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Date Posted: 07:25:35 10/12/04 Tue
Author: Mike K.
Subject: Blaming the victim
In reply to: Robert J. Prebble 's message, "Re: Intervention" on 00:10:37 10/12/04 Tue

Brian has not publically sought to give any recognition of harmful behaviours in his ministry and has even suggested that "victims" are possibly culpible themselves. This really hurts and is to some degree slanderous.

This is simply spiritual abuse.
It's the same like a rapist saying that the victim "was asking for it" or something like this.
Sorry, but to abuse someone and then blame it on the victim's own spiritual condition is exactly that: spiritual rape.

I would ask the sincere question:
would it be a shepherd's duty to make a weak sheep fall into every possible pit, or prevent his flock from harm?
In UBF, it seems to be the first.

Spiritual abuse resources:
http://members.aol.com/shawdan/essay.htm
http://www.spiritualabuse.org/introduction.html
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3658/subtle.html

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  • Re: Intervention -- former, 07:38:13 10/12/04 Tue

  • Re: Intervention -- Andrew S., 23:59:07 10/13/04 Wed


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