Group Think: A Sinister Snare For Elders and Congregations Alike

Cal · 02-23-2009, 06:30 AM

One thing that's now funny was the claim that any culture was inherently bad along with the claim that the LC had no culture or that its culture was "Christ."

This is so preposterous in retrospect as to be laughable. The LC may have had a very bland culture, but it certainly had an extremely strong culture. In fact, I would make the claim that the strength of a culture is directly proportional to the amount of peer pressure present in it. And the LC, on a peer pressure scale of one to ten, was about a thirteen.

Culture isn't inherently bad any more than habit is inherently bad. Culture is just corporate habit. The question should rather be: Is the culture a hindrance, a help or simply benign? I can understand an exhortation that "Christ should be our culture," but who knows whether or not Christ wants us to celebrate birthdays and holidays? I see nothing wrong or detrimental with either. In fact, I see certain benefits.

On the other hand, I see many detriments in LC culture, cocksure claims of it being "Christ" notwithstanding.

02-23-2009, 06:30 AM	#11
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: Group Think: A Sinister Snare For Elders and Congregations Alike One thing that's now funny was the claim that any culture was inherently bad along with the claim that the LC had no culture or that its culture was "Christ." This is so preposterous in retrospect as to be laughable. The LC may have had a very bland culture, but it certainly had an extremely strong culture. In fact, I would make the claim that the strength of a culture is directly proportional to the amount of peer pressure present in it. And the LC, on a peer pressure scale of one to ten, was about a thirteen. Culture isn't inherently bad any more than habit is inherently bad. Culture is just corporate habit. The question should rather be: Is the culture a hindrance, a help or simply benign? I can understand an exhortation that "Christ should be our culture," but who knows whether or not Christ wants us to celebrate birthdays and holidays? I see nothing wrong or detrimental with either. In fact, I see certain benefits. On the other hand, I see many detriments in LC culture, cocksure claims of it being "Christ" notwithstanding.