Is it the Message, or the Men?

[InChristAlone]

Originally Posted by OBW

The reason they need to protect and defend Nee and Lee is that the things they think are truly important in their beliefs are not simply common things that do not required Nee or Lee. It is something that is unique in each thing that is important. It requires that they remain important so that their novel reading of scripture is supportable. If Nee and Lee are not accepted as viable interpreters of the Bible, then their strange misreadings don't just fall under the label of "controversial." They become panned because their credentials as Bible commentators would be revoked.

In other words, if their idols and “high-peak truth” heralds, Nee and Lee, made mistakes, then their “high-peak truth” doesn’t look like “high-peak truth.” To keep the organization working, the LRC’s Sun must not have spots, i.e. Nee’s and Lee’s reputation must be indisputable.

It’s a very common thing with sects and certain teachings. Take communism, in the USSR, Lenin was always right. If people knew his mistakes, then the same people would start questioning Lenin’s teaching.