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Date Posted: 21:45:25 07/15/04 Thu
Author: Noony Moose
Subject: UBF international conferences: prime time for abuse
These UBF international conferences are prime times when it comes to spiritual abuse in UBF. This is the time when UBF leaders and members won't take no for an answer. The "registration battle" is in full tilt. People have to pay out of their own pockets to register their "sheep" who may not even plan to attend or who have little interest in attending despite UBF members' assurances that the conference is like a "preview of the kingdom of God". The registration charts showing who is "working hard" and who is "lazy" cover large sections of UBF center walls.
People are being forced to take time off from their jobs to attend this conference, even if their bosses have already said no, even if they could jeopardize their jobs, to attend this conference to "encourage" someone; for people overseas, this time off could be a week or two weeks. People overseas who have been turned down for visas repeatedly are being ordered to apply again and again at their own monetary expense to attend this conference to "encourage" someone. Basically, sacrifice everything to go to this conference by any means. For what? To "encourage" whom? Isn't it to "encourage" the UBF bosses who seem to have a pathological need to congratulate themselves through artifically generated numbers? This is a definition of spiritual abuse from the book, "The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse", and it applies to these UBF bosses:
"There are spiritual systems in which. . .the members are there to meet the needs of the leaders. . . These leaders attempt to find fulfillment through the religious performance of the very people whom they are there to serve and build. This is an inversion of the body of Christ. It is spiritual abuse."
These are times when the spiritual abuse in UBF really stands out. I hope the people who are forced, coersed, guilted and deceived into attending this conference can see that.
Date Posted: 21:54:11 07/15/04 Thu
Author: Nonny Moose
Subject: Re: UBF international conferences: prime time for abuse
In reply to: Noony Moose 's message, "UBF international conferences: prime time for abuse" on 21:45:25 07/15/04 Thu
Of course, there is always a numbers goal driving all this pressure and abuse. What would UBF be without numbers goals? For the "overseas guests" the goal is to bring 1,000 people total to this conference at MSU. To pad the numbers and fill the seats, as they did in 2000 at ISU, Korean UBF will be sending 300 (!) people.
