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Originally Posted by awareness
Now, thanks to brother aron, we know what it actually was. It was "the LC mental meat-grinder."
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I think what is most unsettling about the whole experiences is how easy it is to slant scripture to suggest the authority error which ensnares consciences into submission to men and movements.
Bait-and-switch and equivocation are usually the methods.
This was employed in the idea of "the one Ministry." It's easy to be convinced that Christ only has one ministry. Why would he have two? That's the bait. The switch is,
So that one ministry must be one ministry on earth, that is, one man's ministry. That's the switch. The equivocation is the word "ministry" as applied to Christ and the word "ministry" as applied to someone else actually mean different things.
Lee used 2 Cor 4:1 to define the "one ministry" ("we have this ministry"). But 1 Cor 12:5 says there are multiple ministries ("there are different ministries"). The same Greek word for "ministry"
(diakonian) is used in both.
Lee did this kind of thing over and over.
I think when it comes to authority you have to believe FIRMLY that only God is the absolute authority, and that if someone or something tries to take that role in your Christian life, you should feel free to part ways with him or it.
Authority is always limited to a finite group. You don't have to fight the authority in a group. Just leave and find another one. God has called us to peace. Of course, the LC violated this principle by claiming God would not allow anyone to leave their group, which plainly is a doctrine of demons, again based on bait-and-switch and equivocation.