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eridani

(51,907 posts) Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:08 AM Nov 2012

German investigative reporter infiltrates fundamentalist Christian college by posing--

--as prospective student.

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2012/11/german-investigative-reporter.html?spref=tw

All students and professors, Patrick Henry College sign a "confession." It says that the Bible is infallible, that Satan and hell are real. And that "all those who die without Christ, forever shackled and tortured while fully conscious." In biology class, students learn that God created the earth in six 24-hour days and that the world is about 6,000 years old.

Well so much for encouraging critical thinking. And don't forget THIS is an institution of higher learning. However the focus of this college is not simply to indoctrinate young adults, it is also to use them as a type of missionary and advocate for the fundamentalist Christian mindset while embedding them in various government agencies:

"Everywhere we go we are loved as interns," says one who has studied Strategic Intelligence (SI). The Patrick Henry students accept internships with the FBI, the CIA, and with Republican members. When George W. Bush was President of the United States the Patrick Henry College had the most interns in the White House, as measured by the number of students. At Christmas, the university still receives autographed cards from the Bush family.

The SI student explains why Patrick Henry interns are so popular: "The FBI has no internal newspaper? We make a free one and offer it to them. The border police have no place where all their data is bundled? We take care of that and prepare the figures, offering them virtually a free news service." They help large companies gain a higher Google ranking and land in the first place. They fill the niche in the system and fill it with their own values. They infiltrate American society, and they do it discreetly.

Okay so let that sink in a little. These young people are provided seemingly unrestricted access to some government agencies, and large businesses, where they are free to proselytize and even provide important services, ALL with a very aggressive agenda.

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German investigative reporter infiltrates fundamentalist Christian college by posing-- (Original Post) eridani Nov 2012 OP

K&R silverweb Nov 2012 #1

I did that once at Liberty Baptist College (now Liberty University). no_hypocrisy Nov 2012 #2

KnR. We've known that about Patrick Henry U. for years... Hekate Nov 2012 #3

+1,000 to what you said. freshwest Nov 2012 #8

Her. Amrai Coen. ancianita Nov 2012 #13

nothing new from the right wing sigmasix Nov 2012 #4

The Tea Party is the most recent manifestation of the Religious Right. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #14

This is why you can get fired in some places in this country for saying something like patrice Nov 2012 #5

+1 freshwest Nov 2012 #7

I recently royally pissed off a co-worker who overheard me Populist_Prole Nov 2012 #6

Just fucking lovely. blackspade Nov 2012 #9

k&r n/t RainDog Nov 2012 #10

It's lovely how the rest of the world sees us Major Nikon Nov 2012 #11

I think schools somewhat like this elsewhere are called madrasas. ancianita Nov 2012 #12

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:18 AM

Nov 2012

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Important reading.

no_hypocrisy

(46,234 posts)

2. I did that once at Liberty Baptist College (now Liberty University).

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:26 AM

Nov 2012

I went on campus to get literature as a prospective student.

I brought it home, got loaded, and guffawed all night, reading the stuff out loud to my brother.

Hekate

(90,865 posts)

3. KnR. We've known that about Patrick Henry U. for years...

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:31 AM

Nov 2012

... or at least some of us have. This college and a couple of others on the very radical fundamentalist wing were founded to do exactly what this report says: infiltrate the US government and turn it into a theocracy.

It just makes me ill. I appreciate the German journalist for his work.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

8. +1,000 to what you said.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:01 AM

Nov 2012

ancianita

(36,160 posts)

13. Her. Amrai Coen.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:33 AM

Nov 2012

sigmasix

(794 posts)

4. nothing new from the right wing

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:36 AM

Nov 2012

This sort of secretive, antiAmerican neo-christian elitism has been the modus operandi for the right wing in America for 40 years. They discuss this stuff in thier magazines and think tanks while patting each other on the back in celebration of fooling the electorate about thier true aims as a political organization.
They dont have to aknowledge losing an election if they have control of the apparatus of governing.

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)

14. The Tea Party is the most recent manifestation of the Religious Right.

Reply to sigmasix (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:37 AM

Nov 2012

One only has to look at what the RR has historically supported or opposed and what the TP does. Also, listening to tea party politicians provides more facts that the two are one and the same. Deception runs deep among that crowd.

patrice

(47,992 posts)

5. This is why you can get fired in some places in this country for saying something like

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:39 AM

Nov 2012

"The money-changers are in the temple ..."

True story.

These people are fascists.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

7. +1

Reply to patrice (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:00 AM

Nov 2012

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)

6. I recently royally pissed off a co-worker who overheard me

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:54 AM

Nov 2012

He's a fundie who is given to proselytizing, although he is an all-round good person to work with.

Someone mentioned something he earlier opined about and we chuckled and discussed it. One guy said that he was smart because he was a college grad, and I noisily retorted "Yeah, at a religious college in Texas" and with a rather snide tone. We didn't know he was there but he immediately came around the corner and gave me a look that told me I'm on his shit list.

I'm sorry, but anyone educated at an institution that rejects facts and science is not educated IMO.

blackspade

(10,056 posts)

9. Just fucking lovely.

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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:09 AM

Nov 2012

RainDog

(28,784 posts)

10. k&r n/t

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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:09 AM

Nov 2012

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

11. It's lovely how the rest of the world sees us

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:18 AM

Nov 2012

8 years of Bush still has the legacy of making us look like we are a nation educating cretins for leadership positions. The impression is not that far off.

ancianita

(36,160 posts)

12. I think schools somewhat like this elsewhere are called madrasas.

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #11)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:31 AM

Nov 2012

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