The Darkest Evil

Yesterday, I got a telephone call from a good friend of mine. For privacy’s sake, I am going to leave his name out of it. However, he called me because he got a call from the evil people at Alberta Bible College. They asked Gary to tell me to take down what I have written about Alberta Bible College. Much like other kinds of con artists, the directors at Alberta Bible College want to remove the proof that they are involved in fraudulent activity. They do not want the truth to be broadcasted that I was screwed and lied to at Alberta Bible College. They are afraid that what I have written will actively alert people of the corruption at Alberta Bible College. I will evaluate why this is a con and what I intend to do.

1. In the business of conning people - Alberta Bible College is in the business of conning people. They charge $4000+ per year for a worthless degree (see my last point about the “degrees” that Alberta Bible College provides) and other fees are tacked on as well. These fees are generally Student Body fees, chore fees and other such fees which cannot be justified by the staff. Alberta Bible College is dedicated to trying to charge you out the ass. Plus, they charge you for new books and refuse to allow you to purchase your own books. This means that Alberta Bible College is forcing you to allow them to profit to get your text books. Alberta Bible College is basically all about dollars and cents.
2. Required labour - Students are required to complete a weekly chore at Alberta Bible College. This can range from pulling weeds to vacuuming the classrooms. They are not shy about taking your money, but they are more than willing to make you their labour staff. So, Alberta Bible College enforces a threat of having to pay $35 per missed hour of chore work. These can really add up and Alberta Bible College often fudges the books and “loses” the chore claims by students. Therefore, students are often forced to pay more than they actually owe the college. This creates a lot of problems for the students as it takes time out of their “studies” or their social life. They are essentially trapped into working for the college, for free.
3. Treatment of International Students - Despite their willingness to rob people out of money, they only hire 3 of their International Students. These “jobs” that the International Students get are often under-paid and hovering around the minimum wage that a student makes. The faculty try to find any and all opportunities to exploit International Students, including threats of having them deported. The International Students are heavily watched and some, who are from third world countries, may receive worse treatment. And they are often told that if they speak against the college, they will risk deportation. They often work International Students long hours, without breaks or rest. Some students are unable to go home until 11pm at night. And even then, they still have homework to do. After that, they have to go to class at 6 or 7 in the morning.
4. Churches work with them to get free labour - Often, there are churches in the Calgary area that work with Alberta Bible College. Often, in exchange for promoting Alberta Bible College, they provide free, required labour to the church. This is labelled as Practical Ministry Labs or PMLs. These instances of free labour are required in order to get the “degrees” specified as the last point. They are not able to skirt the rules on this and the school has it’s own, dedicated, Practical Ministries Lab director. This person makes sure that churches are promoting Alberta Bible College and then, issues and authorizes Practical Ministries Labs. The church then rates the quality of the labour provided to it and then submits that rating to the PML director.
5. Unable to get government benefits - Students of Alberta Bible College are unable to get certain government benefits that are offered to students that go to a real college. Like, there is no ombudsman to complain to once you have found that Alberta Bible College has wronged you. You cannot get an off-campus work permit from Citizenship and Immigration Canada like you would if you went a real university or college. Furthermore, you cannot get a discounted bus pass from Calgary Transit if you go to Alberta Bible College.
6. Random Psychiatric Evaluations - Many times, Alberta Bible College will send students to a psychiatrist at random. You do not have any choice to decline and you are pressured to go. This is even more so if you are an International student. You do not get to choose which doctor you go to, either. The reason for this, is because this psychiatrist works with Alberta Bible College to provide confidential information to them. Since the session was paid for by them, they try to pressure you that they will charge you for the session if you complain to the government. Often times, the psychiatrist will tell you that you have to come back again and again. This is because they want to get any data they can use against you.
7. Restriction of the freedom of speech - You are told that exercising your rights to freedom of speech are wrong. Essentially, the staff at Alberta Bible College try to control you and make you into a tool they can use. If you run a blog and you discuss unsavory things that Alberta Bible College has done, you can expect to be found out by the staff at Alberta Bible College. You are told that it is wrong to discuss Alberta Bible College in that light and people from the college threaten you. Often, it is with removal from the school or with psychiatric evaluations. Most times, you are forbidden to enter the campus and they start calling your references for more data on you.
8. Your roommates - Often, Alberta Bible College staff will call your roommates into their office and threaten them with psychiatric evaluations or restrictions of freedoms. They will try to get them to make you paranoid by doing things that would drive you up the wall. Like, your roommate will often filthy up the area you are living in so you cannot stand living there. In fact, I remember that Dusten started going out with Miranda and he started to try to stink up the basement suite. In fact, he made it so I was evicted from my basement suite and I was robbed of half my security deposit. That brings me to my next point.
9. Landlords - Often, Alberta Bible College will try to have you living with other ABC students and with people working at ABC. My basement suite was in the basement of Rick and Lynn Rehn, a couple who are on the Alberta Bible College Board of Trustees. They are also alumni of Alberta Bible College and they do profit from Alberta Bible College and it’s victims. Sometimes, ABC tries to coordinate things so that you can be sent to a psychiatric evaluation, so they can test your limits and what you will do in order to protect your status in college. If they cannot see a gain out of you, they will encourage the landlord that you are a criminal and you should be evicted. You are made a pariah in your landlord’s and your roommate’s eyes. This is often why my blog is attacked by my ex-roommate.
10. Removal from Alberta Bible College - When the staff at Alberta Bible College believe that you are unable or unwilling to relinquish more money to them, or they believe that you are costing them money - they will consider removing you from their programmes. Before this happens, you are often called into the office of the director and told that you are in danger of being removed. Sometimes, they may demand to restrict your freedom of speech or other freedoms in order to control you. At others, they will request that you go to a series of psychiatric evaluations. They evaluate the data based on these actions and if you are not able to make more money for them, you are removed from Alberta Bible College. The staff will often try to justify themselves and make up stories, but often enough - you will be blamed for your removal. You did not make them money, so they do not want you at ABC.
11. They provide “Religious” degrees - The degrees they provide are designed to bring more of the God delusion into your mind and influence you into believing the lies about Jesus. They also teach you how to get other people to believe in Jesus Christ. At the end of your education, you would get a Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Education. These degrees are worth less then the paper they are printed on. Once you see what a scam Christianity is, Alberta Bible College has already made their money. You cannot use your BRE for anything other than christian purposes. So, your BRE’s worthlessness is defined for you then and there. Most other types of degrees can get you respect and recognition with employers. But a Bachelors of Religious Education can’t be used for any legitimate purpose, really.

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