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Originally Posted by james73
Yes, and I'm sorry if I got a little defensive. For British, being excluded from a group is the worst punishment... and without a fair hearing too, a chap gets agitated. I'm also hearing bad things on the grapevine, apparently I am emotionally unstable. This is an infuriating allegation to hear about oneself.
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This is typical. Anyone who dares to speak anything not in lock step with the status quo as dictated by the Anaheim Politburo is classified as: emotionally unstable or has a personal problem or is ambitious for position or...? The list goes on and on and on. They are a closed system and simply can't handle any critique whatsoever i.e. spiritual infants.
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Originally Posted by james73
Igzy is right to bring up obligated association, this is probably the key to the upset for me. Despite being quite cynical and disbelieving of the LSM hype, I HAD fallen into the trap of believing, subconsciously, that it was the "only church". It's hard to shake that off. Surprising how deep that nonsense had gotten past my usually ferocious journalistic defenses... even while consciously rejecting it, part of me had accepted it.
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This is good news! They are not the only true church. That is just a fable they tell themselves. And the better news is I have never been in any other church that does not accept constructive honest critique as part and parcel of their every day community life. People walk out of Sunday morning meetings discussing the good and bad of the message they just heard. What they think about it, etc. It's no big deal. It's normal. Nobody is threatened by it. Blind acceptance and loyalty is not expected nor given.