I left the Local Church After Reading the Real Church History

[Boxjobox]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I left after nearly 8 yrs in the LC. I was saved there and enjoyed the fellowship with the saints. But the exclusiveness of the LC caused me to be a minion,and I think it's time to say goodbye, for a greater good. Looking back I was living in a delusion. I was a proud Christian because we were taught we are the recovery, commissioned by the Lord, unlike rest of the group. When I met with Christians who aren't from the LC, I don't expect to have any fellowship with them, because they are a 'denomination'. I never read books from the leaders of Christianity, I only read material given by LSM, although many times I found the Life Study by Lee isn't helpful. When I say the church and the ministry, I never had a feeling of including all other churches which aren't of the LC, or I say the ministry I can only thought of LSM. That's the effect of the brainwashing that has been done to my head. Basically I'm locked in a tiny, restricted area.

When I read the church history from the non LSM perspective I'm so happy to quit. Because being in the LC is like living in North Korea, it's a system of error, it just should not be that way, it doesn't make sense, it feels like the Mormon system or JW system, it is controlling, hiding history, telling the lies, a division and a delusion. Sad when I try to talk to some of them their brain can't even reason properly. They say lee isn't all perfect but can't admit LSM make mistake. They can't accept and appreciate the good work done by other Christian group, seemingly only LSM is worth praising. Even worse, they're not open to alternate interpretations, they won't read books that aren't from LSM. The fact is those books by LSM don't make many sales on amazon, yet they think those are the best books on earth that worth reading.

Now I enjoy reading books by many different authors now, and learn how to interpret the bible, look at references and commentary by different authors. I no longer subscribe to the one ministry idea, the idea itself is stupid and cultish.

WL made such a big deal about the church not having a name; the church is simply “the” church which meets in the various cities. Yet he had no problem putting a name on “ the” ministry which we don’t find in the scriptures. So his ministry morphed into the ministry, the only legitimate ministry for the age.

I live in San Diego; if I go to the church in SD website, and look at their History page, there is no mention of LSM. If I go to their Belief page, there is nothing about believing LSM is the unique, all important, only God sanctioned ministry. Why can’t they be honest about their history and belief? Why hide from people this great age fulfilling “truth”? I was there when the “Elders” declared in a written statement their oneness with WL/LSM (that was, of course, after an elder, J Smith declaimed he could not in good conscience follow WL/LSM and walked away from the fiasco). Why is this not part of the church in SD history?

The poison to the LC is not the saints who object to WL/ LSM but LSM and the ones who perpetrate the cult scam business. Unless they can be honest and repent and return to the scripture, the LC will continue as a cult.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Boxjobox

WL made such a big deal about the church not having a name; the church is simply “the” church which meets in the various cities. Yet he had no problem putting a name on “ the” ministry which we don’t find in the scriptures. So his ministry morphed into the ministry, the only legitimate ministry for the age.

One of their many hypocrisies: The church with no name run by a ministry with a hundred names.

[Boxjobox]

When a JW comes to my door, I point out that they are not really coming in the name of Jehovah, but are here to pedal Watchtower, at which time they go into a similar song and dance as a LC person would concerning WL/LSM.

This hiding of the symbiotic relation between the LC and WL/LSM in the history and belief pages of the church in SD website is so deceptive and reveals what is probably the true inner conflict LC members must have in regard to that whole ministry. They want to present this public image that they are happy ordinary Christians that just found a more biblical way to meet, who love the Lord and the scriptures. But they cannot bring themselves to publicly present that they are God’s move on earth under the up-to-date ministry which will close the age! If they truly believed this- shouldn’t this be their proclamation. Wouldn’t you want all the people and Christians in SD to know what they are missing? Wouldn’t they expect the Holy Spirit to witness to the seeking people the “truth” of what God is doing. Let’s face it- if you had no watchtower, you would have no JWs, if you had no Book of Mormon, you would have no LDS church, if you had no WL/LSM, the current form of LC “movement” would collapse. But how do you convince the public that WL was God’s man, and that his teachings were the word, and the LSM that he established is the only complete, true, all encompassing ministry that would complete God’s eternal purpose? How do you center your whole life, thinking, theology, rituals, programs, trainings, fellowship, acceptance of believers, relations around WL/LSM and not publicly proclaim- not shout from the roof tops what has been revealed to you in secret.?