An Outsider's Story

[rayliotta]

Originally Posted by Ohio

It just makes me sick looking back at how impulsively marriage was entered into. Immature elders promoting and hastening marriages without proper courtships, all expedited by WL's mandate of "no dating." Many of us were told specifically by elder L.C. in Columbus, "the church doesn't have time for weddings, just do something simple to satisfy your family."

Someone mentioned a while back, in the other forum, that Witness Lee actually wanted some kind of provision for courtship during the Full-Time Training. But that it was the other brothers around him that put the kibosh on that, insisting on a strict no-dating policy.

This really surprised me. I don't know of any support for the idea that the current no-dating policy in the training is not according to WL's desire. Any thoughts, anyone?

[ZNPaaneah]

Originally Posted by rayliotta

Someone mentioned a while back, in the other forum, that Witness Lee actually wanted some kind of provision for courtship during the Full-Time Training. But that it was the other brothers around him that put the kibosh on that, insisting on a strict no-dating policy.

This really surprised me. I don't know of any support for the idea that the current no-dating policy in the training is not according to WL's desire. Any thoughts, anyone?

The reason the US churches were forbidden from coming to the FTTT after the third semester was because the US churches were complaining that all of their best brothers were being robbed by the Chinese sisters.

[rayliotta]

Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

The reason the US churches were forbidden from coming to the FTTT after the third semester was because the US churches were complaining that all of their best brothers were being robbed by the Chinese sisters.

That could explain a lot...

Still wondering about the FTTA, though.