Abuse from Christianity toward saints in a local church

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Originally Posted by Hope

...I did catch some embarrassing treatment. I did feel shamed and bullied. But what I have taken from various leaders in Christianity is a hundred fold more than anything I experienced or saw in the local churches.

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How about a thread on the abuse and shaming heaped on saints for being in a local church? That is shame that came from those in Christianity and was directed at the innocents in the local churches.

Looks like you started one! No problemo.

It has been twenty plus years since I saw WL or participated in any LSM church function or read a LSM book. Yet I am regularly called on the carpet for having known anyone there. Are you branded forever and given credit for the worse abuses real or imagined?

Called on the carpet by who? Hardly anybody knows anything about Witness Lee or the Local Church. Are you talking about former LC members in your area - If so, why do you care what they think or say? You and your wife apparently have gone on and are serving the Lord in your area, so I don't understand how a few gossipers or busybodies could hinder you in any way.

Likewise, posters here seem to delight in mocking and shaming any who have a positive word for their time in any local church.
Is there any space for such a discussion? Just wondering.

I think you are confusing "mocking and shaming" with back and forth discussions on an internet forum. To be honest with you I think I am giving you credit in saying you are confusing, but you deserve the benefit of the doubt for sure.

Actually I'm the one whose a little confused by your asking "is there any space for such a discussion". What would make you think there wasn't?