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Originally Posted by awareness
Now you know why I don't trust mega-church leaders, and those gurus coming from India. They look to me to be highly motivated to make dependent followers.
When ... real teachers of God are always working themselves out of work ; by teaching followers to become followers of God ... not themselves.
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Really any teacher or leader is in danger of producing followers, and they don't have to even try. People are bound to follow those who they find to be helpful.
Like I mentioned before, I don't think that the following of a leader immediately creates a problem, it just increases the likelihood of there being a problem down the road.
I agree regarding some mega-churches. There are plenty of groups out there who are "leader-centric". It's not a problem limited to the LC, but for everyone who has come out of the LC, following a leader is probably a much bigger concern than to the average person.