In a possible Quote of the Week, David Tchappat is quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald as stating “Living with the Exclusive Brethren is like living in the Big Brother house…”.
Um … probably not David. Although, we do admit there are some possible similarities.
If you remove the fact that you are living, eating and under the same roof with people who are distinctly not EB material – and add to this the fact that this is a manufactured environment for Television (a pipeline of filth) – and of course, sadly, you are a ‘Person under Discipline’ and this means that you are denied a number of things: including eternal salvation, ability to speak freely with members of your family still inside, and darnit, you’re going to miss the Rapture …
No – we concur that you are there because of money, that you are there because you’re ‘different’ and you’re there because you miss not having a family around you – a circular observation perhaps.
Big Brother house just like living with sect
Christine Sams
May 18, 2008Living with the Exclusive Brethren is like living in the Big Brother house, a contestant on the Channel Ten reality show says.
David Tchappat, 33, escaped the religious sect when he was 19, leaving behind family and friends.
Tchappat has begun to open up about his life with the sect during the filming of Big Brother. He has described a life of no television – and countless rules.
On Big Brother last week he said: “Look, I don’t like to say it’s a cult, but it basically is. My whole life was controlled. I didn’t have a say in it myself.”
He described his life growing up with the Exclusive Brethren in Gosford. “It’s based on Christian values but it’s very strict,” he said. “So I had no TV, no radio, no computer, never been to a movie or a restaurant or kissed a girl – you name it, I didn’t do it.”
His cousin, Andrew Tchappat, escaped a few months later.
Sydney Morning Herald – Big Brother house just like living with sect
Of course, if you were with the Exclusive Brethren, you would not be able to speak your mind, you would not be able to date anyone not in the EB and frankly, the word ‘Christian’ doesn’t really apply when you consider how they treat families.
The key phrase here is in the last sentence – ‘His cousin, Andrew Tchappat, escaped a few months later.’
