Nothing New under the Sun

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by aron

To them, the Bible is just a means to get people into "the rich ministry of WL and WN". It's no surprise that WL books are crowding hard upon the Bible distribution process.

I shouldn't be surprised. I guess it was inevitable. You would think though that they would be happy distributing just a NT Testament littered with WL footnotes. They couldn't resist the urge to also distribute ministry books. They must think that everyone in the U.S. has been waiting their whole lives to receive one of Lee's books...

[rayliotta]

Originally Posted by Freedom

I shouldn't be surprised. I guess it was inevitable. You would think though that they would be happy distributing just a NT Testament littered with WL footnotes. They couldn't resist the urge to also distribute ministry books. They must think that everyone in the U.S. has been waiting their whole lives to receive one of Lee's books...

The whole rest of Christianity has nothing that even compares to Witness Lee's ministry, don'tcha know that?

Wouldn't surprise me if it was LSM's intention all along to eventually expand from the RcV to other publications. Of course, they would probably claim that Bibles for America is not "part of" LSM, because it's registered as its own not-for-profit. Just like DCP is not "part of" LSM. Why the need to play these shell games? Seriously.

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by rayliotta

The whole rest of Christianity has nothing that even compares to Witness Lee's ministry, don'tcha know that?

Wouldn't surprise me if it was LSM's intention all along to eventually expand from the RcV to other publications. Of course, they would probably claim that Bibles for America is not "part of" LSM, because it's registered as its own not-for-profit. Just like DCP is not "part of" LSM. Why the need to play these shell games? Seriously.

When it comes down to it, BFA has never really been about distrubiting Bibles for America. Groups like Gideons Int. were doing that long before BFA was conceived. The LC thinks their version is superior to all others and therefore, what needs to be distributed is not the Bible itself, but their interpretation of it. And now that applies to their ministry materials as well.

I vistited the BFA website. It shows some of the books they have to offer and it says: "Books by Watchman Nee and Witness Lee that help you progress in your Christian walk and grow in Christ." So apparently if some wants to grow in ther Christian walk, they needs a WN or WL book. They must think Bible itself is insufficient for that.

Also their website says they have now distributed 1.2 million Bibles(over a period of 10-15 years). The population of the US is estimated to be about 316 million. So .003% of the US has a RcV. Big deal, that isn't even a small dent. Whatever it is that they are trying to accomplish, it's not what their name implies. It's more like trying to find a few here and there to recruit to the LC.

Originally Posted by Freedom

Also their website says they have now distributed 1.2 million Bibles(over a period of 10-15 years). The population of the US is estimated to be about 316 million. So .003% of the US has a RcV. Big deal, that isn't even a small dent. Whatever it is that they are trying to accomplish, it's not what their name implies. It's more like trying to find a few here and there to recruit to the LC.

1.2 million copies of Bible among 316 million people is .3%, not .003%.

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

1.2 million copies of Bible among 316 million people is .3%, not .003%.

Yes, thank you. Apparently I need to work on my math.