Double Standards

[HERn]

Originally Posted by aron

God is good and wonderful, and emanates His goodness and wonder throughout all of His creation. "The heavens declare the glory of God..." How much more, we who were made in His image...

I believe it is the cogent truth-filled comments on this forum that prevents any of the LSM senior blendeds from participating in a continued meaningful discussion here. It's one thing to parrot back WL's teaching to other blendeds, or perfect the young trainees whose minds are not mature enough to mount up a defense, or pummel straw men in the A&C journal, but when they face the mature minds of intelligent and assertive lovers of Jesus it seems they quickly withdraw back into their LSM cave to prepare for the next training.

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by HERn

I believe it is the cogent truth-filled comments on this forum that prevents any of the LSM senior blendeds from participating in a continued meaningful discussion here. It's one thing to parrot back WL's teaching to other blendeds, or perfect the young trainees whose minds are not mature enough to mount up a defense, or pummel straw men in the A&C journal, but when they face the mature minds of intelligent and assertive lovers of Jesus it seems they quickly withdraw back into their LSM cave to prepare for the next training.

This is what Unregistered initially posted on this thread:
I would very much be interested to hear your lucid and carefully considered 'opinion' on this topic. What do you believe, Ohio? (or IntotheWind, or Awareness, or OBW, or HERn, or Freedom, or Aron, or Terry, etc, etc)...

Many of those he/she named in this post have provided responses and their 'opinions'. I've only seen one response from Unregistered and whoever this person is still hasn't registered for the forum. I afforded this person a response to a post addressed directly to me. Now I expect the same courtesy in return. This person said we could feel free to "be in our minds" so clearly the issue here has nothing to do with the LC stigma against engaging in debate.

I don't like to make assumptions, but it's hard not to assume that this person can't support WL's teachings, and that is the reason why he/she hasn't returned.

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by HERn

I believe it is the cogent truth-filled comments on this forum that prevents any of the LSM senior blendeds from participating in a continued meaningful discussion here. It's one thing to parrot back WL's teaching to other blendeds, or perfect the young trainees whose minds are not mature enough to mount up a defense, or pummel straw men in the A&C journal, but when they face the mature minds of intelligent and assertive lovers of Jesus it seems they quickly withdraw back into their LSM cave to prepare for the next training.

I've said this more than a few times. Even if it's an elder or an occasional conference speaker in regard to former leading ones it has been uttered, "they should have a response". Once the materials of "their response" has been provided, the elder/co-worker would say to effect; "I feel to honor the feeling of the body".

My interpretation even if the material providing response of former leading ones has merit, those elders/co-workers will defer to the senior blendeds as if they possess "feeling of the Body". So whatever the brother's opinion might be, and especially if it's contrary to groupthink, that opinion will stay between his ears.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Terry

My interpretation even if the material providing response of former leading ones has merit, those elders/co-workers will defer to the senior blendeds as if they possess "feeling of the Body". So whatever the brother's opinion might be, and especially if it's contrary to groupthink, that opinion will stay between his ears.

The "feeling of the Body" touted by LSM leadership for years, really has nothing to do with either the Head nor the actual body of Christ. It is simply a self-serving agenda pushed on the saints by their pseudo-leaders and hirelings.

I have witnessed literally dozens of occasions when the real feeling of the actual members of Christ was in direct opposition to the latest directive from headquarters. LC leaders spend so little actual time with her members that they have not a clue what the members feel.

I have said this in other posts -- for decades the LC leaders "seeded" their members with suspicions about other leaders with whom they rival. For years I heard these suspicions sown into me by both Anaheim and Cleveland, along with all their local surrogates. I'd like to have a dollar for every hour I was forced to sit and listen to both sides pitch their complaints. And then they call it "fellowship."

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by Ohio

The "feeling of the Body" touted by LSM leadership for years, really has nothing to do with either the Head nor the actual body of Christ. It is simply a self-serving agenda pushed on the saints by their pseudo-leaders and hirelings.

I have witnessed literally dozens of occasions when the real feeling of the actual members of Christ was in direct opposition to the latest directive from headquarters. LC leaders spend so little actual time with her members that they have not a clue what the members feel.

Absolutely right Ohio. Leaders; local or extra-local generally spend more time with one another than with "small potatoes" that they have no clue what members feel.
Even if they did and saw the "feeling" was not coinciding with fellowship coming from Anaheim or Cleveland, leaders would dismiss the feeling of brothers and sisters as critical, negative, etc.
I could say "we" in the home meetings should spend more time praying for one another and less time taking turns reading from ministry publications. That would be construed as being critical and negative.