ex-Cult member leaves Big Brother … again
May 25th, 2008
So the ‘Big Brother’ era for David Tchappat is over. The level of interest stemming from his brief sojourn in the Australian reality TV series was quite noticeable. Hits on this blog and the Peebs.Net Exclusive Brethren Information web site increased by almost 25% following the announcement that an escaped cult member was going to appear on the aptly named ‘Big Brother’ show.
Two of Big Brother’s most controversial housemates were punted from the show tonight after a shock double eviction rocked the famous Gold Coast Share house.
Former cult member David bit the dust even after cleverly revealing his intriguing past strategically a fortnight into the show.
The 33-year-old firefighter was raised as a member of the ‘Exclusive Brethren’ an extreme Christian sect that denies members access to TV, radio, and even restaurants.
Sensationally, David escaped the cult as a 19-year-old.
There is a genuine fascination with what life is like for those trapped inside the Exclusives. Although the Peebs.Net Forums have many hundred ex-members, the truth of what the Exclusive Brethren are prepared to do to families and those who oppose their dangerous teachings is only just starting to be understood by a wider society.
This site and its supporters are dedicated to helping members of the media and the general public understand the impact of having spent formative years separated from society - an impact that can kill.
The message that should be heard by those who seek to establish the truth surrounding the Exclusive Brethren is that today’s Exclusive Brethren are light years away from the sober genteel Christians who first became known as the Plymouth Brethren in the early 19th century. Following a destructive division in the 1840’s, the Darbyites or Closed Brethren were formed. From this group developed one of the most vicious and tyrannical regimes in modern-day ‘christianity’.
Other churches denounce their teachings and testimony, expressing concern that has mounted from the moment the ‘Bethesda Division’ occurred:
Published in 1869
“So late as March last one of the most extraordinary scenes of religious discord ever witnessed took place in the Freemasons’ Hall. Between four and five hundred Brethren were asked to come from all parts of the country to hold a conference together. The Darbyites and Bethesdaites were equally invited. Those who invited them did not mention for what special purpose they were to come. It was simply said it was desirable they should assemble together, and that the Holy Ghost would direct them as to what they should say and do when they met together. The expenses of the poorer Brethren were paid by some unknown and wealthy Brethren. They had only been met an hour or so before they were found controversially fighting with each other with a fierceness which could hardly be believed. And this state of things lasted four or five hours for three successive days. It by-and-by transpired that the real purpose for which the Conference was called was to endeavor to bring about a reconciliation between the Darby and Bethesda sections of Brethrenism. The very idea was enough to plunge the Darbyites into a state of something more than indignation. Scenes of indescribable uproar, mingled with expressions of the very worst feelings, took place on each of the three days. And I am assured by one who was present, who does not belong to either the Darbyite or Bethesda section of the Brethren, that not only the prime, but the sole movers in these most unseemly scenes were the Darbyites. What the exhibitions were which occurred may be inferred from the fact that a lady who was present said she could have wept tears of blood at what she saw and heard; and a gentleman of education and social position, who also witnessed these lamentable scenes, remarked to me that it was enough to have made even angels weep. This may seem incredible, but it is nevertheless the fact.
“But the saddest of all in connection with these deplorable scenes is that they are actually, in effect, represented as the results of the guidance of the Holy Ghost. There is no principle which the Darbyites more firmly hold, or to which they give greater prominence in their ‘teaching,’ than this—that the Holy Ghost is with them in all their assemblies, and that whatever conclusions they come to are the result of his special guidance.
And the die was cast. The famous and celebrated 19th century preacher Charles Spurgeon went on to describe two unhappy 19th century scenes which astonishingly still occur to this day:
“Another illustration of the estrangement which Brethrenism causes in families, consisting with my own personal knowledge, presents itself at this moment to my mind. A Plymouth Sister, whose family do not share her views, cannot help expressing her dissent from any and every act of worship in the family. She even turns away her face when the head of the house asks the divine blessing on the meals of which they are all about to partake. Is not this sad? Does it not display a lamentable state of feeling on the part of the individual, and gives a deplorable view of the denominational system that could produce it.
“I am also acquainted personally with another case, in which it happened that a mother and daughter had adopted the opposite views on Brethrenism. The result was, that the two would not sit down together at the same Lord’s-table. What an unhappy condition it must have been, for each to be living together in this state of antagonism in relation to religious matters!”
It is a sad indictment that people are trained to treat others in this way - in the name of Jesus Christ, a man whose entire purpose and mission was one of love. Love is a commodity that the Exclusive Brethren may show to their own (providing you are a fully ‘paid-up’ member), but from their very beginnings, it is not a spiritual gift for which they are known from those outside their barred and gated compounds.
It should be a sobering thought for those who wish to view the Exclusive Brethren from a doctrinal viewpoint that the same Jesus whom the Exclusive Brethren profess to follow stated very clearly - “A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” (Matthew 7:18-20).
The Testimony of the Exclusive Brethren is appalling. Merely scan the news headlines for the past few years! The headlines tell you all you need to know.
David, we’re sorry you’ve been kicked out mate - but our solid congratulations for having been kicked-out of the one that mattered. More importantly, you are a member of a very select band of survivors - we salute you!
Now go do something useful for Heaven’s sake! 
