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	:This strategy is nearly identical to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Beauty Trap strategy] found in the romanticized Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "Beauty Trap: Send the enemy beautiful women to cause disorder at his site. This trick can work in three ways: firstly, the ruler can become so entranced with the feminine allure that he neglects all else. Secondly, the men will start competing for the females’ attention, which will cause friction and rifts, and hinders cooperation and eradicates morale. And lastly, other women motivated by jealously will begin to plot, only worsening the entire situation. Also known as the “Honey Trap”. (Ch. 55-56)"		:This strategy is nearly identical to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Beauty Trap strategy] found in the romanticized Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "Beauty Trap: Send the enemy beautiful women to cause disorder at his site. This trick can work in three ways: firstly, the ruler can become so entranced with the feminine allure that he neglects all else. Secondly, the men will start competing for the females’ attention, which will cause friction and rifts, and hinders cooperation and eradicates morale. And lastly, other women motivated by jealously will begin to plot, only worsening the entire situation. Also known as the “Honey Trap”. (Ch. 55-56)"

−	:The divisions caused by this strategy are called [[pioneering]] in UBF terms. The UBF life is often filled with friction and competition with other shepherds. Instead of reconciling, the shepherds tend to divide their ministries or go to other cities. This is seen as a good thing in UBF, and proof-texted with the Bible stories about Paul and Barnabas going their separate ways at one point. The strategy is to use all this diversion to make members forget or ignore the terrible abuses committed by their leaders. In this way, the strategy leads to promoting abusers in order to protect their honor and glory, instead of holding them accountable.	+	:The divisions caused by this strategy are called [[pioneering]] in UBF terms. The UBF life is often filled with friction and competition with other shepherds. Instead of reconciling, the shepherds tend to divide their ministries or go to other cities. This is seen as a good thing in UBF, and proof-texted with the Bible stories about Paul and Barnabas going their separate ways at one point (UBF often fails to teach that Paul and Barnabas reconciled later). The strategy is to use all this diversion to make members forget or ignore the terrible abuses committed by their leaders. In this way, the strategy leads to promoting abusers in order to protect their honor and glory, instead of holding them accountable.

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	:This strategy is nearly identical to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Beauty Trap strategy] found in the romanticized Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "Beauty Trap: Send the enemy beautiful women to cause disorder at his site. This trick can work in three ways: firstly, the ruler can become so entranced with the feminine allure that he neglects all else. Secondly, the men will start competing for the females’ attention, which will cause friction and rifts, and hinders cooperation and eradicates morale. And lastly, other women motivated by jealously will begin to plot, only worsening the entire situation. Also known as the “Honey Trap”. (Ch. 55-56)"		:This strategy is nearly identical to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Beauty Trap strategy] found in the romanticized Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "Beauty Trap: Send the enemy beautiful women to cause disorder at his site. This trick can work in three ways: firstly, the ruler can become so entranced with the feminine allure that he neglects all else. Secondly, the men will start competing for the females’ attention, which will cause friction and rifts, and hinders cooperation and eradicates morale. And lastly, other women motivated by jealously will begin to plot, only worsening the entire situation. Also known as the “Honey Trap”. (Ch. 55-56)"

−	:The divisions caused by this strategy are called [[pioneering]] in UBF terms. The UBF life is often filled with friction and competition with other shepherds. Instead of reconciling, the shepherds tend to divide their ministries or go to other cities. This is seen as a good thing in UBF, and proof-texted with the Bible stories about Paul and Barnabas going their separate ways at one point.	+	:The divisions caused by this strategy are called [[pioneering]] in UBF terms. The UBF life is often filled with friction and competition with other shepherds. Instead of reconciling, the shepherds tend to divide their ministries or go to other cities. This is seen as a good thing in UBF, and proof-texted with the Bible stories about Paul and Barnabas going their separate ways at one point. The strategy is to use all this diversion to make members forget or ignore the terrible abuses committed by their leaders. In this way, the strategy leads to promoting abusers in order to protect their honor and glory, instead of holding them accountable.

