Video Recordings Of The 1989-1990 Elders' Meetings

[OBW]

To me, the issues being discussed are not really what the parable of the tares is talking about. I think you are correct that it is referring to the general inability for us to determine whether someone is or is not a believer in Christ. We may think we know, but we really don't.

But the purpose of viewing these videos (or hearing the audio from them) is not to determine anyone's eternal status. It is to determine whether certain ones are properly understanding and preaching the word of truth and are righteously leading the flocks they have been entrusted with. And based on that determination, are they qualified to be deciding what is and is not sound teaching. And based on my reading of the calf that arose from the molten material that was the unholy fire of this elders meeting — The Fermentation of the Present Rebellion — I would argue that if Lee and his primary enablers were ever qualified, by that time they had lost their teaching license.

Not sure what to say about the lesser elders that had no real idea what it was all about.

I think that the

[Sons to Glory!]

It might just be me, but the end of your post sorta just leaves me hanging . . . (how's that for levity!?)

[OBW]

I'm not sure either. I always read through my posts several times before finally submitting them. But I have too often not then read it again after that, so I might have simply backed out to the front screen without seeing the error. I now have no immediate recollection of what is missing.

I have had some weird situations where the screen suddenly refreshes or even goes to a different place. It happens almost anywhere in my web browser but so infrequently that I have been unable to track down its cause. Maybe this was a hiccup related to that. I'm pretty sure I wasn't rushed into posting when I wasn't actually finished.

The only other thing I can think of is that I decided to stop at the end of the previous complete sentence and failed to notice that an undeleted remnant of a prior continuation remained hidden just off the bottom of the editing window.

[Sons to Glory!]

OK - yer forgiven!