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Originally Posted by aron
By that logic, I should join the Titus Chu Church since he's professed love for the Lord Jesus Christ, and been vilified by the Parrots of La Palma. No, error is error. We don't traffic in 'frenemies' - those who presume to be teachers should be scrutinised. How much rot has flowed thru the church! We should call it out. Making distinctions among disciples, and basing your message on that, as TAS does, is fundamental error. Nothing built there will last.
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Your "guilt by association" logic is extremely flawed. TC was a ardent student of WL from the time of his regeneration on New Years Day 1953 until WL passed in 1997. That's 44 years in literally tens of thousands of meetings together, public and private. And btw TC never exalted anyone. Rather he offended and demeaned most all of the brothers around him.
TAS was never in the LC, nor was he ever a part of the Brethren. He was merely a guest speaker back in the day when WL was legitimating the Taiwan Recovery. I doubt WL ever allowed another guest to share his podium.
By your logic, every family member, every neighbor, and every colleague who ever attended a meeting, read a footnote, or ate a meal with these folks should be likewise branded as "rot."
Likewise Peter in his recommendation of Paul (2 Pt 3.15-16) must be considered part of that "rot," since he compared all of Paul's letters with the scripture, even those (eg to Laodicea) which the church at large never even saw, neither could canonize. And don't get me started on how many times Paul has exalted brothers in his writings.
When you are deep in a hole, with no where to go, please stop digging!