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Originally Posted by Ohio
This disease is systemic.
Just this year I was in my own home with a group of ex-LC family members. (We have all been out for years.) After breaking bread and fellowshiping in the word, the oldest one, a long-time former elder, out of the blue asks all the others one-by-one, "do you think Ohio should do such-n-such?" How about you, "do you think Ohio should do such-n-such?" And how about you, "do you think Ohio should do such-n-such?"
Yet ... they can go on for hours about each one of us following the Lord in our spirit.
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This is the pattern set forth by leaders, so that's what people learn to do. It's interesting how even ex-members could still not see past it.
Group pressure is one of the easiest ways to get someone to do something, so it isn't surprising that they utilize it. I remember this time there was a small training for the churches in the area, and the elders were having trouble getting people to register. So what they did was just register a bunch of people without asking them. Then, during a meeting, they said they needed payments from everyone who is signed up for the training. Yeah, nice try, but didn't work on me.
I think that over the years, I learned to resist the group pressure somewhat, but it was never easy. It's completely understandable why so many people cave into it.