Pledge of Allegiance to Witness Lee

[Cal]

Just look at the world around you and see the variety. God is obviously a God of variety. He went to the trouble of making each snowflake different, each fingerprint different and each personality different. Why do that just to "blend" us all together? Especially to all be like Witness Lee, of all people!

Think about that. Eternity where everyone is just like Witness Lee! Don't sound like heaven to me!

Speaking of words we hate, how about "blend?" Blend is bland. Blend is blah. Blend is blech. God's none of those things. He likes variety.

"We repudiate all differences." What a retarded mentality!

I'll stop. This is about the time I start thinking about using colorful language.

[Trapped]

Originally Posted by Igzy

Just look at the world around you and see the variety. God is obviously a God of variety. He went to the trouble of making each snowflake different, each fingerprint different and each personality different. Why do that just to "blend" us all together? Especially to all be like Witness Lee, of all people!

Think about that. Eternity where everyone is just like Witness Lee! Don't sound like heaven to me!

Speaking of words we hate, how about "blend?" Blend is bland. Blend is blah. Blend is blech. God's none of those things. He likes variety.

"We repudiate all differences." What a retarded mentality!

I'll stop. This is about the time I start thinking about using colorful language.

I don't want to get away from the OP of this thread, but "blending" is one of my big pet peeves. "God has blended the body together" is not about "blending away the differences".....it's about care for the members around us. A human body where all the different and distinct members' differences were blended away would be GROTESQUE and non-functional.

The other verse used to support the "blending away the differences" is 1 Cor. 10:17 about we being many are one bread, but this is again ludicrous. There is no recipe in the world that states "we have to put the grains in the blender so they will be identical to each other". This is about our unity and oneness, NOT our complete lack of distinction from each other.

No wonder LCers who leave don't even know who they are sometimes.

[aron]

Originally Posted by Trapped

This is about our unity and oneness, NOT our complete lack of distinction from each other.

The phrase "complete lack of distinction from each other" articulates what I found wrong about the idea, without the rancor. We may tend toward uncharitable language when confronted with something so inane, and demeaning of basic human worth, but it's good to remain thoughtful and measured in our tone. So thanks for setting such a good example.

I resort to scorn and sarcasm. I like humour but when tinged with bitterness it's perhaps unpleasant to read. Thanks to all for bearing along, and I extend my apologies for being caustic at times, and projecting unresolved shame and anger toward others.

The NT epistle says that star differs from star in glory, and seems like that was okay with the apostle. There are notable differences, or distinctions, in appearance, disposition and function. "He counteth up the number of stars, he calleth them all by name, great is our Lord" ~Psa 147:4

If God numbers and calls each by name, can't we suppose that the distinctions of each are worth noting? If so to God, why not also to us? Why the insistence on bland homogeneity?