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Freedom · 02-10-2016, 02:34 PM

I'm not too sure how many were ministering under Nee, but from what we know about Lee, it seems that the pathway to the podium involved loyalty to Nee's ministry. Lee helped 'recover' churches to Nee's ministry, and he was awarded a prominent position. With this dynamic in mind, I find it ironic that Nee would be concerned with a lack of substance in the speaking of others. I couldn't imagine that Nee would of really wanted anyone who could say things that would be perceived to be more more substantial than what he spoke.

WL greatly intensified the speaking problem after importing the LC to the U.S. He told everyone that they should speak, and I think this notion of 'functioning' by speaking is something that sold a lot of people on the LC. Presumably it was an open atmosphere with no one was running the show. What could possibly go wrong?

It seems that the first problem was that of people being pressured to speak who really don't need to. Not everyone is cut out to speak, and when such people are forced to speak, they just repeat what they read. There is no value in that. People who aren't good at speaking aren't going to suddenly change and be able to speak well or say things of benefit. On the opposite end of the spectrum are the people who realize that the LC offers them their own soapbox, and they are always ready to take advantage of that. I think that WL didn't see what the actual purpose of speaking is.

It is common knowledge that the blendeds pride themselves in being those to re-speak WL's ministry. They expect others to do the same. So even among those LCers who might have something substantial or beneficial to speak, they are limited by the official regulations. Going back to what Nee said, it seems like he correctly identified a problem, but he didn't identify the real cause. Under him, it was probably the pressure for all designated speakers to use his ministry as a guideline for their speaking. Under WL, it was the pressure to parrot his ministry. Sure it's nice to think that LCers shouldn't repeat what they read, but if it can be reasonably assumed that would get in trouble for not doing so, then the problem isn't the person doing the speaking, it's the leaders who have the power to make the rules.

02-10-2016, 02:34 PM	#39
Freedom Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,636	Re: Translation & More I'm not too sure how many were ministering under Nee, but from what we know about Lee, it seems that the pathway to the podium involved loyalty to Nee's ministry. Lee helped 'recover' churches to Nee's ministry, and he was awarded a prominent position. With this dynamic in mind, I find it ironic that Nee would be concerned with a lack of substance in the speaking of others. I couldn't imagine that Nee would of really wanted anyone who could say things that would be perceived to be more more substantial than what he spoke. WL greatly intensified the speaking problem after importing the LC to the U.S. He told everyone that they should speak, and I think this notion of 'functioning' by speaking is something that sold a lot of people on the LC. Presumably it was an open atmosphere with no one was running the show. What could possibly go wrong? It seems that the first problem was that of people being pressured to speak who really don't need to. Not everyone is cut out to speak, and when such people are forced to speak, they just repeat what they read. There is no value in that. People who aren't good at speaking aren't going to suddenly change and be able to speak well or say things of benefit. On the opposite end of the spectrum are the people who realize that the LC offers them their own soapbox, and they are always ready to take advantage of that. I think that WL didn't see what the actual purpose of speaking is. It is common knowledge that the blendeds pride themselves in being those to re-speak WL's ministry. They expect others to do the same. So even among those LCers who might have something substantial or beneficial to speak, they are limited by the official regulations. Going back to what Nee said, it seems like he correctly identified a problem, but he didn't identify the real cause. Under him, it was probably the pressure for all designated speakers to use his ministry as a guideline for their speaking. Under WL, it was the pressure to parrot his ministry. Sure it's nice to think that LCers shouldn't repeat what they read, but if it can be reasonably assumed that would get in trouble for not doing so, then the problem isn't the person doing the speaking, it's the leaders who have the power to make the rules.