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It was interesting to me that the writer of the article addressed following some organization or religion. Not once did he mention following Christ alone.

Truly, Jesus Christ is The Good Shepherd, we will not follow strangers because we do not know the voice of strangers.

And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. – John 10:4-5

And that spiritual hearing is a gift of God, not something man can gain by his own efforts or by allying himself with someone else even when that someone else does have "ears to hear."

And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. - Deuteronomy 29:2-5

There is no strength in numbers. And there is no assurance by affiliation.

Interestingly, people who cannot spiritually hear God do not seem to realize that they cannot or that that is what they lack.

Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word. – John 8:43

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned. - I Cor 2:15

God's Name is I AM.