“Local Church ‘Cult’ Label has stuck”—says LSM Star turned Academic

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Originally Posted by awareness

Can we now be done with sensitivities toward calling the local church a cult?

Is it worth the risk?

To me, the whole reason the LC doesn't like the c-word is because they don't have the ability to influence public perception on a broad scale in a positive way. They might have a few newcomers here and there who have a positive impression of the group, but it seems to stop there. Why isn't Lee's The Economy of God a best-seller like The Purpose Driven Life? The public has already spoken. Lee is irrelevant and generally viewed in a negative light.

When lawsuits or soliciting the help of the CRI are the primary means by which they are seeking to change the public's perception of the group, it demonstrates there is something fundamentally wrong.