The Exclusive Brethren

[rex]

Many articles on the Exclusive Brethren sect have been appearing in Australian and New Zealand media. Here are some sample links to recent online articles.

Believers a world apart (http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/believers-a-world-apart/2006/09/22/1158431900745.html)

Exclusive Brethren school kids 'brainwashed' (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20469486-2,00.html)

Ex-members 'expose' Exclusive Brethren (http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Exmembers-expose-Exclusive-Brethren/2006/09/25/1159036421830.html)

What are the Exclusive Brethren up to? (http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3807591a6160,00.html)

[Mephisto]

Hey! We've got weird, repressive, elitist, cults here in the U.S. too, only they're called born-again X-tians. Unlike New Zealand, politicians in the U.S. actually vie for their votes AND promise to back their weird beliefs like Creationism. As a matter of fact, many of the politicians now in power in the U.S. owe their current career to this weird, brainwashed group. :)

[Darth Rotor]

Hey! We've got weird, repressive, elitist, cults here in the U.S. too, only they're called born-again X-tians. Unlike New Zealand, politicians in the U.S. actually vie for their votes AND promise to back their weird beliefs like Creationism. As a matter of fact, many of the politicians now in power in the U.S. owe their current career to this weird, brainwashed group. :)
Yeah, and these same politicians have their fingers on the red button.

Deal with it.

DR

[Mephisto]

Yeah, and these same politicians have their fingers on the red button.

Deal with it.

DR

I'm trying! ;)

Do you remember the old Peter Sellers movie, "Dr. Strangelove?"

[Didaktylos]

Actually, I'd say that the Exclusive Bretheren are an endogamous tribe rather than a cult.