Possible UBF Responses to My Personal Story

Some of the seriously screwed up, cynical, inadequate, inane and all too typical responses that arise in the UBF mind to personal stories such as mine:

1. “It is good that you at least refer to Dr. Lee as ‘Mr. Lee’ instead of just ‘Lee’ or ‘Ee’ like some people do, but please show more respect for ‘God’s servant’ and refer to him as ‘Dr. Lee.’ “
2. “Why do you write about what happened to other people in Chicago UBF? Why should you care?”
3. “You are just beating a dead horse, not that I’m comparing Dr. Lee to a dead horse.”
4. “Dr. Lee just made some mistakes, that’s all.”
5. “Dr. Lee just had a ‘charismatic leadership style,’ that’s all.”
6. “Did you know that Dr. Lee wore the same suit for 15 years?”
7. “You are just complaining. You must have a ‘complaining spirit.’ “
8. “You are just being unthankful.”
9. “Why don’t you mention any good things you experienced?”
10. “Why do you hate Dr. Lee?”
11. “UBF is growing and becoming very ‘fruitful.’ “
12. “Why did you include my name? How dare you include my name? You need my permission to include my name!”
13. “You sound like you are too ‘hurt.’ “
14. “Why do you kick against the goads?” (In other words, “You really want to come back to UBF, don’t you?”)
15. “Why do you want to destroy UBF?”
16. “We forgive you.”
17. “Before you criticize UBF, you better pioneer all nations like Dr. Lee.”

Compared to such responses, I’d much rather hear, “You’re lying.”

UBF "Founders Day"

Instead of mass marriage, Chicago UBF apparently held a UBF “Founders Day” meeting on the week of Samuel Lee’s birthday in early October. The point of this meeting? To praise Samuel Lee. According to RsqUBF discussion board posts, the organizer of this meeting seems to have been Ben Toh who also appears to have been the organizer of “memorial services” for Lee in previous years. On the program: An opening message in praise of Samuel Lee by “Mother” Barry, followed by three sogams in praise of Samuel Lee by Christy Toh, Alan Wolff, and … my mother. The choice of these three people to share such sogams makes me raise my eyebrows, especially the last two people. I’m guessing they didn’t volunteer to do this, but I could be wrong. If my mother did volunteer to share one of these Lee “praiseologies,” I have to marvel at how different her story is when she’s in front of me and when she’s in front of UBF “coworkers.” If my mother did not volunteer for this, I can only see it as a disgusting attempt to re-educate someone who possessed some shred of independent thinking about the person of Samuel Lee.

More on the beatification of Samuel Lee: The Korean UBF headquarters has dubbed their main auditorium “Samuel Lee Hall” or something to that effect. It’s also been reported that Samuel Lee’s widow has created a Samuel Lee shrine of sorts in their Chicago house that was destroyed by the January 2002 fire and subsequently rebuilt using UBF funds.