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 :The blessing strategy is used as a dangling carrot. They claim you will get a future blessing, such as being sent out as a missionary or getting married to a "most beautiful" spouse (called a [[co-worker]]). This is nearly the same as the cult control technique called love-bombing.
-:Another use of the blessing strategy is seen in the way UBF people present themselves to outsiders. From an outside viewpoint, UBF people and their organization looks so beautiful. They present themselves in the best possible light, and put on a good show. This is part of their strategy used to attract new students.
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 :This strategy is nearly identical to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Beauty Trap strategy] found in the romanticized Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "Beauty Trap: Send the enemy beautiful women to cause disorder at his site. This trick can work in three ways: firstly, the ruler can become so entranced with the feminine allure that he neglects all else. Secondly, the men will start competing for the females’ attention, which will cause friction and rifts, and hinders cooperation and eradicates morale. And lastly, other women motivated by jealously will begin to plot, only worsening the entire situation. Also known as the “Honey Trap”. (Ch. 55-56)"
 :The divisions caused by this strategy are called [[pioneering]] in UBF terms. The UBF life is often filled with friction and competition with other shepherds. Instead of reconciling, the shepherds tend to divide their ministries or go to other cities. This is seen as a good thing in UBF, and proof-texted with the Bible stories about Paul and Barnabas going their separate ways at one point.

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 :The Bible teachers in the system will use the reduction strategy in their [[one-to-one Bible study]] meetings and Sunday lectures. They reduce the Bible canon down to about 10 or 12 books, and rarely study the other books of the Bible. This Bible reductionism can be easily seen by reading any of the hundreds of online lectures publicly available from the UBF websites.
-:A more complete description of this strategy is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Create Something from Nothing strategy] found in the Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. UBF has a knack for creating the illusion that they are a massive, prominent, worldwide mainline Christian church. In fact, they are a very small new religious movement desperate for credibility. "Create Something from Nothing: A stratagem to make an audience believe of something’s existence, when it in fact does not exist. On the flip side, it can be used to convince others that nothing exists, when something does exist. (Ch. 36)"
+:This strategy also works in reverse. Not only do they reduce ideas, they also inflate ideas. This is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Create Something from Nothing strategy] found in the Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. UBF has a knack for creating the illusion that they are a massive, prominent, worldwide mainline Christian church. In fact, they are a very small new religious movement desperate for credibility. "Create Something from Nothing: A stratagem to make an audience believe of something’s existence, when it in fact does not exist. On the flip side, it can be used to convince others that nothing exists, when something does exist. (Ch. 36)"
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	:Another use of the blessing strategy is seen in the way UBF people present themselves to outsiders. From an outside viewpoint, UBF people and their organization looks so beautiful. They present themselves in the best possible light, and put on a good show. This is part of their strategy used to attract new students.		:Another use of the blessing strategy is seen in the way UBF people present themselves to outsiders. From an outside viewpoint, UBF people and their organization looks so beautiful. They present themselves in the best possible light, and put on a good show. This is part of their strategy used to attract new students.

−	:This strategy is nearly identical to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Beauty Trap strategy] found in the romanticized Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The divisions caused by this strategy are called [[pioneering]] in UBF terms. The UBF life is often filled with friction and competition with other shepherds. Instead of reconciling, the shepherds tend to divide their ministries or go to other cities. This is seen as a good thing in UBF, and proof-texted with the Bible stories about Paul and Barnabas going their separate ways at one point. "Beauty Trap: Send the enemy beautiful women to cause disorder at his site. This trick can work in three ways: firstly, the ruler can become so entranced with the feminine allure that he neglects all else. Secondly, the men will start competing for the females’ attention, which will cause friction and rifts, and hinders cooperation and eradicates morale. And lastly, other women motivated by jealously will begin to plot, only worsening the entire situation. Also known as the “Honey Trap”. (Ch. 55-56)"	+	:This strategy is nearly identical to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Beauty Trap strategy] found in the romanticized Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "Beauty Trap: Send the enemy beautiful women to cause disorder at his site. This trick can work in three ways: firstly, the ruler can become so entranced with the feminine allure that he neglects all else. Secondly, the men will start competing for the females’ attention, which will cause friction and rifts, and hinders cooperation and eradicates morale. And lastly, other women motivated by jealously will begin to plot, only worsening the entire situation. Also known as the “Honey Trap”. (Ch. 55-56)"
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		+	:The divisions caused by this strategy are called [[pioneering]] in UBF terms. The UBF life is often filled with friction and competition with other shepherds. Instead of reconciling, the shepherds tend to divide their ministries or go to other cities. This is seen as a good thing in UBF, and proof-texted with the Bible stories about Paul and Barnabas going their separate ways at one point.

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	:Another use of the blessing strategy is seen in the way UBF people present themselves to outsiders. From an outside viewpoint, UBF people and their organization looks so beautiful. They present themselves in the best possible light, and put on a good show. This is part of their strategy used to attract new students.		:Another use of the blessing strategy is seen in the way UBF people present themselves to outsiders. From an outside viewpoint, UBF people and their organization looks so beautiful. They present themselves in the best possible light, and put on a good show. This is part of their strategy used to attract new students.

