"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"---Censorship on Campus

LIBERTY MOUNTAIN---Imagine a place where you can't share your faith or aspects of your faith unless asked, where you can't bring share literature without fear of it being seized. Such is the situation of many missionaries going into countries such as China.

And Liberty Mountain.

The crackdown on Calvinism is well underway at Liberty University. President of the Mountain, Ergun Caner is reported as having said, "The lie is well on it's way back to the pits of hell." But others aren't so convinced.

An anonymous student said it like this, "Don't get it wrong, Calvinists are allowed here. But we can't speak of the doctrines of grace unless we're approached first. If we want books we either have to smuggle them in or buy them from the black marketeers."This reporter was actually able to go behind scenes with the largest black market group on campus. What we found astonished us.

Anonymous: "Yeah. We have a thousand books undergroung at any one time. Most of them sell for between $50 and $100. Some of them sell for more. The Institutes sold for $250 at one time. Augustine normally brings in $150 and Piper about that much. We're a powerful organization."

JB: What kind of penalties can you expect if you get caught?

A: "Well, they usually seize our books, burn them, and appropiate our funds for the distribution of their new John 3:16 Chick Tracts."

JB: "Are you imprisoned? Beaten?"

A. "Oh, goodness no! We just have to take two additional semesters of Caners Theology class..."

JB: "Are any of you in you're organizaiton...Reformed?

A: "Eh---Honestly. I don't know. I don't care. I'm just in it for the money. So are most of my associates."

JB: "Thank you for meeting with me today."The undercover Calvinist are content to stay that way. For the most part. However, there are numbers of them who tattoo themselves in order to get people to ask in order for them to explain without facing any harsh penalties.

Such tattoo's are usually bible quotes but others are whole references or fancy slogans. Some are...

Why I haven't been deflowered

Ask me about my tulip

Romans 9

and a host of others.

When asked what kind of penalties can be expected for sharing their view point and or reading illicit literature, another anonymous student told us, "Well, I haven't experienced it first hand, but I have heard about it from other Calvinist. They call it the 'prosecution of the saints'. When one of us is found and believed to be dabbling in illegal activity they get 'rehabilitated'. They are forced to sit with President Caner himself, watch rerun's of last years John 3:16 conference, and write down 2 Peter 3:9 over and over and over...They're also forced to read John Wesley. It can be pretty horrendous."

"I don't think we'll ever get the calvinist problem completely solved. I think that I'm happy with the numbers though...There can't be but so many..." Ergun Caner said "And after a round of rehabiliation they're usually good to go."

"That may be an optimistic statement." John Doe, said "I've been through it twice...I usually run outside weakly, faint, and then find the first dealer I can and read the Institutes...that's right after reading through the book of Romans. That get's me right back in the mood to tell others about our Glorious Lord and Saviour."

Although unconfirmed, Asbury Seminary is said to have been quoted saying, "I think what President Caner is doing is fantastic. I wish we had thought of it first."