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Originally Posted by Plenteous
Awareness, no one in my family has ever lived in Detroit. So, your assertion that you knew my father "from the time he came into the LC in the church in Detroit" is nonsense, and casts doubt on all your other recollections.
Second, even if events occurred as you describe, a person's assertion that you "poisoned a couple" is not an "outright lie;" it is a subjective characterization.
Your attitude is disgusting--calling my father a "chump" and saying that he "deserves his name to be dragged out in public." You may disagree with his views regarding Witness Lee, but my father is a quiet man and a man of high integrity.
Lastly, my brother and I do not need your pity. Everyone in my family is doing well. You, on the other hand, are ranting and raving on an internet forum about comments alleged from 30+ years ago.
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Dear Plenteous,
Though I appreciate and respect your instinct to defend your dear father from public accusation, I feel you have zero sympathy for the pain awareness was put through by the inexcusable disciplinary practices of the Local Church movement. This is typical of LC loyalists. They don't give a whit about the pain the movement has caused. That's a sign of fanaticism.
You and I both know what "poisoning" meant in the LC movement. It meant saying something negative about Witness Lee or his teachings. In other words, "poisoning" was to verbally resist the brain-washing of this movement in oneself and others. Calling speaking against Witness Lee "poisoning" is not a subjective characterization--it's a fanatical characterization. Only someone seriously lacking in the ability to engage in balanced, independent thought would put such a thing in such terms.
I don't approve of awaresness' caustic words and I feel he needs to let things go and move on. Life is too short. But your clear lack of sympathy for the suffering this man whom Christ died for was put through confirms what I already know about the LC movement. It was about sacrificing many people for one man's vision, and awareness was one of those thrown under the bus for Witness Lee's sake.