Deification

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by aron

But underneath it lies danger, and the real culture of the LC reveals itself. A culture of indifference. Instead of the shepherd leaving the 99 and finding the lost sheep, you have the so-called shepherds busy with the 99 and indifferent to the lost sheep. If you suffer they don't want to hear about it. It becomes a culture of, "Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost".

The indifference seems to be mostly towards those whom they label as "small potatoes", non-FTTA attendees, and the like. I've heard the implication made before that "church kids" aren't worth the same effort as recruits they gain on the campus. I'm sure there's all kinds of classification that goes on behind the scenes.

Even with shepherding, they really got it all wrong. They talk about shepherding all the time. When put into practice, however, it is anything but. Actions that are assumed to be efforts at "shepherding" someone are actually quite the opposite. An example of this might be pressuring someone to attend a meeting who in reality just needs someone to talk to. At a basic level, I don't even think many in the LC are empowered to really take the necessary actions to really help someone out. Here are some of Lee's views (yes, they're taken out of context) that apply to the attitude of shepherding in the LC:

• Going to the coffee shop is of the flesh...
• Have we not forsaken the world? If someone takes me to a tea house, I would not follow him anymore...

http://afaithfulword.org/articles/BriefAccount.html