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Originally Posted by Evangelical
In the Bible we do not see much critique of Jesus's teachings by his disciples. We see doubts, questions, "what did you mean Lord?", but no critique as such. Rather, it was the Pharisees who critiqued his teachings.
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So then why did LSM put out a magazine called "Affirmation & Critque" if we aren't supposed to critique Jesus? Does this imply that WL is today's Jesus, the Untouchable One?
I do get the point with Jesus, but not with the application to Lee. Why was he beyond reproach, even when his reasonings were of poor quality (inconsistent, arbitrary, at variance with NT patterns, &c).
Your One Great Man Per Age theorem either reduces Jesus or it elevates Darby/Nee/Lee&c. Either way it's wrong, and entirely against the spirit of the NT.
Back to relationships/courting- if proscribing arranged romantic relationships and squashing them out of elder-approved domains is causing so much angst, why can't we critique that? And, shouldn't we ask if this is merely cultural convention at work? Aren't we being sold human culture here as though it were divine?