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A friend's wife (non-Brethren) is a teacher in one of their schools. There are loads of silly rules that she has to abide by. e.g. Not allowed to use a projector as 'evil will come through the air', cannot bring a newspaper in to school, anything wireless or bluetooth is banned.
It's a just a backwards looking cult that exerts total control over its members.
Is that any different from any other cult? My best pal had a narrow escape from some mad woman who was a member of a cult and started pressuring him to join. Then he discovered that her previous BF had committed suicide. He kicked her into touch pretty fast wen it all began to become clear.
I don't agree with the Brethren banning all modern technology, but when you see all the problems arising from "screen addiction", especially among kids, you could argue that secular society could do with ditching it all (digital detox) for more of the time.
An old workmate of mine moved to teach at a Brethren school. As an engineering teacher, he had to get them up to speed with CAD, but they weren't allowed to do it in their school so came to use our pc suite instead.
The students were very nice, polite lads who were happy to work hard. A bit puzzled by some of the computing but quick learners.
The clue’s in the name. A tendancy to take the bible literally means women are very much second class citizens.