The Local Church of Witness Lee

[rayliotta]

Originally Posted by Terry

So Witness Lee said we are so free in our thinking? Maybe, if we are not free with our opinions and concepts.

According to the dictionary, "concepts" bear a strong resemblance to "ideas". It is interesting that we were so "free in thinking" when we are constantly being told to "drop our concepts" and "that's just your concept", etc.

What freedom of thought can there be, where there is not freedom of ideas?

concept, definition, from dictionary.com:

1. a general notion or idea; conception.
2. an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct.
3. a directly conceived or intuited object of thought.

concept, definition, from merriam-webster.com:

1. something conceived in the mind: THOUGHT, NOTION
2. an abstract or generic idea generalized from particular instances