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Originally Posted by Ohio
"Scriptures are silent, but legends abound ... " And so much of the history in TLR could also be summarized ... Scriptures are silent, but legends abound.
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In the Legend of Miss M.E. Barber, like those of Peace Wang, Dora Yu, Ruth Lee, and so on, we are asked to ignore the fact that none of these women would exist for 5 minutes in the Lord's recovery of Witness Lee or his Blended Lieutenants.
"Oh, but she was exceedingly strict!! She rebuked and rebuked, and rebuked!!"
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Originally Posted by Freedom
As the ultimate 'submitter', Nee could then discuss deputy authority and no one seemed to think twice about it.
The second purpose that ... it was extremely convenient to imply that submission to a leader who was known for humiliation and abuse was just fine. It is even seen as a necessary step to be 'perfected'. What could have been more convenient for Nee than to make reference to this relationship?
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It seems to benefit both ways, here. As the total disciple of the exceedingly strict Miss M.E. Barber, WN thus became the paragon of self-control. And combined with his forays into the fields of untrammeled subjectivism (think Jessie Penn-Lewis, Madame Guyon) he could then decide what "life" wanted him to do. Since he had such self-control, he was therefore completely pliable in the hands of "life". He was a Spiritual Man.
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Originally Posted by Terry
In the LSM/LC culture the life card seems to be used liberally
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See my comments, above. If you are under the "discipline" of the "trainer", then you can wallow in subjectivism and never disconnect from God. Who needs scriptures? Just pick a convenient launching point, and you are off.