Exclusive Brethren cult-leader Bruce Hales in an old family photo.The Exclusive Brethren are getting a voice in the Sydney Morning Herald? What next?
The cult has accused Greens senator Bob Brown of, effectively, lying and including 'factual inaccuracies' in a speech to the senate urging them to conduct an inquiry into the Brethren's activities.
The Exclusive Brethren are best known for their belief that John Howard was appointed by god to be Australian Prime Minister, and that engaging in underhanded, crooked, and possibly downright criminal activities in support of Howard were justified as a means to this end.
The Greens leader suggested the inquiry should examine $10 million in government payments to five Exclusive Brethren schools throughout Australia, even though they had a total of just 2,000 students.
Wow.
Brethren schools received funding in the same way as other non-government schools, Mr Hales said.
"Church members, their businesses and schools are subject to exactly the same regulations, laws and scrutiny by government agencies, tribunals and courts as other Australian individuals, businesses and schools.
"We obey the law scrupulously."
Oh that's a laugh and a half, when on numerous occasions the cult supported and encouraged some of its members in directly flouting a judge's orders in a family law case. Not to mention the shenanigans with their possibly illegal operations to hide their efforts to direct money to the Liberal party.
The Brethren called on Senator Brown to stop vilifying the church and it members.
The sect was embroiled in controversy before last year's federal election, when it was alleged it was campaigning for then-environment minister Malcolm Turnbull in his marginal seat of Wentworth in Sydney's east.
All Bob Brown wants to do is expose the nasties, the cockroaches in this creepy religious group and their bizarre ties to the Liberal party. Revealing the truth is in no way vilification.
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I did laugh heartily at their protestations.
Creepy anti Christian fuckwads. If Christ came back to earth he'd disown them for massively distorting the whole 'love one another' dictum he kind of laid down.
Part of government funding is that schools must provide computers and lessons in using them to gain funding.
Due to their beliefs (the end of the world will come through the mass media), the various groups of Brethren don't allow their members to watch tv, read the paper or use computers, thus initially preventing them from gaining public funding.
However, they did gain it after the education minister of the time gave them an exception (I think they also failed a couple of other requirements, but I'm not sure).
His name? Brendan Nelson.
Ahh good point, Chade. You'd think the Rudd government would be all over it. Maybe they were saving it in case he ever looked threatening in the polls (ha!).
Yeah, I hope he's just saving it, because these things need to be said out loud, and investigated.
It's not slightly dodgy, it's really dodgy... A doomsday cult exempt from the normal requirements when receiving government funds?! (Not to mention laundering money on their yearly trips to the Caribbean...)
Heh. Reminds me of the meme describing Christianity that's been floating around on the net (since year dot): cosmic Jewish Zombie makes you live forever et al.
Id say Rudd most likely would have been all over it , if he had not been advised against it .
Allowing a inquiry into the exclusive brethren religious group would be like opening pandora`s box .What religious group would be next in line to need to be accountable ??.
Im sure many concerned religious folk have had a word in the ears of those they need to .
Concern that is for their own skin of coarse .
That the exclusive brethren distroy family and cause much nastiness just doesnt effect their own personal godliness .
If it was a muslim group things might be differnt .
Smell the roses folks its a sure sign of christianly back scratching going on .
"we obey the law scrupulously"
oh yes, what about compulsary voting then??
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