Dear folks,
It has come to my attention that several different people w/ interest in several different Synanon based juvenile behavior modification outfits have decided, quite reasonably I think, to take their concerns to the US Atty. General, John Ashcroft.
In the interest of saving time, trouble and heartache, I want to try and pull these folks together with some other people who have been dealing for years with a totalitarian cult with some significant ties to Scary John's church, Assemblies of God.
Here's my problem. Some folks around here get very offended over piety and religious speech. I get that. I don't even blame ya'll. Often enough, I have to walk away and come back because there's just something about
most religious discussion that just triggers a bad response in me. That's why I don't usually join in.
On the other hand, most (if not all) of these folks who are concerned about IBLP would most certainly take offense to some of what goes for polite conversation around here. I did spend a couple of months reading and posting to a Gothard list and, you'll be proud to know (or not) that the only time the moderator called me down for anything it was for forgetting to pare down my responses to only quote the relavent parts of the messages to which I was responding.
Now, all that just to lead up to this. Anyone who's interested in any potential effort to get Scary John to investigate WWASPS/WWASP, Elan, Straight descendant programs or any of this stuff ought to take a little time and read up on IBLP, AOG Church and IBLP. There are some damned fine folks doing outstanding work to help and protect their Christian brothers and sisters (especially the little ones) from what they call spiritual abuse at the hands of this very powerful but low profile cult. They WILL take offense at rough language and, like anyone else, they do NOT want your views and advice on their religious beliefs unless they ask for it (even then, like anyone else, it's a matter of being careful what you ask for)
So here's an archive of posts regarding IBLP. There is contact info, proper names and a lot of good leads in this material. I hope some of ya'll will look this stuff over and make some friends. I think that if we're going to get any action out of the Federal government on this, we're first going to have to bust the AG for conflict of interest and, likely, aiding and abetting these torture chambers.
http://www.liberty1st.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=58Time's fun when you're having flies.
--Kermit the Frog