Brooklyn 6th grade teacher is selling students a book on how to identify and save people from Satan

[icymist]

Science teacher Steven Arizmendi allegedly sells Junior High School 220 students book about Satan

Reading, writing and Lucifer?

A Brooklyn principal has reprimanded a sixth-grade teacher for selling students a book that tells how to "recognize those serving Satan and bring them to Jesus."

Steven Arizmendi sold "He Came to Set the Captives Free" to four of his students at Junior High School 220 in Sunset Park for $5 apiece. The science teacher also loaned copies of the evangelical novel to eight students.



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[Joanne98]

1. FIRE HIM!

[Warpy]

2. If he doesn't knock it off IMMEDIATELY

fire his rotten ass.

Let him pick on members of his church. Leave other people's kids alone.

[derby378]

3. Here's the skinny on author "Rebecca Brown, MD"

In the annals of deliverance, Rebecca Brown is an unusual figure in that she has claimed to rescue people from a particularly powerful and vicious Satanic cult known simply as "The Brotherhood." Her first book, He Came to Set the Captives Free, details how she rescued "Elaine," a high priestess in The Brotherhood who claims to have witnessed brutal human sacrifices and sexual orgies. According to the book, Brown cast demons out of Elaine over a period of months. Her next book, Prepare for War, not only continued her adventures with Elaine but also discussed how demons could possess individuals and also gave advice on deliverance. She also claimed to have set up an "underground railroad" that rescued over a thousand people from hard-core Satanism.

Over the years, however, Brown's story has been assailed by critics such as G. Richard Fisher, M. Kurt Goedelman, David Alexander, John Baskette, and others who have revealed that Rebecca Brown was once an Indiana doctor named Ruth Bailey. Her promising medical career, however, was ruined when it was learned that she was diagnosing her patients as being possessed by demons and addicting them to powerful drugs that Bailey herself was already hooked on. In response, the Indiana Medical Licensing Board revoked Bailey's license in 1984.

Bailey then moved to California, changed her name to Rebecca Brown, and started writing books on demons and deliverance. Geraldo Rivera soon featured Brown and "Elaine" on a television special about the supposed dangers of Satanic cults; apparently, he didn't try to research their background. ("Elaine" turned out to be Edna Elaine Moses, one of Brown's former patients.) Researcher David Alexander stated that one of Brown's books, Prepare for War, "has been recommended as a serious reference in law enforcement training material." He then remarked, "With all of the problems modern police agencies have to face, one would not think that `demon infestation' would be high on the list."

Today, Rebecca Brown's books can still be found in Christian bookstores throughout America despite charges that her stories of battling with demons are unreliable due to her addiction to drugs at the time her adventures allegedly took place. Hounded by investigators, Brown stated defiantly, "I have no need to defend myself. The Lord is my defender. Why should I run around trying to defend myself when I have done nothing wrong?"

http://www.ntskeptics.org/1998/1998october/october1998.htm

I've known about this crackpot for around 15 years. It's amazing that even today there are people who still buy into her charade. And now it's even being pushed on school students. How sad.

[icymist]

4. Wow! It seems that people will buy into any crackpot that can write a book.

And the Christian bookstores won't even check into the accuracy of the books they are selling?

[FiveGoodMen]

8. "And the Christian bookstores won't even check into the accuracy of the books they are selling?"

If they did, they'd have to get rid of the all-time bestseller.

[icymist]

10. LOL! Good one.

eom

[immoderate]

11. You are obviously an agent of Satan.

;)

--imm

[icymist]

14. I am.

But seriously folks.....

[VAliberal]

13. Rebecca Brown's books are one part acid trip one part fundie'ism

She recounts, as a 'true story,' in 'Prepare for War' and 'He Came to Set the Captives Free' encountering and battling with werewolves, demons, etc.

Vampires, demons, zombies, UFO's, evil witches and Satanists are behind every bush, around every corner, in her books. They are definite classics of 1980's Satanic-scare mythology. (Brown's books were promoted and sold through Jack T. Chick's tract business in the 80's and 90's).

That this is being peddled to middle school students - in public school - in NYC - in 2010 - is wild.

[juno jones]

5. SOLD?

Is he a goddamn scientologist?

What happened to dropping them into and under desks, and other student commons to simply be discovered?

He is so fail.

PS I think any of this stuff is stupid, but that he would ask money for it from high schoolers makes it REALLY stupid.

[rcrush]

6. Sounds like I need to print out some Chick Tracts online and start selling them

!!!!! $$$$$$ $20 each!

Don't think I cant do it either. I can find a lot of people who've never seen a chick tract and are super religious that would buy that shit! They would think I came up with it to! (They are called extended family)

[Odin2005]

7. FIRE HIM.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

17. YESTERDAY

:wtf:

[derby378]

9. You might find contact info for the principal here

http://oitqueens.wikispaces.com/file/view/LTG+eligible+schools.xls

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Well first of all, selling ANYTHING to students is rather unprofessional

In my district and a few others I know of this is a violation of district policy.

And then there's the matter of WHAT this idiot is selling. LOL

[Tuvok Obama]

15. I knew it! I knew those damned kids were followers of Satan!

There is no other way to explain why a perfectly intelligent 12-year-old will leave the house on a January morning without a coat.

But seriously...

Rebecca Brown, "MD" (hehehe) is well-known to be a complete nutjob, even in most Christian circles. Only the most rabid, Pope-is-the-Antichrist, King-James-only, separationist-reconstructionist dimwits believe any of her religious pornography.

[Tim01]

16. He's an idiot. He probably shouldn't be teaching. nt

[Initech]

18. If I were in his class, I'd be blasting Iron Maiden's Number Of The Beast as loud as possible.

:evilgrin: :headbang:

[seabeyond]

19. then again, if teacher offered boys something to read on any other beliefs

or non beliefs or any writing for that matter, i wouldnt be opposed. but then my kids read all kinds of things. we discuss all kinds of things. we are all open to all info, so knowledge doesnt reallys care me when it comes to my kids. they are pretty good at processing.

i would tend to thank teacher, if it stimulated the boys brains and brought on conversation

[hobbit709]

20. Does it have a picture of the teacher in it?

[Soylent Brice]

21. well, he's got an early head start in the running for douchebag of they year 2010.