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Date Posted: 17:28:22 12/16/04 Thu
Author: CAB
Subject: Re: Wish I had known about this site years ago...
In reply to: Narrowly Escaped 's message, "Wish I had known about this site years ago..." on 10:59:54 12/16/04 Thu

Your subject line - that's exactly how I felt when I found this website. I was in from 1994-1996, and when I left I felt like I was the -only- person in the world for a while there.

Just to let you know you're not alone there.

>I was in U of I Chicago when I got the usual UBF
>treatment. I actually made it to "fishing" and doing
>1 to 1 bible studies before I left. Thank the good
>Lord not one of the people I "fished" stayed.
>
>It was tough to leave, I felt like I was abandoning
>God himself by leaving this group. I was very blessed
>by having friends who are of different religions, and
>one of them went with me on certain meetings. She was
>the one who helped me realize what a farce this was.
>
>I was also very lucky in being able to recognize some
>irregularities while I was involved with UBF.
>Primarily how people worshipped Samuel Lee like God.
>When he took me aside one meeting (after I began to
>miss events as I slowly began to distance myself
>away), people acted like I was visited by God :P This
>was the first time the "big man" had talked to me
>personally, and God have mercy on him (and me for
>saying bad things about a dead person), but all I
>could think about was he had the worse bad breath ever
>and if I didn't move away soon I'd be sick.
>
>My biggest regret I think is that one of my close
>friends, who was "fished" along with me, was suckered
>hook, line and sinker. She never talked to me again
>after I left UBF. Last I heard she was married to
>some Korean missionary. They were probably more
>concerned with keeping her than I (I'm asian), since
>she was caucasian (and a true redhead to boot). Up to
>now I feel horribly guilty since she didn't want to go
>to the bible study initally, and I convinced her.

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Your traumatic departure -- Joe Chung, 06:59:02 12/17/04 Fri