−	:This strategy is nearly identical to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Beauty Trap strategy] found in the romanticized Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "Beauty Trap: Send the enemy beautiful women to cause disorder at his site. This trick can work in three ways: firstly, the ruler can become so entranced with the feminine allure that he neglects all else. Secondly, the men will start competing for the females’ attention, which will cause friction and rifts, and hinders cooperation and eradicates morale. And lastly, other women motivated by jealously will begin to plot, only worsening the entire situation. Also known as the “Honey Trap”. (Ch. 55-56)"	+	:This strategy is nearly identical to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Beauty Trap strategy] found in the romanticized Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The divisions caused by this strategy are called [[pioneering]] in UBF terms. The UBF life is often filled with friction and competition with other shepherds. Instead of reconciling, the shepherds tend to divide their ministries or go to other cities. This is seen as a good thing in UBF, and proof-texted with the Bible stories about Paul and Barnabas going their separate ways at one point. "Beauty Trap: Send the enemy beautiful women to cause disorder at his site. This trick can work in three ways: firstly, the ruler can become so entranced with the feminine allure that he neglects all else. Secondly, the men will start competing for the females’ attention, which will cause friction and rifts, and hinders cooperation and eradicates morale. And lastly, other women motivated by jealously will begin to plot, only worsening the entire situation. Also known as the “Honey Trap”. (Ch. 55-56)"

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	One of the most helpful and revealing pieces of information about the UBF shepherding system is the knowledge of their strategies. How do they convince new students who are well-grounded and even strong in faith to join the system? How do they train new recruits in the system?		One of the most helpful and revealing pieces of information about the UBF shepherding system is the knowledge of their strategies. How do they convince new students who are well-grounded and even strong in faith to join the system? How do they train new recruits in the system?
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		+	The UBF strategies appear to be derived from the Chinese novel, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Cultural_references Romance of the Three Kingdoms]. This novel is very popular in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam and Japan. I am convinced that a study of this book's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Cultural_impact cultural impact] will prove insightful in relation to understanding the UBF shepherding system.

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 :The Bible teachers in the system will use the reduction strategy in their [[one-to-one Bible study]] meetings and Sunday lectures. They reduce the Bible canon down to about 10 or 12 books, and rarely study the other books of the Bible. This Bible reductionism can be easily seen by reading any of the hundreds of online lectures publicly available from the UBF websites.
-:A more accurate description of this strategy is found in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Create Something from Nothing strategy] found in the Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. UBF has a knack for creating the illusion that they are a massive, prominent, worldwide mainline Christian church. In fact, they are a very small new religious movement desperate for credibility. "Create Something from Nothing: A stratagem to make an audience believe of something’s existence, when it in fact does not exist. On the flip side, it can be used to convince others that nothing exists, when something does exist. (Ch. 36)"
+:A more complete description of this strategy is found in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Create Something from Nothing strategy] found in the Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. UBF has a knack for creating the illusion that they are a massive, prominent, worldwide mainline Christian church. In fact, they are a very small new religious movement desperate for credibility. "Create Something from Nothing: A stratagem to make an audience believe of something’s existence, when it in fact does not exist. On the flip side, it can be used to convince others that nothing exists, when something does exist. (Ch. 36)"
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	:The Bible teachers in the system will use the reduction strategy in their [[one-to-one Bible study]] meetings and Sunday lectures. They reduce the Bible canon down to about 10 or 12 books, and rarely study the other books of the Bible. This Bible reductionism can be easily seen by reading any of the hundreds of online lectures publicly available from the UBF websites.		:The Bible teachers in the system will use the reduction strategy in their [[one-to-one Bible study]] meetings and Sunday lectures. They reduce the Bible canon down to about 10 or 12 books, and rarely study the other books of the Bible. This Bible reductionism can be easily seen by reading any of the hundreds of online lectures publicly available from the UBF websites.
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		+	:A more accurate description of this strategy is found in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms#Strategies_used_in_battles Create Something from Nothing strategy] found in the Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. UBF has a knack for creating the illusion that they are a massive, prominent, worldwide mainline Christian church. In fact, they are a very small new religious movement desperate for credibility. "Create Something from Nothing: A stratagem to make an audience believe of something’s existence, when it in fact does not exist. On the flip side, it can be used to convince others that nothing exists, when something does exist. (Ch. 36)"

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