LSM's Etymological Errors - Nigel Tomes

[awareness]

Okay I've let this slide long enough.

Originally Posted by Me

But this is not how Nigel paints it, er. ah Lee paints it. He quotes Lee:

So God Himself must not have been directing him. Or why seek out the scholars? Do these "authoritative" scholars speak for God? And how would Lee even know what's, or who, are, is, authoritative?

Originally Posted by Zeek

No. It was God Himself.

In "W. Lee, Elders' Training, Book 4: Other Crucial Matters Concerning...the Lord's Recovery, Chap. 11, Sect. 2." WL states:

Quote Lee:
"Then the Lord brought us into contact with some top missionaries. Through them we were brought into the Christian books, including the classical books, church history, and biographies from the second century until that time. All these writings further confirmed us.
End Quote

and furthermore:

Quote Lee:
Brother Nee took the lead to say that since the Lord had given us the truths in this age, we must go out and send this truth to the denominations. I was the one who probably did this work the most.
End Quote

Originally Posted by Zeek

It seems that the Christian books they read simply confirmed what they received directly from God.

That's true if Lee was telling the truth. And we know Lee's word(s) can't be trusted.

If you ask me Lee was BSing. Cuz if the Lord was leading Nee and Lee to faulty missionaries, and then to faulty and outdated Bible scholars, then the Lord was playing funny games with them, at their expense, and in the end, with us too, and me, at our expense.

Is that the way the Lord moves? Of course not. Lee just said the Lord was moving them just to trick us into thinking it was the Lord that designated him the MOTA.

Or Nee and Lee, when thinking the Lord was leading them (down the proverbial primrose path, or rather, down the garden path), were just delusional. That is more likely the truth.

Next Nigel, and his linguistic work ...

[OBW]

Originally Posted by awareness

If you ask me Lee was BSing. Cuz if the Lord was leading Nee and Lee to faulty missionaries, and then to faulty and outdated Bible scholars, then the Lord was playing funny games with them, at their expense, and in the end, with us too, and me, at our expense.

Is that the way the Lord moves? Of course not. Lee just said the Lord was moving them just to trick us into thinking it was the Lord that designated him the MOTA.

I feel a Princese Bride moment coming on:

"Fezzik, you just did something right"

"Don't worry. I won't let it go to my head."

Just kidding. You do/say plenty right all the time. But this one was really good.

As many off-center, out-of-favor, unaccelpted teachings as Nee and Lee kept coming up with, why do we think that they would actually read good stuff and find that it agreed with them? Either they weren't really reading the good stuff, but stuff that was already of their flavor, they were delusional about how consistent with their teachings those books were, or they were feed us horse manure.

Doesn't matter which one. The result is the same. The stuff they teach is still off-center, out of favor, and unacceptable.