[UntoHim]

The members don't need to actually use Witness Lee's name. The entire language structure and vocabulary is from "the ministry". This dynamic was already fully in place by the mid 1970s when I came into the Local Church, and I suspect it was so long, long before then.

"Think the same thing" was translated into "speak the same thing" which was nothing more then regurgitating the ministry of Witness Lee, preferably word-for-word. It was true back in the 70s (and 60s I'm sure) and it is true today. As recently as the last training the speakers, for the most part, simply read through an outline/message of Lee's from 25-40 years ago. Then these "messages" are reprinted as "The Holy Word for Morning Revival" which is what is used for the next 6 months by all the Local Churches in their meetings. All the "thinking the same thing" in the Local Church revolves around the words printed in these publications.

And they wonder why their little religious sect is dying right before their eyes.