in the local churches where all your social relationships are driven by the local church culture.

This is scary when you consider the spiritual abuse that takes place in the LRC.

"Studies have shown that envy and resentment may be motives for bullying.[19] Research on the self-esteem of bullies has produced equivocal results.[20][21] While some bullies are arrogant and narcissistic,[22] bullies can also use bullying as a tool to conceal shame or anxiety or to boost self-esteem: by demeaning others, the abuser feels empowered.[23] Bullies may bully out of jealousy or because they themselves are bullied.[24] Some have argued that a bully reflects the environment of his home, repeating the model he learned from his parents.[25]" (Taken from Wikipedia)

1. We have seen that Witness Lee was arrogant and narcissistic, which is associated with his bullying.
2. We have seen that those bullied by the likes of WL and TC also became bullies themselves as evidenced by the BBs behavior.
3. I believe a lot of the bullying that took place in the LRC was to conceal shame, or due to anxiety. They did not want anyone questioning the errors of the past. We have seen this directed at Steve Isitt, etc.
4. I believe that I have also seen bullying in the LRC as a result of jealousy.
5. But the scary one here is the last, a bully reflects the environment of the home. It seems children who grow up in the LRC may be more likely to repeat the behavior they are observing and learning in the LRC. It is a shame to think that these behaviors could be thought of as normal behavior in the church.