Leaders of the Lord's Recovery

[Cal]

Originally Posted by Freedom

It is particularly problematic for rank and file members because when they are adversely affected by leaders, because there is little means for recourse or defense.

You make valid points about the LCM. But my point is that none of this labyrinthine analysis of warped and weak LCM leadership would even be necessary if there wasn't the underlying and enforcing belief by LCM members that they can't just up and leave the LCM when they have the first sense to. Do you think mainstream church members worry about this stuff? Of course they don't. They would just see the leaders are bad and the system is dysfunctional and say "See ya."

This is my point. It's the threat of it being categorically wrong to leave the LCM that makes all this analysis of their warped leadership even necessary. Normal people who know it's okay to leave the LCM wouldn't put up with the weirdos in leadership there any longer than a hare's breath. They'd just leave and find a place with better leaders. It's only us insecure, needy types that believed their line and let them control us.

The bottom line is that the LCM could never continue to exist as they do without threatening members not to leave. It's sick. And the sad fact is it's also co-dependent.

If the LCM didn't threaten members to not leave the members would just vote with their feet and go, and the group would wither and die. And discussions of "bad leadership" would be superfluous.