The LCS Factor

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Originally Posted by John

As I scanned your last five posts, to me, they basically are a personal attack against Matt. Now you try what many here might consider to be the ultimate insult.

What you quoted in your post #666 as an intended attack indicates that you are grasping at straws in an attempt to discredit Matt. You have written that you want to discuss abuse, but you don't.

Brother John, I don't see Roger's comment here as a "personal attack," rather a "comparison" out of frustration. Just as WL refused to listen to those around him, Matt's posts on this thread seemed the same to Roger.

While many of us appreciate Matt from all his posts on the other forum, he has caught some of us off guard here, including Roger and myself. The controversy has bewildered many others, and both sides have done too much "discrediting." In fact, that's how it all started, with Matt discrediting the testimony of Hope. Perhaps if Matt had just started a thread about his observations concerning idolatry, and not discredited the testimony of Hope, this whole controversy would never have happened. I felt the line of disrespect was crossed.

This tension does not bring glory to God. The conflict could be summarized as those "who are 'concerned' about the LC's and those who feel the whole system is an idolatrous, abusive cult." This is not too dissimilar from the many LC controversies I saw which pitted those who just "loved the ministry" against those who were "absolute." It just seems when the LC's are concerned, the moderates and the extremists can never get along.

Sorry about the blunt observations here. I have no intention to offend anyone. I have taken my share of "heat" just for attempting to bring moderation to this thread.