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Originally Posted by Hope
Igzy,
The way you put it makes sense. But the BBs would never think "control." WL could never bring himself to accept the thought that there could be any kind of hierarchy or control over any church or saint. I spoke with him directly a few times about this and it also came up in a few elder-co/worker meetings. He always had a reaction like "how could this ever be." I heard him declare more than once, "We never practice control or hierarchy." I believe he sincerely believed that he never exercised control. From our vantage point on the hillside we can only shake our heads at his delusion. I believe it is the same with the BBs.
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I think it must have occurred to some of them, if not Lee, that they are exercising control. I think what they have is what they would cleverly consider
plausible deniability.
There was a poster on the other board, who shall remain unnamed, who continually and with a straight face made the argument that the Blendeds didn't control anyone because, looky, people have left the LC, therefore they were not controlled.
This kind of "thinking" is what you are dealing with with these people.