Comments on: The Exclusive Brethren Today

By: valerie Hayes

valerie Hayes — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:22:10 +0000

I was targeted by an Exclusive Brethren teacher in high school. This man would never ever take no for an answer and insisted that “God told him to adopt me”. I said no repeatedly, and yet they still told everyone, including my own family that they had adopted me because they are such wonderful Christians. It took me 35 years to get rid of him and his wife and they destroyed my family relationships in the process – which is what they always threatened to do if I was to terminate the relationship. I tried to be “nice” just to keep the peace in the family, but the coercion and control got to the point where it was unbearable and I finally just could not stand being around them for even five minutes. It is so crystal clear to me in hindsight how evil this was, and my biggest regret is that I did not get a restraining order the minute he started chasing me around and saying bizarre things. He should have lost his teaching license and been disciplined for what he did to me. It was such a glaring conflict of interest and abuse of power and so opposite true Christianity, plus he had no right to bring his extremist cult mentality into a small rural public school. I never had any real freedom until I got rid of that
nightmare relationship – and it still bothers me. They do not “let you go easily” that is for sure. They have done so much manipulative destruction to my family relationships that I do not know if they can ever be repaired. What I have seen and experienced with this man and his wife is nothing but deception, coercion, parasitic greed, spiritual and emotional abuse, manipulation, arrogance and control. They never once listened to me, like I had no rights whatsoever. They are out to destroy. The guy was the biggest bullying teacher in the school as well – and puts on such an act of innocence it makes me gag.

By: JOHN S. COLMAN

JOHN S. COLMAN — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:31:35 +0000

A co-ordinated action is required for all TAYLOR-HALES meeting rooms to be visited on the same day at the same time. Presenting themselves at a place of ‘PUBLIC WORSHIP’ will be local councillors, members of the Australian government or local representatives of the populace and a few policemen for the sake of good order and reliable witness, insisting on attendance even it it means ‘sitting at the back’ as is the welcoming attitude to visitors, by the Brethren and taking stock with a following signed report on the reception and the event in general.
A revealing assessment of this nature will surely open the way for cogent action to recover the huge sums of money reputedly fraudulently applied for and received by this manipulative, rapacious and infernal cult claiming the name of the God of the Bible simultaneously bringing that Lord into stigma and reproach, taking His name in vain, an offence against Holy Writ and the Holy Law of the Almighty. Such a public exposure may help in bringing this perverse teaching to nothing and opening a fissure in the monolith which will in time release many from their sectarian prison into authentic Christianity, a process of unlearning and re-learning so much needed in their life’s experience.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:01:06 +0000

Is that really how much the EB pay their PR people at Jackson Wells?
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Let me work that out…
$500 for say 10 hours (conservative estimate) per week = $5,000.
And for the whole year (say 48 weeks) – that makes it around $240,000 a year doesn’t it? (Sorry-my maths is terrible).
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Why couldn’t the EB just give that money to a PUBLIC charity – like the Cancer Council or a specialised hospital like The “Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre” in Melbourne?

I’m a regular donor.

I do it because it is the “right” thing to do, (I’m not motivated by PR or tax exemptions).
And, THAT is a more ‘Christian gesture’ than anything your client has put forward through your PR firm Mr Haslem!