Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry
"We tell others what we like and keep silent about what we do not like. We speak about what is profitable to us and keep silent about things that are not profitable to us. This is also a kind of lying. Many people purposely withhold half of a story. They withhold the things that are profitable to others, especially things that are profitable to their enemies, and remain silent about them. Instead, they talk about things that hurt, damage, or bring loss to others. This is lying. Many people do not speak according to truth and reality, but according to their own likes and dislikes. Many words are not based on facts but on sentiments. Such people speak certain things because they like to speak them, or they speak about certain persons because they like them. They change their tone when the conversation turns to people or things they do not like. This kind of speaking is totally according to one's likes and dislikes. It is speaking according to one's emotion, not according to truth and reality. Please keep in mind that this is lying. Inaccurate words are a serious sin. Willful deception is even more serious, and it is a greater sin before God. We must not speak according to our emotion but according to facts. Either we must not speak at all, or we must speak according to facts and the truth. We cannot speak according to our feeling. If we do, we are lying willfully before God."
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When I read these kinds of quotes from Nee and Lee, I have to wonder to myself if they really meant what they said. I would certainly hope so. Sad to say, the current attitude in the LC is completely contrary to what was spoken in the above quote. I have been conditioned to keep my mouth shut. If I don't agree with what is spoken, I keep my mouth shut. If I don't agree with what I'm asked to do, I keep my mouth shut and find a way to remove myself from the situation. Because of the stigma of disagreeing or expressing a different opinion, the simplest answer seems to be to keep my mouth shut.