Is The Bible Inerrant?

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by OBW

All great points.

But as I said to Ohio, the question was whether other religions (Buddhist, Hindu, etc.) are as honest about their "heroes" and saints as is the Bible.

And I agree with this.

One day in the LC I came to realize that everyone was flawed but Lee. He had "successfully" cast judgment upon all Bible figures, Old and New, and all contemporary Christians. By critically examining the "flaws" of them all, even using false standards to indict them, Lee became, by default, the "last man standing." As long as his version of events is the only one we know, his charade can continue to deceive the LC's.

The only exceptions to this were his lineage of MOTA's -- Paul, Luther, Zinzendorf, Darby, Nee. They "had" to be "perfect" since that gave striking endorsement to the notion that God "has always had one minister in every age." Thus "proving" to us "convincingly" the notion of a "Minister of the Age" or MOTA.

Lee's entire construct of a "flawless" MOTA literally vaporizes when one begins to learn the actual facts of history. For me, this began as I read Brethren history and discovered the "real" John Darby, who was a gifted minister to be sure, but definitely not some "perfect" minister of the age. Next I read Ingall's account STTIL and learned the "real" Witness Lee.

This reminds me of that old TV show "To Tell The Truth" where 3 candidates were interrogated by a panel of 4 judges to ascertain who was the "real" person. My younger brother was actually on that show due to his passion for raising rats. You may think I am joking, but growing up in a 3 bedroom house with 9 kids, dogs, cats, and my brother's collection of rats is nothing to joke about. Anyways, back to the show. None of the judges were fooled. Once they started asking questions about raising rodents, my brother started to shine. It's too bad, I never did see that show. Perhaps you did.

[aron]

Originally Posted by Ohio

None of the judges were fooled. Once they started asking questions about raising rodents, my brother started to shine.

One major defensive mechanism of the LC system is that only their MOTA got to ask questions. He could question Luther, Darby, the apostle Peter, or King David. But you couldn't question the MOTA. That was considered a threat to the "oneness", and presaged being labeled "negative" and "rebellious".

[zeek]

Originally Posted by aron

One major defensive mechanism of the LC system is that only their MOTA got to ask questions. He could question Luther, Darby, the apostle Peter, or King David. But you couldn't question the MOTA. That was considered a threat to the "oneness", and presaged being labeled "negative" and "rebellious".

True observation according to my experience.