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Originally Posted by Ohio
I definitely am with you on these points. I never knew RG in my early days in the Recovery, but after reading the book Lord . . . Thou Saidst, I had a favorable impression of him. Then I met him several times related to building church properties, and wondered about the discrepancy.
Concerning the contradiction between the "internal and external" appearances, I also have seen many families operate this way. Together they treat outsiders and guests so well, so one might get the impression that they are this way all the time. But within the family, when the outsiders are gone, they mistreat one another continually. Many LC leaders were this way -- charming to outsiders, nasty to each other.
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All of us are capable of good and evil. (I amaze myself sometimes in this capacity.) Ultimately, though our lapses into evil are evidence of deeper problems. We have to humble ourselves before the Lord for him to treat those issues. We are often unwilling to do this because we don't want to give up long-held convictions about ourselves or our beliefs. I.e. we are blind to what is really going on.