Where Has All the Orthopraxy Gone?

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by OBW

Remember. I am speaking of a particular aspect of one locality. This is not an endorsement of the overall LRC system, or a suggestion that everything was hunky-dory. It was not.

I agree and I realize what you were saying. I chose to comment on the LC dating practice that you brought up, because I have seen it in my locality and heard similar things happening in other localities. I'm sure there are also places where something like this is not an issue at all.

I guess it would be safe to go on the initial assumption that if a LC practice is not "official", it might just be limited to someone's experience in the locality they were/are at. The exception to that is if a practice is described that is presumably limited within the scope of the locality someone is associated with, then would it be just coincidence that I have seen something very similar in my locality?

For example, with the issue of dating, I am very curious as to whether WL ever said something to bring about the type of practice you brought up. I have not been around long enough to have heard WL speak in person. Those who were in the LC many years ago many have insight into how some of these different practices developed.

I suspect that if we were to list some non-official LC practices that we have experience, there would be a common set of non-official practices that we have all seen. Likewise there would be some that are limited just to a single locality.