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Date Posted: 08:45:56 01/03/05 Mon
Author: Chris
Subject: Mindset of "unworthiness"
In reply to: Tony Lang 's message, "Re: Movie recommendation" on 08:03:38 01/03/05 Mon

When you say the butler did not question facts, you have to remember people in his position were not allowed to question facts then. If he had been an individual he would probably have lost his job.

The problem was not only that he did not question facts, but that he wasn't even interested in facts or the question of whether his master behaved morally or not. And yes, speaking up is always connected with the risk of "losing your job", even in UBF. Let me quote from one letter written by Samuel Lee:

"Those who opposed to not to attend the ISU Conference are all dismissed from their jobs."

So, as you see, the movie really applies to UBF. One should expect that UBFins who claim to believe in God are more courageous than the butler in the movie. But this doesn't seem to be the case. Also, I think the butler in the movie wasn't concerned about consequences of opposing his maaster's ideas. No, he believed his master was simply moralically and hierarchically on a "higher level" and thus he had no right and was not entitled to criticize.

That remembers me of a talk with Wesley S, the second man after Kaleb Hong in Heidelberg. He knew much about the corruption and grievances, and would have already left if not his wife refused to leave. I told him that he should be the one to speak up, since he was the most respected of the members below the leader. But he refused the idea completely saying "I am not entitled to criticize anybody" and "it is not my task to do." It was exactly the same mindset. People in UBF simply feel too unworthy to criticze anybody or anything, so nobody ever criticizes and the leaders can do what they want.

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Replies:

Re: Mindset of "unworthiness" -- Tony Lang, 07:52:55 01/04/05 Tue
- Key scenes -- Chris, 08:30:00 01/04/05 Tue
  - Re: Key scenes -- Tony Lang, 13:27:57 01/05/05 Wed